The record-union., 1898-07-20
SCENES OF THE SURRENDER.
CEREMONIES BETWEEN THE
LINES.
Spanish Soldiers Have Been Told
That We Had Purchased
Cuba.

That We Had Purchased
Cuba.
Copyrighted 1898. by Associated Pressl
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July IS, via
Kingston (Jamaica), July 19, 11:15
a. m.-The events preceding the hoist
ing OF the American flag over the Gov
ernor's palace here, amid the booming
OF guns, the strains of martial music
and the Wild cheering of 10000 men
along seven miles of intrenchments
We're full of interest.
Shortly after o'clock on Monday
Lieutenant Crook of General Skaters
staff entered the city and all the arms
In the arsenal were turned over to him.
The work of removing the mines which
obstructed navigation at the entrance
Of the harbor had been progressing all
night. About o'clock General Toral,
the Spanish commander sent his sword
to General Shafter evidence of his
submission, and at S:45 a. m. all the
general officers and their staffs as
sembled at General Skaters headquar-
ters. Each regiment was drawn up
along the crescent of the nights.
General Shafter and his Generals,
with a mounted escort of a hundred
picked men of the Second Cavalry, then
rode over our trenches to the open
ground, at the foot of the hill, in the
main road to Santiago, midway to the
then deserted Spanish works. There
they Were met by General Toral and
his staff, all in full uniform and mount
ed, and a select detachment of Spanish
troops. What followed took place in
full view of our troops.
The scene was picturesque and dra-
matte. General Shafter, with his Cen
erals and staffs grouped Immediately
in the rear, and with the troops of
cavalry with drawn sabers on the left,
advanced to meet the yanquished foe.
After a few words of courteous greet
ing, General Skaters first act was to
return to General Toral his sword. The
Spanish General appeared to be
touched by the complimentary words
with which General Shafter accompan-
led this action, and he thanked the
American commander feelingly.
Then followed a short conversation
as to the place selected for the Spanish
forces to deposit their arms, and a
Spanish infantry detachment marched
forward to a position facing our cav
airy, where the Spaniards We're halted.
The latter We're without their colors
Eight Spanish trumpeters then salut-
ed and were saluted in return by our
trumpeters, both giving fourishes for
Lieutenant Generals and Major Cen
erals. tr
General Toral then personally ordered
the Spanish company, which in minia
ture represented 1.-THE forces under his
command, to ground arms.
Next, by his direction, the company
wheeled and marched across our line
into. the road, and thence to the place
selected for camping them. The Span.
siards moved rapidly, to the quick notes
of the Spanish march, played by the
trumpeters, but it impressed one like
the Dead March" from Saul" Though
no attempt was made to humiliate
them, the Spanish forces seemed to feel
their disgrace keenly and scarcely
glanced at their conquerers as they
passed by.
But this apparent depth Of feeling
was not displayed by other regiments.
Without being sullen, the Spaniards ap-
peared to be utterly Indifferent to the
reverses suffered by the Spanish arms.
and some of them, when not under the
eyes of their officers, seemed to rejoice
at the prospect of good food and an i'm
mdiate return to Spain
General Toral, throughout the cere-
mony, was sorely detected. When
General Shafter introduced him by
name to each member of his staff, the
Spanish General appeared to be a very
broken hearted man. H seemed to be
about 90 years Of age and of frail con-
stitution, though stern resolution is
shown by every feature. The lines are
strongly marked and his face is deeply
drawn as if in physical pain. General
Toral replied with an air of abstrac-
ton to the words addressed to him and
when he accompanied General Shafter,
at the head of the escort into the city
to take formal possession of Santiago,
General Toral spoke but few words The
appealing faces of the starving refugees
streaking back into the city did not
touch him, nor did the groups of Span
ish soldiers lining the road and gazing
curiously at the fair-skinned, stalwart
framed conquerors. Only once did the
faint shadow of smile lurk about the
corners Of his mouth. This was when
the cavalcade passed through a barbed
wire ENHANCEMENT. No body of infan-
try could have ever got through this
| ueIeIlSt dilNe ana Ge0eTdl Smarter re-
mark about it's resisting powers found
the first gratifying echo in the defeated
Generals heart.
Further along. the desperate charac
ter Of the Spanish resistance, as
planned. amazed our officers. Although
primitive, it was well done. Each ap-
proach to the city was thrice barricaded
and wired and the barricades were high
enough and sufficiently strong to with
stand shrapnel.
The slaughter among our troops would
have been frightful had it ever be-
come necessary to storm the city.
Around the hospitals and public
buildings and along the west side of the
line. there We're additional works and
emplacements for guns, though no guns
were mounted on them. The streets
of Santiago are crooked. narrow lines
of one-story houses, most of which are
very dilapidated but ever veranda Of
every house was thronged by its Curl
Gus inhabitants and disarmed soldiers.
These were mostly of the lower class.
Few expressions Of any kind were heard
along the line. There were some shouts
for free Cuba, but as a rule these were
only mutterings. The better class OF