Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-02
SHAT TER RFT|IRNs
commander of Cuban Army
Reaches Montauk.
GLAD TO BE BACK AGAIN
Sh"srined by the Land
OF Isl" Superior on,c.r Before 81.
'' arrange for u prons
demons tration,
W. lHy Telegral,hl

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Mexi,, ,vli\ Sep. 1.-The r.,
was srht,.u ~ Shafter on. hnsrd
~, W today ana AN hon -, .lnt. at $40
..1 ', IN Fort Pond buv dropped
! SiJa ''S OF Mexico, had an: 49,
his STAR Hhatter. the fnemher.,
wns n',;,. AS soon as General 49,
rival h.. .'"'1 OF General Skaters &c
-, ne ordered a salute of ffts., ar
:. :" De hred ana truops Al guns
I,,,,i ~ me second regular cavaIrv ,,s anu
.,,,, I" escort General Sh,ft
"'.r When he should land INTO
landed fr,,,, a.. yer and his staff were
bef,r. In 'he City of Mexico shorti,5
listnnc. franz ram, ,h at ,iloating dock" some
ashore OF the co,nmn,, Ane
Nh..i, VAS unexpected. GanaraI
IN a, -. IA" 'he cavalry escort draw.
w,i,,, ."e quarantine pier and the euna
was ne, !" salute General Shafter Ha
was On ,h'' mat General Shaftsr
,,'' n;.'i been driven 70 tn. ,1a,a.. GU
i''t", III carriages. Genera, VhaaIaA
"'s niue put out when ba ,.as..
'.,.a s'eneral Shatter had landed G MA
,,,t Sia'tef appeared in good health
"ie'i ne came ashore
''n the city OF Mexico h.siao 49,
er'li and his staff, came one cnmnanv
'ns irSt regular infantry
',eiicial Wheeler, when informed that
I'''eras Shaftrr was ashore ordered
S"'"'e "i httecn guns fired and these
49, sent OIL after General Shafter had
49, ,.'', ,,,,, pass" hearing distance 1t
Vas oiilicust To get near General Shaft
CT at me detention camp, but the com.
'i'ahueE ot the Santiago campaign sAnr
''u w .t'e correspondents that he was
ga" TO he on American soil once moe
", nu' vas sorry TO learn tina, SO many Of
hn, a a
M"htauk. He said. however. that had
the tro"pS remained in Santiago they
Would have Jared much worse
surgeon Meyer. who came North ON
me Allegheny. had something to saw
Today as 10 the condition of the trans
i'"r'' ~ was on that vessel that four
Teen Ninth Massachusetts men died.
surgeon Meyer stated that when the
+>lleEhehy left Santiago there We're buf
Twelve sick men on board. but illness
developed quickly on the vessel and
when out a few days deaths occurred
= '"e sH zasf f ier n { a1 SAN
NEW YORK. Sep. General Shaft
er is now. strictly speaking, by reason
oil rank, in command OF Camp Wikofr.
but he will not assume the reins Of con-
lr"i until his term in the detention
camp is finished. In an Interview this
afternoon General Shnfter said:
II enjoyed the trip north on the Mex
leo greatly, but more so on account of
the ship being prize. From q casual
observation like Camp Wikor 1t
seems just such Il place as I should
have selected. I will soon acquaint
myself thoroughly With all the details
of the camp.
II knew nothing of the Miles-Aiger
controversy until l was shown news
paper on my arrival here. I will not
discuss 1t now that | am unfamiliar
with the phases OF the case. nor Will
enter the controversy at any time. Sec
rotary Alger and General Miles can
take care of themselves and so can I.
The Red Cross and other nurses did
good work at Santiago. but the front is
hardly the place for women. There
was never any real scarcity of food in
Cuba, but there We're no transportation
facilities to get supplies to the front.
other than pack trains. The army and
sick in hospitals down there Jared as
Well as possible in such Il climate"
When told that it had been denied
that there was yellow fever In the camp
at Santiago. General Shafter said 1t was
nonsense as there was yellow fever
there and the doctors in Santiago. whu
knew it like Il book. said it was yellow.
fever and nothing else.
Santiago was on the mend. the gener-
al said. and the sanitary measures
taken by the Americans were having
good effect. When asked If 1t would
not be almost MS we'll to allow the men
now sick ut Santiago to fully recover in
Cuba. now that the Wet season is al
most over. he said the best place for
every man who could get there was
home and that. that while the wet sea-
son was nearly over. Cuba was not
good country for sick men to be in and
the conditions would remain poor for
two months at least. Ia and around
the city there had been two armies In
camp and armies did not leave the
places where they had been In the pest
of condition. For a few months. ne
continued. things would not be at their
best near Santiago. but nature in time