The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-16
SKATER MAY Be FORCED
To FIGHT FOR SANTIAGO
Continued from Page IL

of staff, and the two other commission
ers appointed by him.
General Miles took no part IN the
! negotiations He has been careIul slic'
/ his arrival here not to assume the ol-
rection of affairs, or to detract In the
least from the glory OF Genera
Skaters achievement
General Shafter insisted at the out
set that the commissioners 10 De ap'
pointed should have paramount author
ity TO make and conclude the terms OF
surrender, in accordance with our de-
mands. After parleying General FORA
acceded to this. explaining that since
his last communication he had re-
ceived dispatches from Blanco 10 do so
This being the main point, the inter-
view was soon concluded. Before part
ing General Shafter complimented Gen
eral TOral highly upon the skill and
the galIantry of his resistance.
Upon the return to General Wheeler
headquarters the news of our complete
victory was communicated to General
Lawton and to General Kent and to
the brigade commanders. A scene OF
general rejoicing followed.
GREAT REJOICING.
General Shafter held a regular levee
before he dismounted and was con-
He Immediately appointed General
Wheeler, General Lawton and Captain
Miles to be commissioners on his be-
half to treat with those appointed by
General Toral. He then issued orders
to permit our troops to retire from the
trenches, but absolutely forbidding
any one soldier or civilian. from going
into the Spanish lines. The refugees
are to be permitted to return to their
homes. but neither our troops or the
Cuban auXiliaries are to be permitted
to enter the city at present.
The orders as to the CubanS is very
specific. They have shown DISPOSE
ton to loot anything and any place.
They are not to have the privilege of
Cutting their appetites for plumber in
Santiago.
A guard is to be maintained about
the city and the camps of our soldiers
are to be removed just to the front or
to the rear of our lines, as in indi-
vidual cases is most practicable. The
change of the camp sites will undoubt-
eddy improve the health of the troops.
The whole purpose of the American
commander now is to protect the
health of the army, especially from the
dreaded contagion.
1t is claimed there is no fever in
Santiago, but the city is full of filth
and stencil, and if our men are allowed
to go in it will undoubtedly become a
pest hole.
The boys in the trenches were ignor-
ant of the outcome of the negotiations
until a heavy luncheon of coffee, hard
tack and corned beef appeared.
Then General Shafter appointed Col
onel Aston and Captain McKittrick to
convey the welcome tidings along the
line. Some of the officers favored cele-
brating the victory with bands and a
noisy demonstration, but General Shat
ter vetoed the proposition. He said
there was no occasion to humiliate the
enemy, who had fought bravely. Not
even cheering was to be permitted Be
fore Colonel Aston and Captain McKit-
trick could warn the soldiers the latter
broke out into wild hurrahs. Some
danced about, threw their hats into the
air. Rugged each other and congratu-
lated themselves upon the prospect of
getting out of Cuba in a few days.
FOOD FOR SPANIARDS.
General Shafter instructed the COM
missioners that the inside entrench-
ments be Immediately opened to allow
Clara Barton of the Red Cross society
and the supply ships to enter, and that
the railroad from Siboney be opened
for similar purpose. We are to sup
pending their concentration and en-
barkation. General Toral requested
this. saying that there was very little
food. 1t is probable that the Spanish
steamers in the harbor will be used in
part for the transportation of the
troops to Spain. The Spanish troops
abandoned the entertainments early
this afternoon and went into the city.
Our commissioners, attended by an
Interpreter, entered the Spanish lines
shortly after 2 o'clock, and had not re-
with this dispatch.
MILES RETIRES.
General Miles and his staff arrived
at Siboney from the front and went
aboard the Concha. On the wharf
General Miles said
Santiago has surrendered on our
terrls, after vainly trying for a long
time to get better ones. The result is
highly gratifying. The Spanish prison
ers will be transported to Spain by US.
The surrender carries with it not oily
the city of Santiago, but the entire
Santiago military district, being the
eastern portion of Cuba, west to a line
drawn from Acerraderos on the south
coast to Sagua on the north coast
and Holguin are not in
Guided.
THE possession of the surrendered
district will be yielded at once, and
will meet this evening to
complete the details of the transfer
The American troops will be left where
they are for a time until they are need
ed for service elsewhere.
Il do not wish to say what point will
b attacked next. l may come ashore
again, but hardly think So"