The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-11
A MILITARY ORDER
Creating the Department of San
tiagosde Cuba.
GENERAL LAWTON TO COMMAND.
All of General Shaftcr's Division VIII
Come Home, Along With the Gcueral
Himself - The Department VIII BE
Filled Up with Other Regiments.

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Himself The Department VIII
Filled Up with Other Regiments.
Washington, Aug. 11.-A new ge
graphical department of the army W.
created last night by direction Of Il
president 1t is to be known as IL
department of Santiago. and is to col
sist of all that part of Cuba. which q
ready has or may in the. future con
under the control of the United State
Major General Henry W. Lawto
has been assigned to the command {
the new department, with Brigade
General Leonard Wood and Ezra I
EWers as his principal officers Gen
eral Wood will continue to act as mil
itary governor of Santiago city.
The full text Of the order issued b
Ad1utant General Corbin at mldnjgh
| follows:
by direction Of the president, a geo
graphical military department Is here
by established, to be known as the de
partment OF Santiago. to consist o
all that part of the Island of Cuba AM
the Islands and keys adjacent and be
longing heretofore, or may hereafter
come under control of the United
States. The headquarters Of the de-
partment will be established in the
city of Santiago.
Major General Henry W. Lawton
United States volunteers is hereby as
signed to the command of the depart
ment of Santiago. Brigadier Generals
Leonard Wood and Ezra P. Ewers,
United States volunteers, will report
to Major General Henry W. Lawton,
United States volunteers, for duty In
the department of Santiago.
"The officers Of the several stafr de-
partments now on duty with the gen.
eral officers above named are tempor-
arily assigned to take duties at their
respective headquarters"
The assignment Of General Lawton
to the command of the new department
does not affect General Skaters COM
mand in the slightest way. The en-
tire Fifth army corps commanded by
Shafter has been ordered to the United
States. and General Shafter will return
with 1t. No part of the troops con-
stituting the Fifth corps will be kept
In Cuba. Quite naturally, so long as
General Shafter remains at Santiago
he will be In command of the forces
there. When he leaves he will turn
over the command to General Lawton.
The orders issued to Shafter and Law
ton with reference to the new depart
ment direct them to agree as to the
time when the command shall be
changed.
To the command of General Lawton
will be assigned two brigades of in
fantry. which will constitute the per-
manent garrison of Santiago city and
province. or these brigades five regi-
ments have been selected. They are
the First. Second. Third and Fifth i'm
munes. commanded respectively by
Colonels Richie. Hood. Ray and Sargent.
and the Eighth Illinois. colored, COM
manded by Colonel Marshall 1t Is not
that the Sixty-ninth New
York. commanded by Colonel Duffy, !
now at Fernandna. Fla, may be Sc
lected as the sixth regiment, but no de-
cision has been reached yet by the war
department officials.
Cuban Junta Offlcials to GO to Cuba.
Key West. Aug. 1l.-Vice President
MendeZ Capote. Of the Cuban provis-
lonal government. accompanied BY
Senior Portillo, his attache, and Senior
Gonzales Lunusa. of the junta, arrived
here yesterday on the Mascotte Tbev
come from Washington, with authority
from the navy department to proceed
10 Cuba on an American warsbin as
soon as possible, in order TO confer with
hN AL
Cuban provisional government, IN tho
coming elections and other political
luestions colncident with the restora-
ion of peace.
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Hong Kong. Aug, 11.-Among the
wounded In the battle at Malate on
'uhaay' July 81, are the following Of !
ne Ienth pennsylvania; Lieutenant I
'ordon' Lieutenant A. j. Buttermore, I
erseant ulch, sergeant N II. Hunst
ergeant Ava Walter. Corporal A. V.
rowmpell. PriVates Schneider. Malow.
alhoun. Summell Funkmuser shid- :
er. Shaw. Wallace, Bobbs, Schaote
Welsh. Louden, Minor. Emenheisep. q
ishop and Holmes. :
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Mis'eaoihg ohcial Dispatch.
Maarlo' Aug. H'-An Official dispatch
acelHed mere from San Juan de Porto
ico. says; American forces returning
ON Guanamo attacked the heights of
ervera kept up a continuous fire for r
n hour and held the position. the
1emy'S attach belpp