The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-07-08

The other Spanish officers were conducted
back to Juragua, and then. not later than
( o'clock, 1rles c0urteously enough, but In
a tone which indicated considerable de-
hanct, said.
'Our understanding Is. gentlemen. that
this truce comes 10 an End az o'clock %
Colonel Asi0r looked at his watch,
( bowed to the Spanish officer without max
I ing any reply and started back slowly 10
/ the american lines with Hobson and his
companions.
I Tae meeting and exchange Of prisoners
hat taken place IN full view OF both the
American and Spanish soldiers entrenched
near the meeting place. The keenest in
ien.st was taken In the occasion.
An escort from the flagship had brough'
a change Of clothing and new uniform.
for Hobson and all his men and they were
given sharJ respite 30 change their ap-
parel Eetare leaving for the coast Lieu.
tenant Hobson had an interview with
General ShLfter.
To the correspondent OF the Associated
Press Hobson declined 10 talk Of his ad-
venture on the Merrimac. stating that ne
must first make his report to Admiral
sampson. ON, as 90 his experiences In
Santiago be said:
+ During the frst four days We were
prisoners of war We were confined In
Moro castle, and / assure you those were
extremely uncomfortable and disagree
ahis days. The spaniards did not exactly
ill-toat us. but it took them some time
TO recover from the shock caused by
What most OF them considered our Yam
kee impudence In trying TO blockade their
harbor AS a rule the officers and men
who came into contact with US were grun
In speech and sullen in manner For Ad-
mirl Cerver1 I have nothing but the
highest admiration. His act in informing
Admiral Sampson OF our safety regard
aS that Of a liud-hearted. generous man
and a chivalrous officer. He repeatedly
spoke 10 me OF his admiration for what
he called one OF the most daring acts in
naval history though / am sure We were
not entitled to the commendatiOn we re-
ceived. for there were hundreds Of other
men in our ships who would have been
glad TO undertake TO do the same thing
While We were in Moro castle we
were naval prisoners. but at the end OF |
four days We were transferred 10 the |
jurisdiction Of the army. and were re-
moved to the Reina Mercedes hospital |
on the outskirts Of Santiago. where we /
until today. We knew but little
of what was going on in the city, though
IF course We could always tell when our
leet was bombarding the shore batteries,
md We could easily distinguish the ter
-tiic explosions caused by the VeSuvius
throwing dynamite shells.
Several times at night We were also
'ully aware that the land batteries were
lighting outside the city. The little infor-
nation the Spanlards would give us could
lot be relied upon.
lone thing that l found out in the ,
hospital was that large number of
spanish officers were wounded in Fridays ,
ight. for many were brought to the hos
ital to be treated. A number of badly :
lined bullets came into the hospital win g
ows on Friday. but l do not believe any !
ne was injured by them, Our quarters .
'ere very clean and comfortable and the Y
bod was fairly good. :
"ln fact, have no reason to complain a
our treatment as prisoners of war
he prejudice which the Spanlards showed "
gainst us during the first few days soon
ore away, We conducted ourselves a.
roperly and simply forced them to treat n
5 WELL"