The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31

winch all former negotiations had been
conducted. Gen. Shafter was escorted by
a troop Of the Second Cavalry and Gen.
Aoral had a large escort of horse. The
generals rode up, saluted and shook hands.
Inc members of their staffs exchanged
peasant greetings and were soon inter
Hilngllng, chatting in Spanish and English
as II tney had never been enemies
4oIaI alone seemed 10 feel the blow that
iiao Iatien upon his country. He seemed 10
nave aged over night, and as if he dread
ca TO face the future Of Spain. Most Of
the other Spanards appeared to be re-
lleVea by the termination of fighting and
70 look forward gladly to the prospect OF
peace and rest and food. The common
eold1ers openly laughed and TESTED about
the result. 1t was nothing to them save
the eho OF a long struggle against enc
mes who could not be got at in their
tangled morasses and the beginning of
PERIOD OF rest and a sojourn at home. and
VINE drinking and tale telling in sunny
Andalusia
our officers were grave and digniGed,
ana fthe soldiers showed no sign of emo
ton until signal, three hours later. tod
mat our flag had been raised over San
tldSo' We could not have treated the de-
Iedted troops more cOurteously if they had
peen our guests in Washington Il was
ollhcult to keep a stra ght face in pres
ence of these lean, hungry dirty, foul-
soldiers even the volunteers and the raw
recruits, managed to suppress their smiles
ana hide their disgust.
As soon as the first formaHties were
over a smsll body Of Spanish infantry
advanced over the crest of a hill toward
the city to the most dolorous blasts from
Two trumpets and laid down their arms.
Ihls was the formal surrender and rep
resented the complete cap.tula lion of the
city and army Then Gen. Shafter and his
starr, accompanied by the small cavalry
escort and by the Ninth Infantry Regi-
ment, which was 10 occupy the city rode
into Santiago to go through the ceremony
OF raising the American flag. This part of
the programme was thus carried out from
beginning to end in almost absolute sill
ence.
There was very little jubilaton, indeed.
over the second part Of the programme
Gen. ShafLer and his staff went to the pal
ace of the Governor-A ramshackie old
building that never was imposing and is a
shabby old wreck now-and as the Cattle
oral clock struck u. or ia doce" as the
Cubans said in bad Spanish Capt McKit-
trick ran up the American colors. The
pand struck up The Star-Spangled Ban
her, the soldiers gave a subdued cheer,
ana a signal was flashed to the troops
standing on the hill crests three miles
away.
There was more enthusiasm and emo
tlon among the soldiers who still held the
trenches they had won on July / and 2.
AS they saw the signal and knew that the
nag hoated at last over Santiago. they
started a cheer that ran like a wbirlwind
OF sound along the lines. The guns sa-
luted the distant, invisible symbol of VIC
Tory After every shot the regiments
cheered again. A strong breeze was blow
ing, as. 1t ever is, over the hills into the
city, and the smoke of the cannon, rising
as II from affairs on the hills, was swept
INTO the town over the lines of sullen
Spaniards.
Inc thlng was done. The campaign had
ended, the battles had been fought and
won, the hardships had been suffered and
We're over, and the home-g going was near
Inc soldiers turned from the sight of the
city they had just captured and humilia-
yea, iald down their victorious rifles, and
asked one another:
rs 1t Porto Rico next?"
Stanhope Sans