The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-07-28
ALLY NO LONGER.
Gen. Garcia Withdraws With Com.
mand From the American Army.
Wanted City Of santiago Turned Over to
the Cubsns-War Department Issues
Orders That No Attention be
Paid to Cubans - Allies.

SANTIAGO, July 20, VIA PLAYA DEL
ESTE, July o2.-Gen. Garcia has written
q letter to Gen. Shafter, in which he de.
clares that he is disguised at his treat.
ment at the hands Of the Americans,
and will consequently withdraw his
own forces to the hills, being no longer
willing to submit to the indignities tc
which he has been subjected.
Among the things of which Gen.
Garcia complains is the failure of the
American commander to officially
notify him of the surrender Of the
Spanish forces under Gen. Toral He
is also incensed at the fact that he
was not invited to be present at the
ceremony attending the formal capitu.
lation of Santiago.
Another of the grievances is the
action of Gen. Shafter in retaining
the Spanish civil authorities in the
administration of their functions in
Santiago
For these reasons he declares that he
will no longer cooperate with the
forces under Gen. Skaters command,
but will act independently, as he did
before the American troops landed in
Cuba Gen. Shafter wired a formal
answer to the Cuban leaders letter.
Gen. Skaters plans contemplate
the marching of his army north into
the mountains, with view of pre-.
serving the health of the troops, and a
campaign against Holguin, which is
occupied by 10000 Spanish troops un-
der command of Gen. Luque, may be
the result of this movement
Santiago is gradually resuming it's
normal aspect. Signs of business ac-
tivity are visible everywhere in the
opening of shops, stores, etc, and mer-
chants, who fed from the city when
its bombardment was threatened, are
actively engaged in putting in order
their places of business, which were
wrecked or pillaged by the Spanards
after their fight at Ell Caney and Sib-
oney.
The public market was open to-day.
The city is quiet
The Spanish officers and soldiers are
as docile now as they were warlike a
few days ago They have not attempt
ed to make trout BILE in any respect, and
voluntarily assist the Americans in
any way required.
Lieut. Delehanty, commander of the
Suwanee, is acting as captain of the
port, and is removing torpedoes and
other distractions in the harbo their
location being indicated by Spanish
officer of engineers The mines are
found to be almost useless They are
covered with marine growth and bar
nacles, and in some of them the ex.s
plosives are saturated with water. One
was found with half of its charge of
gun cotton burned and the rest unex-
ploded. The plungers on the contact
mines were obstructed, rendering
them useless also.
Lieut. Delehanty, in examining the
wreck of the Spanish cruiser Reiua
Mercedes, found a tactical signal code,
VIC ScAS Va CAiC y DouiSu 1TduS. ALlanLlC
steamship line and Spanish naval
charts of the West Indies, corrected in
ink.
WASHINGTON, July 22-On Gen.
Skaters recommendations, all orders
heretofore issued by Gen. Miles before
he left Washington providing for the
distribution of arms among the Gu bans
or sending supplies to Gomez or other
insurgents. have been countermanded
and no attention whatever will here
after be paid to the Cubans as military
allies. On the contrary. at the least
sign of insubOrdination Of the Cubans
near him, Gen. Shafter has been or.
dered to disarm them. His reports al
lege them to be utterly worthless, to be
skulkers and looters, and he expresses
the utmost disgust for them.