The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-29
ACTION WILL !.
Be QUICK.
will Not Trifle While at
Porto Rico.
KINDNESS FOR OUR SOLDIERS
Santiago Folks Receive
AThem With Evidences
of Good Fellow
ship.
KINDNESS FOR OUR SOLDIERS

/ GAntiago. July 1S-When the American
poltiiers were in the conquered city yoster-
day they were received by the townspeople
with many evidences Of good fellowship.
Our blue. coated men were strange figures
among the slpshol ami hungry looking
Inhabitants of Santiago. who wondered at
their healthy appearance and at The fact
that men could campaign In Cuba dressed
In the heavy uniform of our army, com-
pared to tho drill cothes of the Spaniards.
4 Cigars and rum were plentiful and could
be had for tho asking. Two Spanish solli
Ars attached she,nseves to group of curl
Gus American soldiers and guided them
through confusing streots. The SpAniards
produced rum and cigarettes for their
guests In amysteri0u' manner which The
soldiers could not account for, until one
trooper noticedt hat friends of tho Span.
.iards handed about refreshments as tho
the new boon companions would enter
some house to drink hcalths, whose health
they were no: particular about.
Many people on Tho streets bowed Pleas
antly to any man whom they saw was nn
American, and u plea ant word to a group
of Spanish soldiers always brought forth
responsive smiles and friendly comment.
Now and then sulien lace could DO seen,
perhaps Oh some junior officer whose war
pride was suffering, or IL soldier st!ll limp
A. IA al 4 No.,
who had injured him.
But apathy to the whole proceeding was
noticeable except where rejoicing was evil
dent. Tho townspeople arc glad that tic
days of suffering are ovo", and to many OF
the lower classes it is matt n of indiifer
ence that that small American Flag floats
over the uulace instead Ct tho rod and yell
low banner Of Spain.
The storekeepers Iogret thai our army
will not enter the city, for he nocls Of
few thousand men in the way Of clothing
and refreshments would brin. acceptable
trade and provide work for thu many thou
sand people crowdng in from the country,
returning sick and hupAlcss to hono' de-
yastatel, looted or sold out during their
D5senco; for'thcSpanish soldiers, p cssea by
gnawing stomachs. have no respected
empty houses and family possessions,
, Until late hour last night the una"med
Spanish soldiers strcamcd ont of tho city
and turned into The fresh fields between
the American and Spanish lines. They
stretched out under the stars AMI many
went supperlcss to bod, but it wa, good 70
be In the open country and away from tho
OyercrowdeG barracks.
/ Camp Alger Va. July % The sur
geons on duty at tho division 10 pjtal are
much relieved tina. there /, nj least tenn
pomy lull in the discovery of cases Of
typhoid. only suspected cases having been
reported since yesterday, Both ar from
tho Fifth New York, Corporal John ID,
Clutc, Company A. and Private Charles 5.
Grace, Company f. One othe~ case has
been reported to Colonel WEIGH of that
regimen, but Of which the surgeons have
no official knowledge. Lieutenant Fred H,
Wilson of Company f. who left for his
home in Jamestown n. T.. recently sue
cumbed to tho fever as toon As he loft the
train.
All the patients now in the hospital at
Fort Myer are reported as likely to recover.
"a board of examiners was convened ut
corps headquarters this morning for tho
purpose OF examining Tor promotion Ger
tain regular army OIL 'crs on duty here 1t
consisted of Lieu eaant Colonel Bob.
cts, adiutant OF the corps, president; Lieu
tenant Colonel Il !gcriy, ms: general
OF tho corps; Lieutenant Colonel d, Vail.
Chief of Ordnance of tho corps; Colonel
G rard, chief surgeon Of the corps, and
Major Cook, chief surgeon Of the First Dl'
vision. Lieutenant Van Deman, Twenty
flrst Infantry who is now anal Oh ten
eral Davis's Staff, was appointed recorder
Of the board Tho officers reporting for OK
animation were Major + f, Ladd Uni ed
States volunteers, quartcrmastcr OF the
Second division and first lieutenant inthe
Ninth regular cavalry; Llau5'nan Oh,
Durham, Fourth Missouri United states
volunteers and first lieutenant in the
Fourteenth regular infantry, and First
lieutenant Arhen, Twenty fifth regular
infantry.
{ Private Floyd W, Gay, against whom
charges wore preferred Yesterday for lar
osny. forgery unlrVLbing he malls, is said
TO have signihed his willingness to plead
guilty to the first charge, If the third is
withdrawn 1t ii not thought likely that
any change will be made. Tho other men
fro II the Sixty fifth regiment who are now
IN the guardhou,e for minor offences object
to having Gay confined with them,
I Private Frank Schwartz COMPANY NJ.
sixty-tifh New York, has been posted as
\ descrter He left for hig home in Ro.
CHESTER July Il on seycn days lurlough
and has not been heard from ,inra.
\,Madrid July . An Official dispatch
from Juan de Porto Rico makes the state,
nent that 100 volunteers have cOmpcilad
az American force, which was advancing
On Yuuco, near Port GuNniCa, to retreat
70 the positions they previously occupied
According to an official dispatch just
received from Juan DO Porto Rico the Am
syican forces under MuJuL General Miles
occupy The same positions u. Port Gnnnica
a. they did after landing
Several American warships and trans
sorts are reported to be cruising off the
island
Washington, July % No word came
from General Miles today, and the War
Department assumes that he is pursuing
his advance across the Island of Porto Rico
toward Ponce. The attach little crcdonce
to the Spanish account Of a battle at Yuaco
resting confident in the belief that when
the facts aro known it will DO found that
this was Victory OF the usual Spanish
type, resulting 10 tho complete achieve.
ment of the object Of the American com
munder. Yuanco is tho town nearest the
II irbor Of Guanica, and General Miles has
probably seized it,
Through the vicisstudes of war, Admire,
Cevera's report, although addressed to the
Spanish Minister Of Marine was submitted
FIRST to the American Navy Department, in