Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-20
But They Have Appetites for American Bacon
and Hard Tack, and Love to Loot Towns
Taken by Our Soldiers.
General Garcia's Men Wanted to Sack Santiago, Bat
General Shafter Positively Refused to Allow the
Cubans to Enter General Garcia Refused to Take
Part in the Raising of the Stars and Stripes

will be turned over to you, but not
until them
Castillo, who came direct from
Gen. Garcias camp, did not attempt
to conceal his chagrin.
The Cuban soldiers now fully re-
alize that there is a rising senti-
ment against them in the army.
They hear nothing but words of
scorn from our men as they pass
EDWARDS, Juggling their bacon and
bareback into the woods. Even our
officers no longer conceal their dis
gust for their allies, and it is I'M
derstood that the warm friendship
displayed towards them at first has
now turned into contempt, for the
Cubans have neither fought nor
worked
.patcn saw group of Cubans re-
tuse point blank to aid in building
roads, and, during the two days'
heavy fighting, while they were loi-
terlng in the rear, our surgeons
sought in vain to secure assistance
from them, even to cut poles for
1mprovised filters for our wound
ed.
hundreds of such instances are
being told around the camp fires.
until the name of Cuban is usually
Wreathed with camp profanity.
and very rarely is a kind word
spoken OF them. In fact, in some
quarters there is a disposition to
prophesy an early collision between
Our men and the Cubans.
Gen. Shafter yesterday mornine
sent an invitation to Gen. Garcia
TO attend the ceremony of raising
the American flag over Santiago.
but the Cuban general showed his
resentment by sending reply
which amply confirmed the course
which he and his ragged, ignorant
soldiers have followed during the
weeks of hard fighting and cam
palgning which have resulted in the
fall Of Santiago. He declined the
invitation, said he hated the Span
iards, and added that he did not
want to be where any of them
were.
Since that time the Cubans have
remained in their camp, eating
American rations, and our troops
have had no communication with
them.
The question has arisen between
the army and navy officials as to
the disposition to be made of the
half dozen large Spaninsh mer-
chant steamers which were in the
harbor of Santiago at the time of
the surrender. Admiral SAMPSON
arrived in the city to-day on the
Vixen, and claimed that the steam
ers were prizes of the navy. He
was also DESTROYS of placing prize
crews on board of them. General
Smarter, however, refused to recog-
nize Admiral SIMPSONS claims. He
declared the steamers, with every
thing else in Santiago had surren.
dered to him. The question. ap-
is still undecided. But
at any rate the admiral returned
TO his flagship without having dis
tributed prize crews among the
merchant vessels, and the latter
are still in possession of the armv.
Washington, July 19.-Some an.
prehension is expressed here that
the. assumption by the United
States government of the control Of
affairs at Santiago may lead to
trouble with the Cubans. A few
days before the surrender Of the
city Gen. Garcia sent a committee
to Gen. Shafter informing him that
the Cubans had selected a Cuban
named Castillo for governor Of the