The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-22
DAY BEFORE THE SURRENDER
Terms of CapieuIation-Their AP-
prevail by h Madrid Government
Toral's Lamentatiou-The Warshfps.
Yellow Fever. The Volunteer Re si-
nsenfN

RTotah b1 u luAuFto
Toral'. Lamentauon-The WarshiP..
ments.
Copyright by Associated Press.)
On Board the Dispatch Boat Wanda,
of Juragua, July IS, Via Kingston ia.
July 17.-What will Be done with Gen
eral Skaters force is not yet fully de-
cided. The physicians declare that
the army, owing TO the hardships and
the fever, will not be fit for active
duty for some time TO come, and Gen
eral Miles is believed TO be seriously
considering the proposition TO leave
only immune regiments To hold the
conqered province, and return the
body OF the corps to the United States,
and sending other immunes from there
10 reinforce the Santiago detachment
II necessary.
Many OF the troops are eager TO
participate in the Porto Rico cam
paign. which it is rumored about head
quarters will Immediately follow. but
this is strongly opposed by the sur
geons.
600 CASES OF YELLOW FEVER.
New cases OF yellow fever continue
TO appear daily, and fully six hundred
are 10Y under treatment, but the d.
sease is of a very mild form, and the
physicians say it is now we'll in land.
Only five deaths have occurred up 70
tonight, the low mortality being re-
- rlyah 1a ,rl -,Nz. uip- 70
Dr.. Guiteras and the other fever ex-
perts, who had grave fears when the
disease first appeared that the death
rate would be very heavy.
CLOSING NEGOTIATIONS
The formal sanction by the Madrid
government of the terms of capitula-
ton today unraveled the tangled
skein of demands and counter-demands
between the opposing commanders.
which threatened yesterday TO end the
negotiations and compel a return TO
arms.
After numerous conferences had
resulted in the agreement, already
sanctioned by General Blanco, Gen
eral Toral decided that the approval
Of the Madrid government was neces-
sary before he could leave the city.
General Shafter maintained that no
such approval was necessary; h a
when General TOral agreed to sur
render the province of Santiago and
General BIanco sanctioned IL, the
agreement of surrender became an &C
complished fact. He insisted that
General TOral had either surrendered
Th,rcIoy nv ootnl in hol roith
The whole matter was cleared up
this morning, however, when General
Toral received the necessary sanction
from Madrid.
TERMS OF AGREEMENT.
The agreement consists of nine ar
ticleG. The first declares that all hos
titles shall cease pending the agree
ment of final capitulation.
Second. That the capitulation in
| cludes all the Spanish forces and the
! surrender of all war material with
! in the prescribed limits.
Third. The transportation Of the
troops to Spain at the earliest possible
| moment, each force to be embarked
at the nearest port.
Fourth. That the Spanish officers
| shall retain their side arms and the
enlisted men their personal property
Fifth. That after the final c~apitula.
| ton the Spanish forces shall assist in
the removal of all distractions to nav
igatiOn in Santiago harbOr.
Sixth. That after the final capitu.
1ation the commanding officers shall
furnish a complete inventory of a.
arms and ammunition of war and a TO.
ter of all the soldiers in the district
Seventh. That the Spanish genera
shall be permitted to take the military
archives and records with them.
Eighth. That all guerillas ant
Spanish irregulars shall be permitted
to remain in Cuba if they SO elect
giving a parole that they will no
again take up arms against the Unit
ed States, unless properly released
from parole.
Ninth. That the Spanish force
shall be permitted to march out will
all the honors of war, depositing thei
arms to be disposed of by the Unitet
States in the future, the American
commissioners to recommend to thei
government that the arms OF the sol
diers be returned to those who S,
bravely defended them"
The articles were signed yesterda,
afternoon after a four hours session
of the commissioners, who agreed tina
the terms Of capitulation should avail
the sanction of tie Madrid govern
ment.
TORAL'S LAMENTATION.
General Toral, the white haired com
mander of the Spanish forces, wa
present throughout the session and ap
peared to be h~eart-broken. He spok
bitterly Of the fate which compelle
him to sue for peace, but had no wor
to say against the gallant men VIII
had conquered his army. He declar
ed that he had little chance to viii
81 would not desire to see my wors
enemy play with the cards l held,
he said to one of the commissioner
Every one of my generals was kill
ed or wounded. I have not a singl
colonel left and am surrounded by