Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-20
FALL OF SANTIAGO.
American Flag HOisted
Sunday at Noon.
SPANIARDS TO BE SENT BACK TO SPAIN.

SPANIARDS TO BE SENT BACK TO SPAIN.
No Other Way For It-Shafter Said That
If the City Had Not Surrendered, 1t
Would Have Cost 5000 Lives.
The American flag now flies over
Santiago, and General Shafter has pos
session of the city. After long drawn
out negotiations, the conditions were
agreed to and the flag was hoisted at
noon Sunday.
The commissioners appointed by
General Shafter to conduct the nego-
tiations after the surrender had been
finally agreed upon were Generals
Wheeler and Lawton and Captain
Miley. General Toral's commission
ers were Mr.. Robert Mason, the British
vice-consul at Santiago, Colonel Fon-
taine, General Toral's chief of staff,
and General Escarajao.
The negotiations were long drawn
out and there were several bitches
which seemed to threaten a return of
the opposing armies to arms. One of
the difficulties was in the confusion of
General Toral's letter. In one sem
tence the general said he would give
up the arms of his men, and in another
he said he expected to have those arms
returned. General Shafter refused to
allow return of the arms. He agreed
to refer the matter to Washington and
Washington was of the same opinion
as General Shafter. General Toral
almost cried over the matter. He
maintained that his men had bravely
defended their arms and that they
were entitled to receive them back.
The American commissioners were i'm
pressed with this position, and while
not disposed to make any promises,
agreed to recommend to Washington
that the arms be returned.
There was another slight hitch over
the word surrender" General Toral
desired that this and several other
words of the same character be soften
ed. He held that he had been over
powered by superior force and that
the word "capitulate" would suit bet
ter. In this also the Americans agreed.
1t was not until Saturday morning
that the whole business was finally SET
tied. The agreement, as signed at
last, consists of nine articles which
may be summarized as follows:
The first declares that all hostilities shall
cease pending the agreement OF final
capitulation.
Second. That the capitulation includes
all the Spanish forces and the surrender
of all war material within 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 capltulation,
the Spanish forces shall assist in the re-
moval of all distractions to navigation in
Santiago harbor.
Sixth. That after the final capitulation
the commanding officers shall furnish a
complete inventory Of all arms and mum
itions of war and roster Of all the SOL
diers in the district.
Seventh. That the Spanish general shall
be permitted to take the military archives
and records with him.
Eighth. That the guerillas and Spanish
irregulars shall be permitted to remain in
Cuba, if they so elect, giving parole that
they will not again take up arms against
the United States unless properly released
from parole.
Ninth. That the Spanish forces shall be
permitted to march out with all the hon-
ors of war, depositing their arms to be
disposed of by the United States in the
future, the American commissioners to
recommend to their government that the
"who so bravely defended them."
At 9 o'clock, Sunday morning, the
Spanish flag was hauled down from
the different buildings in Santiago, and
Immediately afterward the Spanish
regiments began leaving their trenches
and marching into the American lines,
where they laid down their arms.
During the day 1000 rifles were sur
rendered along with 100000 cartridges.
General Shafter told his part of the
story in the following dispatch to
Washington:
81 have the honor to announce that the
American flag has this instant, II O'Clock,
noon, been hoisted over the house Of the
civil governor in the city of Santiago. An
immense concourse of people present q
squadron of cavalry and regiment of
infantry presenting arms and band play
ing national airs. Light battery fired sa-
lutte of 81 guns. Perfect order is being
maintained by municipal government.
Distress is very great; but little sickness
in town. Scarcely any yellow fever. \
small gunboat and about 200 seamen left
by Cevera have surrendered to me. OBJ
structions are being removed from mouth
Of the harbor. Upon coming into this
city l discovered perfect ENHANCEMENT
Of defenses. Fighting, as the Spaniards
did the first day, it would have cost 5000
lives to have taken it. Battalions ofSpan-
ish troops have been deposting arms
since daylight in armory, over which l
have guard. General Toral formally SUR
rendered the plaza and all stores at go
a. M"
After the surrender, the newspaper
correspon dents had brief talk with
General Toral. The whitehaired COM