New-York tribune., 1899-12-31

became SO great that the battle o; san Juan wa:
then the ss snd and h6e after fer he m S
call was sent to General shaE.er for reinforce
e9'f nd that f he wSs 'o no ayg an ii caney for
the fun of It, but when these calls became so urgent
in danger he reluctantly sent an order to General
Lawton 20 Withdraw, and assist the cavalry os
to DO saying that the was H such % oss1sd s1et
an order OF that magntuae Sopio h n0e an &c wor
OF mouth He saw by the desperate resistance
portance OF ri Caney was in direct proportion 10
the that had been taken TO detena u;
General nee 'e iawton arranged with his aids having
calculated the time i would take sos .he sssat msds
at that particular hour and when at SSo o,clock
two aids rushed up from headquarters with orders @
no @en sease of the tHf sh h and 4h the
or sSt of ffsEhs be oR OF this action is the
Spanish commentators on the nghI VINO ev s u,s nss
Santiago Ei Caney being at the terminus OF the the
road from Guantanamo. where there were ,ssh,, ga
one and a half miles of the old road running from
Santiago to San Luis, where again there was
The second occasion was on the night Of Judy !.
when the famous conference took place on tne m au i
sure with our base OF supplies Severad Ied
who were present yhs nd~nan fiery and By
no means polite expressions of opinion; more tnai1 ny
70 any other suIe & snS snabed ie Ge % have his own Sa
in the matter and remain where ne was ana ana re GS
neHt so day Sy before daybreak He also able 70
extend our lines TO the right whicn , ne dld 20 tb
morning From that time on 10 the fan OF ,,.n' the
city Lawton held the right, the left being psac- p
Iute Confidence in the man whose energy. courage.
loyalty and blind obedience to orders he well knew
from the very start So day by day the right OF
the line was showed around. and as the LInss
and organizations either taken from other division,
sent to us from the landing place as tney at'Neu
In the form Of reinforcements.
SANTIAGO IN A TIGHT GRIP
Finally. on the night of July II. during the most
terrific storm that took place during our sojouIn ~
Cuba, General Ludlow moved his BRIGADE COW,
the city and closed the last gap left open tor tS
Spaniards crossing the Cobra Road and thr2ws,ns Tsr
days later the city fell Lawton holding more than
semlcIrcle which incosed the city in It's iron grip
The General was born fighter and m nature ISSscsi is
and mental gifts that he had that most valued i,sS
characteristic of great leader. that OF anman5
sp S The days wi'9 FROM ms y to- JSy Il
ones for the army; the sick list was ene mo-
ment were In the next stricken down by the 'ny'-
terious calentura. 49,,
All hands had had taste OF Spanish tenacity ana a
bulldog courage. and had begun to rec9ghzI" pp ttpp
beauties OF tho Mauser rifle In the HANDS or @ msn
piled with ammunition The green valley lay a. at our
feet smiling and placid stretching from tne ses iOS
the heights occ lped up 10 the Spanish i nr
but every In :he lines the barbed wire
Engagements which cut the entire cVullus a. ioh
into series OF diamond squares, ana knew i' vas
that would be on hand In case an assauE S ,,.son
ordered. yet II Iawtons boast tha' ms unnsnts
stood ready and anxious to assault at momenStss
notice and had the assault come Il was TO oe Me- W..
In front OF the lines commanded hy Seneas" 80
Kibben, then commanding the Second Brlsaae krIed
II seems hard that the only general olnoSmgnlshed
In this war should be the one VINO nad bSsayy
so much and who had placed the Nation ss1onsh 80 no
In debt TO him, who had won MS place nrreeord o.
favoritism whatsoever. but by as clean ,sr known.
military merit Army has ever the
Manila has claimed two magninceh, nhS nr cool
gallant lionlike Lawton and the splendo, ,Ssr S
beaded quiet mSdsst Scy brave an man a Services
the Bloody BEND on July will never pe ,,ics uT.
by those who saw 1t and prohted by X 70 General
clear judgment tower OF strehst = aled ike
Shafter whose chief OF stan he was nc and rks
Lawton at his post In the Philippilness lttle chill
Lawton alas! leaving a wiaow and foui ma,rotisn
dren All who love TO gallaniry ana hst an sp-
ftngly rewarded will rejoice TO know I,t st n re-
nrecatve Administration was on the Dor as he
warding this modest hero General LaS could not
deserved. IL seems sad that the rew~"
have come "A few days sooner