French Ambassador Communi.
cates Her Desire.
TERMS TO BE SETTLED.
The President Will Agree to Open Neogo
tintlons, But There Will Be No Accept
ance of Any Proposition Intended Only
to Delay ~The War Will Be
Vigorously,
Pushed
A Washington special says: The
government bas sued for peace, not
rectly through the great Powers of
but by a direct appeal to President
ley.
The proposition was formally submitted
to the President at 8 o'clock Tuesday after
noon by the French Ambassador, M. Jules
Cambon, who had received instructions
from the foreign office at Paris to deliver
the United States Government the tender «
peace formulated by the Spanish
At the conclusion of the
tween the President and the French Am-
bassador, the following ofl~ial statement
was issued from the Waite H
“The French Ambassador, on be
the Government of Spain, and by direction
of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs,
presented to the President at the White
House a message Irom the Spanish Govern-
ment looking to the termination of the war
and the settlement of terms of peace
This was the only « Meld] statement made
publie, but it sufficed to put at rest all «
Jectures, and to make clear and definite that
at jast Spain bad taken the fuitiate toward
peace, Although peace rumors been
current almost dally heretofore sines the
war began, not one of them had the shadow
of foundation, and until the French Am-
bassador received instructions from Paris
Do overtures of any kind had besn received
Although no formal statement can
made as to what the President will demand
of Spain, it may be safely stated that these,
briefly, are the minimum terms that wiil be
acosptabie to the administration
Complete independence of Cuba under
the protection of the United States,
The absolnte cession to the United
of Porto Rico and the Ladrones,
A coaling station in the Philippines,
The extreme
supposed to be willing to make are
The cession to the United States
Rico,
The cession to the United States of Cuba
rather than the recogaition « pend-
ence of the island,
Spanish
indi
Europe,
ALL Wis
ARCAND
10
{
i
Ministry,
conference be
ase,
i=
have
now ha
States
concessions that
Spain 1s
of Porto
{ the inde
HIS MEN COMING HOME,
Gen. Shafter's Army to Be Encamped on
Long Island.
A Washington specialsays: Sesretary Al
er has given orders for the removal of all
of Gen, Shatter's Army as so as the men,
in the discretion of the commandiog officer,
may be salely brought back to a
Montauk Point, L. I.
Secretary Alger is deeply concerned over
the welfare of the gallant troops
Bhafter's command, now encamped
outskirts of Santiago. The
shows a surprisingly large number
cases of sickness, but army surgeor
ize the statement that these figure
leading in a certain sense, and
uation may not be nears
would seem to licats,
ment, of the most 1em pe
to place a soldier's name ug
ports, which in present
not distinguish between such
of mortal The
many of these cases in
of a trivial nature, but g
total of siek asd wounde
fing this mitigating fact
golng to remove the so
earliest opportunity
elime,
The Surgeon (General
camp on
on the !
report
heaith
# auth
aeir shape Ww
a case and one
inference
fiiness, is
» frase’ rye
after’s eamyg
t ts grand
Nw
i
» fehog mid
solwitbstand-
are
swell
Secretary Alger Is
at
more
the vary
bealthfal
Jiers
tO a
under the direction |
of the Secretary a few davs ago inspected a
tract of land adjoin Montauk, L.
longing to the Loog Island Rallroad Come
pany, which has Leen offared to the govern-
ment as suitable fora large encampment,
The necessary orders to equip this as a
camping g id will go forward immedi
ately and every advantage will taken of
the experience gained fu the formation of
the great camps at Chickamauga and Camp
Alger to make the conditions as comfortabie
as possible for the battie-scarred veterans of
Bhafter's army. The time of their removal |
is left
L, be
]
lay the homeward sailing of his troops be |
yond the moment when it shall be safe for
them to leave Santiago, having regard to |
the fever conditions. Meanwhile, detalls
aie being made of troops to supply the force
that shall garrison Santiago so long as it
shail be found necessary to continue troops
there. The force will made up almost!
altogether of immunes, i
be
TO CONFER ON PHILIPPINES,
The European Powers Will Probably Hold
a Congress in Paris,
The Vienna correspondent of the London
Dally Telegraph says: “The project of a
European conference regarding the Phillp-
pines was brought forward long ago, and
there In every prospect that the conference
will meet in Paris,”
Tue Madrid correspondent of the Times
gays: “La Correspondencia de Espana an-
nounced that fa view of the probable eapitu-
lation of Mantis General Rice, Captain Gen.
eral of the Vizeayas Islands, bas been or-
dered tn sei ue charge of all the territory
forzeri~ alainistered Ly Capt. Gen. Au
oe Tous Gop, Augusti will be able to
sign only the eapituiation of the city of Ma-
nila and its environs,”
a cab egram from Hong Kong to the New
York Journal says that Admiral Dawey, at
Manila, bas dispatebed the Raleigh and
the Concord to gather up eieven Spanish
craft which, according to Information sent
him by Consul Ganeral Wildman, are at var-
fous piaces in the Philippine archipelago.
Among these vessels ara three gunboats at
San Miguel, Luzon Island, and tour at Port
Royalist, Pa.awar Island, Four merchant
men with cargoes of tobacco ars resortsd at
Cagayan, Luzor., The same dispatch re
ports that Eng dsh traders at the coal mines
at Batan, Luzon I-iand, have been impris-
oned and subjected to ii-trentment other
wise by the Spaniards thers,
ABOUT TU ATTACK MANILA.
ins s—-
ti,
Captain General August] Sends a Signi
ennt Letter to Madrid,
A special dispatch from Madrid says Gen.
eral Augasti, Captaio Geverni of the Pallip-
pies, bas teiegrapbed to the government as
1otiows:
“The Americans are abou! to attack
Manile, Grave eventy are impending.
*
SAMPSON REPORT.
General Story of the Great Sea
Fight.
ALL HANDS PRAISED.|
The Part the Various Ships Took In the
He of What
Own ship Did, But, Although the Brook |
He Not
Credit to Schley For the Victory.
Engagement Speaks
lyn is Mentioned, Vows Give
wing is
festruet!
of the vesanla
Y Santiag:
Ihe
viva east of her
at the
LE flagship New
»
t seven miles frou
» had started for
nuded
my stall, ar
General Shalter,
tion acd » more
twenn us of the
been rendered neesasnry
trong resistance of the Spanis!
I bad t
he day belore lo srrange a
rouse: al Bhalter, who had bes
ing with haat prostraiior I
sen ny
made arratge-
ments his beadqguartiers, and my
Bawshis
was in Lhe position ned above when
the Bpanish sq 6 the chan-
The remaining vegasl rere iG oF
their t OE 1
§
in 8 semi-cirecie about the
Gini, RT
suni Lioekad listributed |
entrance, |
%
ar
couating from the rastward (0 the westward
in the wing order: The Indiana about a
mile ard a half from shore; the Oregon the
New York's places; these two (he
Iowa, Tvxas and Brookivn, the latter two
miles Irom the shore west of Rantiage., The
f the vessels from the harbor es-
trance was from two and onehal! and four |
miles, lalier lwing Hmit of dav
bicekadiog distance. The length of the are
formed by the shija was about eight miles
4d AM. tor
Guantanamo for coal. Her station was be. |
tween ihe Jown and Texas, The Auxiliaries |
Glogesster and Vixen lay close to the land
and nearer the harbor entrance than the |
large rerscis, the Glo icester to the eastward |
aid the Vixen to the westward. The tor-
pede boat Eriesson was in company with
’
SO
(wliweoan
the the
at
her chase until order=d to discontinue, when |
sbe rendered very officlont servies in resen. |
Ing prisoners from the burnlug Viz BYE,
The Fpaniards Come Ont, !
The Bpanish vems is came ravidly out ot |
speed estimated at from |
der: Infanta Maria Teresa (flagebi; Vie
caya, Cristobal Colvn snd ibe Almiracte |
Oqu- ode. The distance Leiwoen these ships i
was about 800 yards, which menos that!
from the time the first one Lecams visible ju |
the upper reach of the chaanel aot tie last |
ons was out of the harbor, an interval of |
ouly about twelve minutes elapsed. FPoillon.
ing the Oquendo, at a distance of abou:
1.200 yards, came the torpedo boat destroyer
Pioton, aud after her the Furor. The are
moted cruisers, as rapidly as they could
bring their guns to bear, openad 8 vigorous
firs wpon the blockading Vepsels, snd
emerged from the ehanuel shrouded in the
smoke from (heir guns,
The men of our ships in front of the port
were at Banday “quarters for inspection,”
The signal was mad» simultaneously from
several vessels: “Earmy's ships essen ping!”
and geveral quarters were sounded. The
men ebeered as they sprang to their gone,
and fire was opened probably within eight
minutes by the vessels whose guns com-
masded the entrance,
The New York's Past.
The New York tarned about and steamed
for the escaping fleet, Oring the sigual,
“Close fn towards barbor entrance and
attack vessels,” acd maduslly isereased
speed unthl toward the end of the chase
she was making sixteen and a half knots,
snd was rapidiy vloslag on the Cristobal
Colon. Bhe was not, at any me, withio
be range of ihe heavy Spanish ships, and
ber only part {othe firing was 10 receive
the undivided fire from the torts in passing
the barbor entrance, and to fire a few shots
at one of the destroyers, thought at the mo
ment to be slicwjptiug to escape from the
Gloneestar,
The Bpauish vessels, upon clearing the
harbor, fared to the westward in columns,
luereasiog thelr speed 10 the full power of
5
an 9
ManGare
their engines, The heavy blockading ves-
» Which bad closed in towards the Morro
ul instant of the enemy's appearance,
and at their best speed, delivered a rapid
fire, well sustained and destructive,
speedily overwhelmed apd
Spanish fire. The initial speed
Rag
the
sllenced the
of the Spap-
inrds enrried
IDE veesnls A
chase *h the Brooklyn sod Texas had
ie start the advastage of position. The
The Ore
«In whi
Brookiyn malotained this lead,
seaming with amazing speed
mepcement of the action, first
The lown and the Indiana baviog
took
i)
hier ships, were directed
nt
benched
fie
Lhe ¢
ceensl about the
to drojg
cknding
ied many priso
{ that the rush of the Spanish ships would
ther between two fires, ran f
time the Vazeaya
out of the chase and
stations, These vessels
Vixen, find-
ners, The
outside of
a columps, and
the battle and
Fine Work of the Gloucester,
ow
remained
hase
f the Glou
avery and merits the
Navy Department,
us protected aux-
Corsalr—and has a
rapid-fire g fhe
ving abou tw from the barbor
to the southward asd
id Immedintasly steamed in,
fies
commen
hie
who witnessed it,
§
ination { the
is n fast and
HIRTY vessel hie
entirely
yacht
Od battery « Maht
Lies
opening
Anticipating the ap-
i Furor
wed, thereby gaining more
ipon the large ships
pearance of the Pinton ar
ster waa al
i { steam,
3 cRme it she steamed for
them st full 1 sed], and was able 1c
ber fire
sl
necurale,
Ose
here
great volume I
?
ri range, w WAR
¢
ud
Gi
iring his
under the
Within twenty
from
yf the Furor
and two-thirds
we Furor was
in the suri; the Plu
afew min
suffered much injury from the fire
the battleships
fire of
Hoealier
capa batlery.
we they emerged Santiago
and the
{ thelr
CATSOrS
ended
beached and
sank in
The destroyers
» killed it
&1
4
on lee]
¥
ites iater.
}
dary Latteries of
, Jodiana apd the Texas;
wasiderabie factor
yet
in their speedy de.
waler s ballery., After rescuiog the
of the destroyers, the Giouceiter
eilent service in landing and secur
{the Infanta Maria Teresa.
Flan of the Spaniards,
The method of escape attempted
all steering io the same direc.
ton and in formatioo—removed all tactical
doablis or difficulties, and made plain
daty of every Usited States vessel to close
in, immediately engage and pursue, This
was promptly and eflectively done. As al
of the Spanish
the crew
Spaniards.
squadron
could not Immed!-
their best speed, but they
ately work up to
fifteen minutes of the engagement,
that the Infanta Maris
Teresa's fire main bad been cut by one of
With large volumes of
thelr lower decks alt,
these vessels gave up both fight and flight
and rao io ou the beach--the Infants Maria
Teresa at about 10.15 A, M. at Nima Nima,
bor sptrance, and the Almirante Oquendo
at about 10.30 A. M. at Joan Gonzales, seven
milies from the port.
The Vizcays was still under the fire of
the leading vessels, the Cristobal Colon had
drawn ahead, leading the chase, and soon
jass-d beyond the range of the guns of the
leading American ships. The Vizeayn was
shor: asd was beached at Ascerradoes,
filteen niles from Santiago, burning flercely,
and with ber reserves of ammunition on
When
about ton miles west of Santiago the ludi-
aun had Leen signaled to go back to the
harbor entrance, and at Aseerradercs the
lows wae signaled to resume blockading
siadon, Tbe Iowa, assisted by the Ericsson
and the H st, took off the crew of the Vie.
caya, whiie the Harvard and the Gloueester
rescued those of the Tufanta Maris Teress
snd the Almirante Oquendo, This rescue
ol prisoners, Inciuding the wounded from
the burning Spanish vessels, was the cocas-
fon of some of the most daring sud gallant
conduet of the day. The ships were burs.
ing fore and aft, their guns snd reserve
ammunition were exploding, aod it was not
known at what moment the fire would reach
the main magezioes. In addition to this, a
heavy sur! was ranciug just loside the
Bpauish ships. But wo risk deterred our
officers and men untll their work of humas-
ity was complete,
Work of Brooklyn and Oregon.
There remained aow of the Hpacish ships
only the Cristobal Colon, but she was their
best and fastest ves ol. Forced by the sit-
uation to hug the Coban const, her only
chanee of escapes was by her superipr and
sustained speed. When the Vizeaya went
ashore the Colon was about six miles abead
of the Brooklyn and the Oregon; but her
spurt was finished, snd the American
; came the Texas,
‘izxen and New York, It was
250 brides of the Yew York that
s—
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]
T=
w
: 314 DP mr
ships were gradually vorhauling
the chase and that she had no chance of es-
At 11:50 the Brookiyn and
Cape, Oregon
heavy sholl striking
1 she gave up ut
her, and
firing
beyond
ia
at Rio Torquino, f
tiago, Captain (
went on 1
riy-eight miles from Banp-
ook, of Brookiyn
receive surrender,
While his boat was alongside I came in
New York,
placed the Oregon in
the
mrd to the
up
report
charge of the wreck to
received his
save her, if possible, and directed the pris.
oners to transferred jute,
which bad followed the chase, Commodore
had gone
ward to receive the surrender, had directed
be to the Res
Sehiey, whose chio! of staff
hat all their personal «fleets should
alned Ly the of)
modify,
ars This order 1
The Cristobal Colon
beaching, though
high speed. The beach was so
ff by the working
aE not In
sli ran ashiore at
that
jured by
fey
Slee]
of the
she came off
der, and despite all efforts she sank
it became evident tl
afloat she was pushed
the beach
steam being placed
purpose.
tain Chadwick with admiral judgement,
sank in shoal water and may be saved,
been dose sb roid b
iown io deep water an ould
at she could not be kept
by the
New Yori's
for this
New
the
net
Baga her
the ship being bandied
and
Had
this not A¥e gone
bs a e
Save been 1
The Blockade.
I regard this com
victory over the Spanish foroes as
fiz of
and close blockade, so «
ent duriog the night
ioterred fron
ele and Important
the gue
owns [1 {! ardy
t
peveral wosks
making th
and siiberately
pt In daylight
* 1
Informed by
na
the atten is was th
ase 1 wa
Meer of the Cristobal (
Le
bg
b
ndino
DGIPE
It seems proper to be
ihe manoer in which thi
The harbor of Sastisgo
blockade ielng i
and that a narrow one, apd
the
senting © if culties of navigation oulsi
of the entrance, Al the time of wy arrival
tefore the port--Jane 1 fnowas at
there eniranee,
the
deer
ibd
extending close up to shore lope, pro-
je
the m
the night to enable any movement
of the sutrance to be detected; |
wanting of the moon and
dark nights there was opportunity for
enemy 10 escape, or for his turpedo boats t
blockading ves
the
the
wie
It was ascertained with fair conclusive.
ness that the Merrimac, gallantly taken
into the channel on June 50, did not obstruct
1, therefore, maintained the blockade as
a0
duty, in turn, of lighting the channel, Mov.
from the Morro, depending
upon the condition of the atmosphere, they
throw a searchlight beam directly on
channel, and beid it there steadily.
iighted up the satire breadth of the channel
for ball a mile inside of the entrance so
brilliantly that the movement of small boats
could be detected. Why ihe batteries naver
opened fire upon the searchiight ablp was
the
This
sever did. Stationed close to the entrance
of the port were three pieket launches, and
a littie distance further out three small
picket vessels, usually converted yachts,
and, when they were available, che or two
of our torpedo boats. With this arrange
ment there was at least a certainty that
pothing could get out of the barbor unde-
the situation forced upon the Spanish ad-
miral a decision, our vigilance increased.
The night blockadiog distance was reduced
to two miles for all vessels, and a battleship
with her broadside traloed upon the chan
nel, in readiness to fire the instant a Span.
ish ship should appear. The commanding
perfect manner ln which they entered into
this plan and put It into execution,
Massachuseils, who according to routine,
the work, and deserved a better fate than to
be absent that morning. I enclose, for the
information of the department, copies of or
ing the blockade, When all the work was
done so well it 1s diffienit to discriminate in
peaise, The object of the blockades of Cer-
vera's squadron was fully accomplished,
and each Individual bore well bls part in it
the commodore in commasd of ibe second
division, the captains of ahipe, thelr ofoers
and men, The fire of the battleships was
powerful and destructive, and the resistance
of the Spanish squadron wae, In great part,
broken almost before they had got beyond
Pralse For the Ships.
The fine apeed of ths Oregon enabled ber
and
the Cristobal Colon did not give up until the
Oregon had throws a thirteen-Inok shell bee
youd her. This performance adds to the
already brililant record of this fine battle
ship, sod speaks highly of the skill asd care
with which her admirable efficiency has
been malutained durfug a service unpreces
dented {n the history of vessels of her class,
Tae Brookiyva's westerly Liockading posi
tion gave her nn adva
which she maintained tot ‘
employed her fine battery with telling effect
The Texas and the New York were
on the chase during the last hour,
catniy
gaining
oad
= A
BGG
2414
Epeedlly
would have
the Cristobal (
Oregon,
Hon
From the nr
bausted her frst burst of
was never in doubt, in
below what might reasonably have bess
| pected of her. Careful of
| time and distance gave her an average speed
from
until
ment the Spanish vessel ex.
speed the result
¢
Bhe fell, fact
measurements
the time ste cleared the harbor
the ran on shore
Turquins, of 18.7 kn Neither
1ork nor the Brookiyn stopped te
time she
Ole,
thelr forward engines, but ran «
rapidly as possible on all bol
toecupls up the |
ers
Rines
went a deiay of fifteen minu
miles in the .
of
kiyn more often
{ light material in]
| greatost being on boar
killed
Brookiys.
immanity from I { fe
wrward eo
have 1
chase,
Beveral
| Bro
»
the
ships
ed
Li
wers struck
1 the others
very
1088 WAS one Mah
both on the
expinin this
injary combat with fern ves.
the Lest type
yor at the best, an
and accuracy of
» shipe In
gels of gunnery
isp h
ne thelr gu
This §
ners Rong by
vessels
8 borane of
wore eo
wh gu minished
ared
f the
apd » 1i0n jie
fire from the rapid.
ire
tleships appears 10 hss
balleries bat
been remarkably
An vxamination of the strand-
i shiows that the Almirante (
from this
festruciive
od vesss
juen-
do especially bad »
fire. Her sides
her decks wore stre
iffered terribly
are everywhers pierced and
wn with the charred
re-
wains of those who his
The reports of (
and the commanding
A board, appointed
ago, has made a critical
stranded
ng uy
tary features v
ws the chan
wrecking the
with a
the result of
sived, and o
saving ans
remainder
vessels, both
view
rere
pont
f the board will be speedily {
Very respectfully
Ww
Rear Admiral,
Commander-io-chief U. 8
North Atlantic Station,
The Secretary of the Navy,
Navy Department, Washingtor
T. Banrsox,
U. 8 Navy,
Naval §
ADVASCE UPON YANCO.
Gen. Miles’ Troops Engaged With the
Enemy's Forces
An official dispated to Madrid from Porto
Rieo says: “On Tueedny the Americans ad-
vanced in the direction of Yauco, fighting
most of the way. Seven bundred Spanish
regulars and volunteers encountered them
| and an engagement ensued, which
on the following day. The Americans were
obliged 10 withdraw to the coast.”
porthwest of Guaniea,
landed, the Intter being
Yauco is six miles
where our troope
the port of Yauco.
the two places. Matteo, an insurgent lead.
er, lives at Yanoo, according to Gen. Miles,
and this circumstance apjarently deter.
mined the direction of the Awerican moves
ment.
M CAMBON's LETTER,
ed, and Her Safferings Are Great
The text of Ambassador Cambon’s etter
| to President McKinley, is as follows:
“The government of the United States
and the government of Spain are unbhappy-
fly at war as a resuit of the demand she
refused to comply with,
“Io the contest of arms which followed,
Spain admits that she bas been worsted,
! and that her sufferings as a result are very
great,
“She believes that the time has now
come when she oan properly ask the co-op-
eration of the United States in terminating
| the war, aod therefore asks to ba furnished,
through the French ambassador, with a
statement of the terms upon whieh the Uni.
ted States would be willing to make peace.”
——
The receivers of the Baltimore and Obie
Ralirond have turned their attention to the
| improvement of the grades on the third
division from Cuamberiand to Grafton, or
koown as the “Glades” of the Alleghany
Mountains. The grades are short
ACCEPTED IN SPAN.
Peace Terms Attributed
| Indorsed,
WILL BE NO UPRISING.
Cabinet Tesues un Note Saving That Pese
Overtures Have Been Made to President
McKinley Retention of the Phillppioes
snd Release From the Payment of In-
demnity the Features of the Terms
A Madrid cablegram says: With the un.
| derstanding that no indemnity will be de-
i manded that sh sovereigniy in
| the Philippine Islands will be respested, the
| bewspapers here consider ihe terms of peaes
| attributed to President MeKinley as belong
sod Hpan
i The papers, howevar, protest
{ continuanes of ilitles by
| Btates after Bpaln had sued for f
i Atthe net ineil
| following semi-official note was iss aed
1 “The French Ambassador st Washington,
| during the afternoon of the 26th, presented,
in behalf of the Spanish government, a mes.
| sage to President McKinley with the view of
| bringing the war to an end and making
known the conditions of peace, gOY~
| ernment has received information that the
i message has to President Mo.
| Kinley, who Hed that he we onsult
{ with bis Council of vested
| M. Cambon tc Houses
against the
United
LROE,
Lhe
close of the Cali ery the
The
been handed
rer
rej
A
WE, and
Ministers and req
come the
he Spanish oMelals declare that th
| lished extracts fron
“ i ibe
the note are incorreet,
Fopular Discontent Improbable,
The Madrid ¢
{ Dally Mall, ren
faction and
roduced,” says
“There is I
content and
to retain the
pelled to pay in
the people makes banees of
small,
disagree ab
Marquis de Cerrait
posing the ste;
{ that Don Carl
{ The Madrid
Telegraph says
terms ¢
the slightest
orrespondent of
arkin
wf
rei
Dou Carlos
are said 10
of rising, the
other ieaders Op
Nevertheless it feared
Moreover, the Carlists
ut the advisability
ar
is
pond he Dally
However 1 iiatabie the
f pence may be, they will not provoke
listurbance
| listless indifference |
The Dally Gra;
a probabiin iestion
i arising over the difficuity of dealing with
the 4 jot pee a majority of the
Bpan Frenc
An Objection From Germany.
ben,
he Berlin
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Wife of the President's Secretary Tells of
Spanish Barbarity.
A Washington
tiago, under date of July &,
son Porter, wife
President, 4 now
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From Sane
Mrs, John Addi-
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pith Miss Clara Darton
has written a personal
it was
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at
ubtian relief! work
letter describing o
after Lhe great batlies of
uditions there
written a week
| Caney and San Juan.
i! The Bed Cross was aiding in the care
{ of the wosnded and feeding thousands of
| fugitives from Santiag The Spanish
| wounded captives expressed much gratitude
| that they were given the same attention as
: the Americans, surgeon, who dressed
{ the wounds of American asd Spacish
| soldiers, told Mrs, Porter that nearly ail the
{ Spaniards were hit three times,
while, as a rule, the Americans received a
single wound, indicating difference of
| marksmanship,
i
| Atthis time
br
woen
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two and
the
evervbody was busy caring
| for the sick and wounded American
{ dead bad been buried, but the trenches were
i Tull of dead Spaniards, whose bodies Aoated
on the surface of the water, caused by ralas,
| mond filled the air with a sickening odor.
| Hbe cites instances of Spanish barbarity
i and says in several instances mes were shot
| dead as they lay in Red Cross litters on the
way to hospitals, Tuls firing went on 80
unceasingiy that the surgeons operated by
moonlight, They were afraid to light can-
dies or lanterns, as Spanish sharpshooters
would have picked them off,
Mrs, Porter says that a number of these
guerrilias, or sharpshooters, were picked
out of trees by American sbarpshooters, ais
though this was diffieait because the Span~
farde used smokeless powder. Commissions
for their dastardly work were found oun the
bodies of these guerrillas, indicatiog that
high Spanish officials sanctioned the bars
barities committed,
The
wounded. Oae boyish soldier who was
dying said: I would willingiy go through
it ali agaia for my econutry.”’
She says that all the wounded soliliers
are high in their culogies of Colonel Roose
velit and Brigadier General Wood. The
poor teliows are continually speaking of the
bravery and kindoess of these men. “The
are pot stuck ap,” said one badiy woun
boy in biue, “and speak to the wen wherever
they see us.” Huudreds of these scidiers
weit,
speak highly of the courage of the colored
soldiers, who fought bravely on every field,
The soldiers, she says, oriticise the Cabanas
for allowing the bashwhaeking by the Span.
farde Thesoldiers think that as the Cubans
knew the Spanish method of fghting they
Adela Adjudged a Lawiu; Mize,
The British steamship Adula, captured off
Guantanamo Bay ty the Marbiebead, was
way {0 Guantanamo 10 take out refugees,
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