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IT MEANS DEATII._ TO STAY

The Santiago Troops Ordered Relieved
from Further Dutvahere and Will Be
Hnrried North as East as Transporta-
tion Will Allow—Ships for Spanish
Prisoners—Five Regiments of Immunes

Will Garrison Santiago.

Washington, Aug. 5.—Upon being in-
formed of the formal request made by
the generals of the American army at
Santiago to have their men moved im-
mediately to the.United States, the war
department officials stated that this re-
quest has been anticipated, .and that
the department had been directing the
best part of its energies to the return
of General S'hafter’s forces to the Uni-
ted States. It has also provided for
their reception in an ideal camp at
Montauk, L. L, and orders were sent
forward yesterday to begin the home-
ward movement by embarking at San-
tiago five cavalry regiments of Shaf-
ter’s force, including Roosevelt’s Rough
Riders. It is the intention of the de-
partment, and General Shatter was in-
structed to so inform the troops pub-.
iicly, to conduct this movement as rap-
idly as the resources of the government
.‘Will permit, having a regard for the
safety of the men themselves. It was
not deemed possible nor desirable to
Ibring them all here at once, not only
from the lack of transports, but for
medical reasons, the physicians repre-
senting that a sudden change in climate
probably would kill many of the sol-
diers who have not passed the conva-
lescent stage.

So it was the purpose to remove to
the mountains back of Santiago such
of the command as could not be em-
barked immediately, in order to place
them in the best possible hygienic sur—
roundings while they were waiting for
their turn to come to go aboard ship.
So far General Shatter has made no
formal report of'the meeting which
took place at Santiago resulting in the
presentation to him of the request of
the commanding generals.

An Official Statement.

The following official statement has
been issued:

War Department,
Adjutant General’s Office,
August 4, 98.

The secretary of war has ordered
General Shafter’s troops relieved from
further duty in Santiago, as fast as
transportation can be provided, and the
transfer of Spanish prisoners will ad-
mit of reduction of the garrison.

American transports now at Santiago
have the following respective capaci-
ties:

Cata'nia. 800; Gates City, 600; Grand
Duchess, 1,200; Miami, 900; Mateawan,
720: Vigilancia, 800; Olivette, 500; Berk—
shire, 250; total, 5,770.

hese will sail for New York as fast
as they- can be comfortably embarked.
Against Havana.

The rest at Montauk Point will pre-
pare these seasoned troops for the cam—
paign against Havana, in which they
probably will take part. The first
transport left Santiago yesterday. The
movement is expected to be completed
by the 20th of the month. Five United
States volunteer regiment-s, immunes,
havewbeen ordered to Santiago for gar-
rison duty. The first has already ar-
rived, and the others are belng‘pushed
forward as rapidly as transportation
can be furnished. ,.

Thewmovement north has been great:
ly accelerated by the following letter
to General Shatter:

Col. Roosevelt’s Letter.

Major General Shatter:

Sir: In a. meeting of the general and
medical officers called by you at the
palace this morning, we were all, as
you know, unanimous in view of what
should be done with the army. To keep
us here, in the opinion of every officer
commanding a. division or a brigade.
will simply involve the destruction of
thousands. There is no possible reason
for not shipping practically the entire
cemmand north at once. Yellow fever
cases are very few in the cavalry di-
vision, where I comm-and one of the
rtwo brigades, and not one true case
of yellow fever has occurred in this
division, except among the men sent to
the hospital at Siboncy, where they
have, I believe, contracted it.

But in this division there have been
1,500 cases of malarial fever, Not a
man has died from it, but the whole
command is so weakened and shattered
as to be ripe for dying like rotten sheep
when a real yellow fever epidemic, in-
stead of a fake epidemic like the pres-
ent, strikes us, as it is bound to do if
we stay here at the height of the sick-
ness season, August and the beginning
of September. Quamntining- against
malarial feveris much like quarantin-
ing against the toothache. All of us;
are certain, as soon as the authorities
at Washington fully appreciate the
conditions of the army. to be sent
home. If we are kept here it will in
all human possibility mean an appalling
disaster, for the surgeons estimate that
over half the army, if kept here during
the sickly season, will die. This is not
only terrible from the standpoint of the
individual lives lost, but it means ruin
from the standpoint of the military ef—
ficiency of the flower of the American
army, for the great bulk of the regu-
lars are here with you.

The sick list, large though it is, ex-
ceeding 4,000, affords but a faint index
of‘the debilitation of the army. Not 10
per cent. are fit for active work. Six
weeks on the north Maine coast for
instance, or elsewhere where the yel-

low fever germs cannot possibly pro-'

pagate, would make us all as fit as

fighting cocks, able as we are and eager.

to take a leading part in the great cam-
paign against Havana in the fall, even
if we are not allowed to try Porto
Rico.

Can Be M'oved at Once.

We can. be move-d north, if moved
at once,
country, although of course, it would
have been infinitely better if we had
been moved north or to Porto Rico two
weeks ago. If there were any object
in keeping us here, we would face yel-
low fever with as much indifference as
we face bullets. But there is no object

with. adsolute, safety to the

 

in it. The four immune regiments or-
dered here are sufficient to garrison
the city and surrounding towns, and

there is absolutely nothing for us to do

here, and there has not been since the
ci-ty.surrend-ered. It is impossible to
move into the interior. Every shifting
of camp doubles the sick rate in our
present weakened condition, and any-
how, t-he interior is rather worse than
the coast, as I have found by actual
reconnoisance. Our present camps are
as healthy as any camps at this end
of the island can be.

I write only because I cannot see
our men, who have fought so bravely,
and who have endured extreme hard-
ship and danger so uncomplainingiy,
go to destruction without striving, so
far as ‘lies in me, to avert a doom as
fearful as it is unnecessary and unde-
served.

Yours respectfully,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
Colonel Commanding First Brigade.

PEACE COUNCILS IN SPAIN.

 

 

Sagnsta Awaits Another Reply from Us—
Conferences To-day.

Madrid, Aug. 5.-——A council was held
at the palace yesterday, the queen re-
gent presiding. Senor S-agasta made a
statement dealing with the peace ne-
gotiations and General Correa made a
statement in regard to Porto Rico. He
den-led that Colonel San Martin had

‘been shot, but confirmed the report of

the suicide of Colonel I’uig.’

No reply from. VV-ashington had been
received and consequently the minis;
terial council, which was to have been
held later, was postponed until to-day,
to enable Premier Saga'sta to confer
with the leaders.

He made appointments to confer with
Senor Montero Rios at 3 o’clock, Senor
Vega de Armijo at 4, General Martinez
Campos rat 5 o’clock, and the Duke of
Tetuan and Senor Romero Robledo at
6 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Senor
Capdepon has also been summoned to
a. conference. Great interest is evinced
in the result of these conferences.

 

London, Aug. 5.—Trhe Madrid corre-
spondent of the Times says:

“Though peace is regarded as assur-
ed, it may not be attained so quickly
as is generally expected. Senor Sa-
gasta objects to being hustled and in-
sists upon everything being done in a.
quiet, orderly and dignified manner. He
considers it necessary to have full and
satisfactory explanations as to all
doubtful points in order 'to enable him
best to protect the national interests
against 'the aggressive tendencies of
the Washington cabinet.

“He has also to examine very mi-
nutely the exigencies of the internal
situation and home politics, so as to
avoid popular dissatisfaction and polit—
ical unrest. The Spanish people, al-
though sincerely desirous of peace, are
disposed to admire the hesitancy and
tenacious holding out till the last. al-
though aware that it implies greater
sacrifices.

“As an illustration of this feeling,
while General Toral is blamed for ca-
pitulating at Santiago, Captain General
Augustin, continuing a hopeless resist—
ance at Manila. bids fair to be a popu-
lar hero. It would lwe premature to sup-
pose that the politicrel consultations
now proceeding f01"i)sl‘.a«".‘:i\l’ the resign-
ution of the Liberal cabinet when peace
is concluded. The- Conservnijvws have
so constantly and lnynlly Slippv‘wi :ujl Sa-
gasta throughout the war that no fac-
tious opposition need be feared from
them."

The Madrid correspondent or the
Daily Mail says:
“The government has not yet an-

swered the, American note nor receiv-
ed President l..icI{in.ley’s reply to the
explanations asked for by Senor Sa-
gasta. The Premier said to—day that
the government would reply to the Ani-
erican demands early next week.

“In onsulting the party leaders, Sa-
gasta is following the precedent of
Castelar, when the Virginius affair
threatened war with the-United States.
It is not probable that he will resign
as a result of the conferences.

“The premier isinolined to rush the
treaty through without convoking the
cortcs, trusting to get a bill. of ind-cm-
nity next month, but the party leaders
are not likely to consent to this course."

 

ON THE BIA-MONO.

 

Games Played Yesterday,
At Louisville:
Boston...... 0 0 0 0 0 '0 0 2 53—;

Louisville... 0 1 3 1 1 2 3 0
Batteries, Lewis and Bergen; Frazer
and Kittridge. Base hits, Boston 12,

Louisville 15. Errors, Boston 2, Lou-
isville 0.

Second game:
Boston...... 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0—8

Louisville... 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0—4
Batteries, Nichols and Yeager: Todd
and Power. Base hits, Boston 12, Lou-

i-svilZe 11. Errors, Boston 1, Louisville
2.

At Philadelphia:
Cleveland... 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0—-4
Philadelphia 0 0 O 0 0 0 O 0 1—1

Batteries, Young and O’Connor; F".-
field and McFarland. Base hits, Cleve-
land 10, Philadelphia 7. Errors, CleVe-
land 1, Philadelphia 3.

Second game:

Cleveland... 1 2 0 1 0 0"1— 8
Philadelphia 0 0 J 0 0 0 0‘— 3

Batteries, Jones and Criger; Orth and

Murphy. Base hits, Cleveland 12, Phil-

O3
02

adelpfiiia 7. Errors, Cleveland 3, Phil-
adelphia 1.

At Cincinnati:
NewYork.. 0 1 0 4 O 0 0 0 0—5
Cincinnati.. 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0—5

Batteries, Grady and Gettig; Vaugh-
an and Hawley. Base hits, New York
6, Cincinnati 10. Errors, New York 1,
Cincinnati 3. ‘

Second game:

New York.. 0 O 0 1 0 5 0 0 0—- 6
Cincinnati.. 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1—— 5
Base hits, New York 0, Cincinnati

1
10. Errors, New York 0, Cincinnati 2.
At St. Louis:
St. Louis....0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5—8
Brooklyn.... 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 1—7
Batteries, Clements and Hughey; Mc-
Kenna and Grim. Base hits, St. Louis
9, Brooklyn 15. Errors, St. Louis 0,
Brooklyn 2.
At Chicago:
Baltimore... 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
Chicago ..... 000000000—0
Batteries, McJames and Robinson;
Callahan and Chance. Base hits, Bal-
timore 8, Chicago 4. Errors, Baltimore
2, Chicago 4.
Second game:
Baltimore... 0 1
Chicago. . . . .

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PEACE STILL DELAYED

 

 

President McKinley Has Informed M.
Cambon That Our Terms Will Not Be

Modified in Any Raped—Full Infor—
mation Given as to the Protection That

Will Be An‘orded Spaniards. ,

Washington, D. 0., Aug. 5.—The Uni-
ted States government is now Waiting
to hear again from Spain, and this time
it is expected the answer will be final.
Firmly, but courteously, the president
has declined the earnest appeal of the
French ambassador to modify the Uni-
ted Sta'tes’ demands except in slight
and unimportant respects.

There is no doubt that peace negoti—
ations are progressing to the entire sat—
isfaction of the presiden‘tand members
ofithe cabinet. _A statement tothat ef-
fect was made to-day by a high officer
of the administration.

The conference yesterday afternoon
at the White House, in which the pres-
ident, M. Cambon and Secretary Day
participated, was devoted to a discus—
sion of the details which are regarded
by the president as unimportant and
hence the requests of the French am-
bassador for the most part will be ac-
ceded to. One of these was that the
commission to be appointed to settle
the terms of peace shall meet outside
of the United States and preferably in
France. The president sees no objece
tion to grantin gthis request and it is
said to be practically settled that the
conferences will be held in paris.

Madrid Asked llIany Questions.

The Madrid government, through M.
Cambon, propounded a number of
questions as to the time when Spain
would be expected to evacuate Cuba,
and the territory to be ceded by the
United States, and as to what provis—
ions would be made by the United
States to protect the interests of the
Spanish subjects in these islands while
the evacuation was in progress.

The peace negotiations have been
conducted with such secrecy that most
of the information which slips out has
been based upon intimations and in-
ference rather than direct authority.
Putting two and two together, however.
the matter seems to shape itself in
about this way:

The Madrid government made up its,
mind distinctly on the receipt of the
American terms of peace to accede to
them.

At the same time the president’s mes—
sage left a number of important details
entirely in the dark. On what terms.
for instance, wen: the Spanish authori-
ties to evacuate Cuba and Porto Rico?
The United States government had not
claimed a surrender which would sim
ply have made all Spanish governmen-
tal property ours, and laid upon us as
well the provision for 100,000 or lné‘l‘w
prisoners of war. If the renuncisiijon
of authority was to be strictly in the
nature of a peaceful evacuation, or or-
dcrly retreat, the army would retire
as an army, with its organization in-
tact, its arms and colors in hand, and
its equipments, ammunition and stores
generally, accompanying it. This Would
rob us, perhaps, of some of 'the pomp
and glory of a conquest in war, but it
would likewise absolve us from a deal
of responsibility attaching to cap
ture.

Another question which was liable
to prove vexatious later on, was the
position the United States would as-
sume on the Philippine question, when
the peace commissioners should come
together. To enter the final tribunal
blindly, not knowing what one’s adver-
sary is going to demand, is like rc-
sponding as defendant to a lawsuit
without being furnished with a copy of
the complain
Luimkc.

Roosevelt’s Protest and Au, J

Washington, Aug. :i.—-FO~IIO\VII'1§C is the
correspondence which has passed be—
tween Colonel Roosevelt and Secretary
Alger: ‘

Santiago, July 23, 1898.

My Dear Mn. Secretary:

I I am writing with the knowledge and

zapproval of General W’heeler.

\Ve earnestly hope that you will send
us, most of the regulars, and at any
rate the cavalry division, including the
Rough Riders, who are as good as any
regulars and three times as good as
any state troops, to Porto Rico. There.
are 1,800 effective men in this division:
if those who were left behind were to
join :them, we could land at Porto Rico
in this cavalry division, close to 4,000
men, who would be worth, easily, any
10,000 National Guards armed with
black powder Springiields or other ar—
Chaic weapons.

(In the copy of the letter given out
at the war department asterisks were
inserted at this point, indicating that
a part of the Roosevelt letter was sup-
pressed by Sccrctary Alger.)

Very respectfully,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,

1 Washington, Aug. 4.
To Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Santi—
ago:

Your letter of 23rd receiVed. The
regular army, the volunteerlarmy and
the Rough Riders have .done 'well, but
I suggest that unless you want to spoil
the effects and glory of your victory
you make no invidious comparisons.
The Rough Riders are no better than
other volunteers. They had an adfim-
tage in their arms, for which they
ought to be very grateful.

R. A. ALGER, .

; Secretary of War.
(The reply of Secretary Alger was

cabled to Colonel Roosevelt.)

 

 

 

 

Ice for Sliafter’s Men. ’
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 5.—The Red
Cross schooner Mary E., Morse arrived
here this afternoon towed by the tug
Briton, being twenty-four ' days out
from Kennebec with 900 tons of ice, the
gift of Mrs. Adele‘Gardee of Long Is-
land. Miss Clara Barton presented the
complete cargo to General Shatter. for
the use of the army. The gift was
greatly appreciated by the sick, as the

hospital corps was in need of ice.

 

 

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I ' MANY ILL AT SANTIAGO.
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‘ Slight Decrease in the Figures. Sixteen
Qeaths Reported.

Washington, Aug. ill—The, detailed
condition of the health of the army at
Santiago, togetherwith a. list of the
deaths on each day, is shown in the
following telegrams from General Shaf-
ter:

Sanitary condition for July 29.—Total
sick, 4,164; total cases of fever, 3,212;
new cases of fever, (309; cases of fever
returned to duty, 792; death list: Pri-
vate P. D. Gearny, Company G, Six-
teenth infantry, July 28, dysentery; on
July 29, Principal Musician George Hol-
derness, Thirty-fourth Michigan, yel-
low fever; Private Max H. Pausler.

Company c, Thirty-third Michligan,‘

yellow fever; Private William Brondt,
Twenty-fourth United States infantry,
yellow fever; Private Edward Benja-
min, Company D, Thirty-third Michi-
gan, dysentery; Private David McCaf-
ferty, Company ' E, Second United
States infantry, pernicious malarial fe-
ver; Privaite Gustav Graem, Company
L, “Seventy-first. New York, dengue;
Sergeant William S. Young, Company
E, Seventy—first New York, dengue;
Private Rinaldo K. Sheed, Company
H, Thirty-fourth Michigan, acute dys~
entery; Private W. J. Dolan, Company
D, Thirty-fourth Michigan, malarial re-
mittenet fever.

Sanitary condition for July 30.—Total
sick, 3,892; total cases of fever, 2,692;
new cases of fever, 543; cases fever re-
turned to duty, 815; deaths on July 30:
Captain Charles Dodge, Twenty-fourth
infantry, yellow fever; Private S. 0.
Johnson, Company F, Seventh United
States infantry, as'thenia, following
yellow fever and diorrhoea; Major Pat-
rick J. Grady, Ninth Massachusetts,
functional disease of the heart; Pri-
vate John F. Minnis, Company H, Sec-
ond United States infantry, pernicious
malarial fever; Private John H. CleaSe,
Company E, Second United States in~
fantry, pernicious malarial, fever; on
July 29, Private Andrew Thorn, Com-
pany G, Ninth United States infantry,
malarial fever and diarrhoea.

In another dispatch, dated Santiago
to-day, General Shaffer says that he
has in the hospitals wounded and sick
prisoners t-o-day, 2,181.

START FOR HONOLULU THURSDAY.
First Detachment of the lst New York
Will Leave on Two Transports.

San Francisco, Aug. 3.—It is now
thought that the first detachment of
New York troops and the battalion of
engineers will. sail for Honolulu on
Thursday. Orders were to be issued to-
day for them to embark :t-o-morrow 0n
the transports Lakme' and Charles Nel-
son, preparatory to their departure on
the following day.

Major Chase examined the steam-
sh-ips yesterday and expressed his sat—
isfacti-on with them. The steamship
North Fork, however, was relegated to
duty as a freight carrier. The Alliance
of Locke, Johnson & 00., left Seattle
for San Francisco to-day, and will be
placed at the disposition of the govern—
ment for the transportation of troops
to Honolulu. Even with this there will
be 300 men unprovided for.

The contract made by Major_Genera1
Otis on behalf of the government with
Locke, Johnson & 00., provides a de-
murrage of $350 a day for delay caused
by the United States, while making no
provisions for (tardiness on the part of
the shipping firm. The Tacoma, a: sail—
ing vessel, will leave on Thursday for
Manila. with horses, mules and general
supplies. The military authorities here
are Completely in the dark as to the
Athenian and Tartar, which have been
reported as purchased by the war de-
partment for the transportation of
troops to the Philippines.

The North American Commercial
Company is negotiating to charter some
of its Alaska steamships, particularly
the Leelenaw, which is due to arrive
at any moment. She is capable of ac-
commodating 1,500 troops.

 

GOLD COMING OUR WAY.

 

Total Imports 101 the Current Week
Foot Up a Grand Total of $1,650,000.

New York, Aug. 3.-—The gold move-
ment, which began last week with an
order by the Bank of British North
America for $50,000 in gold for import,
has set in. Since then the same bank
has engaged $125,000 for shipment Sat-
urday. It was announced yesterday
that Lazard Freres have $150,000 on the
Britannic, .300,000 on the Augusta Vic-
toria, $325,000 on the Eutruria, and en-
gaged for shipment during this week,
$1,175,000, making a. total of $1,950,000 by
this firm. The total by both firms to
date is $2,125,000. At the Bank of Brit-
ish North America. it was learned that
the amount might be increased before
Saturday.

Solace In-aves Navy Yard.

New York, Aug. 3.-—-The hospital
steamer Solace left the navy yard and
passcdthe Battery yesterday, bound
out. It is said she will go to Santiago
first and the nto Porto Rico.

\Vhile she has been at the navy yard
her ice capacity has been increased and
electric fans have been added to the
blowers already in use, to keep up a
continuous circulation of air. Other im-
provements have been made 'to give
comfort to the sick and wounded.

110;) qtcd Defeat. 0t Cubans.

Madrid, Aug. 3.—An official dispatch
from Havana says that four hundred
insurgents recently attacked the Span-
ish detachment, numbering twenty men
and commanded by a sergeant, near
Huanes, in the western. part of the
province of Pin'ar del Rio. After a
fearful fight, the dispatch says, the in-
surgents fled, having killed ten of the
Spaniards and wounded a number of
others. The survivors are to be deco-
rated and recompensed.

 

The Attitude of Don Carlos.

London, Aug. 3.—A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Lucerne, says: “Count
Melgar, the constant. companion of
Don Carlos, has telegraphed to a friend
in 'Paris that Don Carlos orders his
followers not to embarrass his country
while she is in mourning.”

More Immunes for Santiago.

Macon, Ga... Aug. 3.—Colonel P. H.
Ray, commanding the Third regiment,
United States volunteers (immunes),
which has been organized here, has re-

 

 

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