Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 26 August 1898 — Page 7

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LETTER FROM ALGER

Recounts to Chauncey Depew Regarding Outfitting of Troops.

EQUIPPING 268,000 MEN

As Well as Currying on tlie C:tmpni a Herculean Tuslt liirorts Mlicit- to Supply tho Soldiers With Comforts and to

Minimi/.,- Tlirir SuflVrinss Work i.f Surgeon General and Other Otlicers.

Now York, Aug. 22.—Hou. Cliauncey M. Depew has received the following letter from the secretary of war. under date of Aug. 13, and has consented to its publication. The letter, which was written in reply to a request for information on the subjects referred to, is in part as follows: "My Dear Mr. Depew—The great pressure of business has up to now prevented me from sending to you the statement you were kind enough to ask for, as to what had been accomplished in the way of outfitting the army for the field, the conduct of campaign, etc. One not in the midst of the work can hardly realize what it is to call 125,000 men into the field at one time. As you know, when war was declared, there was no equipment whatever for these volunteers in store. That the equipment was successfully accomplished, with very few accidents, is a matter of record. Subsequent calls, including the regular army which numbered about 7,000 men when war was declared) made a total of 208,500 men.

Santiago Campaign.

"Concerning the Santiago campaign, when the ships left Tampa they had on board three months' provisions and an abundance of hospital supplies. They had lighters to unload with at point of debarkation. These lighters were lost in severe storms on the way. As soon as we were notified of the fact, to-vs of lighters were sent from Mobile and New Orleans, which were also overtaken by storm and lost. The navy supplied us with lighters aud one of these was wrecked. The army disembarked, getting off a portion of its supplies and medical stores, and immediately marched to the front to fight the Spaniards. "Of the packers who were employed, 60 per cent soon fell sick, and heavy rains falling every day, the roads (if they could be called such) became impassable for vehicles, pack animals had to be employed to carry food to the army, which being extended to the right around Santiago increased the distance from the coast every day, and made the task more difficult. However, the result and the subsequent sickness that has broken out in the army showed the great wisdom of General Shatter in moving forward to make the attack while his men were in vigor. It was a movement bordering on audacity, but it succeeded.

Sickness of Troops.

"When yellow fever broke out and the fever list increased into the thousand, it was for a time supposed that it was principally yellow fever. The bringing troops north at once, after the surrender, under such conditions, would have been certain death to a vast number, but, upon inquiry, it was ascertained that very lew of these cases, comparatively, \vLere yellow fever, when it was at once decided to bring the army home as speedily as possible. Thai some men have been neglected on transports coming home there is no doubt— all against positive orders—due perhaps to carelessness and negligence, but largely on account of not having the medical force to spare (many of whom were sick) from tha camp at Santiago. Man}' medical officers sent with transports were taken ill on the way home. ir "The surgeon general has hud the work of fitting up hospitals, organizing the medical corps, employing male am. female nurses, contract surgeons (beiu£ surgeons who are employed from civil life), besides those commissioned as corps, division and brigade surgeons, furnishing medical supplies and ai^wering the demands from all over rhe country and from camps at Santiago, Porto Rico and Manila. The work done in this line is almost beyond comprehension. "The commissary general had purchased and distributed, up to Aug. l119,907,235 pounds of rations, which have been transported and distributed to all armies in the field here aud at Santiago, Porto Rico aud Manila, besides the large quantity distributed among the destitute Cubans. "The quartermaster general's report is too long to even give an approximate idea of his work. The total number of articles of clothing aud cuinp equipage" distributed to the army by the quartermaster's department has been 6,274,483, of which I can only mention a few articles, as follows: Blankets, 288,739 blouses, 283,762 trousers, 406,423 hats, 334,100 canvass field uniforms, 83,200 shoes, pairs, 511,378 undershirts, 736,965 tents, 179,142, etc. "The total weight of food and forage distributed daily to the army is approximately 900 tons. Sincerely Yours,"

R. A. ALGER.

Want Their Discharge.

San Francisco, Aug. 22.—The men of almost every one of the volunteer regiments in camp at tho Presidio are circulating petitions to the secretary of war requesting that they be mastered oat of the aervioe. There are very few of the officers with whom this movement has any coantenance and effort* are made to suppress it.

Viatlni* of Typhoid.

Atlanta, Ga., Ang. 28. Harry L. Gay, Treop F, Fifth cavalry William S. Bellamy, Troop B, Seoend cavalry and Abner Powsij, Ccnapaay 1ft, Second New York volnataers 4U4 a* Pec* Mo-

HIGH COMMISSION I

To Sctilit Question* Between tho t'nit.ca Slates Had Canada*

Quebec, Aug. 22.—The first, session of the United States and Great Britain joint high commission will be held in the parliament building in this city Tuesday afternoon. The meetings of the con1mission will not be open to the public. It is a ponderous and perplexing task given to tho commission to perform. Their work is that of adjustment and readjustment of all the most important questions which have been in controversy between the United States and Canada for the past bait' century.

The commission is composed of six members from the United States, four from Canada, oue from England and one from Newfoundland. The United States commissioners are:, United States Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, chairman United States Senator George Gray of Delaware, Congressman Nelson Dingley of Maine, John W. Foster, former secretary of state and former minister to Spain, Russia and Mexico John A. Kasson of Iowa, former minister to Germany qpid Austria, and T, Jefferson Coolidge of Massachusetts, former minister to France.

GRAND EVENT

Will lie the National Kncumpment of the Cr. A. K. at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, Aug. 22.—One of the unusual features for the 32d national encampment G. A. R. in this city September 5 to 10, is a war concert to be given on the first three nights of encampment week at Music Hall. Three prominent local choral organizations will participate. The most powerful of these is the United Catholic choir, under the direction of Professor Andrew Boex. This choir will be made up of 500 of the best trained voices in all the Catholic choirs of the city and their performance will be meritorious. Alternating with this immense Catholic choir will be the Orphans' club of 150 voices under Professor Charles Graninger and the Cam-bro-American Choral society, comprising 150 trained voices under direction of the well known tenor, Professor David Davis. The chorus will be supported by Weber's military band of 50 pieces. It is now settled that Com-mander-in-chief Gobin, who is tho commander of Camp Alger, will be here on a leave of absence during the encampment week. President McKinlcy au members of his cabinet and distinguished officers of the army and navy are expected for the peace jubilee.

LIFE" SENTENCE.

Punishment Meted Out to tTauies Tollver .For M'lv'lcr,

Harlan, Ky., Aug. 22.—The jury in the case of James Toliver, charged with murder, returned a verdict Saturday of guilty of willful murder and fixing the punishment at confinement in the state penitentiary for life. On May 18, 1898, as Morgan Gross was working in his cornfield the defendant, James Toliver, came up and shot him through a crack in the fence, and when Gross was found his little boy, who was under 4 years old. was wiping the sweat off his father's face and fanning him with his hat. Gross only lived a few minutes. Gross and Toliver had been, enemies for a number of years.

HELD ~A~ RECEPTION

Pope Apparentlj* In tiooil Health and Spirits.

Rome, Aug. 22.—The pope yesterday held a reception in honor of his saint's day. Many prelates, nobles and representatives of Catholic associations were in attendance. His holiness appeared to be in good health and spirits and, in spite of the length of the reception, which lasted an hour and a half, showed no signs of fatigue. He was the recipient of a large number of gifts.

RAILROAD HORROR.

Six Persons Killed Besides a Large Number Injured.

Sharon, Mass., Aug. 22.—A local train from Providence, R. I., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad due in Boston at 7:45 p. while standing at the depot last night was telescoped by an express train from New Bedford and six people were killed and 20 injured.

uglaiid's Colonization Scheme.

London, Aug. 22.—The Odessa correspondent of The DiJly Mail says: "The government is providing thousands of moujiks who have completed their three years' military service with inducements of free passage, au outfit, such as horses, cows, oxen and implements and a loan repayable on easy installments to emigrate to China and form colonies, thus forming a splendid available fighting contingent if necessary."

Condensed Dispatches.

The boll worm is reported to be destroying tho cotton in Texas. The Norwegian bark Nimbus, bound for Sum al, Sw eden, was sunk off Aldenburg, England. No lives lost.

Detroit gave the Michigan naval reserves, jusu released from the Yosemito a grand reception on their return home.

It. is estimated that fully 135,000 people visited Admiral Sampson's fleet Sunday at Tompkinsville, N. Y.

Engineers sent by the navy depaitmeut to prepare proposals for a naval station at Pago harbor, Ssir.oan Islands, have ar rivsd et. San Francisco. The contract will probably be let within a weok.

The Cambra Iroa oompauy of Pennsylvania whose plant to at Johnstown, will be absorbed by a uew corporation, the Cambra Steel oompany. The new concern will hare a capital of 1*4,000,000.

The British steamer Toledo, which •ailed from Galveqfop Jane 80 fer Rotterdam, struck on dim Rook, MolUy Is lawn and sunk. Jdl an board wen

SENT IUCTC TO SPAIN.

HOW UNCLE SAM SOLVES ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF VICTORY.

The Returning* of Toral'a Surrendered Army Kstnblishes a Unique Precedent. Why the Transported Soldiers Will Not

Go liack to Cuba to Fight Again.

Ono of the unexpected problems of victory which havo confronted Uncle Sam and one which ho has met. and solved with tho usual Yankee promptness lias been tho disposal of his numerous prisoners of war.

When hostilities with Spain wero begun, probably very few Americans reckoned on this phase of tho business. It was known, of course, that thero wero a great number of Spanish soldiers in Cuba, and every loyal citizen was confident that sooner or later they would cease to light for Spain. "What was to become of them was lost sight of. Perhaps the average American imagined that every Spaniard in sight was to bo obliterated in battle, wiped out, destroyed.

But the Spaniard does not fight that, way, as we have recently learned. IIo has :t wholesome distaste for becoming deceased. To avoid this ho surrenders and becomes'instead of a dead hero a living prisoner with a healthy appetite. As such the responsibility is at onco transferred to tho victor. Just what would have happened to American troops had they been captured in largo numbers by tho Spanish wo do not know. Perhaps it is better not to speculate. But Uncle Sam has a big heart as well as a strong right arm, and ho is bound to be humane, even in warfare, whenever possible. So it became necessary to adopt somo policy with reference to captured prisoners.

The surrender of such a great body of troops as that commanded by Genoral Toral and under the existing conditions furnishes an incident without a parallel in warfare. Consequently there was no precedent to follow as to their disposal. But Uncle Sam has a way of making his own precedents, or rather of doing without them altogether. Ho figured up even before the surrender that it would cost him a big sum to keen the conquer-

LOADING SICK SPANISH PRISOMEHS THANSI'OliTS.

ed army in the manner that his conscience demanded that he should keep them. So with much promptness and originality ho decided that he would ship them back to Spain.

That this was a unique proceeding did not prevent him from speedily taking steps to cany it out, so within a few days after the surrender of Santiago the contract had been let and preparations for transporting tho conquered army were well under way. This is go ing to cost him something liko $800,000, but it will only add another item to the formidable indemnity account which Spain must settle as soon as she concludes to quit fighting.

The specifications of the invitation for the bidscallcd for tho transportation of 1,000 officers and 24,000 enlisted men, to be transported from Santiago do Cuba to Cadiz, Spain, or any other Spanish port that might be designated. Cabin accommodations wero to be furnished for tho officers, and third class passage or steerage for the enlisted men. Tho men were to be provided with suitable galley accommodations and the United States requirements as to space per man and ventilation to be strictly conformed to. The United States was to deliver the troops on board the vessels at Santiago.

The government requires that th subsistence supplies furnished shall be equal to garrison rations.

Oue of the humors of tho situation is that it was a Spanish steamship company to which tho contract was award ed. Tho Compania Trasatlautica Es panola, whoso bid was accepted, will receive for every officer taken back to Spain §00 aud for every private $80.

Aside from the economy of the scheme, Uncle Sam figures that, the dis tributing of some 25,000 conquered soldiers throughout Spain will have salutary moral effect on the country of our enemy. The returned prisoners are bound to tako back with them a revised idea of the fighting strength of the United States, and this is sure to bo disseminated. It is quite likely that this will do much to dissipate the dense ignorance concerning the''

Yankee pigs''

which now exists throughout Spain. Several conditions assure us that the returned soldiers will not come back. In the first place, Spain has no fleet strong enough to convoy transports. In the second place, the prisoners would forfeit their right to be treated as prisoners of war if again captured bearing arms against the United States. Lastly, the one experience in Cuba is nnnngh for the average Spaniard, and most of them would rather die peaceably at home than to be sent back to be killed or starved. So when they go they go tor good. Cybus Sylvsstbb.

OPEN FOR ENGAGEMENTS.

General Maria*, Spanish Governor General of Porto Kico, and His Career*

General Don Manuel Macias, govern-' or general of Porto Rico under tho Spanish, liiM tho appearance, liko so many of his fellow countrymen, of being a military heavyweight. When dressed in his full uniform, with all his gold cord aud decorations on, lie looks very fierce and valiant. According to his record, ho is a great soldier, lie has crosses and medals in abundance. Wo used to regard these trinkets with somo awe, but of late we havo como to understand that in order to win a victory of tho Siymish brand a commanding officer is not required to be bravo according to our standards. Many of tho men whom Spain has decorated would havo been court martialed had thov belonged to tho United States army.

General Maeias became governor general of Porto Rico last January, succeeding General Gouzalez

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GENERAL DON MANUEL MACIAS.

died shortly after reaching San Juan. General Macias, as ho is called by the Spanish, was born Nov. 3, 1845. He attendod tho College of Infantry, and then took part in the Santo Domingo campaign. Later he was sent to Cuba and fought thero threo years, gaining the title of colonel. Ho roturned to the peninsula, but was again sent to Cuba with Martinez Campos and won the title of brigadier general and tho grand cross of military merit. Ho served somo time in Africa and was then recalled and sent to Cartagena to reorganizo the army there. On Nov. 3, 1893, ho was appointed captain general of the Canaries and remained thero until sent to Porto Rico to tako tho placo made vacant by tho death of Munoz.

He is a man of some wealth, for Spaniards who get a chance to hold sway in such places as tho Canaries or Porto Rico havo many opportunities which they never fail to improve, no matter how short their term of office. It is quite probable that General Macias would have eventually returned to Spain a very rich man had not the war interrupted his career.

SANTIAGO'S POSTMASTER.

Not a llauglity Spaniard, but a I'opulai Chicago IHau.

Santiago has a new postmaster. Tho old one was a haughty Spaniard. Tho new one is not exactly haughty. Neither is he very humble. He comes from Chicago, "and his namo is James E. Stuart. Until a short timo ago ho was an officer in tho volunteer army with the rank of major. Ho was stationed at Tampa. IIo was selected by Postmaster General Smith to take charge of the postal affairs of Uncle Sam in the eastern end of Cuba because he is au expert in organizing and looking after mail service.

Major Stuart has been connected with the postal department since the closo of the civil war, in which he played an honorable part and acquitted himself witn distinction. He won promotion after promotion by his diligence and effective work until he became inspector of tho northwest division in 1870. Ho has held tho position since, except during three years of President Cleveland's first term and since the war with Spain, the department granting him leave of absence on each of the occasions.

Major Stuart looks like tho soldier that he is, and his features aro familiar to thousands. Ho is a man below tho medium height, with fearless brown eyes, a mustache and goatee, a countenance which reflects courage and dis-

MAJOR JAMES E. STUART.

cretion and a never failing supply of energy. As a post-office inspector he is a terror to all violators of the postal laws, as an officer in the national guard of Illinois and tho commander of a volunteer battalion he has been the idol of hiB men, and as a private citizen he counts his friends by the hundreds. He succeeds Colonel Eben £. Brewer, who vent to Santiago as the United States postal agent, bat who succumbed to yellow fever.

NEED OP ROADWAYS.

THEY ARE THE VEINS AND ARTERIES OF A COUNTRY.

Valuable Allien to tho Producer ami ConBumcr Grade and Direction of Itoadx, Width, Ditches anil Bridges—Ksscntlala

In Highway Kulldlnc.

Roads aro a -Ttain aud accurate tost of a nation's civilization. Tiiey aro ono of tho first indications of a people's advancement from tho savage and their improvement keeps pace with t-hf country's increase in number's and wealth. When America- was first settled, tho development of tho land was confined almost entirely to the states lying along tho seaeoast, owing to the difficulty of crossing tho Allogiiany mountains, writes Henry Bedluger in Louisville, Courier-Journal.

Dr. Johnson says that life has 110 greater pleasuro than being whirled over a good road in a posleluuso, but the road has a greater claim to importance than merely for pleasure. Roads aro the veins and arteries of a country, connecting the cities with tho rural districts, tho consumer with the producer. Good roads benefit tho farmer in man} ways—by saving his time in bringing his products to tho city, by enabling him to bring perishable fruits and vegetables to market, by lessening the wear on his horsos and wagons, by diminishing tho number of horses necessary to do tho required work, aud, most of all, by advancing tho value of hi: land. It is estimated that if all roadh wero macadamized and mado free thi prico of farm land would incrca.se frou CO cents to $2 per aero. The same goon results would bo felt by those living ii tho city in that tho farmer with tin sauto profit to himself would bo ablo fcc,. sell his products cheaper.

Tho question as to tTio wisdom of hav ing tollhouses on our pikes has beei much agitated of lato in Kentucky Many authorities hold that tho statt

NEEDS DRAINING.

should own and control the pikes, keeping them in order with her own funds. As to tho making of good roads, tho first thing essential is that tho road should be straight. This rulo cannot bo taken as a literal guide, liowover, £oi often to go around a hill makes not only a better but a shorter road. And many times to avoid obstructions is more economical than to surmount them. Moreover, the difference in length betweon a straight road and ono which is slightly curved is very small. If a road between two places ten miles apart wero mado to curvo so that the eye could nowhere see farther than a quarter of a mile of it at once, its length would exceed that of a porfectly straight road betweon tho same points by only about 150 yards.

Secondly, tho road should ho as lovel as possible. Some people have said that it is easier for a horse to travel over a rolling country than over a level stretch, because different muscles would bo brought into play, but this has boen proved to be a mistake and was, nu doubt, suggested more by man's lovo for variety tl.an by a desire to assist tho horse. Another effect of steepness is the danger eau.-ed by snow and ice in winter, and also tho rains wash the roads into gullies and destroy the surface, making continual improvement- necessary.

The proper width of a road depends upon its importance and the amount of travel upon it. Its minimum is about a rod, or sufficient distance iur two vehicles to pass each other. From 30 to 40 feet is good width for any road unless it forms tho approach to a city. The roadbed should not be flat, but must bo higher in tho middle than at its sides. Tho best transverse profile for a road on level ground is that lormp-' by two inclined planes meeting in tho center of the road and having their angle slightly rounded by a connecting curve. Tho degree of inclination should be about 1 in 24, or half an inch to a foot. Tlioro should be a ditch about 0 inches deep and 10 inches wide on each side of the road.

The bridging of tho road depends almost entirely upon tho kind of vehicles that will pass over them. In Jefferson county a mistake has been made in building bridges of logs and covering them with earth and stone, for the logs havo decayed and horses have been injured by breaking through the upper crust. A bridge should bo built upou a stone foundation and of heavy white oak timber, for though more expensive it will outlast many cheaper structures.

In this district limestone is one of the best materials for macadamizing roads. Two layers of rock should be put on a road. The first should bo of rock about the size of a l}£ inch cube, and should be about ten inches deep. The second layer should bo of smaller crushed rock and should be about six inches deep. This would make an ideal road.

The public and private advantages resulting from tho improvement of our highways cannot bo estimated, and since these advantages are spread ovei so wide a surface and are beneficial in so many ways we are not able to appreciate them so much as those derived from other sources, but any one, after oven a slight consideration of the subject, will realize that every branch of our agricultural, oommercial and manur factoring industry would be materially benefited by good roads.

A town in which flue highways center is a veritable lodestone for drawing desirable residents and increased taiflii within its limitei