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READY TO MOVE ♦ TWESTY-SEVESTB INDIANA. BATTERY TO LEAVE CHICKAMAIGA, Orders Issued Yesterday for the Artillery Boys to Prepare (or Departure on Thursday Morning. A . ___ -■- BOOKED FOR PORTO RICO 0 AND WILL EMBARK EITHER AT NEWPORT NEWS OR CHARLESTON. Indiana Infantrymen at Camp Thomas Also Expecting Orders to More to the Front Some Time This Week. ♦ HOPES OF BARNETT'S MEN , HOOSIER 9 AT CAMP ALGER THINK THEY WILL SEE ACTIVE SERVICE. - Kansas Volunteers Poisoned by Eating Food Cooked In a Copper Ves-sel-Camp Tampa to Be Abolished. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CHICKAMAUGA PARK. Ga., Camp of the Twenty-seventh Indiana Battery, July 19.—Positive orders have been issued for the Twenty-seventh Indiana Battery to be ready to move by Thursday morning. One carload ir.ore of horses arrived this morning for the battery. There is great enthusiasm among the men, and every cne is ready to move at a moment’s notice. It is not known whether the embarkation will be at Newport News or Charleston, S. C. One of the most Impressive sights yet witnessed by the Twenty-seventh Artillery was the forced march of several regiments of infantry, among which were the Fifth Illinois, Fourth Ohio, Fourth Pennsylvania and First and Second Kentucky. As the head of the marching column came in sight there was great excitement in the artillery camp, for it seemed to bo generally thought the troops were on the move. As they moved out on the Lafayette road the band struck up “Marching through Georgia,’* and when the first regiment was seen to be in full marching order there was considerable excitement among the artillerymen who lined the road. When regiment after regiment filed past in column of fours the cheering became general and the wildest enthusiasm prevailed. However, it soon became known that it was Biraply to be a forced march to Lookout mountain and back, after camping all night on the mountain. Each regiment was accompanied by twelve wagons carrying supplies, and the whole made quite an army. General Brooke has Issued orders prohibiting any commissioned officer or enlisted man from leaving camp, and no passes will be issued between the 15th and 21st.

Every night the prisoners who are In the guardhouse have to get up at 2 o’clock 'n the morning and harness four army mules to the forage wagon, and, after loading several empty casks on, drive four miles, to McFarland’s house, and pump water for drinking and cooking purposes. However, it seems to be the general opinion throughout camp that the prisoners regard the work more in the light of a pleasure trip than as a part of their punishment. Gambling in Lytle began again in the same old way a few days ago, and for a day or two the proprietors of the several places did a “land-office business,” but General Brooke and his provost guard appeared on the scene, and closely following him came the deputy sheriffs, and now those places of ‘‘lnnocent amusement” are things of the past. General Brooke stands firmly by his first decision that there shall be no gambling or drinking places in Lytle or any roadhouses in the vicinity of camp. Sunday the Illinois troops had a grand review in honor of Governor Tanner and staff, and this morning at 9 o’clock three regiments of infantry and one troop of cavalry formed a hollow square, and, after speeches by Governor Tanner and Judge Roberts, of Chicago, the Danville battery fired a salute of seventeen guns. During the review the rain came down in torrents, but the programme was finished regardless of the elements. A curious thing was that there were only two umbrellas to be seen, although there were more than six thousand spectators. The assembly and mess tents, as well as the many boxes, arrived from Indianapolis, and Sunday the men of ,the Twenty-seventh Battery were to be found busy as bees writing letters to every one they ever knew or spending their time lying around in the easy chairs and hammocks and enjoying •’all the comforts of home.” Someone of the fun-loving boys of the battery started the report that Battery A was to be cut from a six tp a four-gun battery, and that something like fifty of the new men were to be sent home, and word was passed around that any one wanting to go home could do so by putting in his application at once. The result was that many of the apparently enthusiastic members filed down to the first sergeant's quarters in order to get the first chance. Captain Lydig, accompanied by his clerk, Private Karelson, or the Twenty-seventh Battery, left last Sunday for Honolulu. Kareison is honorably discharged from the army, and his going to Honolulu is simply voluntary. The following Is a copy of the minutes of a business meeting held by the members of the Twenty-seventh Light Battery on the 17th day of July: “The meeting having been called to order, Private Harry Henderson was elected and presided throughout the meeting as chairman, and Private Edward E. Gates as secretary. Three Chautauqua cheers were given with a hearty good will for the committee and ladies and citizens of Indianapolis who so generously contributed to the comforts of the battery boys, and through whose loyal efforts the battery’s muchneeded wants were satisfied. The following resolutions wore therefor* unanimously passed and adopted and ordered signed by each member of the battery, which was accordingly done. The resolutions adopted were as follows: “ ‘The boys of the Twenty-seventh Indiana Battery desire to express to their friends sincere thanks for the tents, c.iairs, books, etc., which were so kindly sent them. These comforts will go far toward tcheving the hard conditions of camp life. It Is also a source of pleasure to us to know

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that our friends are interested In us and so deeply concerned for our welfare. We hope always so to conduct ourselves that we shall prove worthy of this kindness.’ “It was thereupon moved and seconded and unanimously carried that a committee of five, with Harry Henderson as chairman, be appointed to draft rules and regulations for the conduct of the members of the battery while in the assembly tent, as well as the care and custody of the property contained therein. The chair thereupon appointed as members to serve on said committee with him, in accordance with said resolutions, the following-named members of the battery, to wit: Private Harry Griffith, Sergeant Robert Oliver, Private George Kuhn, Private Rynearson. “A short patriotic address was then made to the battery by Captain Curtis, which was well received and enthusiastically applauded. It was thereupon ordered that the secretary send a complete copy of the minutes of this meeting, with the request that the same be published in each of the daily newspapers published in the city of Indianapolis. It was further ordered that the secretary send the original signed copy to the chairman of the committee having in charge the Twenty-seventh Light Battery benefit. The meeting thereupon adjourned until 7:30 p. m. this day, at which time the committee on rules and regulations was ordered to report. EDWARD E. GATES, Secretary. “HARRY L. HENDERSON, Chairman." After this meeting the Rev. Henderson preached a short sermon, which services were attended by every member of the battery, besides a great many from other batteries in the artillery brigade, as well as several of the One-hundred-and-fifty-eighth Indiana boys, among whom were Corporal Charles Fleming, Sergeant Shilling, Privates Hutton, Victor and Haspell. Sergeant “Babe" Railsback has been transferred to the third section by special request, as he wished to be a duty sergeant. Dr. Kinter has been made veterinary sergeant in Railsback’s place. J. V. V.

How the Assembly Tent Was Received The following is an extract from a private letter from Ernest F. Knefler, member of the Twenty-seventh Indiana Battery: “Yesterday we staked our new assembly tent which Indianapolis friends so kindly donated us, and now we are able to write letters with some degree of comfort. All the boys greatly appreciate the kindness of the ladies who worked so hard and long to secure us these many comforts and conveniences. The tent has been placed in the rear of our company street. The tables and chairs have been placed conveniently around through the rooTn and there are always from fifteen to twenty-five fellows sitting around, some reading, some writing, some are seated at tables playing cards and others lounging on some of the easy chairs. Yesterday morning we used tho assembly tent as a chapel. One of our boys, Henderson by name, preached a short sermon and a choir sang several selections. Henderson is an ordained minister and gave up a charge in Indianapolis in order to join the army. He is a very fine fellow and popular with all the boys. After church we had a business meeting and he was elected custodian of our ‘library’ tent and all accessories. Capt. Curtis then made a speech, in which he praised the men for the strict discipline which they maintained and the willingness with which they performed all their duties. He promised us plenty of service, and before long. too. He said he had never before been touched so deeply as by the kindness and attention shown our battery by the citizens of Indiana. He read, us several telegrams from friends who sent their remembrance to the boys, and said, furthermore, that these W'ere only a sample of many more which come daily. The boys all applauded his remarks very heartily. Thus ended the dedication of our new tent. “We are still short in the matter qf equipment, having only four guns. We, however, expect the other two at any time. With the two guns we will probably receive the balance of our horses and then we will be ready for service. W'e have been drilled hard and long and are in good shape except in target practice. However, the range finders on these new guns are so accurate that the gunners will have no trouble In becoming accustomed to their use. * * * “The only drawback to a comfortable camp is the extreme scarcity of water, and what we have is miserable. The water has been ordered to be boiled before drinking, and boiling it seems to give it a very peculiar and disagreeable taste. Our officers have discovered a spring with fairly good water about six miles from our camp and about three miles from Lookout mountain. Our wagons have been going there lately for water, but it takes three hours or more to make the trip. “Our food is good and we have quite a variety, considering that we are in camp. However, the government only furnishes bacon, bread, hardtack, coffee, potatoes and sugar. Our canteen cleared over AMO up to July 1, and these profits are used for the enlarging of our mess fare. W r e have had fried chicken, corn on the cob, green beans, fresh peas, butter, milk and other luxuries several times. Our fund is not near exhausted, and as our canteen is still doing a large business there is no danger of our ‘eat money’ giving out as long as our canteen is permitted to do business. There is little news to tell. In fact, there never is anything new in camp. You are familiar with the details of camp life and can appreciate their monotony. You can, therefore, also appreciate our impatience to be ordered to the front. However, another rumor is afloat that we will go to Charleston, S. C., inside of ten days, and from the fact that our brigade commissary has received several shipments of marching rations we hope there may be some truth in this rumor, which seems to have originated from a reliable source.”

TWO DIVISIONS MAY GO. Many Troops at Chiekamansn May Be Sent to Porto Rtco. CHICK AM AUG A PARK, Ga., July 19.There' is no longer any doubt that Camp Thomas is going to furnish a large force of troops for the Porto Rican expedition. The details cannot be had to-night, but it is safe to assert that two divisions and probably more of the First Corps will be ordered out, and the movement is expected to begin to-morrow or Thursday. General Brooke will be at the park to-morrow, at w-hlch time all the details will be arranged. The following organizations were to-day placed under orders to go to Newport News, from which point they will embark for Porto Rico: The Second Brigade of the First Division, First Corps, consisting of the Fourth Pennsylvania, Fourth Ohio and Third Illinois, under command of Brigadier General Hains; Light Batteries B. of Pennsylvania, A, of Missouri, A, of Illinois, and the Twenty-seventh Indiana Battery; the signal corps, under Major Glassford; the reserve hospital corps, under Major L. S. Smith, and the reserve ambulance company, under Major Frank Boyd. That these will all go Thursday there appears to be no doubt, and It is more than likely that a larger force than this will be started by that time. For some reason changes might be made, and the fact that the regiments of the entire First Corps have been fitted out alike suggests the probability of some changes in making up the force. By noon to-day Col. Continued on Fonrfii rage.)

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SLIGHT DELAY ■ + GEN. MILES DID NOT SAIL FOR PORTO RICO WHEN EXPECTED. Hi£ Orders Miscarried, and He Probably Did Not Leave Slboney on the Yale Until Laat Night. . ACCOMPANIED BY A WAR SHIP - - WHICH WILL COMPEL THE YALE TO REDUCE HER SPEED. Orders lanned to Sampson to Aaalat the Army by Covering Landing of Troopa and Bombarding Forta. a THE SITUATION AT SANTIAGO a MESSAGES FROM GENERAL SHAFTER TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT. a Surrender of Spaniah Arma and Ammunition—About 25,000 Prisoners— Mausers in Bad Condition. a WASHINGTON, July 19. Because of a failure on the part of General Miles to receive the orders the President prepared late yesterday to take command of the military expedition against Porto Rico that officer did not depart, as was expected, from Siboney. The mistake was soon corrected this morning, however, and as a result of some short telegraphic correspondence that followed during the day it was gathered at the department that the Yale would start to night. Contrary' to tho first intention, and probably without General Miles’s seeking, the Yale is to be convoyed by a naval vessel that Admiral Sampson has been instructed to select from among the vessels of his fleet. This may result in delaying General Miles’s progress somewhat, as none of the vessels with Sampson is able to keep pace with the Yale. Nevertheless, there Is no doubt that the general will reach Porto Rico before the detachment of troops from Charleston. General Aliles has with him Capt. Fred Alger, son of the secretary, who has been transferred to General Miles from the staff of General Duffield.

Secretary Alger declined to-day to publish the list of troops that comprise the Porto Rican expedition. He said that it was still subject to change, and that this information will be withheld for a few days. It is known, however that the following regiments, comprising Hains’s brigade, have been ordered to Newport News, whence they will embark for Porto Rico: Third Illinois, Fourth Pennsylvania and Fourth Ohio, comprising from 3,800 to 4,000 men. In addition, four batteries of artillery, making 700 men, 1,000 horses, a hospital corps of 200 and a signal corps of 200 men, have been ordered to Newport News. It has not been definitely decided, and will not be until General Brooke has been heard from, which regiments of the First and Second Divisions of his corps shall go to Porto Rico, but the First and Third Kentucky and Fifth Illinois are among the probable selections. The First Illinois is the only regiment known here to have actually gone to Porto Rico with General Miles. The President announced privately to-day that while no date of departure of the troops to be sent from Chickamauga to Porto Rico had been fixed, he expected they would leave about one week from to-mor-row. He is awaiting a detailed report from General Brooke recommending what troops and supplies should be sent from Chickamauga. The present plan is stated to be to embark them at Newport News or Norfolk and those at Tampa either there or at Key West. Admiral Sampson has received final orders from the Navy Department as to the part the American fleet is to take in the campaign against Porto Rico. They are based on the view that the campaign is essentially an army movement, the duties of the navy being to lend every support and assistance to the land operations. The admiral is instructed to aid the army movements by dispatching convoys when required and by covering the landing of troops. As there is no Spanish fleet in San Juan harbor or other Porto Rican ports, the navy has a limited field of operation. The reduction of the harbor fortifications will be the main work, but this and all other operations of the fleet will be supplementary to the main operations conducted by the army. The strategists, military and navy, are agreed in the view that the taking of Porto Rico is primarily a military undertaking, and Admiral Sampson's orders are on these lines.

The Navy Department is rapidly moving the large fleet of auxiliary craft, made up of met chant ships, large ocean-going yachts, tugs, etc., from Atlantic coast points to Cuban waters, where they will be placed on blockade duty, thus releasing the larger ships for more active duty at Porto Rico and the coast of Spain. Three of these smaller craft were sent south to-day, and most ail of them will be on the way within a week, stopping only long enough at Norfolk to have their batteries strengthened. When the war broke out a large number of these auxiliary craft were purchased. They have been distributed along the coast from Maine to Florida, at some forty or more points, making an effective coast patrol. There is felt to be no further need of this patrol, so that with the exception of a few important points the auxiliary craft will be withdrawn for service in Cuba. Captain Bartlett has the work in charge, and is rapidly hurrying it to completion. While it has not been definitely settled, the probability is that the Third Brigade of the First Division of the First Army Corps will be ordered to Newport News for shipment. The following named ships are now' at that place: Breakwater, Massachusetts and Roumania, and others are under orders to proceed there. A thoroughly organized pontoon company in command of Colonel Black has been at Tampa for some time, and the understanding here is that the men and the pontoon apparatus have embarked on the transports. Gen. Roy Stone, the building expert, and a member of General Miles’s staff, has gone to Charleston, where he will proceed with Gen. Ernst’s brigade of the army of invasion. It is regarded as certain by the officers of the War Department that General Miles and the first contingent of the Porto Rican expedition are now en route from Santiago to the point in Porto Rico where a landing is to be effected. Secretary Alger said this evening that he hoped and expected that General Miles, with his forces from Cuba*

would get away to-night. At 8 o’clock tonight General Miles was still in Cuban waters, but so far as the war officials here are informed the vanguard of the Porto Rican expedition was finally prepared to leave. The War Department exchanged several cable messages with General Miles during the late afternoon and early evening regarding the details of the expedition, but in none of his dispatches did the general indicate the precise hour of his departure. The impression conveyed is that ho was awaiting the naval vessels which are to act as convoys. It is stated definitely that General Miles has no intention to await the arrival of the several parts of the expedition from the United States before moving upon Porto Rico. It is. in fact, his purpose, with such troops as he now has, to break ground on the island for the forces that will arrive later from this country. His landing will be effected, if necessary, under the guns of the vessels of the navy. It is not anticipated that serious resistance will be encountered, as the Spanish force on the entire island is only slightly larger than the force which accompanies General Miles, Arrangements for the departure of the troops from this country, which are to comprise the greater part of the expedition, are being pressed with the utmost vigor. Difficulty is being experienced in securing proper transports, but that, in a measure, has been overcome. Within a day or two ten thousand men, it is expected, will be afloat for Porto Rico, and the remainder of the expedition will be sent forward as rapidly as possible. This afternoon and evening the commissary department of the army was engaged in making preparations for the subsistence of the Porto Rican expedition. It is an enormous task, and Gen. Eagan, the commissary general, is still busily engaged in perfecting his plans. Practically all the necessary supplies except fresh beef have been provided for, and tonight General Eagan sent to various beefpacking concerns of the country the following telegram: "You are invited to bid for supplying the troops at the various seacoast points which may be occupied by them in the Island of Porto Rico with refrigerated or chilled beef in such quantities and in such places as may be required. The government to furnish the steamers. You must put in your own refrigerating plant and undertake to deliver the beef so that it will be perfectly good and fit for use seventytwo hours after delivery. Or you can build and put up any chilling or refrigerating process you please at the points in Porto Rico occupied by the troops, but in that case, if the troops move from one seaport to another, then it will be obligatory on you to move your plant with the troops, that the supply may be kept up. The government will protect the contractor from the public enemy. The contract to be gua anteed by the government to last for not less than three months. It is requested that you will telegraph your answer to this office and it is urgently suggested that the telegram be marked on the outside ‘proposals’ to the end that these proposals may all be opened at the same time. These proposals may be sent by letter provided they reach this office not later than the 27th inst.”

MESSAGES FROM SHAFTER. Surrender of Rifles and Ammunition Ut Santiago—23,7Bl Prisoners. WASHINGTON, July 19.—The War Department to-day received a dispatch dated yesterday, from General Shatter, saying that the roster of prisoners was handed him yesterday afternoon by General Toral and that the total was 22,75i men. General Shatter's dispatch added that the prisoners burned over to him far exceeded in numbers the strength of his own army. Gen. Shafter has asked the War Department to hurry forward the regiments of immunes for service at Santiago and vicinity, in order that there might be a minimum of danger of further infection of our troops from the fever which prevails at Santiago. Secretary Alger said this afternoon that it is probable the total number of Spanish soldiers who will have to be transported to Spain will reach the 25,000 estimated by General Shafter, as Toral’s report did not cover quite all the soldiers who would be turned over. The secretary says the military governor of Santiago had not been definitely selected. The War Department at 3 o’clock posted the following dispatch from Santiago: “Headquarters, near Santiago, July 19. My ordnance officers report over 10,000 rifles sent in and about 10,000,000 rounds of ammunition. Will send officers and troops tomorrow to receive surrender of interior garrisons. About 2,000 at these places. Will also send officers to receive surrender of coast garrisons, Guantanamo, Baracao and Sagua de Tar.amo. W. R. SHAFTER.” Bids will be opened to-morrow in New York in the presence of Colonel Heeker, chief of the Transportation Bureau of the 'W ar Department, for the conveyance home to Spain of tho Spanish army captured by Shafter. Meanwhile in advance of the opening a bid has come to the department from one of the big foreign steamship lines proposing to carry 18.000 men from Santiago to Cadiz for the lump sum of £125,000. Any increase or diminution in the number will be charged for in the same proportion. This bid is being held up subject to the formal opening to-morrofr.

THE FEVER SITUATION. Hopeful View Taken by Surgeon Genoral Sternberg:. WASHINGTON, July 19.—Surgeon General Sternberg returned to-day from an inspection of the Olivette, which has just arrived at New' York with a large number of wounded. General Sternberg continues to take a hopeful view of the fever situation at the front. He says normal conditions are now being established by the termination of the military campaign, and that the medical staff is enabled to cope with the disease eneregtically and successfully. When the outbreak first occurred there was more or less confusion and dread, exaggerated reports spreading through the camp. Now, however, complete sanitary precautions are being rigidly enforced, and the troops are being made to live up to all the requirements necessary to prevent a spread of contagion. General Sternberg received no additional reports from the front to-day, nor has any list of the fever patients been received. Outside of the surgeon general’s office. War Department officials continue to view with much seriousness the fever conditions at the front. A dispatch asking for additional hospital attendants, nurses and doctors, all of them to be immune, was the only additional information received. It made no mention as to the increase or decrease of the attack. The call for additional immunes will be met promptly. The Resolute left New' York to-day with a large number of contract surgeons and nurses. General Sternberg says he knows nothing of the reported suspicious cases on board the Seneca, which arrived with wounded at Norfolk yesterday, beyond the press reports, but Dr. Wynn, chief of the Marine Hospital Service, received a report that there were three suspicious cases aboard, though it could not be said os yet that they were yellow-fever cases. The ship was directed to proceed to Newr York, where the local quarantine officers will take such precautions as they deem neces(Continued on Second Page.) *

SULKY CUBANS v >■ GARCIA’S SOLDIERS DOING NOTHING BUT DRAW RATIONS. T’T'T' f • I 4t'Tl TV. In Bad Hnmor Because They Were Not Permitted to Loot Santiago When It Was Surrendered. SERIOUS FRICTION PROBABLE 0 AND AN OPEN RUPTURE WITH GEN. SHAFTER’S ARMY POSSIBLE. - ♦ War Authorities Amply Justified In Keeping the Regular Troops in the Hilla About the City. ORDER WILL BE PRESERVED 0 NONE OF THE CONQUERED TERRITORY TO BE LEFT TO CUBANS. I ♦ Insurgents Much Disliked by the Soldiers—First Feelings of Friendship Now Turned Into Contempt. WASHINGTON, July 19.-War Department officials feel that they are fully justified in their decision to retain practically all of Shafter’s army at Santiago by the press reports that reached them to-day indicating the growth of serious friction between the American forces and the Cuban troops growing out of the latter’s exclusion from Santiago by General Shatter's orders. It is felt now that the garrison originally proposed, two immune regiments, would have been quite insufficient to meet an outside Spanish force that might come from Holguin or Manzanillo and also to restrain the rapacity of the Cubans. It is realized that the present situation is full of difficulty and the future is dark owing to the disposition evidenced by the Cubans to ignore or refuse to be bound by the amenities of modern warfare. This first symptom of friction has suggested to the officials innumerable difficulties that will arise in the future. Os course it would seem to be only politic now to avoid any open rupture with the Cubans provided they can be kept in leash and not involve the United States in the disgrace that would follow the sacking of helpless communities, but it begins to appear that for some time to come, and even after the conquest of Cuba is complete, the United States must maintain there a military government in order to meet the responsibilities which it has assumed to the civilized world. A few days before the surrender of Santiago General Garcia sent a committee to General Shafter informed him that the Cubans had selected a Cuban named Castillo for governor of the ciiy. It is plain, however, from the reading of the President’s order to Shafter that it will be a long time before this officer is allowed to exercise the functions of governor, and it is believed that it is the President’s purpose, when the military government he has just erected gives way, to replace it with a popular government, meaning thereby a government for Santiago chosen by the free vote of the people of Santiago. It hag been suggested that ( the Presidendt’s action in the case of Santiago might be construed by European nations as indicating an intent to disregard the terms of the congressional resolution which precipitated the war, and to mean a permanent seizure of the island in behalf of the United States. This view however, will not, it is believed, obtain to any extent among the representatives of the European nations in the United States, who are aware that some such action as that adopted by the President is necessary in order to prevent excesses and lawless extravagances at Santiago.

SILKI.NG IX THEIR TEXTS. Garcia and HU Cubana Xo Longer In Accord with American. (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 18, 8 p. m., via Kingston, Jamaica, July 19, 9:15 a. m.— A fact which is becoming impressed each day on the American officers and men is the increasing strained relations between the Americans and General Garcia’s Cuban soldiers. Indeed, the situation has now reached a point where there is practically no communication between the armies, and their relations border on those of hostility, rather than the relations which one would expect should exist between allies. After General Shafter announced his decision not to let the Cuban Junto enter the city of Santiago deep mutterings were heard among General Garcia’s men. It was evident the Cubans were greatly disappointed at the step taken by the American commander, for they had confidently counted on having Santiago turned over to them to loot and plunder, as they had in succession sacked Baiquri, Siboney and El Caney. Consequently, their disappointment was keen when they ascertained that they were not to be permitted to take possession of the city upon General Toral’s surrender. On Friday last Castillo, a brother of Gen. Demetrius Castillo, went to General Shafter’s headquarters in order to ascertain the cause of this, to the Cubans, inexplicable resolution. "Why is Santiago to remain in the hands of our enemies?” he asked. "The Spaniards are not our enemies,” replied General Shafter. "We are fighting the soldiers of Spain, but we have no desire to despoil her citizens. No Cuban will be allowed to enter the city, nor will any American soldier. The government of the city is a matter for the people to decide. When the American army leaves it I presume it will be turned over to you, but not until then.” Castillo, who came direct from General Garcia’s camp, did not attempt to conceal his chagrin. The Cuban soldiers now fully realize that there is a rising sentiment against them in the army. They hear nothing but words of scorn from our men as they pass onward, lugging their bacon and hardtack into the woods. Even our officers no longer conceal their disgust for their allies, and it is understood that the warm friendship displayed toward them at first has now turned into contempt, for the Cubans have neither fought nor worked. The correspondent of the Associated Press who sends this dispatch saw a group of Cubans refuse point blank to aid in building roads, and during the two days’ heavy fighting, while they were loitering in. the road, our soldiers sought in vain to secure assistance from

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them, even to cut Improvised litters for our wounded. Hundreds of such instances are being told around the camp fires, until the name of Cuban is usually wreathed with camp profanity and very rarely is a kind word spoken of them. In fact, In some quarters there is a disposition to prophesy an early collision between our men and the Cubans. General Shafter early yesterday morning sent an invitation to General Garcia to attend the ceremony of raising the American flag over Santiago, but the Cuban general showed his resentment by sending a reply which amply confirmed the course which he and his ragged, ignorant soldiers have followed during the weeks of hard fighting and campaigning which have resulted in the fall of Santiago. He declined the invitation, said he hated the Spaniards, and added that he did not want to be where any of them were. Since that time the Cubans have remained in their camp, eatijjg—American rations, and our troops have had no communication with them. Gltonls nnd Thieve*. New York Letter in Chicago Tribune. Nearly all the wounded soldiers who were brought here on the Olivette are of the opinion that the Cubans whom they saw during the operations about Santiago are a “bad lot.’’ All the testimony is to the effect that the insurgents have been of little help to the army and are worthless on general principles. Ezra E. Vayon, twenty years old, of Company A, Second Infantry, is at the Long Island College Hospital with two bullet holes through him, but he is a splendid type of physical manhood and will be up in a few days. He is from near Lafayette, Ind. He says: “I would just as soon shoot a Cuban now as a Spaniard. The Cubans are nothing but cowards and thieves. Our regiment had to cross a little creek about a mile from the firing line. The Cubans stopped there, out of danger, and as we were weary and overloaded most of us threw off our haversacks and blankets, hoping to pick them up if we returned. No sooner did we move on than the Cubans grabbed up all our stuff and made off into the brush, and we never got a thing back. They are a worthless lot, and I hope our government will not give Cuba over to such incompetent control. We captured a lot of supposed Spanish soldiers, and they were Cubans who had the rifles we had just given them and who had gone over to the other side.” Wilmore Reopell, of Springfield, Mass., said: “Nothing is too bad for those Cubans. I am willing to fight for the country, but not for those fellows. They stole everything they could find. They even stole my trousers, which were placed on a tree to dry while I was in the hospital. They contained the only money I had, a five-dollar note. We fed them with our hardtack and they showed their gratitude by stealing our clothes, which were left along the line of march.” William Sellman, of Company B, Eighth Infantry, who was wounded in the leg, told this story: “I didn’t see it myself, but I was Informed that some of the Cubans went around and took valuables from our dead and wounded soldiers. Afterward at one of the hospitals, when a wounded Cuban was brought in, one of our wounded soldiers arose and pointed to the Cuban and said: ‘That’s the man who robbed me while I was lying wounded.’ The Cuban denied the charge.” Gray Dalbert, o‘s Cincinnati, Company B, Sixth Infantry, says: “I saw the Cubans going through the clothing of one dead soldier, and some of them went about with their hands full of money. They are a bad lot all around, and not fit for anything.”

RESENTED BY THE JUNTO. Cabana Do Not Like the Slurs That Are Cast Upon Them. NEW YORK, July 19.—Dr. Lincoln de Zayos, of the Cuban Junto, said to-day that the reports that the Cubans resent the purpose of the United States to establish temporary military or other provisional government in the conquered territory in Cuba was without foundation. "The Cubans,” said he, "know that such arrangement is necessary, and they do not expect the United States to turn the Island of Cuba over to them, or any part of it, for their self-government until the island is entirely under American control, and then only after full provision is made for a permanent, stable government. The Cubans do resent, however, the slurs that are being cast upon them. They are made to appear despicable, while the Spaniards are suddenly being pictured as heroes. I see in these reports only that certain forces are at. work antagonistic to the Cubans, which I recognize as the same that strove so desperately to prevent American intervention. I have no fears, however, as to the outcome.” CAMPED OX THE HILLS. Most of Slmfter’* Troops Non Safe from Yellow Fever Infection. (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) SANTIAGO DE CUBA. July 18, 8 p. m., via Kingston, Jamaica, July 19, 9:15 a. m.— Strenuous efforts to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among the American troops in front of Santiago de Cuba were made as soon as the city surrendered, and for the past thirty-six hours our soldiers have been sent as rapidly as possible to the hills north of the city, where new camps have been established. Everything possible is being done to improve the sanitary conditions of the camp, especially in the case of troops which are expected to take part in the expedition to Porto Rico. Os the regiments here, only those which are not in the slightest Infected will be allowed to go to Porto Rico. The others will remain here for the present, encamped on the high ground north of Santiago. Two immune regiments from New Orleans and Mobile are expected here dally, and on their arrival they will be sent to the city, forming the only American garrison force which will remain there. The physical condition of our troops is not considered serious, now that the number of rases of fever is growing less all the time, and it is believed the disease will disappear with the removal of the soldiers to healthier localities and the extra precautions which are being taken. General Wheeler’s cavalry division is practically free from sickness, and probably will be allowed to go to Porto Rico, to take part in the campaign.

SAMPSON KEBIFFED. Was Xot Permitted by Shatter to Pnt Prize Crew* on Steamer*. (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 18, via Kingston, Jamaica, July 19.—The question has arisen between the army and navy officials as to the disposition to be made of the half a dozen large Spanish merchant steamer* which were in the harbor of Santiago at the time of the surrender. Rear Admiral Sampson arrived in the city to-day on the Vixen and claimed the steamers were prizes of the navy. He also was desirous of placing prize crews on board of them. General Shafter, however, refused to recognize Admiral Sampson's claims. He declared the steamers, with everything else in Santiago, had surrendered to him. The questioir, apparently, is still undecided. But, at any rate, the admiral returned to his flagship without having distributed prize crews among the merchantmen, and the latter are still la possession of the army.

TORAL’S PERIL . i MAT BE COURT-MARTIALED IF HB RETURNS TO SPAIN. Cabinet Snrprlsed that He Snrrenderod the Whole .Military Division of the Province. —- LITTLE PROSPECT OF PEACE SPANIARDS AFRAID TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRIE SITUATION. Prefer to Continue the War in the Hope of Reconquering a Portion of the Lost Territory. PRESS CENSORSHIP SEVERE MADRID PAPERS NOT PERMITTED TO PRINT WAR DISPATCHES. , ♦ Sagaatn in Favor of Asking Aid of France, While Duke Almodovar Ue Rio Leona Towards Germany. a MADRID, July 19.—The payers announce that the Cabinet council yesterday was occupied with the capitulation of Santiago da Cuba. Ministers expressed surprise that General Toral had included the whole milltaiy division, of the province in the surrender, and Captain General Blanco has been asked to send details. When these have been received the question of a court-mar-tial of General Toral will be submitted. El Impartial learns from several members of the Cabinet that in their opinion for Spain to sue now for peace would be an avowal that she is vanquished. Moreover, they believe that the United States, flattered by the triumph at Santiago, would only consent te peace on unequal terms, and that therefore it is preferable to continue the war in the hope of reconquering a portion of the lost territory. As the government makes no sign, it can only be supposed. says El Imparcial, that the ministers disagree on the question. Some papers believe that a reconstruction of the Cabinet is imminent.

CHIEF OBSTACLES TO PEACE. Captain General Blanco and Ilia Army Said to Block the War. LONDON, July 20.—Owing to severity of ti e censorship at Madrid, the London morning newspapers to-day. are quite without Madrid dispatches, except brief messages sent by way of France. The Madrid papers themselves are without dispatches from Paris, London or Havana. Even thfe Spanish provincial papers get nothing from the capital. The people, it is reported, suspect that the protracted negotiations at Santiago de Cuba conceal some sort of jugglery, and it is also said that the government wields only a nominal control over Captain General Blanco, his attitude and that of his army being the chief obstacles to peace. The Washington correspondent of the Daily Telegraph asserts that President McKinley yesterday (Tuesday) declared that he expected no peace proposals from Spain until Havana had been taken. Tho morning papers comment upon the peculiar and interesting situation developed by the antagonism between the Americans and Cubans at Santiago. The Daily Chronicle expresses the hope that Commodore Schley has been falsely reported as talking about a change in European frontiers. It adds: “If the United States really Intends to permit the incalculable error of sending a fleet to Spain the less it says about the change of frontier the better for us all.” The Madrid correspondent of the Standard says: Stnor Sagasta prefers to solicit the assistance of France, but Duke Almodovar de Rio favors using Germany as the trump card to terminate war by seeking her action against America in the Philippines. Spain naturally wishes to utilize the rivalry between France and Germany to further Spanish interests by retaining the Philippines and avoiding the payment of a war indemnity. The Vienna correspondent of the Times, discusing the advent and probable operations of Commodore Watson, says: “it is taken for granted that America will punctiliously observe the obligation of International law. There will, therefore, be no legal grounds, for European protests and intervention without legal Justification is practicaJly excluded by the certainty that Great Britain will support the United States, while the powers are not likely to risk hastening the conclusion of an AngloAmerican alliance by any attempt to hinder or coerce the United States. Disappointment with the policy of the Spanish government is growing here, and it ia beginning to be believed that Spain can be convinced of the absolute necessity of suing for peace only by fresh disasters. A grt?at surprise was occasioned here by the newt* that the odds at Santiago were largely on the side of the Spaniards. —————— +■ A DIPLOMAT’S SUGGESTION. Thinks Shatter and Toral Might Begin Peace Negotiations. WASHINGTON, July 19.—One of the ablest members of the diplomatic corps in Washington, the ambasador of a continental power, suggested to-day that if Spain and the United States were desirous of inaugurating a peace movement an easy and effective means of so doing was now at hand without recourse to any foreign intermediary. This, he pointed out, could be done through the American and Spanish generals at Santiago, who, during recent days, have been brought into close communication concerning the details of the surrender of Santiago. The incldenc has served to show that General Toral was in dir set communication with Madrid, and his action was in response to the wish of the Madrid government. On the other hand, it was pointed out, General Shatter had at all times been directed by the direct advice and instruction of the Washington government. This for the first time in the war brought the two governments into direct communication, and while the communication has thus far been conttned to Santiago it has suggested that it affords the opportunity for a much wider range of inquiry between the tw-o capitals. If Madrid desires to take the Initiative in learning what peace terms are possible, then such an official inquiry through Gen. Toral to General Shatter would doubtless bring a response. This mode of action was suggested in a conjectural way. but a* one offering the most means of direct