Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1898 — TO LEAVE PORTO RICO. [ARTICLE]

TO LEAVE PORTO RICO.

Gen. Miles to Fend Home All Troopa f‘. Not Needed. Orders have been issued directing Gen. Miles to send home from Porto Rico all troops not actually needed for service there. No point has been designated as yet for their disembarkation in the United States, but an examination of several sites is in progress. It is desired to a healthful camp And at the same timet one where disembarkation can take placei at once without any delay such as occur-, red at Montauk. The, United States transport City of Macon arrived from Montauk Point. She left Santiago Aug. 15 with, the Seventeenth infantry for Montauk Point. The transport Seneca, Captain Decker, also arrived from Montauk. The Seneca left Santiago Aug. 13, with the Fourth infantry, and arrived at Montauk the 18th. J BARRED BY HAITI. Permission to Establish American Weather Station There Is Refused. Early in the summer steps were taken by the administration to establish a chain of weather bureau stations in the West Indian islands and Central America, so that the approach of hurricanes originating in those Waters might be announced to shipping on the Southern coasts. This was the weakest point in the weather bureau service, as sufficient warning of the approach of these tropical storms could not be given, owing to lack of information. The various Governments within whose territory it was proposed to establish stations readily gave consent, with the single exception of Hayti. While the specific reason for her refusal is not given in the correspondence between Minister Powell and the Haytian foreign office, it is undoubtedly due to a fear on the part of Haytians that the establishment of the station at Mole St. Nicholas might be the beginning of territorial acquisition there by the United States. , HE BLAMES SHAFTER. • Castillo Gives Cuban Version of Dispute with Garcia. Brig. Gen. Joaquin D. Castillo, who accompanied Gen. Shafter to Cuba as the representative of the Cuban army, returned a few days ago on one of the Government transports to Montauk Point, and has submitted his report to the Cuban junta in New York. Gen. Castillo made a statement concerning the disagreement at Santiago between Gen. Shafter and Gen. Calixto Garcia, in which he alleges that the American commander voluntarily promisefl to turn over the city to the Cubans when it was captured, and then broke that promise. He says that all the trouble could have been avoided, if Gen. Shafter had been less brusque in his manner. Gen. Castillo makes a denial of all the charges that have been made against the Cubans. MORE SHIPS FOR DEWET. Asiatic Squadron to Be Made Strong Enough for Emergency. Admiral Dewey’s squadron at Manila is to be re-enforced. At least three or four of the crack vessels of the North Atlantic fleet are to be sent to Manila in the near future. They will go by way of the Suez canal and will reach Asiatic waters in the early fall. The details of the eastern squadron have not yet been completed, but it is known that the battleship Oregon, the fast cruisers N,ew Y’ork and Brooklyn, and, possibly, the battleship Indiana, are to be overhauled and put in shape for the trip. The ostensible reason for sending four big fighting vessels to the far east is that Admiral Dewey’s ships, having been in commission so long, cannot be properly docked and cleaned for months. LAY DOWN ARMS. Followers of Aguinaldo Have Been Ordered to Begin Planting Rice. * Aguinaldo’s adjutant, Infante, says that the insurgent leader has ordered his men to lay aside their arms and to plant rice for future war necessities. The situation growing out of the half hostile attitude of the insurgents to the Americans is improving. Aguinaldo, who had control of the city’s water works, has permitted the use of the water without it being necessary to compel him to do so. Gen. Merritt has relinquished the military command at Manila to Gen. Otis and has assumed his duties as military governor.

BAN JUAN HARBOR OPEN. i Trade with the Capital City of Porto Rico Resumed. The harbor" of San Juan is bow open, and foreign vessels may enter at any time. The ship sunk in the entrance of the channel to keep the Americans out has been partially removed, and a passageway 265 feet in width is left open. Preparations for the evacuation of the city are progressing rapidly, and the Spanish soldiers are anxious to return home. Merchants and manufacturers are anxious for the Americans to take possession of the city, ARMY WILL AID CUBANS. Mias Barton’s Offer to Distribute Supplies Declined. The Red Gross Society will not have charge of the distribution of relief supplies to the destitute Cubans, owing to the opposition of the subsistence department. The subsistence officers say that the law authorizing the distribution of food does not permit the work to be done by any person or organization outside of the army. The offer of Miss Clara Barton, therefore, has been declined. Reducing Our Auxiliary Flee t. Our Auxiliary fleet is to be immediately reduced to actual requirements. Some transports are to be sold, and. others kept. The American liners St. Louis, St. Paul, Yale and Harvard are to be returned'to the company owning them. The finest colliers will become a part of the navy. The revenue cutters will be returned to ‘he Treasury Department. Sleep in the Churches. Gen. Jaudenes cables from Manila complaining that the Americans have monopolized every available housing place, and the Spanish soldiers are obliged Ko sleep in the churches. Gen. the men as literally lying in heaps. jOOfcGarcia la Out of Army. Calixto Garcia, the insurgent leader who had trouble with Gen. Shafter at Santiago and tendered his resignation to the Cuban Government, has handed to his resignation for the second time, tuig It Sas been accepted.