Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — SOLDIERS IN CAMP RECEIVING GOOD THINGS FROM HOME. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOLDIERS IN CAMP RECEIVING GOOD THINGS FROM HOME.

NO MOKK VOLUNTEERS TO QUIT. War Department Announces the Mua-ter-Out Is Complete. Tremendous pressure Is still beidg brought to bear on the War Department to have more troops mustered out of the service. Efforts in this direction, however, are of no avail. It is announced with increased emphasis that there will'be no more troops mustered out. The pur]M>se when tin* muster-out began Was to muster out 100,000 volunteers. A littje over 0(5,000 have already been mustered out. The retention of the volunteers now in the service and the efforts to improve Hie inornTe Iff the army has in view the Philippine situation more than that of Culm and Porto Kieo. Wants Names of Heroes. The War Department has issued an order directing the commanding officers of the military departments, army corps and detncliqd commands to send ty the adjutant 'gmcfn I hs ‘soon as practicable the names of such officers, both in the regular and volunteer service, as may be considered entitled to brevet commissions for “distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of (lie enemy.” I’riklo Denies It. Gen. I’ando denies that he criticised uu- ’ favorably < Jen. Shatter’s qualities as a soldier, and says interviews ■credited “"'t* huh are not true. -Gen. Piiindo declared that he thought Gen. Slmfter an able general, and he doubted if any other man could have brought ihe Santiago campaign to such a speedy close with so little bloodshed, Spaniards Sell War Relics. The Spanish prisoners at Senvey’s Island, near Portsmouth, X. H., are getting good prices for relies. Half a dollar is demanded fora common naval button, 75c

GOMEZ HAS RESIGNED. 5 General of the Cuban A noy Opposed to American Occupation. ‘ | A report from an'excellenf - sotfra* Jiff# reached Gen. Lawton a I Sa-ntiago’jk* Cuba igifatiou as gctieral-in-chiet Cuban forcbv and that t»> Culxi'p GdyeUtment at Camague.v haiUuccebteu it*. i.Wt ;is un-' derstood that the reason! Guinea tesigued. was that he did not approve the passive submission of the to the exclusive occupation by fbe Americans of the provine# of Santiago. The report created a gA'fli stli'ufrftffigi'tbo' baus, Gomez’s Santiago fFiends.say that hr* ha* always favored the"absolute iitth* j pendenee of Cuba, and is credited with having said that the Cubans should try. to expel the Americans by force if they should attempt to hold the island permanently.