The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN ¥RANCISCO €ALL, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1898. & oo s s e THEBVEERINIERO PAIG SR P e o . WHAT WAR COSTS THE UNITED STATES Nearly $100,000,000 Already Paid Out of the Treasury to Con- duct the Army and Navy, account of the war with Spain. It is the line exactly between what would army and na penditures on account of the army onal defense act have run more 000,000. more than $s 5,000,000, the case with many of the contracts day, and it is expected they will run greater. than in camps. DOCO0O00CO0O0DO0N0000G0O WV YORK, July 11.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Nearly $100,000,000 in cash has already been paid out of the treasury on estimate of the cost of the war for the reason that it is difficult to draw ¢ and expenses directly chargeable to war. tures for the same period of last year. ded for the War Department, the expenses of which have increased The increase in naval expenditures has been over ese figures represent the actual cash payments and do nclude contracts on which payments have not yet fallen due, as is Since July 1 the war expenditures have averaged about $1,000,000 a ¢ is actually in the field, as the cost of maintaining it there is much COoO000000000000C00000000000C0000002C In the absence of an official report impossible to obtain an accurate be the ordinary expenses of the However, ex- and navy since the passage of the than $75,000,000 over the expendi- The greater part of this was ex- made under the national defense over this amount, when more of our That news, taken in connection with General Shafter’s bellef that the Span- fards have crossed the bay and de| now retre g to the westward, caused | great apprehension in the American | ranks. Our troops fear that when they | will not take the | | o th , too, and they are keenly yver the prospect of find- \ ing only an abandoned and ]tll]agrdl city. | At the same time the belief is gen- | that the evacuation of the eity | San nd pe of the Spanish army would ye the most natural tactics for Gencral | Toral to adopt. It hus been evident for | several ¢ that the Spanish com- | mander r ed the hopele of his and the contention of many is | could make no shrewder move | than to cover the retreat of his army | by prolonged negotiations [or the city’s surrender. General Shaftor sent word Commodore Schley, who was tempo- t v in command of the American to bombard Santiago from cff yres to-day. Admirai Sampson | ne to Guantanamo, and ey, with the Brookl chusetts and Indiana, took & D Aguadores. » three vessels fired thiity shots| ses and dud some Commodore ficet in th n the city. big guns of the The American gunners reaaily | the range and their effective lendid sight to witness. fleet bombarded the city | schley signaled to General king if he should continue the work. The answer signaled back | was to wait until to-morrow. | The American commander has noti- | fied General Toral that the city will be | destroyed to-morrow, when the fleet | will renew its bombardment. All of | the American reinforcements now are | at the front, as is all of the artillery. It was 4:45 o'clock this afternoon when the land forces made a feint on the city. Hinds' battery from its po- | sition at the extreme right of the American line sent the first shell into the Spanish intrenchments. This was the signal for other batteries, and im- ; thin smoke swept along the rifle pits and across the ravine. Ca- P batter on the right with| ( and Best's batteries on the left | chimed in. For some time the Spanish batteries made mno reply to our fire. | Presently one battery on the extreme | right of the enemy’s position began to | throw shrapnel in the direction nf: Hinds’ and Cay-on’s batteries, but most | of their shells went too high. | This fire made a pretty sight for half an hour, but the men in Jur trenches | pt up a steady and accurate fire, ln} which the Spaniatds finally replied but | feebly. They .eemed to keep close within their intrenchments, and their | volleys came only at irregular intervals | and from various positions. One of the Spanish teries quickly was silenced | by a shell from Sergeant Barrowe's | namite gun. This shell sped with | deadly accuracy to a point where one | of the enemy's batteries was located. | The range had been obtained from a | study of the enemy’s firing, which ap- | peared to be Jeavy at that particular | point. Our men only can conjecture as to the damage this shell did, but the | battery fired no more afterward. { After our land firing had been under | way for an hour the reply of the enemy | was so feeble that the order was given | to cease firing. It was dusk by this time. Supper was served and soon afterward hurndreds of camp fires | flashed along the ridge. Our men | chatted about the fight and made them- | selves as comfortable as possible. Our | loss in the afternoon’s fighting had been insignificant and all the American troops were in good spirits. General Shafter was at the front dur- ing the firing. As the fighting pro- gressed the American commander, with Generals Wheeler, Kent and Summer, was puzzled by the feeble reply of the Spaniards. They had expected that the enemy would return a hot fire, and their failure to do so seemed to confirm the growing belief of the American of- ficers that General Toral had with- drawn his troops from the city. Dur- ing the early hours to-day the army lay impatient in the trenches, walting for word from Washington to renew the attack. Our troops were holding themselves in readiness to spring for- ward the moment the signal might be given. The day had dragged along slowly, for the troops were impatient to attack. None of the soldiers had wanted General Toral's proposition for conditional surrender accepted. They did not want the Spanish troops to have an opportunity to peacefully evac- uate the beleaguered city. While the Spaniards left white flags floating over their entrenchments, the stars and stripes were raised over the American line as soon as the armistice ended. It is expected by to-morrow six bat- teries, with thirty-six guns, will be in position to sweep the Spanish lines, al- though General Shafter can get along without them when our troops open fire from the ridge of San Juan hill. From that point the Spanish position can be swept with artillery and infan- try fire, and it will be impossible to withstand it. I am told by soldiers and line officers that whole regiments in the forward trenches have agreed to | they { to within a few hundred } | estimated the rush upon the Spanish lines at the first opportunity, with or without specific orders. Officers or regiments and com- panies when asked about this report pretend ignorance, bu‘ they add that do not know whether they hold the troops in check or not. A great part of the results accom- | plished thus far in the operations be- fore Santiago have come about without specific orders. At El Caney, for in- stance, our men had fought all day, slowly forcing their way through the hedges, lined with barbed wire, and through woods filled with entangle- ments in the face of a withering fire ards of the enemy’s trenches. While these troops were preparing to charge I am told one of General Shafter's aids rushed up to General Chaffee with an order to desist from attacking El Caney and prepare to march to the support of troops in front of Santiago. General Chaffee, my informant alleges, refused to obey except on the written order of General Shafter. The aid went back to General Shafter's headquarters and returned safely an hour later with a written order to cease the attack on the village. General Chaffee pointed to the lines of the Twenty-fifth and Twelfth Infantry, ‘who then were | climbing the steen hill toward the prin- cipal fortification of EI Caney, and sald: “There are my troops; go and stop them.” The aid returned to Gen- eral Shafter and reported the alleged | insubordination, but before his report was heard by the American commander El Caney had passed into the posses- slon of General Chaffee’'s troops. I am told that the reason the Spanish proposed to evacuate Santiago if they could march out quietly with their arms and ammunition was because they feared they would be massacred by the Cubans if they should surrender unconditionally. There is much feel- | ing between our troops and the Cu- bans due in part to the refusal of the insureents to help build roads. The New York, Massachusetts and Michi- gan troops have done this work A Spanish deserter who entered our lines this morning was taken to Gen- eral Wheeler's headquarters, where he talked freely of the situation in Santi- | ago. He sald that the Spanish sol- | diers were much better satisfied since | General Toral took command, owing (0 the wounding of General Linares. To- ral, he said, issues a supply of rum to | WAP. OF THE VICINITY OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Showing the soldiers three times a day, and has paid each soldier $3. That is the first pay the Spanish troops have received in six months. They still are willing to fight if given plenty to eat. Although | the water pipes leading Into the city | have been tapped, enough water for all pregent needs is obtained from the wells in the city. There are also | enough rations, particularly rice and | beans, on hand to supply the Spanish | forces for some time, so the deserter declared. He said that the city’s streets were filled with trenches and many houses had been loopholed so troops | could fire from within. From this same | deserter the information was obtained that there were no war vessels of any kind in the harbor; that General Toral has plenty of rifle ammunition, but that artillery ammunition is scarce. He garrison now in and about the city numbered 12,000 men, in- cluding the reinforcements which re- cently arrived. The condition of the refugees at El Caney is slightly im- proved, but the situation is such as to invite disease. The Red Cross {s doing excellent work, but the relief furnished sufferers still is inadequate. Efforts are being | made to mark the graves of all Amer- icans killed in the operations about | Santiago. | Valtures already are attacking the mounds where our fallen heroes are | buried. It is proving impossible to keep our soldiers from violating the | rules laid down for their guidance. The | men persist in eating green fruit and drinking unboiled water. . The soldiers to-day carved the name of the late Lieutenant Guerney on the | San Juan blockhouse. He participated 5 in the fighting on San Juan hill as a | member of the Twelfth Infantry and was killed there. HOW TORAL WOULD SURRENDER SANTIAGO Proposition Received With Favor by a Majority of the Generals Under Shafter. SIBONEY, July 10(via Playa del Este).— General Shafter held a conference with the American generals at the front to-day | concerning the offer made by the Spanish | commander, General Toral, to surrender | Santiago if the Spanish garrison were al- lowed to march out with side arms and | to have twenty miles’ start without mo- lestation. General Toral agreed that if this were accepted he would not destroy the ships in the harbor, the ammunition in the forts or the bulldings in the city. The majority of the ?enernls. ‘Wheeler leading, are in favor of the acceptance of these terms, on the ground that the Spaniards can march out to the westward anyhow, and burn the city and destroy all the vessels, guns and ammunition before leaving. —_—— Death of ex-Senator Conger. WASHINGTON, July 1L—Ex-Senator Conger of Michigan, who has lived here sigce he left the Senate, died at Ocean City, Md., this afternoon. C00000000000000000 0 000QO0CO0C0O0000 OOOCOO can | | thur L. Lucia, E; Jacob Polster, H; Wil- I should prefer to await the arrival and the credits and awards should be POPULAR TENDENCY IN FAVOR OF SCHLEY ‘But Among Naval Officials the Desire Is to Suspend Judg- ment Till Sampson Reports. NEW YORK. July 11.—A Washington special to the Herald says: battle before Santiago there is a popular tendency, based on the story as already told, toward Commodore Schley as the hero of the engagement. But among the navy people especially and ‘among many public men there seems to be a desire to suspend judgment until 1l the facts shall have been developed. This neutral feeling was helped along among army and navy officers when they learned the contents of the dispatches received to-day from Commodore Schley and Admiral Sampson, one giv- ing Sampsqn the credit of victory and the other denying that there was any friction between these two naval commanders, and commending the officers of the fleet, including Schiey, Public ‘men, however, are outspoken. Bailey of Texas, the Democratic leader in the House, said to me to-day: an opinion, but I think that the victory was undoubtedly due to Schley, 00000D00000000000000D00000C0000000 from Admiral Sampson of the naval for their effective work. For example, Representative of official reports before expressing his accordingly.” C00COO00O0O0O00O000000C | LA SocaPA Canones )} Carcbboean 0 ¥ z 3 y s 6 Barreries R FORTS. Roads AMERICAN Lines ENGLISH MILES — em— —— the Approximate Positions of American Army, With the Spanish Lines of Defense and the Various Forts Guarding the City. Sea S PA, SDANSHLINES . r—Tilroads the Several Divisions of the the Several Approaches to BRINGING SICK AND WOUNDED . FROM THE WAR ‘Complete List of the Disabled Men Landed at Tampa by the Cherokee. ‘WASHINGTON, July 11.—The fol- lowing is a complete list of the sick and wounded soldlers brought to Port Tampa on the transport Cherokee. It ‘was sent to the adjutant general's office by Major Cafferty, surgeon in charge. The list of officers was made public last night. About 200 of the men have been taken by the hospital train to the Mc- Pherson barracks, Atlanta. The letter following each name designates the troop or company of the soldier: First Cavalry—First Sergeant Charles Karston, Troop D; Sergeant Frank Hun- | dertmark, C; Corporal Frank Morgan, D; | Privates Martin Robertson, A; E. J. Mi K; Gideon O. Donange, B; Allen W. Mal- len, Hugh L. Douglass, C; Hendy Fos- | ter, D; Augustus Crupenstah, D; Hub- | bard Townsend, I; Frank B. Wiel, A; Patrick D. Ovey, K. Third Cavalry—Scrgounts Henry Sleight, Troop K; Joseph T. Murphy, C; Willlam R. Reese, H; Consuela A. Swan, C; John Balla, B; Corporal Edward Bonner, I; Privates John G. Hurtill, C; Thomas P. Gordon, K; George Dearlstein, F; Ar- liam McComb, E. Sixth Cavalry — Sergeants _Christian Lunternach, Troop E; Charles Voight, C; Corporal Philip Lowsky, A; Trumpeters James Wilson, K; Wiillam L. Murphy, Gi Privates William Rudder, G; ohn H. Boyer, E; John Wright, F; Peter Johnson, F; Benjamin Krustal, J; James J. Ferehat, D. Ninth Cavalry — Sergeant Hen: . Wellg, Troop D; Corporal John ason, H; Private Benwell R. Bullock, D. Tenth Cavalry—Sergeant George Do- zouls, Tropp D; Chief Musician Washing- ton Darrow; Privates John F. Chinn, ?; Richard Hopkins, G; Houston Reddle, I; Charles 8. Hardy, I; Charles M. Berry, E; Thornton Bulkley, I; Wade Kledsoe, D; Joseph Williams, G; John Pruen, B; Charles C. Lenters, C; Willlam Gregory, C; John E. Huston, C; John Reullven, Benjamin F. Druien, H; C. F. Zook, C. Third Infantry—Privates Lewis N. Cul- ver, Company F; George Bentley, C; Charles Easterberg, F. Fourth Infantry—Corporal David_T. ‘Weldon, Company C;Musicians Paul Bue- schell, C; Solomon D. Dobsino, D; Pri- vates Hm{l Bachrach, C; William A. Benner, C; Michae] O'Donnell, E; Hella Huezman, C; Thomas Sherry, C; Willlam +| Zorn, C; Privates Francts Crothy, A: Dan Clark, E. Sixth Infantry—Corporals Francis Chris- tlan, Company C; Dan C. Lytle, Artl- ficer Charles Elkin, l;l( Privates William | Secretary for the Foreign Office, Mr. Cur- | Hanns, A: Willlam Tapho Horn, E; Michael Welsh, H; D; Edgar Nichols, B A; Patrick McDonal Charles Franklin, Fred Ri berfiel’. , C; m, E . H. Frank Ward, enry Shutellhuth, : G. A. Camp, E; ‘Willlam Schoom, A; H; Charles Walters, k; Jnsepl} asc] ; Delman Bagley, D; Ol- iver Couts, B; 8. H. Arnold, F; Nelson Pasno, H; Robert C. Doutaz, alerian W. Irwin, F; Joseph Turnefi, B; Willlam Wilson, ¥; Willard Myers, D Beventh Infantry- rgeants John E. Lane, Company D; John J. Bushter, C Corporals George H. Copeland, I; John P. Stacke, C; George D. holomew, F; Oscar Gertz, G; Charles H. Dunn, B; Robert M. Smith, B; F. C. W. M. McFarland, A; Musi T Mahony, A; George W. Campbell, Robert H. Bailey, A; Charles Reardon, A; Charles Spelien, ¥; Charles Greeltg. G; Louis G. Steen, E; Peter Marrion, E; Nels Christensen, F; Francls G. Lang, I Joseph Hensley, T; Michael J. Moore, A: Ernest Gaber, C; George H. Fullerton, B} C; Danfel Connelly, D; Otto Fred Jung, Rose, F'; John' Brown, F. Eighth _Infantry—Privates Henry C. Lichten, Company E; James J. Harmon, C; Willlam E. Laston, G; John J. Don- nelly, D; Rudolph Rehman, E; Patrick F. M , C; John Miller, B; Max_Miller, g; Patrick Canning, C; Gregory Mullen, Ninth Infantry—Corporal Clarence L. Adams, Company B; Privates George Arch F. Mattom, G; Nelson E. A. M. Anlister, C; Walter Wel- [o} E. y chert, E. Tenth Infantry—Musicians Andrew Hoff- man, Company H; George Fenton, D; Pri- é&lcs C&;,blnD onlen, D;GJohn vge*t&xixelu; eorge P, Douglass, G; Fran] ey, C: Aflen ¢ White, B. g Twelfth Infantry—Sergeant Edmund Ger- ber, Company B; Corporal Paul Shondel Mayer, F; Warren F. Weston, C; Artificer Daniel H. Mulkey, D; Privates 8id Gld- eon, E; Barney Redman, E: Rufus B. Signor, D; Luther Smith, A; Joseph F. Whitman, G: Orvin B. Hatch, C; John W. Winbern, D. Thirteenth Infantry—Sergeant Law- rence Duman, Company B; Corporal Al- den Knowles, F; Musician Willlam Far- rell, B; Privates George Graham, C; Frank Bryant, C; Joseph F. Phelan, H; Peter W. Davis, George W. Blanken® ship, B; Duncan Kirkland, H; Charle: Muller, F; Charles Logan, F; Jerry Sul- | Johnson, Orcutt, B; Charles Bernhart, E; T. B. Holly, 'D. . Seventeenth Infantry—Sergeants Philip Henderson, Company John Dixon, B; Corporal Charles P. Dovell, E; Adolpi Croff, F; Artificer John L. Hubbard, E; Privates John Dunn, B; John Cerne, C; James Clark, F; Oscar Blodkins, C; Ar- chie P. Bay, C; Herman Kappes, F: Frea McLeon, A; Jacob C. Messer, H; Frank Sprague, F; John L. McDonald, B. Twentieth Infantry—Privates Willlam H. Prather, Company H; George Tall- mang, F; Barthol Schlitsbaum, E. Twenty-first Infantry—Sergeant Julius Schultz, Company G; Corporal Chauncey SHAFTER IS ANXIOUS Minkler, A; Musicians George G. Gand- | ler, Wiiliam A. Churchill, B; Privates | Henry N. Seymour, A; Jones Hanson, E; William A. Garston, A; E. A. Garfield, A. Twenty-second_Infantry—Sergeant Wil- llam Parnell, Company E; ~Corporals | Homer E. Hewman, B; Christian P. Nel- son, G; Privates Alexander B, Strock, Frank W. Nelson, E; Jonh Sweeney, George Hoover, D; John H. Grotn Joe Smith, B: Charles A. Osgood, | liam Mandel, C; Charles A. Pound, G. | Twenty-fourth Infantry — First Ser- | geant Merriam H. Ellis, Company D: Cor- | orals Pat Keys, D; Robert W. Roberts, | 3; Musician Charles Jones, B; Privat Thomas Davis, D: Richard Henderson, Joseph Butcher, F; Henry Gateles, Charles F. Pope, A: Joe Lomax, H| George L. Hitton, G: James W. Wilson, | C; John J E. Proctor, F ; Samuel Bridgewater, | Alexander Morrow, C; Charles Halns, B. rivates Joseph L. | ohn_Thomas William A. Daniel H. | ; iwood A. Freeman, H: Samuei | rley, C; George P. Cooper, G. First Volunteer Cavalry — Sergen: George W. Annijo. Campany F; Corpor: John Mullen, E: Farrier James Cook. A; G; Toney Moore, A. | _Twenty-fifth Infantry—Sergeant W. | Proctor, Company (6] Lafayet John R Bo: | Privates John Henderson, G: Amil Cor A: Hoy L. Albers. F; A. Cosby, Will Freem. F: J. J. Rodgers, L. Second Massachusetts Volunteers—Cor- porals Joseph W. Eaton Leofard L. Richardson, F; F mons, M: Privates Alfred E. d | Privat | William Collies {ONLY TWO SPANIARDS | of the Seventy-first New York. | latter showed Edward Donnou: Frederick Slate, Peter N. Whit David A. Detour, E Joseph M. Farell, T. Howard Mavrich, Ernest P. I; Anthony Kane, D; Arthur L. Gar: 3 Patrick J. Bresham, G; Christopher Rear- Fred C. Schille on, B. Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers—Cor- poral James F. Cunningham, Company Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers. | Private Edward B. Hyde, Company D. | Seventy-first New York _Volunteers— Quartermaster sergeants J. S. Lyon, Company_ B: F. Macmahon, H; Privates | 2; Malcolm_Bar- rett, M; H. P. Ri John Nian- ver, K: H. J. Ha W. B. Clar] | L; Frea Shaw, J. Dixon, A} | Frank L. Flint, eph G. Pohaisid, { F; Peter J. Cuningham, L. | ~ Twenty-fourth Michigan Volunteers— | Private Homer Durgin, Company A. - Thirty-first Michigan Volunteers— Musician Walter S. Swanger, (’.-mb' v I Y ty-fourth i An Volunteers: c ¢s John A. Ferguson, Company Bertram Allen, G. ; Hospital Corps—Privates E. J. Griffen, | SEEN IN TWO BATTLES Wounded American Officer Relates His Strange Experience at San- tiago to Secretary Alger. WASHINGTON, July 11.—Secretary | Alger shook hands to-day with the first of the wounded men direct from the | field. A small party of the wounded ar- | rived here during the day, consisting of | Captain Brereton of the Twenty-fourth | Infantry; Lieutenant McCoy, Eighth Cavalry; Lieutenant Cash of the Rough Riders, Lieutenant Mead of the Twen- ty-first Infantry and Lieutenant Trall | They were on leave and on their way home to recover from their wounds. Lieutenant McCoy was on crutches and all of them showed they had been in the hands of the surgeons. About noon Lieutenant Cash of the Rough Riders went to the War Department and re- ported to Adjutant General Corbin. The the wounded officer through to Secretary Alger's private of- | fice. The Secretary was engaged for the moment with a Senator, who, no- ticing the wounded man, arose and said: “After ‘you, sir.” The Secretary warmly greeted this first eye-witness of the fight. He held out his left hand to the Secretary, for | his right hung in a sling, having been | shattered during the first day’s fight at Santiago. The Secretary listened | with much interest to the recital of the | conditions prevailing, and assured his visitor that he and all the other wound- | ed would be given the fullest attention | and consideration. Lieutenant Cash said that the men he left are cheerful and full of enthusiasm | and had no complaints of suffering to make. He sald: “The Spanish are desperate fighters and very fine marks- men. Their fire was extremely hot and well directed and our great trouble was that we could not see them. We simply had to fire where we thought they might be. During the two engagements I was in T saw but two Spaniards. Both of these I saw in the first engage- ment. In the second engagement I did not get a chance to fire my gun, though I was in it for several hours and was half way up the hill when struck. | “At the first engagement near Sib- oney, where the Rough Riders were first subjected to such a galling fire and | where we lost a lot of our men, we were not surprised. We knew that the Span- jards were in ambush and we were try- ing to beat them out.” FREEMAN HALSTED’S SENTENCE MODIFIED Curzon Makes a Statement Regarding the Canadian War Correspond- ent’s Case. LONDON, July 11.—The Parllamentary | zon, replying in the House of Commons to-day to a question on the subject of the | arrest of the Canadian war correspond- | ent, Freeman Halsted, who was arrested at | Porto Rico and sentenced to nine years’ | imprisonment for taking photographs of the fortifications at that place, said that recent reports showed the conditions of Halsted’s imprisonment had been altered, as they were threatening to seriously af- fect his health. ,The British Embassador | at Madrid, Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, had aerefore been Instructed to make | representations to Spain, with a view to obtaining more humane treatment for the prisoner, and he had expressed the hope that the latter’s sentence of nine years’ imprisonment would eventually be miti- gated. WILL BE SUBSCRIBED SEVERAL TIMES OVER Popular Demand for the Big Bond | Issue—No Chance for Banks or Corporations. NEW YORK, July 11.— A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Sub- scriptions for the $200,000,000 bond issue, which will close on Thursday of this week, continue to come in rapidly, and the loan will be subscribed several times over. The intention of Congress to make it a popular loan will be car- ried out, and the present iIndications are that it will be distributed among at least 200,000 individuals, the average amount of bonds allotted to any one person being $1000. Assistant Secre- tary-Treasurer Vanderlip told me this afternoon that individual:subscriptions would amount to more than the entire loan, and not a bond would go to any Denk foneped i e LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ' ARRIVED, Monday, July 11 Stmr San Jose, Searle, 21% days from Pa- livan, C. . Sixteenth Infantry—Corporal Jeremian Rutlar. Company C: Privates Arthur D. nama. DOMESTIC PORTS. FORT ROSS—Eailed July 11—8chr La Chilena, Francisco. tor San | inforcements on the Yale, “Playa del Este, July 11.—Adjut: quarters near Santiago, July 1 the First Divi Company A, Second Infantry. <& o B, Second Infantry, and Private Nel fantry.” o Johnson, H; William Johnston, | 9 GO O RO L RO OO OB E VOO0 WASHINGTON, July 11.— General Shafter’s report from Siboney, sent just before midnight last night, caused the officlals of the War T wait all day with the expectation of | hearing that the bombardment of San- go had begun. No word to that ef- fect came, however, up to the time the department closed, and though there is little reason to doubt that th> general carried out the programme of which he had notified the department, it was regarded as possible that he had con- sented to a further extension under the flag of truce, in view of certain signs of weakening on the part of the Span- ish commander. It 15 supposed here that General Miles, with additional re- will arrive at Siboney to-night or to-morrow morning, and if a surrender has not been secured by that time, it is be- lieved that the assault upon the town proper will be prosecuted at once with the greatest energy and determina- tion. Tests made recently of the naval ord- nance gave very unsatisfactory results, when it was attempted to project ! shells over the high hills from the open sea into Santlago City. Possibly bet- ter results may be attained to-morrow if the attack is resumed then, but there is more likelihood that the main re- liance will be on such of the lighter draught vessels of Admiral Sampson’s fleet as may succeed in getting closer to the shore and in a better position than the heavy battle-ships. The officials here are satisfied that what appears to be delay on the part of General Shafter was really caused by his efforts to carry out strictly the President’s injunction to prevent the Spanish army from escaping to San- tiago. He might have attacked the town several days ago, with the result that if the Spanish were overcome they would have retreated without obstruc- tion to the northwest, beyond the reach of our soldiers to follow. His dispatch written late last night indicates clear- 1y that he has been trying to complete | his line of investment so as to prevent such an escape, and as he appears to feel satisfied that he has accomplished this the final assault will not be de- layed much longer. General Shafter is disposed to save every life possible in the war, probably having in mind the particularly large | proportion of killed, wounded and miss- ing compared to the total strength of his army from the battle of Caney, whieh the official figures promulgated to-day ‘show was exceptional in‘'medern warfare. Tt is to save our troops that he de- sires to make a free use of artillery be- fore the assault proper begins, and 1.—The followina report of casualties in ion yesterday afternoon has just i o Captain Charles W. Rowell, Second Infantry, and Private Peter Nelson “Wounded—Lieutenant N. J. Lutz, Second Infantry; Private Charles Jenks, Company A, Second Infantry; NOW TO SAVE HIS SOLDIERS b WASHINGTON, July 11.—The War Department has posted the o following dispatch from General Shaiter: ant General, Washington: Head Killed— been received: ¥ 0F O QX 0¥ Private Charles Lentki, Company son Gilbert Jr., Twenty-first In- e R=2-2-R-R fegcR=%-8-=F=F=3=F=F=2-F =33 also to secure the co-operation of the pavy in the attack. The little artillery duel of yesterday appears to have been more serious in its results than was at first suspected by General Shafter him- self, for, during the afternoon he was obliged to report as a result the death of Captain W. Rowell, Second Infantry, one of the most gallant and popular officers of the regular establishment. Captain Rowell was born in New York and was appointed to the military academy in 1870. He became a second lieutenant in 1874, a first lieutenant in 1881 and was placed in command of the company which he led to his death in 1896. His death caused deep grief among the officers of the department, who -respected him for his soldierly qualities as manifested in his hard service in the West. Ex-Secretary Herbert had quite a conference with Secretary Long this afternoon upon the subject of fire- proof wood for naval construction. He brought with him a formidable array of Tacts, gathered from the newspaper reports of the naval battle, to show that fire was the element that worked the greatest destruction among the | vessels of the Spanish squadron, and that wherever American vessels had been hit, even in the case of the tiny torpedo-boat, they had escaped such fires because all of their woodwork was fire proof. So impressed was Secre- tary Long with the statement that he had concluded to reconvene a special board which was appointed some time | ago to deal with this matter and which | had recommended that the use of the | prepared wood be curtailed in some | measure in American warship build- ! ing. | Naval officials say that a serious ir- regularity occurred at the time the ships of Admiral Cervera’s fleets hauled down their colors and surren- dered. Tnquiries have brought out the fact that the breech blocks of the guns were thrown overboard, thus disabling the guns and making them practically worthless, and the valves by which the ships were flonded were opened after the | surrender, which was a breach of the rules of warfare, the enemy having ceased fighting and having asked for | quarter. Tt is said that further de- struction of the ships at such a time | was both wanton and dishonorable, and | that if the persons responsible for it are located they are likely to be held accountable. The department has not yet recefved the report of the court of inquiry, showing in detail the injuries to these ships and the possibilities of salvage. The press report of the board’s find- ings, saying that only the Maria Teresa could be saved, excited much surprise, | as it was confidently believed that the | Colon also could be saved in whole or |in part. The officials are still hopeful | that the full report of the board will | show that there is a chance of saving the Colon. OUR SICK AND WOUNDED IN SIBONEY HOSPITALS Only Seventy-Five Under Treatment for Serious Amputations or Bone Fractures. SIBONEY, del Este, by the Assoclated spatch-boat Cynthia II).—There are only seventy-five wounded men in tae hospitals here, who are being treated for serious amputations or bone fractures. In the hospitals at the front there are no wounded soldiers. The serious cases and all the rest of the wounded are on board | the hospital ship Relief or on the trans- ports bound north. 4 The situation from a sanitary point of view is susceptible of much improvement. The landing of the reinforcements is progressing rapidly. All the men of the First Illinois Regiment, six batteries of Province of Santiago, July | | light artillery and 815 recruits for the | regular infantry are now ashore. and it is probable the Eighth Ohio men from the | St. Paul will be landed by noon to-mor- row. A coal-laden schooner, the Stevens, | drifted against the hospital ship Relfef, ‘flnr] both would h: drifted ashore but for the prompt assistance rendered them | by_the Cynthia IL. | Food and water are very scarce in San- tiago. One biscuit was recently sold for $5 in gold. The Cuban auxiliaries were put to work \flix!s morning policing the camps at this place. | It is earnestly hoped that Guiterrez will order all the buildings here to be burned | immediately. and thus reduce the chances of the spread of a serfous epidemic. | Succor for French Refugees. | FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Mar- | tinique, July 11.—The French cruiser Rig- ould de Nouilly has left for Santiago de Cuba and thence for Juragua, in order to embark French refugees, if necessary. ADVERTISEMENTS. e e, DOES NOT PAY. The manufacture of ladies’ hats d week we drop out until the war is ove: continue our trade in untrimmed hat: order only; $500 in trimmed hats and mere fraction of their cost. Ladies’ fine trimmed, seasonable st Ladies’ or misses’ untrimmed hats, nea Come in and see our closing out sale o oes not pay in war times. After this T, be it six weeks or six yvears. 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