The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1898, Page 5

r means were not at their dis- Glass of the Charleston aston- | Spanish officers by telling them guns had been fired, not as a s but as a demand for render. ff entirely from the out- e quite unaware that war | ared between the United | Braunersreuther, with a t ashore, notified the | fon of affairs; an ender. was taken on b he next day St the rs and Stri government buildir ludicrous incidents worthy of opera at noon. eneral Sh 2 two etween Ge foreign cable om the Kais arations were m: American troop ent troop! deros to C pireac er ( tack the Spanist ar at the time of landing troops at Baiquiri. To mis- s to the real point of Shafter requested Gen- | d a force of 500 men to town of Cabanas, where the enemy d several 1—Hasty pre v f the ) se successful & res e woods had one 1s of ir de left Camp Alger bound for | The monitor M Nero sailed from San & Dewey in the Philipy ey VI [ SANTIAGO CAMPAIG Riders and ran into an ambush 1g fire was onened upon for a momant did our troc they pushed forward and, my from a brilllant_ch an hour. Colon ers was in th g his men and our- t odds that might have easoned body of fight- Sevilla, re 1 two men They said food was ver: the soldfers were killing mule and hor: food. Five wagonloads of wounded were carried into Santiago and losses were heavy. ‘Wheeler's brigade halted in rhood of San Juan, wit antiago. He was ring the day by 3000 Cubans, led eral Garcia. The Red Cross vessel State of Texas | reached Guantanamo Bay and tents were immediately erected. ceeded to Siboney, wt hospital was_estabiished. TNE_2i—Four thousand troops, com- prising the third expedition to the Philip- pines, sailed from San Francisco, under command of General Arthur MacArth Announcement was made that Admirai . temporar: 4 i iy /;//{///”l{/fi"'m'num. & Il announced semite, cruiser Y the colliers City o gan City JUNE a march o { mavement almost r Morro. Slege and f fon the heights s | duties as Military G The | © ship, the ( sixty miles w down resa SANJUAN nll.l_. . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY. REVIEW The Navy Department at WV that Commodore hington W would take under his command an ored squadron and proceed ¢ nce to the Spanish coast. The Easte quadron, it onsist of the fol- rk, battle- ub Admiral Camar: were refused at I was ble to obtain coa ral Wesley Merritt d, and ms fleet NE Major ed from San Fran pine General Shafter at he v walting for heavy sefore attack | ing Santiago, 11d take the in fo Four of Gar died from the ur much_food JU It was ar tiago n unmounted nd 81 officers and 1203 These figures are from C report. ke vet- men dead lying in entrance rd th ssels, bu acordance with ce engaged the rt our shi S Wor .. movement of the broad miral v orders to leave Sant a, and although h fl command offers to the na- rth of July present the de- t the whole of Cervera’s fle Not one escaped. It attempted to escape half-past 9 this morning. At 2 the last “ristobal ( . had run ashore st of ago, and had let The ria Te- a, Oguendo and V. were forced shore, burned and blown up within twen- v miles of Santiago. The Furor and Plu- her colo Camara would proceed through the Suez canal for Manila. e | ton were destroyed within four miles of the port. Our loss, one killed and two wounded. Enemy’s loss, probably several hundred from gun fire, explo: drowning. About twelve hundred prison- The man H. Ellis, chief yeoman of iral Cerv , includ ling Adm: Ta. s G the meantime General Shafter had emanding the surrender of Sam- At half-past 8 a. m. he sent a mes- seneral Toral, In command of the s in the city, saying that un- was an immediate surrender would be bombarded. To this Toral replied that the city would 3 message was saying that he ants until noon 5th to leave the city. Y 4—No Independence day in the of the United States since the first itself has brought so much pride e American people a . this. The en- nation went wild over our second t naval victory, which seemed not i us than that of Dewey at to th ti Mani Admiral Dewey Long that the Un cabled be landed and comfortably quartered at Cavite. — VIIL FALL OF SANTIAGO. JULY 5—The Navy Department tele- graphed to Admiral Sampson that the resident had issued the following order: Shafter and Admiral Sampson r at once for co-operation in iago.” General Shafter imme- requested Admiral Sampson to im for conference. again_demanded the surrender and again Toral reiised. The anish officers declared they would burn ity to the ground first, altnough the hbishop and many of the citizens were vor of a surrender. Long notified Admiral Samp- Admiral Cervera and the oth- s prisoners of war. Iroquois reached Key i 192 suffering from General should con taking S diately come to h S hafts Secretar son to ser er captives north he _transpor West with ampson _ being ill, ad a confer- , in whic] it that | the Spanish r refus he demand for sur- continued bombardment o« San- by the fleet. prisoners on the Harvard, mutinied, and several of 1= reported from Gibralte “amara had been ordered to return in with his squadron. __ 5 ortsmouth Navy Yard, te v resolution for the ion of the lands. JULY 7—Maj b n A. Miles, command army, left Washingt Presid 3 an anne: ion resolution. H and_his men were or Spanish prisoners, Colonel Astor making the transfer Jacob War Board telegraphed ord de- Commodore Watson's Eastern n from Aumiral Sampson's com- in readiness to start in pu s at Santiago was ¢ 10. Six batterle lery on the 7 reported to be dig e streets of Santiago. from _Charlest for fago with troops and ammunition. Red Cross Society opened a relief JULY 8-General Toral, in a _note to General Shafter, communicated the results f his consultations with his Government at Madrid and General Blanc) at Havana. to Secretary | ed States troops had | r that Ad- | signed tle Hawali- of | | | Ife offered to evacuate Santiao If permit- | d to JULY 10—General Shafter replied to To- the United States would accept depart unmolested with all nis 5 o’clock the Brdoklyn, th the Indiana, lving o’ Agu to bombard "tk n from their view. from the shore told them that were falling short. The Spa he city were fired upon by o land forges, Captain Charles and one priv-te were Killed, were wot Admiral Cerve W. Row: and eleven 54 officers and 692 men, s of arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., on the Loui The Admiral d that he had positive orders to leave no matter what quences might be JULY Wtiago. «ie conse- 11—The attack on Santiago was resumed at 6 o’clock. The fleet found ange and began to throw shells into The ance was 800 vards, rdment was not particu- ve. The town of Dos Ca- e northwest of the clty, was occupied by our_ troops. Advices from Spain were to the effect that the Sagasta Cabinet had resigned, and that ara's fleet was returning to_Spain with all_haste. The Board of Survey reported that of all Cervera’s ships the Infanta Maria Te- resa_alone could be saved. JULY 12—General Linares, sorely wounded and confined to his bed, although | sut unconditional surrender. To- | at he could not so vield. The extended from noon to | Porto was still responsible to Madrid. Toral merely assuming temporary command of the Spanish forces. Under this date he wrote to the Spanish Minister of War that the cause was hopeless. Miles ar: General mand of JULY 13 had a long the tr rived and took com- interv v with General Toral, ended until on_the mse to a d ch to al Miles was notified v War that he might urrender by granting parole and men, who would be pers mitted to return to Spain, the United States_assisting. JULY 14—General Toral forma rendered his troops with the unde ing that they would be returned to Spain. In his report to the Secretary of War under this date, General Miles sald that arrangements ‘would _be made for carrying out the further ins tions of the President. JULY 15—Admiral Sampson's chief of staff to the front and Informed General Shafter of Admiral Sampson's ex- that he should be one of the s 1ot ent of capitu- i ined to permit. ard Portsmouth, N, 1008 sh prisoners, half of = {1l from fever. JUL 16—It was announced that lhc‘ surrendered forces numbered 12,000 men in | and near Santiago, and that fue numben | of troops to be returned to Spain would number, all told, 24,000. JULY' 17—Santiago surrendered formal- ly, and at noon the American flag was sed over the house of the civil gov- rnment. The ceremony was attended by perfect order. he second military expedition from San Francisco arrived at Cavite, General Anderson having 6000 men under his com- mand. IX BEGINNING OF THE END. JULY 18—Six thousand tro at Tampa for Porto Rico. G to take c! e of the Porto Rican cam- paign, left Santiago on the Yale. Captive Spanish officers asserted that inares had made a scapegoat of Toral, latter would be court-mar- s embarked statement of the Govern- ment's policy in regard to Porto Rico con- tained the infor ion that the island, once taken, would be'retained by the United States The Ma 5 B Wasp, C pol Leyden, lett Guantanamo for with more than three thou~ Yale and Colum Ric sand troops. General 1 comman rd R. Wood, formerly in d of the Rough Riders, was made Milits Governor of Santiago. JULY 22—Lieutenant Hobson called on President McKinley in obedience to a let- ter of Instructions from Admiral Samp- sity of attempting (The Spanish was raised and was towed to Guantanamo on September 24.) Admiral Sampson captured Nipe, a har- bor on the northeast coast of Cuba, for a naval and military base of supplies. nece General Miles and h Porto Rlcan ex- pedition arrived at Mole St. Nicholas. JULY 23—The City of Rio de Janeiro salled from San F pines with troops, adier General H ncisco for the Philip. ordered to sewport News for embaraation on trans- ports for Porto Rico. om Tampa five transports sailed for same destina~ the tion. JULY 24—Cubar to inst the 1 Santiago preparea t McKinley, pro- aitment_which haa ded to Gener Garcla, ana ing that the city be given to them to govern. Commodore W 's departure for Spain was postponed indefinitely. { * 2—General Mues landed a de- tachment of his troops at Puerto de Gu- anica, near Ponce. There was a skirm- ish bétween Spanish troops and the crew of the Gloucester's launch. All the transports were taken into the harbor. General Merritt, commander-in-chief of the military expedition to the Philippines, arrived at Manila. JULY 26—M. Jules Cambon, the French Ambassador at Washington, at the re- quest of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, conveyed to President McKinley a message which first opened the w. to peace negotiations. A request was made for terms under which the United States would be willing to end the war. JULY 2i—General Shafter's report l)ni Miles and Shafter | {mmediately | eneral Miles, | command of | | eighteen regiments of volunteer troop: DECEMBER 21, 1898 the sanitary conditions of Santiago showed that'there were in his army 4122 men sick and 3193 cases of fever. Ponce surrendered to General Miles without a shot being fired. The Ameri~ can conquerors were welcomed by the Mayor, cheered by the populace and sere- naded by bands of music. General Wil- son was made Military Governor. JULY 28—All General Miles' troops were landed from the transports. “Spanish troops are retreating from the southern part of Porto Rico,” wrote Mlles under this date. *‘Ponce and its port, having & population of 50,000, are now under the American flag. The populace received the troops and saluted the flag with wild enthusiasm.”” JULY 29—President McKinley's regly to Spain’s peace overtures demanded the In- dependence of Cuba, cession of Porto Rico and Guam and the retention of Manila FPnding the final disposition of the Phil- ppine Islands by a joint commission. The Cabinet decided against the permanent acquisition of the Philippines. JULY 30—President McKinley's ref Spain was placed in the hands o bassador Cambon. JULY 31—General Miles reported that the Spanish volunteers were surrendering v and that four-fifths of the re overjoyed at the arrival of The Custom-house at Ponce, . had already yielded $14,000. During a sharp engagement between our forces and the Spaniards at Malate, in the Philippines, the American losses were thirteen killed and forty-seven wounded. AUGUST 1—It was decided to 1y to Am- to Wade. S outran thé x force. Porto Rico under General sequent events, however, cessity for this additional AUG peace ment: “In order to remove any misapprehen- ion in regard to the negotiations as to ce between the United tes ain,” the President and Secreta: explained, “it is deemed proper that the terms offered by the United States to Spain in the note handed to the French Am ador on Saturday last are in_substance as follows: dent does not now put for- any clalm for pecuniary i requires the relinq was given in this official state- n but claim of sovers and of Cuba vacuation by fon to the evacuation st ain of the ited States an island in the Ladrones. The United wiil occupy and hold the city harbor of Manila pendi of a treaty of peace w s deter- mine the control, disposition and govern- ment of the Philippine: “If these terms are accepted by Spain in their entirety ft is stated that Com- oners will be named by the United s to moet Commissioners on the part of Spain for the purpose of concluding a treaty.of peace on the basis above indl- —The troops under General re landed in Porto Rico at Brooke Arroyo. In the meantime the troops from San- tiago were being sent home on trans~ ports, and there was much suffering from lack of proper care and accommodatlons. w | The Secretary of War on this date made | an officlal s | | | atement designed as a reply to the indignation openly expressed by the public,_ General Shafter’s officers in Cuba united in the famous “round robin,” expressing the conviction that the army must be oved at once or perish, and that the ns responsible for preventing such 2 move will be responsible for the un- necessary 10ss of thousands of lives.” AUGUST 4—The Secretary of War or- dered the troops to be relieved from fur- ther duty at Santiago as fast as trans- ports could be provided. Resentment was shown in Spain be- cause the terms of peace wero made pub- lic in_the United States. These terms were discussed in the Spanish Cortes, but no_final decision was reached. General Wade’s proposed expedition to Porto Rico was suspended indefinitely, The _.onterey arrived at Manila. AUGUST 5—A portion of General Brooke's command in Porto Rlco, in a forward movement from Arroyo, cap- tured Guayama. After a slight skirmish the town, with its 16,000 inhabitants, sur- rendered.” The natives repeated the per- formance which marked the surrender ot Ponce. Cape San Juan, about thirty miles east of the city of San Juan, was also captured. t was announced that the Spanish Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company would be unable to fulfill its contract for gnrr__ving the prisoners from Santiago to pain. Orders from Washineton called for 500 hospital beds at the new camps at Mon- tauk roint, L. I, although General Shaf- ter's report showed that 4500 men were on the sick list. e THE LAST GUN FIRED. AUGUST 6—Madrid reported that the | send | JST 2—An outline of our terms of | Queen Regent had approved the Ameri- can peace conditions. _ Five companiet of the First Regiment of New York sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu. AUGUST 7-Spain's acceptance of the terms ot peace reserved the utmost possi- ble power of discussing details later, in the hope of making better terms. The communication was sent to Paris for transmission to Washington through the Spanish Embassador to France. Nearly all the American troops in Porto Rico, under Generals Brooke, Wilson, Henry and Schwan, advanced toward San Juan. The movement was designed to drive the Spanish forces back upon San Juan, when our ships could bombard the city in case of a refusal to surrender. Admiral Dewey and General Merritt on this dayrnol(flet}‘l the non-combatants to leave Manila within forty-eight hours. General Jaudenes, in command of the Spanish troops, in view of the fact that the besieged city was surrounded on all sldes and the inhabitants were starving and hopeless, asked' time to consult the authorities at Madrid. AUGUST 3—The Spaniards in Porto Rico offered but slight resistance to the invading army of Americans. In a skirm- Ish a few miles beyond Gu: mo five of ‘te)‘x;.l"uurth Ohio Volunteers were wound- Three transports left Santiago, having | on board the Rough Riders, First Regular | CavAiry, Battery' H. Fourth Artillery, Thirteenth Infantry and Sixth Infantry, bound for Montauk Point, L. I. A ship- \:;»ull of Spanish captives sailed for Ga- GUST 9—A detachment of Spanish troops attémpted to retake the lighthouse pe Sgn Juan, Porto Rico. Forty our sailors repulsed them, with a h loss, supported by the guns of the cinnati, Amphitrite and Leyde ll.l-‘ American troops captus the town of Coamo. Seven of our men were wound- | ed. On the Spanish side the | two captains and nine priv. | killed. hirty-five were wounded and 180 | made prisoners. Secretary in- announced that President ¥, M. Cambon and he had agreed a_protocol embodying the proposed the negotiation of a treaty of peace. AUGUST 10—Twelve hundred Spaniards attempted to check the advance of Gener- al Schwan’s command, and during an _en- gagement near Hormigueros the first American soldier was kiiled in Porto Rico. The continued after the ene- dvance was suf heavy loss, o, ““"[‘ 11—It was ascertained that the expendltures for war up to 2 Eraged $510.100 Anils. P to this date had : Spanish Government approved th | protocol. and cabled fo M. Cambon, at Washington, to sign the preliminaries of peace. _AUGUST 12—M. Cambon instructions on behalf of Spain at 1 o'clock. At exactly twenty three minut past 4 his signature and that of the Se retary of State were affixed. The Pres| dent "at once issued a proclamation de- claring a suspension of hostilities, and messages to that effect were dispatched to General Miles in Porto Rico, to General Merritt in the Philippines. and to General Shafter at Santiago. Similar advices were cabled to Admirals Dewey and Sampson and to Commodore Howell, com- manding the Northern Cuban blockading squadron. The day of the signing of the protocol was an eventful one. One hour before the document was signed a hombardment of Manzanillo, province of Santiago de Cu- ba, was begun by the Newark, Hist, Su- wanee, Osceola and Alvarado. It was not until early the next morning (August 13) that the message reached Captain Good- rich of the Newark In Porto Rico news of peace stopped a battle at Pablo Vasques just in the nick of time. General Brooke’s command was formed in line of battle to the northwest of Guayamo and the guns were being trained on the enemy when a mounted courier came g.’lllo'ring up with peace or- ?Trs‘ much to the disgust of the rank and le. The message-sent to the Philippines did not reach its destination until August 16. AUGUST 13—The attack upon Manila by Dewey and Merritt began. A division of the squadron shelled the forts at Malate, on the south side of the city, while the trenches were stormed by the land force: About 11,000 prisoners were taken. The squadron had no casualties and no ves- sels were Injured. driven back by Merritt's men and treated into the walled city, where res ance was useless. General Jauder: agreed to surrender, and General Merritt went to the palace, where the Spaniards laid down their arms. AUGUST 14—Four transports from San- tiago arrived at Montauk Point. Colonel Roosevelt and his .Rough Riders were among the returning troops. AUGUST i8—President MecKinley ap- pointed the members of the commission to adjust detafls of the evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico. AUGUST 17-The —adjutant general cabled to General Merritt: ‘“The Presi- dent directs that there must be‘no joint occupation with _the insurgents.” Mer- received his |l!!!!'l.’"”ll” 1 | control, milit; The Spaniards were | ritt issued a proclamition to the peopls of the Philippines. AUGUST 20—A naval parade took placa in New York harbor. The vessels in line were the New York, Iow Indiana, Brooklyn, Texas, Massachusetts and Oregon. AUGUST 24—At a conference between' the Americs ommanders and the in- surgent le: in the Philippines the latter declared themselves willing to co- operate with the Americans and to sur- render their arms if assured of protection. The mustering out of volunteers began. AUGUST ~-General Miles was in- structed to send home from Porto Rico all troops not actually needed. AUGLU 30—Major General Merritt left Manila for Paris to confer with the Peace Commission. : AUGUST 31—The Spanish prisoners of war at Portsmouth, N. H., were released. » Government cabled Admiral a $50.000 for their transportation. PTEMBER 8—Secretary of War Al- ger requested the President to appoint a commission to stigate the conduct of the War Department. SEPTEMBER 9—The President named the following gentlement to constitute the Peace Commis William R. Day, Cushman K. Davis, Wiiliam P. Frye, Whitelaw Reid and George Gray. SEPTEMBER 18—The American Peaca C s sailed for Paris. 3R 2i—American Peace Com- ers arrive in Paris. PTEMBER 29—The American and Spanish Peace Commissioners meet in- formally. _ ; OCTOBER 1—Peace Commissioners in Parls hold their joint secret business ses- lon. EOCTOBER 5—Spanish Commissioners are fully informed by the American Com- missioners as to the exact extent of America's demand: OCTOBER 9—American Commisisoners notify the Spanish authorities in Havana that the United States will assume entire v and governmental, of the island of Cuba December 1, and that the same control will be exercised in Porto Rico on October 18. OCTOBER 10—Spanish forces evacuate Manzanillo, thus relinquishing control of southern coast line west to the jurisdic- tion of Jucaro. OCTOBER 1l—American flag hoisted over Custom-house at Manzanillo by Colonel Raz. OCTOBER 16—Spaniards begin the evac- uation of Porto Rico. OCTOBER l7—American flag raised over captain general’s palace at Porto Rico and the United States formally placed in sovereign possession of the island. OCTOBE panish Pes Commis- stoners accede to the demands of the American P e Commissioners that Spain should assume certain debts. OCTOBER 31—American Peace Commis- sioners presented the formal demands of the United States relating to the Philip- ines. pNO\'EMBER 17—Spanish commission files a_counter pmgusition to the effect that she cannot allow any discussion of her sovereignty in the Philippines and offers to submit the third article of the protocol to arbitration. NOVEMBER 21—-The American Peaca Commission submits what is practically an ultimatum, in which they demand that Spain should relinquish to the United States the entire Philippine archipelago and accept an indemnity of $20,000,000, set- ting November 28 as the definite date on which an answer should be made. NOVEMBER, 28—Spanish Peace Com- missioners consent without conditiorf that Spain should relinquish Cuba and cede to the United' State: orto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands and to accept an indemnity of $20,000,000. CEMBER 10—Treaty EN of peace’ be< tween the United States'and Spain form- ally signed at Paris.