The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 23, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1898. MILES’ PLANS FOR THE CUBAN CAMPAIGN WERE NOT APPROVED Adjutant General Corbin Gives Interesting Testimony Before the War Investigators. WASHINGTON, General Corbin the W 1 to-day and was rigidly questioned 8 the ection of Camp Alger, stified that the removal of as dictated by the Secre- s or nended al Miles’ Dec. was the first -Adjutant witness fore ¢ himself, ablishment Se burn, of Gene! Captain staff. He (General Corbin) had said at the time i could not be a good ground because there was not for rifle practice. He »d from the Sec ary of al Miles had something do with its selection. He was not f Captain asburn’s exact certain of status, but he had unde ood Captain Seaburn h by General Miles to mze ection of the camp site. “Did General Miles protest or do any- t selection of the thing against camp?” t to my knowledge,” was the an- swer. General Corbin added that he did not know the re for the discontinuance of the camp. Questioned as to Camp Wikoff, General Corbin said that the troops and horses that arrived there about August § were those left be- hind in the South from the expeditions to Santiago and Porto Rico, and that the transportation of these had not. as fe s he knew, led to railroad con- gestion or interfered in any way with the carriage ies for the troops subsequently He denied that the contract with the Long Island Rail- road ga sive control, and said the made in that ar- only r rangement ensible one of pro- hi ) teamers landing at the camp. He said one reason for its selection was the excellent facilities for rtation. He said the npa was never designed for wything but a point of embarkation ted that the first complaints he ardfrom Camp Thomas, Chicka- in the pr :d if daily reports > receive to equipments and s by telegraph from the various ands. eral Corbin— camp at ] sir; and as fast by me a copy of | e same day to the ads of department concerned. Often tt tary himself indorsed them with the order to hurry along the thin needed. Very frequently the retary would call for the official and discuss with him the best way of a tending to the matter. 1 want to say | that all deficiencies reported were due to the lack of the existence of those articles. From these daily reports we not only knew what had been received, but Iso the number of uniforms, wagons, etc., issued, and to whom, every day. | neral Corbin then volunteered to | supply the commission with any re s in his office. At any time he would . pleased to furnish everything de nel Denby—What are the duties ector general? Corbin—It should be, in time 3 s in peace, to inspect mps of soldiers and report their condition. | Colonel Denby re the duties of his | subordinates the same? General Corbin—Yes, sir. Their re- forwarded to the adjutant who ansmits them to the of War for his information. | Denby—How daes it happen, that the conditions at Chicka- | were not reported by the in- | spector general? | eneral Corbin—I have not seen any | port of inspectors at Chickamauga. They were sent tu the commanding general there. It was his duty to rem- edy the defects pointed out. Colonel Denby—We are in a very ult position, General Corbin. eneral Corbin—I've -occupied one myself for some time. It is-not a new thing for me. Colonel Denby—There has been talk that the efficiency of the inspector gen- al's office was not kept up. What do think about that? are maug r ye eneral Corbin—1I' think that is largely an error. There was no inter- ference. Asked when he first seriously appre- hended that there would be hostilities, General Corbin said he might say he did not seriously contemplate war until it was a fact, for he had hoped to the last moment that it would be averted. On April 10 the army, for one of its size, was well equipped and thoroughly sup- plied. He sald that, prior to the war, there had been no complaints of refrig- erated or canned beef, and that they: were used by the armies of the world and in commerce. It was no new ex- said General , “I do not think the War De~ rtment contemplated war until it was clared by Congress and appropria- tions were available. Of course, the pos- sibilities “were thought of, but there were no general preparations, except so far as the department was able to meet the possibilti; that confronted it.” Colonel Denby, who conducted. the ex- amination, here suggested to General rbin that he observed the latter was utious and reticent and added: “It is not our object to criticize strat- egy. That is not our business. The strategy of war may have been right and may have been wrong. But our ob- ject is to determine whether the War Department acted efficiently.” General Corbin said that when Gen- eral Shafter’s expedition started it took all the transports it was possible to ob- tain. The supply was not equal to the demand. It had been planned to carry about 25,000 troops at that time, instead of the 17,000 taken. He referred to the letter of General .idles, dated June 24, laying out the plan of campaign of the war, and said it was not approved. “Do you know anything ahout Gen- eral Miles’ dispatch of June 24, I think, a letter to the Secretary of War, in which he purposes to have the army march clean through Cuba and take ,000 prisoners and work them and treat them Kkindly?” General Corbin s asked. “Yes, sir,” was the answer; “that let- ter was received and did not receive the approval of the Secretary of War.” “You say the proposition made by Investigating Commis- | {in the manner which he indicated in| that letter was disapproved?” “It was not approved,” replied Gen- eral Corbin. “I would like to ask you whether or not the plan o- campaign against San- tiago was recommended by General Miles?” “I do not think the recommendations made in that letter of May 27 were approved,” was the answe SUGAR LANDS WILL BE WELL IRRIGATED Important Rights Secured by the Spreckels Company for Controll- ing a Water Supply. BEFOR Hardships WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The War| | Department to-day made public two reports of Colonel Roosevelt on the fights of the First United States Cav- | alry Volunteers (Rough Rider of Santiago. One Is addressed to Colonel Wood, commanding, and the | second is to Brigadier General \Vood,‘ after Colonel Roosevelt took command | of the regiment. The War Deparunem; has hitherto refused to make these re-| ports public. portant report is a: The second and more im- | follows: | Santiago de | Brigadier General | , Commanding Second Bri- | Division—Sir: "1n obedience | tions 1 herewith report on s of my regiment from the ve: Cavalry ur dir SALINAS, Dec. An agreement was Hu' two Teports filed this afternoon in the Recorder’s of- e e o . s > = ass them ove e fice by which the San Lorenzo Water | “n(_””“g‘: the first day my regiment was Company agrees to furnish the Spreckels | formed at the head of a Second brigade Sugar Company at Kings City all the by the El Poso sugar mill. When the water the former can control from San | batteries opened the Spaniards replied to | Lorenzo Creek and other sources for pur- | US _With _shrapnel, which Killed ~and poses of = FrpaE | wounded several men of my regiment. We poses of irrigation of lands belonging 10 | then marched toward the rignt and my | the sugar company. A free right of wa” | regiment crossed the ford before the bai- er s and ditches is obtained. | loon came down and attracted the fire of This will p: nt the failure of crops dur- | the enemy, so at that point we lost no ing any dry year. | one. My “orders had been to march for- SUISUN, 22—H. G, Raaf, a-ent for | ward until 1 joined General Lawton’s left ornia Beet Su Refini n Sol g ( gar ng lands and ent ith farmers during the coming s > vicinity 11,000 acres of land will be dev. to_beet culture, and it is expecte siderable acreage in Yolo County will also be set apart for the same purpose. LAST JOINT MEETING OF EVACUATION COMMISSIONERS General Clous Delivers a Memo=an~ dum of Where Spanish Troops May Be Stationed. HAVANA, Dec. 22—The last formal joint meeting of the United States and Spanish Evacuation Commissioners will be held to-morrow. If, after that, any new questions arise they will be settled by individual interviews or correspond- ence. Srigadier General Clous to-day delivered the memorandum agreement regarding the places where Spanish troops are to be stationed after January 1. It will be discussed at to-morrow's meeting. El Vedado, the suburb of Havana where uated the Hotel Trocha, which has been the headquarters of the United States Commissioners, will be evacuated to-morrow, when the seacoast forts will be occupied by the United States troops. It is the custom of Havana folk to cel- ebrate Christmas eve by street dancing and firing crackers. To-morrow Captain General Castellanos will issue a bando forbidding the gathering of crowds, in order to avoid any possible disorders. e NORTH AND SOUTH MEET TO BANQUET| Forefathers’ Day Celebrated With Due Pomp by the New England Society of South Carolina. CHARLESTON, 8. C., Dec. 22.—The sev- ty-ninth annual banquet of the New Eng- land Society w given at the Charleston Hotel here to-night. The leading speak- ers of the evening were Senator George Hoar of Massachusetts, who respond- ed to “Forefathers’ Day,” Senator John L. McLaurin of South Carolina, who re- sponded to “Our Country;” and the Hon. Joseph B. Cummings of Georgia, who re- sponded to “The Mayflower.” The banquet was an elaborate and bril- liant function and there were seated at the tables one hundred gues Senator Hoar's address w: largely of a histori- and touched but lightly upon of the present day. Messrs. McLaurin and Cummings, how- ever, took occasion to declare in more or less pronounced terms against the the- ory of expansion. QUARRELED ABOUT THE SENATORIAL SITUATION Henry P. Woods Strikes at R. S. Alexander and Smashes Dr. Crooks’ Silk Tile. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 22—R. S. Alexan- der, & San Francisco merchant, and Henry P. Woods, a real estate agent, got into an altercation regarding the Sena- torial fight while on the steamer Tiburon, en route for this city last evening, which resulted in Woods, who is almost blind, trying to strike Alexander with & cane. He missed the mark, but landed heavily on the tile of Dr. J. J. Crooks. Alexander seemed to favor D. M. Burn: and was called a ‘'tool of Burns and lh: rallroad” by Woods. He retorted that Woods was a “blind old fool,” whereupon the cane descended upon Dr., Crooks’ shiny head gear. Friends of both parties in- tervened and stopped further argument. 3 e e STRONGLY OPPOSE THE DISSOLUTION OF CORTES Liberal Leaders Think It Imprudent to Plunge Spain Into an Electoral Agitation. LONDON, Dec. 23.—The Madrid corre- spondent of the Standard says: Most of the Liberal leaders whom Senor Sagasta has consulted strongly opposed a dissolu- tlon of the Cortes, on the ground that it ‘would be imprudent to plunge the country in an-electoral agitation under ex condftions. existing Senor Montero Rios and others urge that every effort be made to reunite zfie Liberal party. Apparently Senor Ga- mazo's party of dissidents and there are better hopes of ciliation. s Y TWO EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. The Second Makes Things Lively in the Vicinity of Port Angeles. PORT ANGELES, Wash., Dec. 22.—This section was visited by an earthquake this afternoon. The first shock came at 10 minutes past 5. It was hardly percepti- ble. The second followed ten seconds later, and it was a hummer. The sensa- tion "is best described by those inside buildings feeling as though a heavy body had been thrown against the structure. The motion seemed to travel from north to south. The second shock was very distinct, causing lamps to sway and | crockery to rattl —_—————— Bret Harte has one of his old-time Christmas stories in next Sunday’s Call. Read it. Is relenting, a full recon- General _liles to carry on the camvaign wing, but after going about three-quar- ters of a mile I was halted and told to remain in reserve near the creek by a deep lake. The bullets dropped thick i among us for the next hour while we lay here, and_many of my men were Kkilled | and ‘wounded, among the iormer being | Captain_O’'Nell, whose loss was a very | heavy blow to the regiment, for he was y singularly gallant and efficient officer. | Aci at th age ting Lieutenant Haskell was also shot is time, He showed the utmost cour- 1d had been of great use during the | fighting and marching. It seemeu to me some action should be taken al You then sent me word to move in_support of the regular cavalry, and I advanced the right in column of com- ach company deployed as skir- moved through skirmish lines of the regiment ah s, as it seemed to me our only chance was in rushing the entrenchments in front in- stead of firing at them from a distance. Accordingly we charged the blockhouse nd entrenchments on the hill to our ight against a heavy fire. It was taken in good style, the men of my regiment thus being the first to capture any: forti- fied position and to break through the| Spanish line. The guidons of C and E troops were first at this point, but some of the men of A and B troops who were with me personally got in ahead of them. | At the last wire fence up this hill I was | obliged to abandon my horse and after | that went on foot. After capturing this | hill we, first of all, directed a heavy fire upon the San Juan hill to our left, which was at the time being assailed by the | regular infantry and cavalry, supported by Captain Parker's Gatling guns. By the time San Juan was taken a large force had assembled on the hill we had previously captured, consisting not | of my own regiment,:but of the Ninth and of portions of other cavalry regi- | We then charged forward under | across the valley a ments on the n hill. This we also | everal prisoners. We | then’ formed in whatever order we could | and moved forward, driving the Spanish before us to the crest of the hills in our front, which were immediatel the city of Santiago itself. | Here I received orders to halt and hold the crest of the hill. T had at that time fragments of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment fire entrenc 8; and an occasional infantryman under me, | three or four hundred men all told. As 1 was the highest there I took command | of all of them and $o continued until the next morning. The Spa ds at- tempted to make a count ack_th afternoon, but were easily driven back, and then until after dark we remaine under a heavy fire from their rifles and great guns, lying flat on our faces on a gentle slope just behind the crest. Cap. tain Parker's Gatling battery was _run up to the right of my regiment, and did most excellent and gallant service. In or. der to_charge, the men had, of course, | been obliged to throw away their packs, and we had nothing to sleep in and noth- | ing to eat. We were lucky enough, how- | ever, to find in the captured blockhouse | the Spanish dinners, still cooking, which we ate with a relish. They consisted | chiefly of rice and peas, with a big pot containing a stew of fresh meat—proba- bly for the officers. We also distributed | the captured Spanish blankets as far as they would go among our men and gath. ered a good deal of Mauser ammunition | | for use in the Colt rapid-fire gun, which was being brought up. That night we dug intrenchments across our front. At 3 o'clock in the morning the Spaniards made another attack upon us, which was easily repelled, and at 4 o'clock they opened the day with a heavy rifle and shrapnel fire. All day long we remained under this, replying whenever we got the chance. In the evening about 8 o’clock the Spaniards fired three guns and then opened a heavy rifle fire, their skirmish- ers coming well forward. I got all my men down into the trenches, as did the other command near me, and we opened a heavy return fire. The Spanish advance was at once stopped, and after an hour their fire died away. This night we com- pleted most of our trenches and began to build bomb-proofs. The protection af- forded to our men was good, and next morning I had but one man wounded from the rifie and shell fire, until 12 o’clock, when the truce came. I do not mention the officers and men who particularly dis- tinguished themselves, as I have nothing to add in this respect to what was con- tained in my two former letters. There were numerous Red Cross flags flying in the various parts of the city, two of them so arranged that they directly cov- ered batteries in our front, and for some time were the cause of our net firing at n"l";q“e. Spanish guerrillas were very active, especially in our rear, where they seeme by preference to attack the wounded men who were being carried on litters, the doctors and medical attendants with Red Cross badges on their arms and the burial parties. 1 organized a detail of sharp- shooters and sent them out after these guerrillas, of whom the{( killed thirteen. Two of the men thus killed were shot several hours after the truce had been in operation, because, in spite of this fact, they kept firing on our men as they went to draw water. They were stationed in the trees, as the guerrillas were generally, and owing to the denmsity of the foliage and to the use of smoKeless powder rifles it was an exceedingly difficult mat- ter to locate them. For the next seven days until the 10th we lay in our line while the truce contin- ued. We had to continually work at ad- ditional bomb proofs and at the trenches, | and as we had no proper supply of food | and utterly inadequate medical facilities the men suffered a great deal. The offi- cers chipped together aand purchased beans, tomatoes and sugar for the men, =0 that they might have some relief from the bacon and hardtack. With a great deal of difficulty we got them coffee, As for the sick and wounded, they suffered S0 in the hospitals when sent to the rear for lack of food and attention that we found it best to keep them at the front and give them such care as our own doc- tors could. As I mentioned in my pre- vious letter, thirteen of our wounded men continued to fight through the battle in spite of their wounds, and of those sent to the rear many, both of the sick and FIERCE FIGHTING OF THE ROUGH RIDERS Colonel Roosevelt Tells of the Bravery of His Men and the ) in front | & | across Spanish | them y opposite | , | hospital, so that the Red Cross flag flew | courage. NEW STORIES OF THE WAR NOW OFFICIALLY TOLD E SANTIAGO Endured. wounded, came up to rejoin us as soon as lrg‘lr condition allowed them to walk, most of the worst cases being ultimately sent to the States. On the 10th the truce was at an end and the bombardment reopened. As far Spanish part ver y feeble. losses and speedily We suffered no got the fire from their trenches in our front completely silenced. On the 1ith we were moved three- Quarters of a mile to the right. The truce again being on, nothing happened here except we continued to watch, and did our best to get the men, especially sick, properly fed, and having no transport tion and being able to get hardly any through the reguiar channels, we used anything we could, capturing Spanis wvalry horses, abandoned mules, which had been shot but which our men took and cured, diminutive, skinny ponies, pur- chased from the Cubans, etc. By this means and by the exertions of the offi- cers we were able from time to time to get supplies of beans, sugar, tomatoes and even oatmeal, while from the Red Cross people we got our invaluable load of rice, cornmeal, ete., all of this being of the ut- most consequence, not only for the sick, but also for the nominally well, as the lack of proper food was telling terribly on the men. It was ut- terly impossible to get them clothes and shoes, those they had being in many cases literally dropping to pieces. On the 17th the city surrendered. On the 18th w hifted camp here, the best camp we have had, but the march hither under the noonday sun told very heayily on our men, weakened by under- feeding and overwork, and the next morning 123 cases were reported to the | doctor, and T now have but half of the | 600 men with which I landed four weeks | ago fit for duty. As we had but one wagon the change necessitated leaving mu of my stuff behind, with a night of discomfort, with scanty shelter and scanty food for the most of the officers | and many of the men. Only the possession | of the improvised pack train alluded to | above saved us from being worse. Yes. terday I sent in a detail of six men and officers to see if they could not purchase or make arrangements for a supply of proper food, clothing, etc., for the men, even if we had to pay for it out of our own pockets. Our suffering has been due primarily to lack of transportation and proper food or sufficient clothing and of medical supplies. We should now have wagon sheets for tentage. Very respect- fully, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The first report is dated “Trenches Outside of Santiago,” July 4, and telis of the men who were killed or wounded and how the Spaniards were finally driven over the brow of the hills front- ing on Santiago. The report concludes as follows: By this time the regiments were much mixed and we were under a very heavy fire, both of shrapnel and from rifles, from the batteries, entrenchments and forts immediately in front of the city. On_the extreme front I now found my- self in command, with fragments of the six cavalry regiments and the two bat- teries under me. The Spaniards made one or two efforts to retake the line, but were promptly driven back. Both Gen- eral Sumner and you sent me word to hold the line at all hazards, and that night we dug a line of entrenchments our front, using the captured entrenchment tools. We had nothing to eat except what we captured from the Spaniards; but their dinners had fortunately been cooked and we ate with_relish, having been fighting We had no blankets or coats v by the trenches all night. The Spaniards attacked us once in the night, and at dawn they opened a heavy ar- tillery and rifle fire. Very great assist- rendered us by Lieutenant Par- ling battery at critical moments. He fought his guns at the extreme front of the firing line in a way that repeated- 1y called forth the cheers of my men. One of the Spanish batteries which was used against us was directly in front of the over thé battery, saving it from our fire for a considerable period. The Spanish Mauser bullets made clean wounds, but they also used a copper jacketed or brass jacketed bullet ~which exploded, making very bad wounds indeed. ‘We went into the fight about 490 strong. Eighty-six were killed or wounded, and there are half a dozen missing. = The great heat prostrated nearly forty men, some of them among the best in the regi ment. Besides Captain O'Nelll and Lieu- tenant Haskell, Lieutenants Leahy, De- vereaux and Case were wounded. All behaved with great gallantry. As for Captain O’Nefll, his loss is one of the severest that conld have befallen the regi- ment. He was a man of cool head, great executive ability and literally dauntless The guerrillas in trees not only fired at our troops, but seemed to devote them- selves especially to shooting at the sur- geons, the hospital assistants with Red Cross bandages on their arms, the wound- ed who were being carried in litters and the burying parties. Many of these guer- rillas were dressed in green uniforms. We sent out a detail of sharpshooters among those In our rear, also along the line where they had been shooting the wound- ed, and killed thirteen. To attempt to give a list of the men who showed signal valor would necessi- tate sending in an almost complete roster of the regiment. Many of the cases | fraudulent entries in time books. EVERYTHING QUIET IN THE ISLANDS Otis Says Order Pre- vails at Manila. NATIVES COMING TO TOWN BUSINESS OF THE CITY N’OW‘ ON THE INCREASE. From Porto Rico General Henry Sends Word That There Is No Complaint of Dis- orderly Conduct. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Encourag- ing reports of the condition of affairs in Manila and Porto Rico reached the ‘War Department to-day from the of- ficers commanding the troops in those departments. The dispatches from both General Otis at Manila and Gen- eral Henry at San Juan were in re- sponse to telegraphic inquiries by the Secretary of War, based on reports of a disquieting nature which have reach- ed the officials here. That from Gen- eral Otis was particularly gratifying to the President and Secretary Alger. It is as follows: MANILA, Dec. 22.—Adjutant General, Washington: Belleye city never more quiet. Order prevails. Native pepula- tion greatly augmented in three months. Volume: of business increasing. Con- duct of troops good. Most favorably commented on by citizens. Discipline im- proving. Disorders promptly punished, as business of courts shows. Newspaper articles published in United States, Hong- kong and Singapore untrue. Military rule firm, as demanded by c!rcumszangglgis The dispatch from Henry is as fol- lows: SAN JUAN DE_PORTO RICO, Dec. 22.—Complaints of disorderly conduct un- known here. If specific charges can be sent investigation and If necessary pun- ishment will follow. Subordinate com- manders have been apprised of your tele- gram. HENRY. SUSPENDED FOR SIX MONTHS. Findings in the Court-ifartial of Naval Constructor Hancom. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The Secretary of the Navy to-day mode public the find- ings of the court martial in the case of Naval Constructor John F. Hanscom, in charge of the construction department at League Island. He was.charged with va- rious offenses in connection with over- payment of the men employed at the navy yard there. The court martial ac- quitted the accused officer of three of the charges, namely, preparing a fraudulent voucher, inefficiency and maxing false re- ports; but convicted him of violating a | lawful regulation in failing to_report He was sentenced to suspension from duty for six months on walting orders. The Sec- retary of the Navy has not yet approved the sentence. —-— Of Interest to the Coast. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.—Letter Carrfer Samuel F. Stevens has been transferred from Cincinnati to San Fran- cisco. © Edward A. Lavin, a carrier at San Diego, has been promoted to the sec- ond class. Pensions have been granted as follows: California—Reissue: James J. Stewart San Jose, $12. Original widow—Ellen Sull ivan, Sacramento, $8. Mexican War sur- vivors—Reissue and increase: David Hart, Gold, $8 to $12. Oregon—Original: John B. Withrow, Roseburg, $12. Reissue and increase— Henry P. Conyers, Denmark, $8 to $10, Washington—Original: ~Walter Hunter, Soldiers’ = Home, Pierce, $. Original widows—Special 'December 14, Jane D, Keith, Puyallup, $8. The chief of engineers of the War De- partment has recommended an appropria- tion of $70,000 for this year's work on the improvements of Port Harford, San Luis Obispo County, California. Senator Per- kins says he will endeavor to_ have this appropriation doubled to extend over two vears. An appropration of $110,000 would probably be ample for the completion of this work. S Racing at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 22.—Track weather fine. Results: One mile—Great Bend won, Patroon second, Eva Rice third. Time, 1:46%. Seven furlongs—Queen of Song won, Weller second, Pell Mell third. Time, 1:34. One 'and an eighth miles, selllng—Babe Fields won, Lakeview Palace second, Jim Flood third." Time, 2:05. One and an eighth miles, selling—Clay Pointer_won, Maritl second, Double Dummy third. Time, 5 Six’ furlongs—Diggs Debride Dave S third. Time, i Selling Sugar to Retailers. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—Arbuckle Bros. of Chicago have to-day begun selling sugar direct to retailers, ignoring the jobbing trade here. Sales to retailers were made to-day at 5.20 cents per pound for stand- ard fine granulated, which was 3§ cent under the trust price. When Hitchcock Will Succeed Bliss. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 — Secretary Bliss stated to-day that Mr. Hitchcock, his successor in the Cabinet, would sail for this country on January 6 and that slow; ‘won, second, 1734, TO B NO MORE SOLDIERS E S8ET FREE The Balance o Regiment Will f the California* Be Sent Home in a Body. nila. Senator Perkins, who has recei tered out within ninety days. nation. about the last of March. BRERRRR{IVERN $3382tesenanengninanennanoninnatne Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Dec. 22. In conversation with a California member of Congress to-day Secretary Alger said the department would first recall the diers who are in volunteer regiments, and after this the volunteers in the regular army will be mustered out. would be made to favor those who have been longest on duty in Ma- ters and telegrams requesting the discharge of individual members of the First California Regiment at Manila, Alger that the department must decline to grant any more discharges on personal account, but he hoped to have all the volunteers mus- He gaid the California Regiment at Manila would be immediately relieved when the regular troops, which are to leave New York on or about January 15, reached their desti- This ought to bring the California Regiment into San Franecisco BURRRURRRRRRNLRNEENS 9 25,000 sol- He said a special effort ved a great number of urgent let- was told by Secretary - R EEEEEEE R CLEANLINESS DUE 10 USE OF LASH How Santiago’s Condi- tion Improved. STREETS NO LONGER SEWERS | ROBERT P. PORTER REPORTS ON CONDITIONS IN CUBA. Advocates a Suitable System of In- ternal and Local Taxes for Improving the Islands. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Robert P. Porter, special commissioner for the United States to Cuba and Porto Rico, has returned from Santiago and has submitted his report to the Secretary of the Treasury. While in Porto Rico Mr. Porter held public hearings and all persons interested in the welfare of the island were invited to submit state- ments and give oral testimony. The Chamber of Commerce, representing the commercial and industrial interests of the province, responded. The machinery of the military government, Mr. Porter says, is running with a fair degree or smoothness and the men responsible for it understand their business thoroughly. In Santiago the streets are no longer used as sewers and the unhappy indi- vidual who violates the law and escapes the lash of the sanitary commissioner’s whip is compelled to work on the streets for thirty days. This official, Major Barbour, with 126 men dressed in spot- less white and thirty-two good United States mule teams and carts, having dug from the streets of Santiago the filth of ages, is now able to keep tnem absolutely clean. Every day, by the aild of petroleum, the garbage of the city is burned. The work of sanitation is not confined to the streets, but ex- tends to the dwelling houses, shops ana buildings of all kinds. To accomplish this, however, the doors of houses had to be smashed in and people making sewers of the thoroughfares were publicly horse- whipped in the streets. Eminently re- spectable citizens were forcibly brought before the commanding general and sentenced to aid in cleaning the streets they were in the habit of defiling. The campaign has ended in a complete sur- render to the sanitary authorities and the inhabitants of Santiago, regardless of class, have had their first object les- son in the new order of things in- augurated by the war. Several im- portant streets have been repaved; all the public buildings have been thoroughly cleaned, the work even ex- tending to the opera-house. The law courts, which were abolished when General Shafter took the city, have been reorganized. In the same manner local government has been restored and native Mayors and city officials appointed, the only requirement being that persons ac- cepting such offices shall take the oath recognizing the military occupation of the island by the United States, but in no way committing them to any future form of government. the cha.nig of office would take place just prior to February 1. The Spanish, when in possession of STARS AND STRIPES which I mention stand merely as exam- ples of the rest, not as exceptions. DECIDES TO HAND IN THE SECRET DOSSIER Court of Cassation to Have the Evi- dence Demanded in the Dreyfus Case. LONDON, De. 23.—The Paris corre- spondent of the Daily Mail -s: The Gov- ernment has decided to hand the Drey- fus secget dossier to the Court of Cassa- tion. It will also be communicated to Madame Dreyfus and to M. Ornard, the counsel for Dreyfus. TOULOUSE, France, Dec. 22—Serious street disorders occurred here this even- ing between the promoters of pro-Dreyfus and anti-Dreyfus meetings. Several per- sons were seriously injured and the win- dows of a number of Jewish shops were smashed. Bos g ‘Was a Noted Literary Character. DETROIT, Mich.,, Dec. 22.—Andrew ‘Wanless, a well-known literary character of Detroit and poet and prose writer of no mean. ability, died at -his residence here to-day from pneumonia. For many years Mr. Wanless had conducted a sec- ond-hand book store that was a resort for local literary men. He possessed a magnificent library of about 22,000 vol- umes, comprising some of the very rare 0ld books and manuscripts. Scotland saw Mr. Wanless born in 1824, he removing to this country in 1851, eventually settling here in 1860. e Killed by a Falling Tree. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 22—Word was re- ceived here this afternoon of the awful death of A. A. Fuller, near Octidental. Fuller, with another man, was hewing timber, when a falling tree struck an- other, breaking a big limb off, which fell upon Fuller, crushing him to death. The deceased leaves a widow and two chil- dren. He was a brother of C. E. ller, a lumber mill owner of Occldental STILL FLY IN VIEW OF ALL HAVANESE Russell Harrison Will Not Take Down His Colors at the Or- der of Fitzhugh Lee. States Evacuation Commissioners, flag. the flag had been lowered. the harbor and city. state of weakness and disease, the policy. 01010 08 1 X0 0 0 030 0 0 0 H 6 0 1 O HAVANA, Dec. 22.—Major Russell Harrison, the provost mar- shal, who on Tuesday raised the Stars and Stripes over Fort Atares without orders, and in contravention of the promise of the United raised in Havana or its suburbs until January 1, was to-day formally reprimanded by Major General Lee and was instructed to lower the Lieutenant Lee reported a few hours later to headquarters that Nevertheless, at the hour of filing this dispatch (4:30 p. m.) it is still flying on a tall staff over the famous fort, plainly visible from Major General Lee, having received a cable dispatch from Gen- eral Alger saying that the Secretary of War understood that there were thousands of persons starving in Havana, and directing him to feed them “without delay,” immediately ordered Lieutenant Colonel Wood to distribute rations and to make systematic efforts to feed the helpless, carefully avoiding waste. vana to-day who, though not actually starving, are in a deplorable that no American flags should be Cuba, not only assumed control of the Judiciary, but of the municipal govern- ment. The larger portion of the taxes raised for municipal purposes were di- verted with the other revenues in channels which, says the report, either led to Spain or into Spanish pockets. Mr. Porter advises that thelr taxes hereafter must be used for local pur- poses, and as far as may be deemed practicable that they be collected and disbursed by properly constituted local authorities. The rural districts of San- tiago have been so depleted that it will be impossible to collect taxes over and above those needed for the bare neces- sities of scheols, for the poor and prob- ably small sums to improve sanitary conditions, The dawn of prosperity, however, should be the signal for in- augurating systematic work on country | roads. The money expended on roads, Whether from the general funds of the island or from the local budgets, would | come back a hundredfold, it is stated, and make Santiago one of the richest sugar, coffee and fruit growing dis- tricts in the West Indies. Bananas can ‘the 8grown at a profit, and as they take only fourteen months to grow, unlike coffee and oranges, the poorer classes could undertake their cultivation to their great advantage. The internal, industrial, professional, licensing and other misceilaneous taxes have so far been remitted in this part of Cuba, but the authorities are now preparing to enforce them. Now that the customs tariff has been disposed of Mr. Porter recommends that an im- mediate scheme be prepared for the levying and collecting of internal reve- nue for the entire. island. The ques- tion of separating these taxes from | purely municipal taxes should also be | considered. The large amount of delinquents dur- Ing the last three years, which have amounted to about $6,000,000, was, of course, due to war. In normal times there is $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 of reve- nue that must not be overlooked, reve- nue which, if properly and economically employed, would aid in the industrial rehabilitation of Cuba. Some of the more onerous exactions, however, should be abolished. Mr. Porter speaks in high praise of the administrative ability of General ‘Wood, the’ milltary governor at Santi- ago, 4s shown in his admirable man- agement of the affairs of the province. Fatila e Sk, DRAWING OF THE DOGS. Good Coursing Promised for the Christmas Meet at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.—The drawing for the Christmas coursing meet took place to-night. The San Francisco entries, twelve in number, were ‘very lucky, none drawing together. There was much enthusiasm, and the announcement that John Grace would judge with James Grace as slipper was received with ap- plause. The result of the drawing is as follows: Hattle vs. Lady in Black, Snug vs, Las- sle Hays, His Freedom vs. A B C, Fleet- wings vs. Rex, Midnight vs. Daisy Ham- burg, Lady Agnes vs. Kitty Scott, Occi- dental vs. Little Cripple, Hadiwist vs, Tip Stedman, Orpheum Lass ve. 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