Show Bw the San Amy Francisco Examiner a Gunboat San Francisco claims the honor of beIng the birthplace of the first man to enter Santiago de Cuba The man was Harry Bothers then second lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry United States army Lieutenant Rether Is a brother of Dr TheodQrc Rethers who returned from ManIa a short time sInce having cone to tho Philippines as assistant surgeon the FIrst cavalry Harry Rethers = tired of waiting an opportunity of getting Into West Point Determined to ear a commission he enlisted in the FIrst rei ment at Angel island when Shafer was colonel He passed a successful examIna tion was commissIoned second lieutenant ant ton transferred to the NInth Shafer remembered hIm at Santa o When the later place surrendered word was sent to General Shnter that there vas a gunboat in port whose captain was ready tD turn her over to the victorious Americans Lieutenant Bothers was wIth Shafer when the word cae He was de tailed by the general to receive the Sr render Taking wIth him twenty men Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Bothers set off for Santiago on the double quick He passed the troops en route and heand his squad were the frt to put fool within the captured cIty The captain of the gunboat asked that the Spanish flag remain flying till he and his men got ashore To this Rethers assented as-sented As he was about to step on board the gunboat a naval officer saluted him Pardon me saId he but llis is our prize This belongs to the navy Very sOrry returned the young lieutenant lieu-tenant but here are my orders Without mare ado he grasped the halyards hal-yards and hauled down the Spanish flag place and sent up the AmerIcan ensign In Its The flag was received by the leutenants family in this city last Friday I is not a beautiful thinS but it is a rIch souvenIr to the family Three Weeks ago Bothers was promoted to a first lieutenancy and last week ho was married |