Show I LEAVING P RO RICO ta Spanish Soldiers Now Make Way For Liberty I i EMBARKING FOR SPAIN RIGHT TO TAKE THEIR GUNS IS DISPUTED I Americans Occupying the Territory I Relinquished By the Spaniards Volunteers Have All Disbanded I Bitter Opposition to Cuban An I nexationProtocol Violated I I San Jian Porto Rico sept 20 delayed de-layed In transmissionThe repatriation repatria-tion of the Spanish soldiers began to I day Four hundred of whom 200 were I sick and 200 belonged to the engineer I corps sailed for Spain on board the I French steamer Chateau Lafitte One I thousand infantry belonging to the Asturian battalion wlll sail tomorrow I on board the steamer San Francisco The water front was crowded with i thousands of people when the Spanish engineers marched down to the music of the Spanish quickstep to the wharf I where they were received by Captain 1 General lIacias and General Ortega The captain general did not make a I speech but he shook hands with the officers and men There was no dC1U onstratlon by the people Some SpanIsh I Span-Ish Held pieces are already on board I the San Francisco but a question has I azisen In the commission cGncenin the disposition of some of the guns and it was not settled when this dispatch was I filed The captain general today gave notice I no-tice to the Spanish troops to retire I from Abol1ito Paranquitas and Bar 1Os on Sunday and from Humacao Guamanl and Cayey on Monday Our I troops will move up and occupy these I towns as soon as they are evacuated I and the Spanish troops in position will I enter the city in order to be ready to embark on the arrival of the transports I trans-ports here I The residents of Porto Rico and some I of the Americans here are alarmed because be-cause the Spanish ships returning from I Cuba stop at this port They belieye I this is dangerous as it may introduce yellow fever as nome of the sick men on the City of Cadiz were too ill to proceed and were brought ashore Oi commissioners will protest If there is a repetition of this The vOlunteers have all been disbanded dis-banded and the Spanish soldiers are engaged in dismantling the armament of the barracks and boxing the guns and ammunition They are rejoicing over the prospect of an early return to their homes Rear Admiral Schley has refused to purchase the coal stored here and it may be purchased for the use of the United States army I |