Show WHOLE ARSTT COLLAPSED Terrible Strain of the Campaign Incapacitated capacitated the Men Washington Aug Lieutenant Colonel Col-onel Charles Dick of the Eighth Ohio The Presidents Own and Major George Goodfellow volunteer aide on I General Shatters staff arrived in Washington t Wash-ington this evening trom Santiago bearing bear-ing important dispatches and information from General Shafter to the president and secretary of war Lieutenant Colonel Dick had a conference of an hour and 3 half with the president tonight Lieutenant Colonel Dick Major Good fellow and Captain aioKittriqk tIe last named being General Shatters soninlaw and confidential aide and secretary sec-retary arrived at New Orleans last Tuesday Tues-day on the transport Berlin They Were detained for live oays In quarantine before be-fore being permitted to enter the city While In New Orleans Captain McKit trick received a dispatch from San Francisco Fran-cisco announcing the Illness of his wife and left Immediately for the Pacific coast The officers say that bythe end of the present week the whole of General Shaf ters army will have left Cuba In the opinion of Major Goodfellow who Is a physician of Los Angeles Cal the removal re-moval of the army from Cuba was absolutely abso-lutely necessary He says the men could not have recuperated in that climate during dur-ing the rainy season In explanation of General Shafter dispatch dis-patch In which the statement was made that 73 per cent of the army was incapacitated pacitated Major Goodfellow said while 75 per cent of the men were not 111 they wore absolutely unable to perform toill tary service The strain of the Santiago campaign was terrific and when it was over the whole amy collapsed In his opinion I would require several weeeks in a good climate and god nourishing food to put the troops again In fettle Lieutenant Colonel Dick and Major Goodfellow will remain In Washington for a day or two and then proceed to Montauk Point more spanisa xransports Santiago deCuba Aug 1 6 p m The Spanish transports Isla de Luzon Satrustegui and Isla de Panay are in port and will begin embarking the Spanish troops tomorrow I is expected expect-ed that they will carry over 4000 The transport Leona from Savannah arrived arriv-ed this morning with the remainder of the fifth immune regiment Santiago Customs Receipts Washington Aug 14 General Shaft er report to the war department tonight to-night as follows I have the honor to report for your information that there were taken in at the customs house here from July CO to August 13 inclusive inclus-ive 5844524 > |