| Show fl spaniards at guantanamo anxious to lay down arms force in that city numbers six thousand and are very short of rations shatter shafter will have to feed them he is now feeding at santia santiago o bax J thousand well prisoners 1600 sick in hospital and expects 2000 more in today says entire number of prisoners will be up to estimates washington july 23 the war department part ment tonight received the following from gen shatter fitch fifth army corps santiago lie de cuba july 13 2 adjutant general washington D C Cco colonel lonel of engin aea span 11 h a army rat y ila has ju just s t arrived flora guantanamo ile he heard fron from brench consul there here that santiago tiago had surrendered and that they had hoan included not crediting it he was sent here to verity tile the fac thoy they III be nery ery gud glad to accept terms of surrender very shork of rail rations 0 ns and I 1 shall have to lesl begin at once ile he tells tella nie me there are arc men at that place am now feeding GM well here and in hospital expect 2000 men in tomorrow tomo row irow will send an officer tomorrow or next day with ono on ot of gen horats to receive surrender of guantanamo and then go to sagua bagua and Da karacos to receive surrender there think the number of prison prisoners eis va will be fully up to the estimate SOW or 0 o SHAF TEIl major general commanding MESSAGES DELAYED miss barton explains why she has not been beca heard prom from washington july 23 A cab cablegram legrain received rec elved today by stephen barton front from BartOT fat filix chy by tie no messages have been recel vW from roin her since the bolh dinst her dispatch reada read as follows cables interrupted and tny rny dl als a patches pat clies refused no tel telegram gram E aiom you tor for eight days stat p of 0 texas aft enst lesser left yesterday on concho for NeA news lions pr veil uell fifteen fed beg geeding erday and equal number numb fell fed j t 0 filly almost impossible to reach interior 3rd ard le for I 1 ec elved no letter since july I 1 dr lesser 18 i on the way north north on oil board the transport trang port concha Co neho destined t for newport news whether or noti not mrs lessor is 1 with him la Is L ain miss bliss jennings who ito arrived on the seneca Sen toca left miss liast barton on board the state of texas it a week ago last thursday thurs lay at al that tini dr lesser mrs firm lesser and sister minnie ft ere ill at the hospital neat near siboney boney Sl anil and 1 while I llila I 1 was not bIo N vl that hat th they e Y ha had d 3 sollow e itt it t kaoi tb thought aught wise that they should 1 I it the hoRi hospital Atal be 1 I 1 cause dus e gell shari shaffey tey had bad appe appealed bied to td mats barton 1 to keep aho S state ria ff it texas frontany fro nany dinner dinger ot of infection tile the vessel being larinto lo 10 for the 1104 hospitals 1 1 T HK INLEy TAKES akes AP A RESPITE FITE 0 president enjoys a short trip down the potomac washington july 23 prem I 1 en t V I 1 mckinley ci tills this took it A arief rei spite spile front from his labors of the past fpu apu months and accompanied by a party of guests I 1 enjoyed a trip doin the poto mat mai by mrs irs and mr still and mrs plunkett of f north adams blass lie h drove to 10 tile the navy yard at there the th patty wits waa met fly by secret irl 4 long In sr alger aler smith all tl son hon and gage and ing I ng and bliss paul ex general genera gary and justice and mckenna they boat braided ded the naval tug triton and steamed doun donn tile tho river lver as far as fort washington returning a at I 1 the th party was then entertained at al dinner by commander norton and later inspected the big ordnance shot shop criticisms HURT URT secretary alger writes a letter on the war washington july 21 there have been a poud good many criticisms ot of the conduct of tile the staff departments of tile the anny during this aar ar and ands niest rr st 0 of them thein have been bayed based on oil evidence P prominent ra among amone these was wa one made by a very prominent new york callien charging the dommi commissary department with gross dereliction tills wu was brought to in the attention of S secretary cc re alger by bv blit personal onal mend gen dide and because of 0 the prominence of tile the clitee the secretary felt called balled upon to make inake the following r response se my ily dear dodge tile the Lieuten lieutenant ajit colonel 1 whoever tie he Is n referred to in the article of yesterday yeat erday bilitch you sent seat tile me was no doubt simply homo home showing the haid hardships shIps nat hat our aur men endured during the campaign which re in the fall of Sau santiago tiago I 1 have hare no laen that lie aboto roto in a complaining compla inin g ilay ay jut but simply as a statement of facts as t they hey existed lie knew that thero there were ample rations rat loita aboard the ships ile he knew the iha of getting gelt loi them hem to the command more rapidly than they gotten lie he knew tile the necessity of it remaining tn in line of 0 battle and foiring tile the attack to as earla cv a termination vis 03 lie ire knew that everything wits dicing done that could be done tic ald bre een m aleman ho la 18 writing in a way to s proad I 1 action among our people at hume home and in fact to misrepresent the lieutenant colonel ho he refers to and chinig unjust reflection upon t the tv cam I 1 generah than whom a better and ona ta more ore energetic and falth faithful fut man man never filled the office la Is unpatriotic and knows nothing about annly 1110 11 in as VILT ar boit oua alid nl I 1 I 1 enow what tills this means it has hag always occurred c u and always will ahat 1 I hat Is war a and not war would not be war without it vhal a that hat rt at home homa ore are trying to do anything to felippe thi the glory of that magnificent victory no lie matter N w list hat the lite soldiers endured 1 I the gro growler Ierg are always thos w ho stay at home sincerely yours RUSSELL A ALGER algell icen en G 1 M dudge no 1 broad way war new york yok 1 i LAUDED LANDED NEAR CARDENAS no ito difficulty experienced in getting supplies to insurgents ney key west flu fla july 23 tile the tor boat gushing cushing which left here yesterday with aith dispatches dispatched for the blockading squadron returned this ee beening ning bringing col Rebal cava oc drig gen division of the insurgent army now operating in M matanzas atan zo province col Rebal cava left here hera about about ix a beek ago on the tug uncas ifill with a small expedition carrying ai a quantity anait y of rifles 1 food and clothing A 11 u ln L n w was effected near cardenas t on thursday Thurs thursday Thurs dav last the mangrove captured the spanish sloop oft does boca tie de bagua sagua fifteen miles from cruz del padro the sloop carried a chew of four men who at sight of abo approach approaching hing gunboat leaped tard loArd I 1 and anam s am to the shore the carga c arat iford consisted of dye wood a small lot of food supplier lles and 25 in spanish silver she he will lie be brought jicie heie by tho the uncas un as tomorrow soldiers Sold leis eis gloving to san francisco portland or july 33 21 tho the third battalion washington volunteers con can asistin of 42 call enlisted sted men and seventeen oni cera under command of col J it 11 whitley arrived here train vancouver barracks today anti and left tonight top or sat sail F 1 a |
