1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
585 
The War. 
BRIEF NOTES FOR BUSY PEOPLE. 
DIARY OF THE WAR. 
Guayamo, Porto Rico, captured by Haines’s 
Brigade; three of our men were wounded. Spanish 
loss <one killed and two wounded. Transport 
Massachusetts floated off from place where she 
ran aground. Transport Gate City sailed from 
Santiago for Montauk, L I., with cavalrymen, 
Saturday, August 6. 
Spain accepts our terms of peace, but asks an 
armistice pending final arrangements. Gen. 
Miles continues to advance toward San Juan. 
The customs village of Fajardo captured. Sick 
at Fei nandina are being moved to Fort McPher¬ 
son. First detachment of Shafter’s army reaches 
Montauk, Saturday, August 7. 
Spain’s reply to the peace conditions offered by 
the. United States received by Ambassador Cam- 
bon. The United States offers to parole the 1,300 
Spanish naval prisoners, taken at the destruc¬ 
tion of Cervera’s fleet, whenever Spain sends for 
them. Gen. Shafter has sent a report to the War 
Department, emphatically denying that he is re¬ 
sponsible for the lack of necessities on the Seneca 
and Concha. Three transports with troops left 
Santiago for the north, Monday, August 8. 
News received of the first land battle at Manila, 
July 31, in which the Spanish were repulsed; our 
loss was 13 dead and 47 wounded. Attack was 
made by the Spanish, and the engagement was 
severe. The enemy’s loss said to be quite heavy. 
The continuance of a heavy monsoon, accom¬ 
panied by deluge of rain, increased the difficulty 
of handling troops. The insurgents took no part 
in the fighting. Naval reenforcements are to be 
sent to Admiral Dewey. Spain has accepted our 
terms of peace, though some questions are still 
left open. Steamer Alicante takes 1,000 sick 
Peace protocol signed. President McKinley 
proclaims a cessation of hostilities. Army and 
navy notified to cease fighting. According to 
terms made, Spain relinquishes all title to Cuba; 
Porto Rico, other Spanish West Indies, and one 
island in the Ladrones to be ceded to the United 
States; and we shall hold the city, bay and 
harbor of Manila until final terms are arranged 
by peace commissioners. Spanish repulsed at 
Mayaguez, Friday, August 12. 
The l’ost Office Department has issued 
an order recommending - that sealing 
wax be not used upon letters to Cuba 
and Porto Rico. The intense heat melts 
the wax, causing - the defacement of 
nearby letters. A good deal of trouble 
is already reported from this cause. 
The Porto Rico campaign is being con¬ 
ducted in a vastly different manner from 
that of Santiago. Gen. Miles keeps his 
artillery with him, sees that the men 
are supplied with food, medicine and 
ammunition, and looks after the quarter¬ 
master’s and commissary departments 
hioi'-elf. One wonders why Miles was 
kept so long in Washington, instead of 
being allowed to take the field. 
Although peace seems near, there is 
no prospect that the volunteers will be 
discharged at present, and for this rea¬ 
son, the Government is trying to find 
more satisfactory camps Large camps 
are much less favorable to the health of 
the men than smaller ones. Another fact 
fully realized is that the men cannot be 
kept for any length of time in one camp, 
without their health being impaired. It 
is said that the Government has no. de¬ 
sire to hurry the enemy’s troops out of 
Cuba and Porto Rico; some force is 
needed for police duty, and the authori¬ 
ties wish to keep our men away during 
the sickly season. 
DON SPANIARD : “THIS IS REALLY QUITE SPANISH, YOU KNOW!” Fig 574. 
The Inter-Ocean thus kohls up to shame the horrible state of affairs on our transport ships. 
We are “ the richest natiou on earth ”—but— 
Spanish soldiers from Santiago. Gen. Gomez 
defeated the Spanish at Las Villas; Spanish loss 
said to be 300. Troops are being rushed to Mon¬ 
tauk, where preparations are still going on for 
their reception. No more troops are to be sent 
to Porto Rico. The difference between the medical 
department and Gen. Shafter, concerning the 
blame for lack of hospital necessaries, is assum¬ 
ing the proportions of an official scandal, Tues¬ 
day, August 9. 
M. Gambon has provisionally assented to our 
protocol in behalf of Spain, and has cabled to 
Madrid for authority to sign the document as the 
Spanish representative. Gen. Garcia occupies 
Gibara, and has demanded the surrender of Hol¬ 
guin, where 12,000 Spanish troops are penned up 
and starving. Further fighting reported in Porto 
Rico,; Spanish repulse at Coarno and Guamaru 
confirmed. Large reenforcements are going to 
Manila. Sick soldiers already at Montauk suffer¬ 
ing for want of care. All the present southern 
camps are to be evacuated, and more healthftil 
quarters selected, Wednesday, August 10. 
Spain agrees to sign the protocol. Orders will 
be sent for the cessation of hostilities as soon as 
this is signed. Gen. Schwan’s forces, on their 
way to western Porto Rico, had an engagement 
with 1,200 Spaniards near Hormigueros. The 
Spaniards were driven back with considerable 
damage. Our loss was two killed and 15 wounded. 
Further fighting is expected at Aibonito, where 
the enemy is being massed. The enemy is de¬ 
stroying bridges, thus hampering our advance. 
More troops leave Santiago, but the authorities 
at Montauk say that they will not receive any 
more until the camp is in better condition. The 
Yale starts for Santiago with the 8th Illinois 
(colored), 1,326 men, 20 immune nurses, five Sis¬ 
ters of Charity, and food and hospital supplies, 
Thursday, August 11, 
A Kansas boy in the regular army, 
who was reported dead at Santiago, 
writes thus to his home folks : “ I have 
received the paper which says I was 
killed and am buried in Cuba. I am not 
feeling so bedoggfdly lively in this hot 
hole, but still I am inclined to disbelieve 
the report. In fact, I am pretty certain 
that I am alive, but not so sure about not 
being buried. It looks mightily like a 
graveyard around here.” 
The establishment of the camp at 
Montauk is a tremendous undertaking, 
and already we hear grave complaints 
about the selection of this place. There 
is great difficulty in securing water. 
The first sick soldiers arrived before any 
proper arrangements were made for 
them, and these men, suffering from 
typhoid fever, lay in a tent without any 
floor, upon strips of canvas, with their 
uniforms for pillows and army blankets 
for covering. These men, when seen 
August 10, had been without any sus¬ 
tenance but water for 24 hours ! The 
only food allowed was milk, and this 
could not be obtained. One mere boy, 
who seemed nothing but skin and bones, 
said, “ We never kicked at all at Tampa 
or Fernandina, because there weren’t 
many ways of getting things to us, but 
why should it be this way 115 miles from 
New York?” 
While the officials were trying to rush 
the construction of the hospital, etc , the 
carpenters, who had come down under 
contract to work 10 hours a day for Si.50, 
struck and demanded $2.50 for an eight- 
hour day, with a guarantee that they 
wouldn’t have to work when it rained. 
The prospect of sick soldiers lying on 
the bare, wet ground did not affect these 
patriots, and as they had the quarter¬ 
master at their mercy, they got their 
demands. When the smoke of battle 
clears away, and we are able to review 
this war judicially, we shall be able to 
contrast the brilliant heroism of the 
fighting men, with the weakness of 
those in high places, on whom the com¬ 
fort and safety of the soldiers and sailors 
depend. 
Our troops in Porto Rico continue to 
enjov themselves, apparently, as the 
most popular people upon the island. 
When an invading army is met by 
citizens with a brass band and women 
bearing bouquets, it is safe to infer that 
they do not sympathize with their present 
rulers. Capitalists are already declaring 
that as soon as war is over, Porto Rico 
will be developed as a Winter resort, its 
fine climate and beautiful scenery mak¬ 
ing it highly available for this purpose. 
Before our men went to Cuba, careful 
rules were formulated, which, it was 
thought, would obviate all risk of sick¬ 
ness, to a marked degree. The soldiers 
were to sleep in hammocks, to drink 
boiled water only, and to change their 
underwear whenever they became wet. 
As one of the officers observed, they 
would be pleased to carry out these 
rules, if it were not for the fact that they 
have no hammocks, no vessels in which 
to boil water, and no changes of clothes. 
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