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GENERAL GORDON TO THE
HEROES OF THE CONFEDERACY
Thousands of His Old Comrades Gather at Piedmont
Park to Hear His Address.
WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY GREETED
Lively Contest Is On Between Louisville and
Charleston for Next Reunion.
SOCIAL FEATURES OF DAY
Spomor« for Various Camps Recip
ients of Many Honors—Miss Win
nie Davis Expected Today—Mrs.
Davis’ Health Such as to Prevent
Her Making the Trip to Atlanta.
General Gordon Will Again be
Chosen Commander-in-Cheif—Gen
erals Wheeler and Lee Cheered for
Efforts In Behalf of Re-United
Country—Speeches All Abounded
In the Praise of Hobson, Bagley,
. Schley and Blue, All Southern
Men-
Atlanta, July 20.—A host of heroes,
treading historic ground, invaded At
lanta today. For two days the Con
federate veterans and their friends
have been coming in, and a conserva
tive estimate of the people now in At
lanta to attend the eighth annual re
union of the veterans is 40,000. The
railroads are advised that several spe
cial trains are on the way, and as tne
traffic inward bound is still heavy, to
morrow’s arrivals are expected io
swell the total number of visitors to
the 20,000 mark.
Confederacy's ranks are well repre
sented, yet much disappointment is ex
pressed at tne unavoidable absence of
Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Mrs. Davis’
health is not good, and, fearing that
the journey from Richmond would
overtax her, the first lady of the Con
federacy has given up the trip.
Miss Winnie Davis, however, is ex
pected tomorrow morning. She will be
met at the depot by a reception com
mittee, and escorted to the residence
of Mrs. William M. Davis, on Wash
ington street.
The names of Gen. Joseph Wheeler,
the gallant cavalry leader, and Fitz
hugh Lee, are on every lip, the regret
for their -absence, however, being set
aside by the fact that they are nobly
representing the south in the struggle
with Spain.
The interest of the day centered in
the first meeting of the veterans at the
auditoidum in Piedmont park. There,
surrounded by 10,COO of his devoted fol
lowers, Gen. John B. Gordon, comman
der--in-ehief of the veterans, delivered
an address which thrilled his auditors
and called forth a response in terms
which admit of no doubt as to the
general’s place in the hearts of his fol
lowers.
The speeches of the day abounded
with praises of the heroic deeds and
achievements of the south in the pres
ent war, and the names of Hobson,
Bagley, Schley and Blue were cheered
to the echo.
Gen. Charles E. Hooker, of MistSisssip
pi, the orator of the day, was given a
cordial reception, and his address was
well received.
It goes without saying that General
Cordon will be re-elected commander
in-chief. The general, who has held
the place for the past 10 years, has, it
is said, been considering the advisabil
j ity of withdrawing, on account of ill
health, but the demonstration accord
ed him today shows that he still hold,
the hearts of his followers, and they
will not hear of his- leave-taking.
Gen. Stephen D. Dee, of Mississippi,
and Adjutant General Morman, have
been mentioned as possibilities for the
position of commander-ln-chief, but
these gentlemen realize that first -place
belongs to General Gordon, and they
unite in saying that he will be the
leading spirit in the organization as
long as he lives.
A spirited contest is on for the next
encampment. Charleston has been ag
gressive from the start, and, with
claims which have much weight, have
insisted that the next meeting place
belongs to them.
The Kentucky delegation, however,
has been using smokeless powder, and
as the battle stands tonight, the
chances seem to favor Louisville.
Charleston’s admirers say their state
furnished twice as many followers of
the flag as Kentucky; they have the fa
cilities for caring for the crowds; their
city council has appropriated a large
sum of money for the entertainment of
the veterans, and, finally, that Louis
ville is out of the way, from a geo
graphical standpoint.
Louisville, however, it develops, has
the support, in addition to their own
state, of Tennessee. Georgia, Louis
iana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma,
Alabama and enough, in fact, to prac
tically assure them the next encamp
ment.
The Charleston contingent, supported
by Texas and Virginia, will fight it
out, however, and the contest will not
be decided until Friday.
Prof. E. F. Andrews, director of the
Corcoran School of Art at Washington,
the celebrated artists who has painted
many oil portraits hanging in the east
room of the white house at the national
caiptal, on solicitation of Gen. John C.
Underwood has painted a magnificent
full-length military portrait of General
Lee, to be presented to the Confederate
Memorial association. The portrait
will be unveiled at the auditorium
Thursday pight with appropriate cere
monies, the orator of the occasion being
Mr. Lucien Knight, the well known
speaker.
.The Maryland delegation, today, in
the absence of their official sponsor,
Miss Miens, designated Miss Polly
Hawksworth Norris, of Baltimore, to
fill the place.
Receptions to 'the sponsors have been
the order of ithe day in social circles.
This afternoon at the Kimball house,
Miss Ella Powell, a leading society wo
man, assisted by a number of young
men, gave an informal reception to the
fair ones and their maids of honor.
The Capital City club, tonight, kept
open house in honor of the sponsors.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Peel, of 469
Peachtree street, received the Daugh
ters of ithe Confederacy tonight from 8
to 11. A number of receptions were
given at the homes of prominent so
ciety people.
There were many reunions of bri
gades, bivouacs of comrades on the
grounds and receptions by 'the old com
manders in various parts of the city to
night.
Tomorrow the anniver-sary of the bat
tle of Manassas, routine business will
be transacted by the convention, and
various social functions will be given
in the evening.
The grand parade of the veterans,
which is looked forward to with much
interest, will be held Friday afternoon,
the anniversary of the battle of At
lanta.
Ten thousand veterans and their
friends filled to overflowing the big
auditorium at Piedmont park this
Atorning and cheered the living neroes
of the Confederacy and the names of
the dead.
Glowing tributes were showered on
the records and achievements of the
sons of the south in the war with Spain.
A beaming July sun sent his hottest
rays through the windows of the am
phitheatre, but the heat did not dimin
ish the enthusiasm of the assembled
thousands.
When General John B. Gordon enter
ed the hall the applause and cheering
was deafening. The general, when he
reached the platform, walked from one
side to the other, bowing his acknowl
edgments again and again.
There was no doubting his place in
the hearts of the veterans.
It was one hour and a half after the
time set for opening the convention
when General Clements Evane, com
mander of the Georgia delegation, call
ed the assemblage to order.
On the stage grouped about General
Gordon were Gen. Stephen D. Lee. Gen.
Cabell of Texas, Gen. ”T!ge” Anderson,
Gen. C. E. Hooker, the orator of the
day, Gen. J. I. Anderson and General
Wilson of Florida, and Adjutant Gen
eral Moorman of New Orleans.
In the first row on the stage were
Governor Atkinson and ex-Governons
Bullock and McDaniel, Mayor Collier.
Col. William A. Hemphill and Gen,
Asbury Coward.
Rev. Dr. J. William Jones, the chap
lain general of the Confederates, in
voked divine blessing upon the assem
blage, and welcoming addresses were
then delivered by Mayor Collier, Re
presentative Thomas B. Felder, Col.
W. A. Hemphill and Governor Atkin
son.
The governor’s welcome was heartily
received. After extending the freedom
of the state, city and the executive
mansion, the governor said:
"A great many people have niiscon
ceived our relations to the national
government. When we surrendered to
the opposing forces we granted two
things, the negro as a free man and
the adjustment of the doctrine of seces
sion. But the state never did surrender
the strict construction of the constitu
tion of the United States. Whenever
this great question which divides
northern and southern statesmen is
submitted to the supreme court, It has
always decided 'in favor of the southern
position.”
General Gordon was next on the list
of speakers. As soon as 'the governor
had concluded the impatient veterans,
unable longer to restrain themselves,
began to shout, ’’Gordon, Gordon.”
From all parts of the building the name
was taken up and the greeting was as
suming vociferous proportions when the
general rose and raised his hand. The
audience was stilled instantly.
General Evans then introduced Gen
eral Gordon. Notwithstanding his re
cent illness, the effects of which were
plainly Visible, General Gordon was
surprisingly strong in voice and his
remarks were heard in every part of the
auditorium.
GENERAL GORDON’S SPEECH.
Governor, General Evans. Mr. Mayor
and Gentlemen of the Committee: —As
a Georgian at home my proper place in
this program would seem to be among
those who bid these veterans welcome
and not as the mouth-piece of the reci
pients of that welcome. The official
station, however, to which my com
rades have called me demands that in
their name I respond to these heartfelt
greetings from my native state and
her capital city. Geographically, there
fore, I should play the part of host, but
officially I must speak as your guest.
Anomalous as this double capacity may
seem, it is not without its compensa
tions. In my capacity of host and du
tiful son I can lean as it were on the
bosom of my mother, Georgia, and feel
her beating heart throbbing with a
boundless love and sympathy for all
survivors of the south's unrivaled ar
mies; while in the capacity of guest I
throw around these vieit/ing comrades
the arms of a brother and in their
name pledge their grateful acknowledg
ment for this magnifleant reception.
' THE AVGUSTA CHRONICLE FRIDAY JULY 23 1898
Georigla and her fair daughter, At
lanta, in thus opening their arms and
hearts to receive us. are in no sense
surprising us. We knew what to ex
pect before we came. The normal posi
tion of this state and City is known of
all men. Their place is at the front,
whether in sending soldiers to war, or
in honoring itihem in peace; and there
is not a survivor of those Immortal 13-
gions who bore the stainless cross of
battle to a thousand victories, who does
not feel at home in this state «aud city.
'AU of these Confederates realize that
they are at home; and their pulsing
hearts tell of their appreciation in lan
guage far more eloquent and tender
than any which I could utter.
And now, my fellow countrymen,
may I ask if you have contemplated
and comprehended the full significance
of this splendid reception; and of oth
ers like it which have been accorded us
by Louisiana, by Alabama, by Missis
sippi, by Texas, by Virginia, by Ten
nessee, by all the people wherever it
has been our fortune to convene. How
strange, how marvelously strange, must
these annual outpourings appear to all
peoples outside of the south’s border.
On another occasion I felt impelled to
advert to the peculiar significance of
these Confederate reunions; 'but the
mind can never tire of their analysis—
philosophy, patriotism, virtue and re
ligion—may all feed and feast upon
such a theme without exhausting It;
and the spirit of liberty, the reveranca
for law, and for regulated government
rejoices and grows strong in the senti
ment and high purpose which these
gatherings evoke. No other conven
tions of ex-soldiers in all the earth are
so 'free from self-seeking, so untainted
by passion or prejudice, so purely phil
anthropic, not more broad! patriotic.
No disbanded and defeated soldiery has
ever been for so long a period the spe
cial objects of so unique and universal
approbation and affection by a people
for whose cause that soldierly contend
ed unsuccessfully.
In every other age, in every other
land, popular plaudits have been but
the echoes of the shouts and martial
pagans of victory. Public honors, cost
ly demonstrations and universal ac
claim have been the heritage of suc
cessful armies. 'lmperial Rome, in
toxicated with the glory of conquest,
erected loftiy arches to her mighty war
riors, only when they bore her proud
eagles above the ranks of conquering
legion. France was united and exult
ant under the great Corsican so long as
he was victorious; but he, too, was de
feated, and at his fall, the legislative
assembly of his people, abandoned and
demanded the abdication of this hither
to idolized leader. Nor do our own
brave countrymen, the brave veterans
of the Uniion army, furnish any paral
lel to the conditions which surround us.
When they returned from the horrors of
war ft was to homes of increased com
fort, >to augmented wealth and with
arms in their hands and victory on
their 'banners. They returned to an
established and grateful government.
The return of the disarmed and dis
banded Confederates, however, was to
people made poor; to a land made deso
late, covered with blackened ruins,
where every home was in mourning,
every breath was a sigh and every
breeze a messenger of woe. And yet,
after a third of a century has passed,
after the remnant of those armies have
grown gray, and 'the government for
which they fought lives only as a mem
ory, these grim southern warriors
gather in annual reunions, and are the
recipients of a boundless hospitality
dispensed by this recently impoverished
but grateful people.
On what page in history will you find
a sim'lliar history? In what age or
country have the shattered remnants
of defeated armies, banded together in
a brotherhood so unique, a purpose so
unselfish? Among what defeated peo
ple has ever been witnessed such
fidelity to the memories of an unsuc
cessful army, coupled with such un
ostentatious, genuine and responsive
loyalty to the government from which
they so resolutely and conscientiously
sought separation? I challenge the
world’s annals to furnish a parallel.
In conclusion let me inquire what it
all means. Simple justice to these
brave and patriotic men, who yielded
at last to overwhelming numbers and
resources; justice to the southern peo
ple, whose devotion to their cause must
be measured by the countless sacrifices
they made for it; justice to their pre
sent attitude toward the American re
public, whose honor and freedom and
flag they are always ready to defend;
justice to the self-respect and man
hood of southern youth, who are to
stand for all time with northern youth,
in defence of popular liberty; justice to
the past and justice to the future, ali
demand that our own posterity and all
mankind shall know the meaning of
these phenomenal demonstrations over
the thinned ranks of a broken, but
proud and once resistless army.
Our heroic brothers of the Union ar
my need no such care in guarding
•themselves 'from misapprehension; and
for the reason that they are, so to
•speak, the special wards of his great
nation. All of its energies, all of its
influence and a large share of its tax
ing power are subject, when required,
to their demands. Besides, as a rule,
iit is true the world over that victory
itself vindicates, while defeat dooms
to misrepresentation the cause of the
vanquished.
•Let us hope, however, that impartial
history, secured through the labors of
our broad-minded and able Historical
committee, will avert from our people
such a wrong.
Again, and finally, I press the ques
tion, w'hat is the inmost meaning of
these Confederate pageants? Are they
due to any covert or sinister aims, or,
in the remotest degree to self-seeking?
Their open sessions and published pro
ceedings. which all the world is chal-
lenged to Inspect, tarnish the answer:
Do these reunions tnd popular demon
strations, which attend them, draw
their inspiration fxnn any suggestion
of disloyalty to either of the tremen
dous results of t'he war —the freedom of
the slave and the jtarnal unity of the
republic? The protection of the negro
by southern courts his reliance for se
curity upon southern sentiment and
his education thirotgh white taxation in
southern schools, furnish the south's
answer as to the irst. To the second;
•loyalty to a perpetual union of the
states and to the 'honor and glory of
t'he republic—the south has been con
tinually -answering since the close of
our civil war; and she is answering to
day by the presence and prowess of
her heroic sons at the front iu the war
with Spain. Her Lee, her Wheeler, her
Bagley, her Blue, her Hobson and her
thousands of volunteers who sprang to
arms at their country's call, are an
swering from their camps from the
Philippines and from the jungles fit
Cuba. You, my Confederate comrades,
would be there if the country needed
you. Many of you assembled here
would have been there but for impaired
health and failing strength. But our
sons and grandsons are there. With
our prayers and blessings they are en
listed in this war for high and holy pur
poses. Among the great ends to be at
tained in this conflict with Spain, the
freedom of oppressed islands in both
oceans, the wider influence of America
in the councils of the nations, the in
creased respect tor her power on land
and sea, .there is still another achieve
ment to be attained, no less glorious
and far reaching: namely, the oblitera
tion of all traces of distrust among our
selves and the complete and too long
delayed unification of the American
people, ■which shall be called in ques
tion no more forever
The oration of the day was delivered
by General Charles E. Hooker, of Mis
sissippi. General Hooker was intro
duced by General Gordon. He said
that when the surrender was made the
Confederate soldiers separated with
arms In their hands. He said it was a
capitulation, the Confederates being al
lowed to depart in peace, unmolested
so long as they observed their parole.
“There is not one Confederate but has
kept the terms of his capitulation,'’
said the speaker.
Referring to the surrender at Appo
mattox, General Hooker stated that
some of the Federal officers desired to
fire a salute in honor of the victory.
Everything was in readiness for the
salute, when General Grant, learning of
It, said:
“'Stop that firing. We have no great
victory to be proud of, for we have
been four years capturing these 8,000
men who have laid down their arms.”
General Hooker was one of the coun
sel appointed by the state of Mississip
pi to defend Jefferson Davis when he
was charged wlith treason, rle spofe
feelingly of the way in Whiok the presi
dent of the Confederacy, with supreme
abnegation, took upon himself the sins
of all his peorple. Only one reason, said
the general, could be assigned forth?
failure to try President Davis. His
prosecutors knew he was not guilty.
They knew his allegiance was first due
to his state, and, as a loyal citizen of
(Mississippi, when she seceded, it was
ihls duty to espouse her cause.
In commenting on the fact that the
south’s representatives were taking
prominent part in the war with Spain,
he took occasion to attest to the Brav
ery and gallantry of General Wheeler
“They may beat him for congress in
Alabama,” said the speaker.
“They’ll never do it,” shouted a score
of voices from the audience.
“They may beat for congress in Ala
bama,” continued the speaker, “but we
will erect a magnificent monument to
him.”
General Hooker referred, in the
course of his remarks, to the fact that
at the graves of the Confederates m
the National cemetery at Arlington
were headstones hearing the inscrip
tion, “Rebel.” Hc.told of a visit to the
cemetery with some —dies, who said it
was an outrage that such a thing
should be.
“It is eminently proper,” said the
general to them, "that these poor boys
who wore t'he ragged, confederates coat
of gray, should be burled here on the
ground which belonged to the second
greatest rebel this country has ever
produced, Robert E. Lee, George
Washington being the first. Yes, they
were rebels—rebelled against what they
believed was wrong and asserted what
they thought was right.”
The chairman announced that a com
mittee on resolutions would be an
nounced tomorrow, and each state was
requested to send in a name.
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NEWS NOTES FROM WALTER.
Protracted Meeting at Hopeful Baiptist
Church Postponed.
Waiter, Ga., July 20. —(Special.)—The
protracted meeting that was to have
commenced at Hopeful Baptist church
one Sunday last was postponed until
the fifth Sunday, on account of so much
rain, preventing the farmers toattend.
Miss Ruth Winter, a very pretty
young lady has been visiting her cousin
Miss Hattie Thomas of Augusta, re
turned to her home on last Friday.
Hon. E. B. Gresham of this place is
visiting frelnds in Louisville and Bos
ton.
Miss Daisy Burch, a charming young
lady of Augusta is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. F. M. Ivey.
Messers. Louis Lyons, Charlie Har
vard, A. L. Traylor and L. H. Beall
were among friends at Walter on Sun
day last. Come again young men, we
are glad to 'have you with us.
Miss (Marilee Seals, of Gibson, is visit
ing the Misses Henderson.
Miss Mattle Henderson, one of Wal
ter’s pretty young ladies is visiting re
latives at Blythe.
HAD HE ANY?
Throckmorton —Eve made her appear
ance while Adam asleep, we are tola.
Goldthorpe—That is right.
Throckmorton—l wonder If she seized
the opportunity to go through his pockets?
—Judxe.
EXPEDITION GETS
AWAYFOR PORT RICO
Troops at Charleston Sail to Join
General Miles.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM PREVAILED
Almost Entire Population of City
Turned Ont to Cheer Troops as
Transports Started on Their
Voyage.
Charleston, July 20. —With bands
playing and 30,000 people cheering, the
first expedition to follow General Miles
to Porto Rico got away from here at
7 o'clock this evening.
The expedition is under the command
of Major General J. H. Wilson, and
will, when complete, consist of the Sec
ond and Third Wisconsin, the Six
teenth Pennsylvania and it wo com
panies of the Sixth Illinois.
The first two regiments are on the
transports Grand Duchess and No. 30,
respectively, and they are at sea.
No. 21, carrying the Sixteenth Penn
sylvania and the Illinois men is in the
stream, and will follow early tomorrow
morning. Each of the ships carries a
vast quantity of supplies for the troops,
and on No. 21 there are 1,000 head of
mules and the wagon train of General
Wilson’s division.
These men, together with those of the
Sixth Illinois and Sixth Massachusetts,
which sailed from here last week tor
Santiago, constitute the First brigade
of the First division of the First army
corps.
The Second brigade of the division is
at Chickamauga, and will follow Gen
eral Wilson to Porto Rico, going either
via this port or Norfolk.
The water front was crowded for
three miles with people anxious to
catch a last glimpse of the soldiers and
to cheer them on their way.
For two daysj and nights the work of
loading baggage and provisions on the
transports has been going forward un
der rush orders.
All the stevedores in the city were
employed at it. They were assisted by
details of men from the various regi
ments, and the 500 negro laborers, em
ployed 'here by the government, and
destined for work on the roads and
bridges in Cuba.
The weather had been very warm for
two days, but just as the troops were
embarking a heavy rainstorm came up.
As in the case of the Rita expedition,
10 days ago, the clouds broke away
just as the ships 'pulled out into the
harbor, and they went down to the
sea under the arch of a perfect rain
bow.
The scene which accompanied the de
parture of the vessels from their docks
was one of indescribable enthusiasm.
Practically the entire population of
the city was in evidence.
As ’the vessels made the stream, the
bands on ship board and ashore played
national airs, and the thousands of peo
ple cheered like mad.
The expedition will sail directly for
Porto Rico and join General Miles.
ENGINFdEMOLISHED;
ENGINEER INJURED
Collision on Wadley and Mt.
Vernon Railroad--Legisla
tive Candidates Pop
ping Up.
Wadley, Ga., July 20. —(Special.)—A
collision occurred yesterday on the
Wadley and Mt. Vernon railroad. Pas
senger train No. 4, on the Wadley and
Mt. Vernon railroad, run into an empty
flat car here at 9 o’clock. The engine
was thrown from the track and com
pletely demolished. The engineer, Mr.
W. W. Winne, was seriously injured.
His fireman, Mr. Matte Dukes, was not
hurt, the engine having fallen on the
left side. The car was left on the
track by train No. 3 as it went by on
the last trip.
Mr. A. G. Howard, Mrs. W. J. Dro
van, Mrs. Katie Howard and Miss
Helen Howard, left for Augusta this
evening enroute to Lenox Castle, N.. C.,
to spend the summer.
'Mr. A. S. Smith, of Wadley, Iras
announced himself a candidate for
senator the Eighteenth senatorial dis
trict, subject to Democratic primary,
which will be held on August 4.
•Mr. J. K. Kinman, of Bartow, has
announced himself a candidate for the
legislature from Jefferson county.
Jefferson county naw has four candi
dates out for the senate and four for
the legislature. . .
REFUSES TO SURRENDER.
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General'Parreja Will Not Submit to
Toral’s Dictation.
Madrid, July 19, delayed in transmis
sion.—General Parreja, the Spanish
commander at Guantanamo, refuses to
be included in the "capitulation” of
Santiago de Cuba. According to Span
ish military law, a commander can
surrender the troops which he person
ally commands, but he cannot oblige
cither commanders at distant points,
even though under his authority, to fol
low suit. Consequently, it is held here
that the “capitulation” only comprises
about 7,000 troops actually at Santiago.
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and guaranteed to cure Chills. Fever and Ague.
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NEXT TO PARADISE.
“I guess our hired girl will never want
to leave us now."
“Why?”
“My wife has allowed her to attach her
cyclometer to the sewing machine. '—Chi
cago News.
In the Sandwich islands there is a
spot called the Rock of Refuge. If the
criminal reaches this rock before cap
ture he is safe, so long as he remains
there. Usually his family supply him
with food until he is able to make his
escape, but he Is never allowed to re
, turn to his own tribe.
SPAIN 111$ MADE M
PEACE OWE
N® Proposal Direct or Other
wise Received at Washington.
WILL CONTINUE THE TO
Knowing' That Cuba Is Lost to
Them They Now Seek to Destroy.
Vigorous Measures Planned by
President Threats of Sending
Camara's Fleet to America Not
Given Serious Consideration.
Washington, D. C., July 20.—(Special.)
No overtures for peace, either direct
or indirect, have been received from
Madrid, and I doubt if they are ex
pected by this administration. Some
of the wisest diplomats in Washington,
who are familiar with tin Spanish
character and Spanish politics, do not
share the general confidence that there
will be an early termination of the war.
Ex-Secretary John W. Foster, who;
arrived today from his fishing cotta?; ••
near Sackett’s Harbor, to confer with
the president concerning the approach-1
ing meeting of the high joint t'unadiu’i;
commission, is of this opinion. Mr..
Foster has spent a considerable par-I
tion of his life among the Spanish poo- ;
pie, and no one is more competent to,
interpret their policy and predu i tli'"i
action. He expects hostilities to
prolonged indefinitely, ami thinks tliii.
.although the cabinet may talk p<- i
to silence their critics, they will a«l •»!,
the policy of their minister of war.
who recently declared they would not;
surrender as long las there was a sm
dier left in Cuba.
A similar opinion was expressed >
terday by Captain Goncas, as I talked
with him in the naval hospital a.'
Portsmouth, Va. While he was \ei y
reluctant to comment upon the politi
cal phases of the war, or make any
predictions as to the probable coin's
of his government, he does not expect
an early settlement.
Spanish interests in Cuba are ex
hausted. The Spaniards know that th"
island is lost to them and. can never
(be recovered. Therefore they are in
different how much destruction is
caused or how much privation is suf
fered. 'Many people believe, and tii
committee on foreign realtions of the
United States senate has made a for
mal statement of its convictions, tha'
the pollicy of Spain under eyler was
to exterminate the inhabitants of Cu
ba. When I was in Havana ti year •-r
more ago officers of the Spanish arm v
told me that if they were compelled t >
surrender the island they would leave
it a heap of rubbish. The lives ot tic
soldiers in Cuba are -or no value to the
government. The average Spaniard re
gards the army as he would a horde
of horses or cattle —animals necessary
fx> the existence of the state, but of no
farther consequence. And that is abo a:
the estimate which the average Span
ish soldier places upon his own exist
ence. The army is drawn from the low
est elements of the population—igno
rant, illiterate, without patriotism nr
ambition, or any comprehension of
what those words mean.
Assuming that the Spaniards do not
know when they have got enough, the
president and the officials of the army
and navy departments are pushing with
great vigor the preparations for the
invaslonof Puerto Rico and the visit
of Commodore Watson’s fleet to th.
coast of Spain. General Brooke s ex
pedition will get away the last of the
week, and it is understood that Wat
son is all ready to sail; that sealed or
ders were carried to him by Comman
der Brownson. who left Norfolk on the
Yankee yesterday, and that he will
start from Santiago as soon as ho re
ceives them. Lying' off the channel -it
Fortress Monroe are four great iron
ships purchased in England and (;■ -
many a few weeks ago, which are load
ed down to the Plimsoll mark with c -a!
from Maryland and West Virginia.
They are commanded by naval ollie ■rs.
armed with four and six inch rapid tire
guns, and have a speed of 12 knots
an hour, so that they will be able t->
take care of themselves in the pres
ence of the enemy. These colliers will
meet Commodore Watson at some ren
dezvous that has already been selected
on the other side of the Atlantic, to
furnish his fleet with fuel, and they
carry enough to last him a whole year.
The telegram from Madrid threaten
ing a retaliation In the form of a visit
to our coast by Camara’s fle.-t caused
a good deal of amusement among na
val officers, for they know that only
two of his ships, the Pelaya and the
Carlos V are fit for service, and there
is serious doubt whether the rest of
them could cross the Atlantic if they
oared to do so. It would bring great
joy to the hearts of our sailors if t’a
mara should follow the example of <’-r
vena, but there is not the slightest
probability of any such event. r i h<- en
tire squadron was carefully inspected
in the Suez canal by competent ex
perts, and the bureau of naval inti'lli
gence has a- lull desciripLon ot evi
ship and its condition.
Captain Concas says that over 3.0001
troops from General Pando at Manz-m- j
ill® found their way into Santiago dur
ing the struggle, notwithstanding tn j
claims of General Garcia and the other I
Cubans, that all the passes were de-|
fended. Nor did these reinforcements i
meet with any resistance in approach
ing the city. Occasionally they saw a
band of insurgent guerillas or skir
mishers. who tired at them from th?
brush and fled.
According to Captain Concas, the on
ly guns in Morro castle are live brass
muzzle-loaders, which were placed
there in 1724. They were rifled in 1853,
but have never been used except for
saluting purposes. H" remarked with
a smile that if Admiral Sampson had
known the character of the armament
at. Santiago he would have changed
his tactics. The best guns in the for
tifications, and in fuel the only ones;
that amounted to anything, were tak-i
en from the cruiser Reina Mercedes.
General Castillo, the Cuban who has;
been recommended by his fellow coun
trymen for governor of Santiago, is
highly e’ndorsed by people in this city
who are personally acquainted with
him, and by officers of the navy with
whom he served as a surgeon for sev
' eral years. Dr. J. H. Bryan, one of
the leading specialists in Washington,
••the medical corps of the *'y. He
was a classmate ot’ Castillo, and nfter J
ward served with him fi r five years in
says that Castillo was u brilliant
scholar, graduating at the head ot the
class, and a great favorite, both wit'j
the faculty and the students. He left
an excellant practice in Philadelphia to
Join the insurgent army. For the first
two years ho was a medical officer, but
Iras wince had command of a brigade
under General Garcia.
officers of the navy complain that
their share In the war has been Ig
nored by the president, although, he
has promot 'd long lists of officers of
the army, and has made between 60
and 70 brigadier eolonds out. of colonels
and lleuten'anit col- :ids. Admiral Dew
e is the only naval officer who has
seen promoted to a higher rank. It Is
true that Gridl y, C. rhlan, Wise and'
liver and oilier of l> . -y's officers were
advanced fin th- list of captains, and
I Lieutenant Bernadmi and
Hobson have r-• l similar recogni
| lion. Dewey is th • ■ tly man ia the
| navy who has enjoyed > promotion for
i ser\ie s during !'•: i ~• lli.it carried
with It additional pay. Th- 75 tolo
nvls and lleutenn 1 colon■ who have
been mad • brig.’ I . s 1..i . ■ had an in-
er-use of from ">o i , m a year
each. Even S urp a ha-: .mill recent
ly drawn the pay of a . ipta'n, which,
is *1.500, although in- was performing
the duty of a i :r idtn. il, wh. ■ pay
is $6,000. Heads < aar
department who have been a Uve In.
organizing and equipping t’ volun
teers. have all been t ■ ygniz d. Gen
eral Lawton for example, who was a
lieutenant colonel and in tor ‘gener-
al, with a ala y 3,0 > year, is
i now a major general with the pay of
I $7,500 a jia r. N irly every offit er of
I the staff of Gen oral Miles is now get-
I ting nearly dou •■ lb" pay and albuv-
I ancet « r -clwd before the war. But
j not MB • itlii ■ in I ■ navy has been io
I a.dvi|*J’l. imnnrd.T Bradford, of
fi ‘■au of i ex mi'ii-.
' who ■>• ciipb ■ .i p ;sit-.m similar to
| that of th- quariermasv r general of
■ the army, is still a commander, with
pay of .'.(HI i. y ar, and is .i.-sisted by
■ i.tlii 's of b'w<:' rank who g t. from 81.-
("0 tn st’.ije'i .; year, while the quarter
mast • ■ ■.■ ot the rmy, wh ise du-
j li- '.e no in ■;• rilumis. is paid $5,501)
j and is surrounded by • rowds of young
i aptains and majors ami .don-Is, the
sons of sena and con 1 tsmen, who
; have been at . ilnti 1 from ch .1 life
without the slightest exp rience and are
intrust-d with i’••• sanu .lull s and re
sponsibili -a ; tn-n in th- navy who
have spent y. ii- learning their busi-
i ness and yut ..■■ ■ smaller pay. For
| example, liu- (; liar .son receives the
same pay as Commander Bradford,
i and .lames G. T'.l hi-, Jr., lias the same
as his chief assistant. The officers of
I the navy arc naturally sensitive on,
I this subject, and on- cannot blame
them for f teliti! a sense of in justice in.
th- failure to • -..hhv. I dge their i=er-
J vices.
i OUR RELATIONS
WITH GERMANY ’
STILL FRIENDLY
. No Foundation lor Stories to Effect
That Emperor Contemplates In-
terference in Phillipines.
wai hington, July 20. - Fur her in
quiries by the Associated Press today
tn oflVdui quarters .is ’■• th- alleged.
■ complications between the United
States and Germany in the Philippines
failed Ho elicit anything' which might
J serve as a foundation for tile reports
• !of such l oinplic.'ilions.
[ On the contrary, it is learned that
1 thei - coi nu licatlons
In tn -n th- t.'O governments of a de
ci ledly friendly no lure, send that, at no
■ time since the war began, 'has there
i been gr-ater r .n, than naw exists,
■ fur confidence in Germany’s neutrality
■ in the war between the United States
and r’p.iin. it-porls of misund rstand-
' I Ings in the Philippines or elsewhere
'should not be too readily assumed as
the basis ot inferences of national un-
■ friendliness. Iridei d, 11 is believed to be
tile desire, as it is also the interest, of
both governments, that the relations of
traditional friendship between them
should continue unbroken.
PHASED AFTER LIEUT. BRUMBY.
i Admiral Dewey Believed the Georgia
Man in Danger of a Shot.
San Francisco, July 20. —A Chronicle
special from Cavite of June 21 says:
The Mi Cu11...-li lad an • i:ing chase
up under the guns of Manila this morn
ing on n missi-n 'that concerned the
safety •■! FI ig Li. -r nant T. .M. Brum
by, who left Cav.: in a s anil launcn
to go to :he British <ru -r Immor
al anchi r v n fleet
off the mouth of the Pasig river.
When he wis v. : up bay the
i lynx-i v d wai'ii on Lie t' .vinpia de
detected a larger craft, st. aniing out
I of Manila under a flag of Spanish col
ors. The McCulloch was ordered to
i g-t under way, and fiv- minutes later
the dispatch boat w-nt rushing up the
bay at a 15-knot gait.
Evi ry officer had his side arms buck-
I led on and the crew stood ready at
their guns. They headed direct for
Manila in order to get inside the fleet
and cut off the retreat of the supposed
Spanish boat.
When she near, 1 th » fleet it was
discovered that the craft under suspi
cion carried the Austrian flag, and the
chase ended.
The McCulloch held her course, how
ever, and made a careful examination
of the batteries in front of Manila and
a close inspection of the foreign fleet.
No hostile demonstration was made.
HONORS TO THE ’SURGEON.
Thera are honors for the surgeons as
well as for the soldiers in Cuba. It to
just powlble a faulty preparation in
camp eqiiipm nt, In transportation amt
ifi food supplies caused unmee.-sary hard
ship among Lie troops. The pcentice hand
seemed to be revealed in that direction.
But tlio doctor was ready all the time,
and h<- shared the dangers and 'hardshinw
with the soldiers. The sacrifices made
tli physicians with the army in Cuba
< ui never be recounted, but they add liw
ui- to a profession already ennobled.—
Chicago Times-Herald.
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