The Casualties at Santiago-Haste to Ship the Spaniards to Spain and the Americans North-The Parting of the Armies that Met in Bloody Strife-Shafter's Opinion of Immunes-A Curious Proclamation from Spanish Soldiers-23,726 Spanish Soldiers Surrendered-American Volunteers Begging to be Hurried to the Front While the War Lasted, and When it was Over They Wanted to Go Home. The fighting in Cuba with the Spaniards was at an end when the surrender of the Spanish army took place. The report of casualties in the United States army in the actions of July 1, 2, and 3 were: killed, 23 officers and 208 enlisted men; wounded, 8o officers and 1,203 men; missing, 81 men; and there was included in a supplementary return 15 additional names, the grand total being, killed, wounded and missing, 1,610. General Miles, before going to Porto Rico, stated in a telegram: "There is not a single regiment of regulars or volunteers with General Shafter's command that is not infected with yellow fever, from one case in the Eighth Ohio to thirty-six cases in the Thirty-third Michigan. After consulting with best medical authorities, it is my opinion that the best mode of ridding the troops of the fever will be as I have directed, namely, the troops to go up as high into the mountains as possible, selecting fresh camp every day. If this does not check the spread of the disease, the only way of saving a large portion of the command will be to put them on transports and ship them to New England coast." The sanitary report August 14th at Santiago, telegraphed the SurgeonGeneral, was: sick, 2,715; fever cases, 1,506; new cases, 129; number of fever cases returned to duty, 226. August 16th General Shafter wired General Corbin reporting taking customs duties, $20,000 on the day before, and $19,000 that day, $80,000 since occupation. General Shafter reported on Cuban and immune regiments as follows: "I have asked no questions whatever whether a man was a Cuban or a Spaniard. Most of the officials are Cuban officers, or Cuban born. I hope that in a short time things will quiet down. The whole trouble here is that there is nothing for men to do in the country. It has absolutely returned to its wild state, and has got to be settled and made anew. The attitude of the pronounced Cubans is hostile. They so far show no disposition to disband and go to work, and until they do there will be trouble, for they have got to live, and they will have to live by robbery-there is no other way. A dual government can't exist here; we have got to have full sway of the Cubans. It is sincerely to be hoped that wise counsels will prevail among the Cubans, and, as war is no longer possible to them except with ourselves, that they will resume their peaceful vocations and without delay, but it is hard for those who have been living by violence and without working to resume their former conditions. The immune regiments that have reached here are, I think, among the worst that I have ever seen, being poor material, without discipline, vicious, and degraded. I think it will be necessary to muster them out as soon as danger from disease is over, and replace them with better men.” At Baracoa and Suquade Tonamo there were surrendered 7,756 officers and men, 2,321 stands of arms, 413,000 rounds of ammunition, and five Krupp guns. The Spaniards had not heard then of the destruction of Cervera's fleet, and thought Dewey had been whipped at Manila. The telegrams following show exertions made to succor the sick and send home the boys no longer needed at the front: Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, August 18, 1898. Commanding Officer Twenty-third Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Topeka, Kans. : Secretary of War directs that you proceed by rail with your regiment, fully armed and equipped, to New York city, in time to reach there next Wednesday, 24th instant, to embark upon a transport to be provided to take your command to Santiago, where, upon arrival, you will report to the commanding general, Department of Santiago, for duty. Communicate with the chief commissary at Omaha, Neb., concerning your travel rations, and with chief quartermaster at the same point for your transportation. Take every precaution for the comfort and convenience of your men, and sufficient stores of all kinds for the journey. Acknowledge receipt, and communicate. to this office from time to time progress in execution. HEISTAND, Assistant Adjutant-General. Santiago de Cuba, via Haiti, August 19, 1898-1:15 a. m. Pierson, War Department, Washington: Tell Secretary Alger I appreciate to the greatest possible extent his responsive and practical sympathy. His suggestions are better than I had asked, and are promptly adopted. If the Clinton is unloaded in time, I will leave here Saturday morning. Will take 40 mules. additional wagons and harness for all my mules. feed from here. Fago here. Need two Please give me some horse CLARA BARTON. Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y., August 19, 1898-6:30 p. m. Adjutant-General, U. S. A., Washington, D. C.: We Many sick on Mobile. Ship is at pier and sick men being taken to hospital in ambulances. The well men will remain aboard until weather clears. are providing for them. I specially request that Colonel Weston be ordered to-day to be chief commissary here; if not permanently, until organization is perfected. I have arranged to have full benefit of services of Generals Young, Rand, and Williston. They are active and efficient. JOSEPH WHEELER, Major-General. Pennsylvania Depot, Jersey City, N. J., August 20, 1898—9:18 a. m. Adjutant-General Corbin, Washington, D. C.: Reported arrival of Mobile with 1,600 on board; 300 sick; 2 died on the way. She ought never to have carried over half the number. This is against positive orders, which were to give men plenty of room and crowd no ship. Have to investigate at once. Cable Shafter. Relief here. Order her to Santiago to-morrow. The hospital ship Missouri will sail Monday. R. A. ALGER, Secretary of War. Corbin telegraphed Alger: "Find the Mobile had carrying capacity of 1,000 men and like number of animals. As there were no animals it is not thought that the ship was overcrowded. Have wired General Shafter your instructions that abundant room be given on every transport. Also informed him of the reported bad condition of the Mobile." Shafter telegraphed: "Referring to your telegram about overcrowding the Mobile, her captain reported that, loaded as she was, going to Porto Rico he could carry 3,000 |