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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1898
Page
6
The Register discusses the value of clear thinking and effective persuasion. It contrasts talkative habits with concise, reasoned argument, praising the man who speaks with knowledge and temper to carry a meeting. It ends with advice to master the subject to win the audience.
Charles Eliott Norton in his Harvard valedictory urges boys to aim higher than war as a class burden. He notes his last words, Be good men, as his best wish, while joking that Norton was meant to be an angel but landed on earth by accident.
A southern clergyman who lived to ninety five warned that routine habits like brushing teeth and dressing become unbearable with age. A former English premier, Mr Gladstave, found relief by changing routine at night with tea and fiction. The note suggests brief shifts in daily occupation can refresh a flagging brain.
Military authorities deem serviceable foot-gear essential beyond courage and acclimatization, urging details of material and fit to commissaries. An oculist ties eye care to footwear, while physicians blame tight shoes for spine and organ ailments, lamenting persistently tight fits and urging common sense in shoe buying.
Washington July 17 The War Department bulletin notes the U S flag hoisted over the civil government house in Santiago de Cuba at noon An immense crowd witnessed the ceremony as a squadron of cavalry and infantry fired a 21 gun salute and bands played The narrative describes the ceremony at the governor s palace and following events including General McKibben s appointment as temporary military governor and Shafter s forces maintaining order in the city
General Chambers McKibben, appointed temporary military governor of Santiago, hails from a venerable Pennsylvania family. Born in Chambersburg near Gettysburg, he enlisted as a private in the regular army early in the Civil War and quickly became a second lieutenant.
The capitulation terms set by the commissioners and signed by the Spanish government include a ceasefire, surrender of all Spanish forces and war material, troop transportation to Spain, retention of officers' ranks and enlisted men’s property, removal of obstructions to Santiago harbor, inventories of arms and troops, transfer of military archives, permission for guerrillas to stay in Cuba with parole, and the march out of combat units with arms deposited for future disposal. Signatures came after a four hour session, with Madrid’s sanction forthcoming.
President McKinley extends profound thanks to General Shafter and his army for the Santiago victory and surrender of the city and Spanish troops. He praises their gallantry and endurance under heat and hardship while expressing sympathy for the wounded.
Final army casualty tally since landing in Cuba shows 1,014 dead wounded or missing. Killed 246, including 21 officers. wounded 1,584, including 98 officers. missing 84, none officers. Of the wounded, 88 died.
General Toral, the white haired Spanish commander, sat with the peace commissioners amid a mood of defeat. He lamented the fate that drove him to seek terms, noting his dwindling forces and the loss of all his colonels. He warned that his generals were slain or wounded as sixty seven ships loomed offshore.
News from Santiago de Cuba reports a dire scene of famine and looting after Admiral Sampson's bombardment. Refugees crowd the streets and docks, with 22,000 officials and soldiers in camps near El Caney and Primeira. The Red Cross State of Texas brings relief as ships inspect batteries and wrecks. Commodore Warden’s squadron prepares to sail to Spain.
The War Department announces sealed proposals for transporting Spanish prisoners of war who surrendered at Santiago de Cuba to Cadiz or designated Spanish ports. About 1,000 officers and 4,000 enlisted men to be carried with specified subsistence, to report in Santiago between July 10 and August 10, 1808, with payment on delivery. Submissions end July 20.
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