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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1898
Page
12
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A report warns that Shafter's men face possible obliteration in ongoing clashes. Authorities describe high stakes and immediate danger, with strategic movements observed around the front. Local civilians seek safety as military actions intensify near the lines.
Roosevelt letters urge rapid withdrawal of Fifth Corps from Cuba. Shafter’s army faces high sickness, with nearly one-fifth in hospitals from malaria. Roosevelt argues interior camps are less healthy, while moving north could spread malaria containment and salvage lives.
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A White House meeting orders immediate movement of all Santiago forces to Montauk Point, except the Fifth and First Ohio, as yellow fever is stamped out. Shafter's 21000 troops plus fever cases will evacuate Cuba, with Santiago garrison handed to immunes Roche and Hood, while more immune regiments remain en route or to be organized for later use.
The Navy weighs dry docking Dewey ships at Mare Island and Port Orchard while sending Newark Massachusetts and Oregon to the Asiatic station. Reinforcements will follow after overhaul in New York Norfolk and Port Royal, creating a stronger Manila squadron to confront Spain once Cuba and Porto Rico evacuations proceed.
War Department officials note a suspension of the planned Porto Rico expedition under Maj. Gen. Wade. Gen. Corbin disputes a written order, while rumors of a verbal directive circulate. Reasons include removing Santiago sick abroad and possible peace talks making a second expedition unnecessary. Alger defends Shafter from blame over Concho transport conditions after a Heyl IG report.
Naval officials discuss forming a large European squadron to be stationed in European waters after the war. The plan aims to show strength rather than seek trouble, rebuilding a force greater than before amid reduced prior presence.型
Four Spaniards were executed in Gen. Maximo Gomez camp after a court martial for poisoning village cisterns at La Reforma. Several others tied to the conspiracy were turned to Cuban authorities for civil trials. Families fell ill and deaths were reported. the men were deserters who joined Cuban lines.
Secretary Alger releases letters showing Col Roosevelt seeking to dispatch his rough rider regiment to Porto Rico. Roosevelt criticizes state troops while Alger replies that state volunteers are as brave and capable as rough riders, warning against invidious comparisons.
Orders issued to shift the second division of Camp Alger to Manassas Virginia twenty five miles south of the old camp. This marks the first step toward abandoning Camp Alger due to a rising typhoid fever epidemic.
Reports from Santiago describe the execution of eighteen Cubans who fought for Spain after being captured at Gibrara. The killers used machetes, and the executions followed the guerrillas’ arms against the patriots.
Report on the transport Concho returning to New York with 172 invalids from Siboney Cuba details dire conditions. Overcrowded berths lacked water food medicine and medical staff as dysentery fevers and other diseases spread aboard, with little sanitation or relief for the ill.
A week of fast moving events from San Juan to Porto Rico and Manila. Dewey reports possible insurgent fighting. Merritt arrives and assumes command. Spanish atrocities in retreat. Texas repairs. peace terms discussed with France. several brigades moved to Porto Rico. Breckinridge and Merritt both in new commands. miles and Brooke operations in Puerto Rico. Cuban insurgents and Garcia victories. continued troop deployments and pacification efforts amid peace negotiations. Dinamite gun aids victory. Cambon conference. Manzanillo surrender talks. quarantine and ship deaths aboard the Constitution.
An officer of the auxiliary cruiser Yale recounts troops aboard for Cuba endured three weeks on crowded decks with scarce water and ice, wet weather, and sixty typhoid cases with several deaths. Third Illinois regiment landed with Gen. Brooke at Arroyo fighting Spaniards while Gen. Miles reshaped the Porto Rico campaign to trap Spanish forces. CAPT Edgar Hobart died of brain fever at Ponce. Cape San Juan fell to Americans and prize crews captured two ships as Sagasta ordered Spaniards not to resist. Iron ore tariff changes favor importers in eastern Cuba. notes cover diverse current events.
Reports show high deaths from dysentery and malarial fever in Santiago under Spanish rule. Sanitary neglect blamed as the inspector reports epidemic conditions to Gov. Wood despite claims of low yellow fever.
Across editorials from Pitt s Post to St Louis Globe Democrat voices urge continued hold on Cuba and the Philippines. Opinions defend Sampson Schley and Dewey praise and condemn Spain, warn against backsliding, and stress unconditional surrender of territories.
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