The Caldwell News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1899 Page: 3 of 12
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tow r*ffc liMM.
Benighted person who at this
dnv arc going ahout asking,
jt is Algerian ? -vill obtain
information they doir* in
tor I,odge's «History of the
lish - American War, the
«rth installment of which ap-
rs ¡n the May number of Har*
Maga'-nv. The senator'.,
.rration will take its place, we
somewhere between the
accounts of the newspaper corre-
jpondent , written in hot haste
ooor near the field, and the per-
fectly dispassionate writing of
the later historians. Beyond a
doubt Senator Lodge puts before
u* thi* truth <>l history. We know
tn
the fact
«any
nts into question. It in
because, in his more deliberate-
tvrvey, he confirms a multitude
0f former testimonies that we
have faith in him; and yet he is
utili ho near to the events he re-
dling orders of a sick and absent
commander, certainly. Here ia
another estimule of General Shat-
ter's capacity:
I.awton and Chaffee and Ludlow had
Hunt* to Kl l-imc)' with a well-defined
purp«<.sf. It i t difficult, even after the
uio*t carefill mtudy and repeated read-
.'nif of the official reports, to detect any
plan in the movement* of the re*t of
the army.
, When the hill of San Juan had
I been taken and three thousand of
our men held the ridge against
nine thousand Spaniards in front
of them, there were moments of
grave anxiety. It was then that
General Shatter wrote the dis-
patch that created such a shock
at Washington and sent a chill
through the country at the very
moment, on the morning of July
tvHJ well and Trotn too
. *, when the fleet was sending l.er
good sources to call his ■ .
vera's ships to the bottom and
ending the war:
Our men were exhausted by battle,
inarching and di^King; they were bad-
ly fed. transportation wait slow and
supplies scarce, and they were at first
unsheltered. Under these conditions
• • j
count* that he cannot conceal the ¡ H",IU* •• «««■• thought and ..rK«-d with-
. . . • drawal, while General Wheeler, backed
tedufnation that possesses him as1
Ifie pilcd-up evidence of the war
department's incompetency pass-
em under his pen.
strongly by many of the yornjjer of-
ficer*. opposed any such inoveinent.
The spirit which carried the heights
of Han Juan held them, hut to (íeneral
The senator puts U|M n Con- Softer, «way from the front and the
. t . i firinir line, the voices of doubt and
rrcss its share of resiMjnsibilitv , ... „ ., ,
3 ' • alarm came with effective force. Dur-
(Of the «CUI1Ibrous, top-hc,i.\ SJ s- lll(, th«* «lay he fluctuated from doubt
tern of administration, rusted and j iu confidence. lie wanted Sampson to
try at once and at all hazard to break
in, and he proposed to (General Wheeler
to move uK*i Mt the entrance forts of
the harbor, thus kívíiik tardy adhe-
sion t'- the wise plan of Hampton and
Mile*, which he had abandoned. Early
on the morniiifc of July I there came a
dispatch from him, written under the
tir*t depressing influences, to the war
department, saying that he had Hanti-
ak'o well invented, but that our line
wa« thin, the c«tv strongly defended,
:ui«l not to be taken without heavy
iijlss: that hr needed reinforcement ,
and was considering withdrawal to a
|h híiion which an examination of the
map showed to mean a retreat to the
This «lews the tir t received
ak w moving, but he declares
that the «shortcomings due to in-
dividual incapacity ought to have
been «rooted up without regard
to personal sensibilities. This
treatment, appliei early and at
the head bv the- president, would
have cured most of the evils.
Ever y b o d v w ho k nows tbe
atorv of the land tight at Santiago
i aware that a great part of our
loases was due to the murdcrou
blunder of supplying our infantry
and artillery with black powder.
Senator Lodge comments severe-
ly apon the fact that for the at- «> twenty four hours came upon!
tack upon Kl Caney, a fortified ¡ ,h'-r ««thoritjf at Washington with j
.i depressing •• «-*k. «¿eneral Shaftcr
mace, no sumcient ¡orce 01 arm-1 . .... ^ , . .. I
1 wan urged to hold the San Juan heights, I
lery was provided to prepare the „ th,. olw rvally darU ihtv of lhc
way for the infantry. For this í w«r. and the long, hot hours of that;
work,which could be accomplish- memorable Sunday were heavy with
ed by nothing short of a powerful doubt, apprehension and anxiety,
artillery fire, only Capron's bat- If appears, therefore, that from
ter\ of four guns was , t hand. ! hi* examination <>f the facts and ¡
We quote Senator Lodge's sharp1 records, this historian concludes)
words of criticism: i that General Shafter had no deli- j
M'rei ver, the battery v.-a* not only nite plan of a<l\ance upoll S,inti-J
fro.-'v inade«|«iMV but it rd black I ago; that his orders during the
powdrr. and immediately esta dishe<l j fighting Were si icon f used and all-
surd that they were calmly disre-
garded by his subordinates, who
knew better what was going on;
that he did not know when he had j
won, and contemplated a retreat;
that would have marred the glori-
ous record of a war without a
backward step. This is the se-
verest sustained indictment of
Shatter that lias been drawn.
Senator Lodge's history is also
an unanswerable arraignment of i
Alger and the war department.
a Sarin# target to an enemy entirely
cotirraled an 1 perfectly familiar with
the ranges. Why were there no mor*
fun ' Why were they left at Tampa
or iu the transport* ' The fact rc-
quir<-, no committee of investigation
U> pr<>ve it. ami somebodv w¡v respon-
albir ;'i>r the scores of men shot at Kl
Car.ev because there were only four
gtoi* there to open the way. Win was
the powder black, so that a target of
sni'.k. hung over the Amerb-an position
aftci ■ '.rrt rliseharg'-' An\ suiokch -•«
powder was better than none. Kveu
|SM)r. broken-d >wn Spain had smoke-
less powder f«ir artillery, Wh\ did we
ti"t h¡iv> it Whit< tin v. ii di part 1 There lies- the ultimate responsi-
nieiK had been passing year* in trying 1 bilitv for the wretchedl v equipped
I linda patent p-. d,, pist t<. iis ük¡-! ex,)cliition to Santiago for the
needless deaths, lor the avoidable
starvation and sickness.
for Saks.
Farm, 151 acre ; 135 in cultivation.
,Vi in pasture; In miles from Waco, 5
miles from Kciscl, 5 miles from Mart,
I'j miles from Itattlc; healthy loca-
tion: situated iu aUermnn scttfement,
convenient tog>iod schools and church-
es; 2 g)nnl tenant houses. Will sell
for 11 or S rash, balance in 1. 2,
4 and 5 years at H per cent, interest.
T. K. ItAMTON,
- Martin. Texas.
Ing . our artillerv was providwl with
bla> k powder and went t<> war with <t.
and men die«l needlessly because of it.
No ni-r-d of n committee to establish
this fact, either. Who was responsible
It is easy to see that Senator
Lodge has no very high estimate
of i >eneral Shafter's abilities as a
commander. Here is an interest-
ng passage which shows the dis-
tinguished nature of that large
soldier's services to his country
in the fighting that won the day
*t Kl Canev:
At half-paMt one the situation looked
had; the Americans were holding their
°wii. but lotting far more heavily than
the Spaniards, An order from General
Shafter at this moment to neglect I£1
t-niiey and move to the assistance of the
•«■«opa at Han Juan must have seemed
(trim satire, and was disregarded.
Shafter was thecominander-in-
chief, but be was in his tent Home
«¡le to the rear, and bit order
AM Bros &
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BRENHAM, - TEXAS.
We cordially invite all visitors to call and see us and make our
house their headquarters while in the city. We will make special low
prices on all Summer Goods. Our space is small and we haven't the
room to quote many prices. Below we make a few prices. You will
fi:.u all other p>ods marked down to the lowest notch.
Men's Linen an*
Unen Crash Suits
In solid and fancy colors, sizes 33
to SO, at $1 W, S2 98, S3 98, $4 50
and $5 00.
Men's Unen Pants
At 50 cents to Si 25.
Men's All Wool
Black and Navy Blue Serge coats
and coats and vests, round and
square cut, at S2 50, S3 50, S3 98,
S4 50, $5 00 and $6 50.
Men's Extra duality
And extra fine fitting, custom
made, All Wool Suits, $5 00 to
$10 00 less than you can have one
made to order.
Beys' Mease Salts
Iti wash goods, sizes 3 to 8, at
50c, 05c? 75c, 98c and $1 25.
Little Beys'
Three - pieced suits, in Linen
Crash and White Duck, trimmed
with 3 ti 9 rows of braid around
collar and sleeves, at $1 50, $1 75
antl $1
Beys' Linen and Linen Crash
And white P. K. Corduroy finish
and fancv colors, sizes 5 to lf>, at
75c, 98c, $1 00. $1 25, $1 75 to
$2 50.
500 Boys' Knee Pants
In I viiK*ti Cra>h and wash goods,
sizes 3 to H), at 10c, 15c, 20c and
25c.
Men's"
Big line <>f men's straw hats.
Big line of boys' straw hats.
Big line of men's Balbriggan un-
dershirts and drawers.
Big line of men's Nainsook under-
shirts and drawers.
Big line of gent's Scrivens' patent
elastic seam bleached drawers,
sizes complete, special for Mai-
fest, two pair for Si 25.
Dress Goods
We make special low prices on
all Summer Dress Goods, White
Organcies, India Linon, Victoria
Lawn; check, stripe and plain Nain-
sook, Figured Lawns, Organdies
and Dimities, 2'c, 5c, 7ic, 10c, 12V\
15c, 18c, 20c and 25c.
Big line of ladies' trimmed and
untrimmed Sailors.
Big line of misses' Tom Boy
Sailors.
Misses' and children's trimmed
hats.
Infants' embroidered lawn caps
at 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 35c, 45c, 50c,
65c, 75c, 98c to SI 50.
Big line of Ladies' Parasols with
steel rods and fancy handles, all
kinds assorted, all colors assorted,
Call and see them.
Shoes, Shoes.
We carry the well known make
of Drew Selbv & Co. in ladies',
misses' and children's shoes. Our
stock is complete and styles correct.
For men's and boys' fine custom
made shoes we handle the Helmann,
Betmann & Co.; the Manns Shoe
Co.; Kxcelsior Shoe Co. Wc have
them in black and chocolate, plain
and silk, vesting top, coin and bull
dog toe, lace and congress.
Yours respectfully,
Mistrot Bros. Si Co.
BRENHAM. TEXAS.
StiEltiB) **« ¿V ¥ ¿Vm. mW*.
Wr
Crop Mortgages.
Wc have rccentlv printed an
order of crop mortgages to keep
in stock, as wc have had numer-
ous calls for them in the past.
We can now supply you in large
or small quantities promptly.
Come in and see us when you
need anything that's printed.
Rust A Joinkk.
Land f or Sale.
son acres of timbered land, six
miles northeast of Nacogdoches,
Texas, for sale at a bargain, for
cash or on easy terms. Or will
exchange for other desirable
property.
77xlH5 feet on South Kighth
street, Waco, Texas, with 7-room
house halls and two gal-
leries, servant house, barns, out
houses and modern improve-
ments, water, sewer and gas
connections. On paved street,
'j block from car line and only
five blocks from Austin street,
house newly rebuilt and suitable
for nice home. Will be aold
at a bargain for cash or part de-
ferred payments, (¡ood renting
property.
77xlió feet on South Ninth
street, Waco, Texas, with J-room
modern cattage 1 _• block from
car line and near business part
of city. Water and sewer con-
nection and suitable for building
another house on same lot. Will
sell at a bargain. Cash or half
cash. Never vacant.
Two lots 50xISO in Coraicana,
Texas, on south side Cotton Belt
railway and in oil region, 4-room
house on each lot. tlood renting
property. Will sell for cost of
houaea in cash or trade for pro-
porty nearer our present location.
2<> feet will be reserved on one
lot for oil well, or will sell oil well
com plete.
For particulars of any of above
property or prices and terms
write us.
All property good investments
but can use money better in other
ways.
Call on or address,
Kttsr & Joinkk,
Caldwell, Texas.
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Ami use I'liamhcrluin'M Colic, Cholera
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Rust & Joiner. The Caldwell News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1899, newspaper, May 5, 1899; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169238/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.