h_: That after the final capitulation, the Spanish forces shall
assist in the removal of all obstructions to navigation in Santiago
Harbour.

_Sixth_: That after the final capitulation the commanding officers shall
furnish a complete inventory of all arms and munitions of war, and a
roster of all the soldiers in the district.

_Seventh_: That the Spanish general shall be permitted to take the
military archives and records with him.

_Eighth_: That all guerrillas and Spanish regulars shall be permitted to
remain in Cuba if they so elect, giving a parole that they will not again
take up arms against the United States unless properly paroled.

_Ninth_: That the Spanish forces shall be permitted to march out with all
the honours of war, depositing their arms to be disposed of by the United
States in the future. The American commissioners to recommend to their
government that the arms of the soldiers be returned to those "who so
bravely defended them."

General Shafter cabled at once to Washington the cheering news:

"CAMP NEAR SANTIAGO, July 16.

"The surrender has been definitely settled and the arms will be turned
over to-morrow morning, and the troops will be marched out as prisoners of
war.

"The Spanish colours will be hauled down at nine o'clock, and the American
flag hoisted.

"SHAFTER, _Major-General_."

_July 17._ The ceremony of surrendering the city was impressive, and, as
can well be imagined, thrilling for those boys of '98 who had been
standing face to face with death in the trenches.

At six o'clock in the morning Lieutenant Cook, of General Shafter's staff,
entered the city, and all the arms in the arsenal were turned over to him.
The work of removing the mines which obstructed navigation at the entrance
of the harbour had been progressing all night. At about seven o'clock
General Toral, the Spanish commander, sent his sword to General Shafter,
as evidence of his submission, and at 8.45 A. M. all the general officers
and their staffs assembled at General Shafter's headquarters. Each
regiment was drawn up along the crest of the heights.

Shortly after nine o'clock the Ninth Infantry entered the city. This
position of honour was given them as a reward for their heroic assault on
San Juan Hill.

The details of the surrender are thus described by a correspondent of the
Associated Press,