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mmm troops
Will vSall for tlie 1bllipplnca Sotur
if Morning
CIlXtTLESTON HAS BEEN DISABLED
Believed to Ue the Work of a Span-
ish Spy
3OO0 MEN TO HOLD MANILA
The Troops Have Ucen Determine
on liy Alger
WILL ftB ORDERED TOMOVE AT ONCE
NiiliplliK for he Arm llntn Hern
Shipped friiin IIIriiu < > o
Sim Fmnclnen
Special Dispatch to Tlio Iont and New York
Herald Copyright 183 by James Oonlon
Dennett
Washington May 10 Mnjor Uentril
Otis and tlio first detachment of t > opa for
tho Philippines will linvo San Francisco
Saturday Tho City of Sidney and the City
of Ickln have now tnken on thulr cargo and
tho war departmtnt has received word
from San Francisco that tho expedition will
bo ready to start hy Friday evening
It liln not been dcflMUly decided just
Whit regiments will go In tlio first de-
tachment but In all probability the Four-
teenth Infantry will bo onu of tho icgl
ments Ihrno troops will bo landed at
Cavlto and will tako possession of tho ar
nonal tberd ptjndlng tho arrival of tho
HPAMSII FHOTIIST
Their VnpnrliiKs lire Aimed
at cut llrltiiln
Madrid May 10 2 p m Tho
rew cabinet mlnhtira took over
their pbrttollos thlj afternoon Tin
Spanish newspapers censuro the
governor of Hong Kong for permit-
ting Anioilean warships to rnvlc
lual and they soy they can not un-
derstand Croat Hrltalna allowing
the United Htalca to cut tho llrit
l h West Indian tables
raalnlng 13000 Major General Oils will
net as military governor pending tho ar-
rival of General Mcrrltt He will havo
under his command about 2000 man
Tho stiamshlp Centennial is now being
repaired at Seattle but will bo leady to nail
by Saturday This ship will tako on board
a regiment from each o tlio two Dikotas
Unices all present indications fall Major
Ginoral Merrltt and bU command will
leave for Manila by tho last of mat week
Secretary Alger has bnph mlylsod by tho
leading irray officers to tako two of tho
rcglmcpts of regulars now at Tampa and
transfor thorn to San Francjsco to go with
Central Merrltts command
TO 11011I JIAMIA
Ihlrteeii Th < mil Tinip to He
nlniMtilnil lniiiiptl
Washington Mav lJTho icgular troops
which are to iccompany tho expedition to
tho Phlllppitui Islands were detcimlncd
upon xt tho war department today and oi
dera for them to proceed promptly to tho
coast will bo Issued These with u10 xol
untoors from California Colorado Kansas
Mlnmuota Moutaua Nebraska Oregon
Utah Wiomlng Noith und South Dakuta
and Idaho will make up tho sunt total
from which nro to bo taken tho troops who
aro to bo sent to rclnfoico Admlinl Dowey
and enable him to tuko and hold tho city
of Manila
Tho public admission that tint occupation
of tbo Islauds Is luteuded was jiMdo known
In fin order of tho department today de
tailing several ofilccis for duty in that
connection
Tho quartermasters department reports
that four ahlpa which havo been chartered
for tho troops would bo ready to sail In-
side of ten days at the most Tho City of
Peklu which will Ret oft first is almost
ready Tho commissary dt part mem was
advised that upplli3 foi 13000 men wcro to
reaclt San Francisco today from Chicago
They were rnlculated ou a basis of threo
mouths at tho rato of a ration a day for
each man
llOMIIAtt 1131 IIV MAMAHDS
Town of Cehi hT the Philippine
Ililri AVimte hy iSpnlii
Vancouver II 0 May 19U appears
from Information brought by tlio eleamahlp
Kmprtsa ot India that thn Spanish did a
little bombarding on their own account in
the Philippines about a fortnight lxforo
Admiral Dewoy silenced their fleet About
tbo middle of April says tho Manila re
noil a Spanish warship went down to
C bu where they bombarded the City The
troops mot no opposition on landing b
rebels havingabsconded before a shot w s
Hied taking with tuom It 5 aald 0fl 00
In cash About thirty native wero Ktlltd
in the bowbaidmont but no l iropsaa
r
casualties
are rcsortod
Cfbu which ranks tllrd Jn tho cities 0f
tho Ttilllpptnci was wrecked by tho bom
fcardnumL a UMU aCr of rel > cU by tlio
Spanish preceded Admiral Ueweya tollcy
nislngs In Hollnao and Zambalcu havo bt n
Buldued Spanish troops halng klllei
thousands of Indiana and hundreds of wo
mcr and children
CUAXUMSTOX DI8AI1LUI
Bellevea to Jle thTVork tif a 8nnn
v Inlt Sjijr
Special Dispatch to Tho Post
VashiDgton May 19 Advices from th
W 8 Jfoan vy yard lo Secretary Long
taj Jl 50on t0 lh0 ecct that tho
ti Ntt 0 ° bM b n dlwWcd unJor bus
f ietrettBiffiincca and uho will not be
Wlfwi
jwtti Philippine for some
< W miimiAAvHrto work ef
w
THREE INDUED DEAD
Spanish Loss at Cienfuegos More
Than Reported
SEVERAL IIUNUKPDS WERB WOUNDED
Morblehend and Nashville Did Awful
Dumagc
ftfillT SECOND ONLY TO MANILA
The IlimiilliilK nrc lull nt the
AVoilliilciI H > iinlliril lid 1eur
the Ainei Iruim Ititiirn
Copyrighted 1S98 by Associated Tress
Key West tia May 10 Tho SpnnlBh
lofs during tho rtccltt nigtgomont at Cien
fuegos Is now known to havo been much
beaxler than at iliat reportod Three hun-
dred Spaniards wore killed and bcvoral
bundled wounded Ortat damage was done
uldiK the tojst
Soon after the cngirenicnt the United
Slates cruiser Marblchcad picked up sov
cinl Cubans In an open boat somo miles
down tlio coast Including Colom1 Oris
Mtvlrnant Olvnicji and three lulvntos from
the msuigont camp near Cienfuegos
Tliey roportod that the Spanish losses
nnd dainago wrouahl by tho Hhells from tho
wuisblps was much greater than lcportcd
The hospitals were full of wounrtul and
ear wua cxprcntcil that tho United States
ttamhlps would loturu to complota tho
work of deitruUlon
Wuring tho cnguoment tho Maibletead
Knew 150 flvolnch shells Into tho Span-
ish fortes nnd 700 shots from her secondary
battery tho gunboat NasliMllo as many
moro shells nnd lfiOO ahnta fiom her ccc
ondaiy bitltry
Tho hundred Spinhrds wuie stationed
In an Improvised fortress on u neck of
Iind and upon these the ahlH rnncontiated
their lire and it was upon theso that this
most ttirlblo destruitlon was wrought
nurlng tho heavy fire of shells and Just
after tho llghlbouso > as blown up live
SpmilaidH woro running to escape and wore
picked orf by a ehcll from Uio Marblohoid
Iho gunntr being ordarivl to Ira on tlietn
by llmlgn Iatt Thoj were torn to plcies
Tho iien wlio manned tho lotteries dltin
under lustinotions nnd they withstood to
gilllng flro pourod upon tlem with tho utV
moBt ctIh ru
The Cub ins weio supplied with iOOO
rounds of ammunition nnd nil but onu of
them went nations
Special Dispatch to The Tout nnd Now ork
IJriilil Copyright lbJS b > Juins lordon
iiMinctt
Key West ria May 10 Until today no
adequate tstlmatn could bo made of tho
damago done to tho Sptnlah forces at Clon
fuegos last weok wlion tho cnblei were cut
It now nppcnrM that tho Spanish loss was at
least 300 killed Tlito Inroinutlon cuuo to
Captain McOalti todn and Is billeted to bo
nccurato Tho figured mtdo tho fight m
Clenfuegoj eecoml oul Jo Mnnlta In blood-
shed
AT TAMlA
slilot IMckk r nniirihli Mnv Miihn
TinnpN nt liirhxitm lite
Tampa Ha Mny 10 All tho news-
paper correspondents at Tampa woro to-
day notified that In futuio all dlspaUlies
must bo placed lu tho hands of Muiteu
nnt Mlloy of Cionoial Shatters staff for
approval Tho censorship In future will
b ciy tlgld and it la said It will bo kept
In foteo until after tho Invasion of Cuba
takes plate It la tho lulentlon to keep tho
Spinlsh government lu complete Ignorance
of tho movements of tho army
Qwieral J r Wade Lieutenants Head
and Almy of his staff nnd Colom J T
Weston returned to Tampa aftor having
Inspected tha camp grounds for tho lioopj
nt Jacksonville Miaul lnlm Iieauh md
other roiat points it Is probable that a
fnvorablo report will b made lu tegaid to
Jacksonvlllo as n point of tnncontratloq
Kully 30000 troops could be cared for
there There la plenty of good water thoro
Mid rail and
harbor fadmits nro svMi
that Hoops tuild bo
eallly moved or nut
on board tnnsports The dlrflcullv of ob
taining n sufficient supply of water for tho
tnops stationed hero lua been a oirjo it
grrat nnuojnnce to sny the least and It
s believed tint should tbo military cam
inlgn In Cuba bo postpoacd fnr any Icimth
of tlmo part of tho regular tro s stat at
oil here will bo moved to Jacksonville
Ooneinl Wade and staff onicers and
cletks will leave on Saturday for Chlcka
mauga whero Oencral Wado will tako
command of tho troops
Colonot Hnbcock loft Tampt tonight
rtl ° Svport 0 Mnar > ral
Merrltt at San
Francisco H0 will act
adjutant general of tho Manlh txpMl
Tim miw cAiiiMr
MniraKtn to lnle71t Poller Known
T Oh truet the 1lnil
Second Edition
Undon May 19Tho Madrid corre-
spondent of tho Stnndanl mjb Senor Sa
gasta will mako a slatcmcnt of the policy
of tho now cabinet tomorrow rrldaj
Tho republicans ond Carllsts Intend to nb
struct tho hudgct until the ond of Juno
Tho premiers contention s that tho policy
nlust bo dictated by tho march ottvonts
and must
therefore bo opportunist In do
mestic nutters and all questions whilo at
noting lta oncrglea to the requirements of
tho wnr
Port Linton llrport Unconllrme
Colon May l9Thcrc is no confirmation
1h ° v h0 SpAnh
T m < tm
undtr Admiral Cervera is In th nmvimjiJ
mmmmuxm1
tfiffl ZZ
HOUSTON DAILY POST FRIDAY MOKMiyQ MAY 2Q 1898
jFROM SANTIAGO DE CUBAj
j The Insurgents Are Closing In on the Rear of the City and the j
Spaniards Offer No Opposition
Conferences Uetween OFficinlb Uh
tulilish the luct
IIIE PARIS PRESS IS IRRISPONSIIILP
The Ireneh lime Omul HeiiHniiH to
llnle Spain iiml Out ivlnillj
reullnux fur Ainuriiii
Washington Miy 10 At tho result of
siviil icrent confonncia between the of
llilals of tho stato depaitnunt ant lliu3c
of tho Irinch emlnesy nn ngroonulo irn
deritnudlng has boon icached whlili gives
nssuiunco of a lontinunno of the tiull
tloinl friendship exlslliig bctvvtca tbo
Unltid Stales and Tranco It has served
to mnko clear that each government bns
tbo fullut lonlldenco In tho fiienJly atti-
tude of tha othei and that any ciltltlsins
or animosities iiruuMd by recent Incidents
In Hit wnr havo not been shared by tho
government ofllclals of either country In
tho recent oulungia the atlltuda of taaw
of the Parisian uevvspapeia In ciltlclilug
of the Unite States as will as those of
tills country In ciiticlsm of Franco has
bum gona ovir
It m painted out by the shta dipart
muut ofllclals that they hid expressly de-
clined uny sympathy or ludoucnioul of
thisc ciltlclsms and thtt at mos thoy
were piivUo cxpiesslons lu no way re
Ueitlug the feeling of this government
On the other hand tho French author-
ities have given assiirauiet tlm th French
press criticisms came from an uurepre
aent tlvn Uns of ridlrtPParis newspapers
and in no way represented that cordial
sentiment entertained by the French gov
eninieiit and tho Fteneh people towaid
bo
Unite States It was shown ntao that
the nioro InlluentHl and repiMimatlvu
Jormls In touch with tho government
imintnlned the most friendly tone towards
this comitrj At iho iime time nil mls
rciircscntnttons as to tho steamer Latajctio
Incident ami alleged delay In otnelal dis
patchej from MaulnlqUo were cleared up
As to the liiiontte iho ttate department
never qiestloned the good faith of tho
1 renin authorities and as to tho delay
lu dispatches this was disposed of by the
let that the mestngea canio over tho llrlt
l h and not tho Fiench cabins Altogether
the iMbenges have produced a pleasant
nnpnsslon on Ivjth aldi > 6 and a feeling that
any apparent estrangement between tho
two countilca his been overcome
M Koblneu of Paris wbo Is prominently
Identified with Parisian Journalism has ar-
rived here Whilo representing Lo Temps
nnd Lo Matin which nro Identified with
tho French government ho also has a semi-
official mission to pcrfoim II is accred
ited by M Hanotaux the French minister
of foicign attains to the French cmbusy
and through tho official chinucl has been
received at the White House and by repre
kcnatlves of tho administration
As a result of his calls at the Whilo
HcAUo Mr Itoblueus cables to tho Paris
papers will represent that the molt cordial
feeling Is entertained lu the highest admin
istrative circles In Waihlnglou toward the
French government and people At tho
same time M ltoblnoit hos given assur
ances to tho ofHclals here that the govern
ment authorities of Franco entertain tho
highest regard for thn United States and
n no way feel a sjmpathy or friendship
toward bpaln in her present conflict with
this country Ho baa copies of letters ex
changed between a prominent firm In CIn
elnnatUnd ono In ncw York m the let
tcr a I ronch firm made a proi sltlon in
connection with the French exposition The
Cincinnati Arm answered ia partT fol
A Franc Km shown herself to decided
m
tjiFnv
JA
Copyrighted ltji Associated Press
SANTIAGO DE CUBA
ly unfriendly to tho United States since
the beginning uf hostilities with Spain we
decline to havo anything whatovcr to do
with It
In reaponso to this the Now York con-
cern resented tho suggestion that Franca
was frleudlv to Spain and unfrlondl to the
United States nnd added
You should remember that tbo Frinco
Piurlau war with Its mortifying defeat
of French urmi was on account of Spain
Framo todav holds Spain uicountablo fol
hei humiliation as much as sho docs Ger-
many
M Hoblneu sajB this lntttr Btatenieut Is
trim and that tho feeling of Franca Is
hardly less hostile to Spain thnn it is to
loiiminy us a result of the FiancoPrusslan
Mtsriiituuw vnssiis
Mnu Ijirtte MeiiiniTs tiff the > on
Senlln CiM t
Halifax N S May 10 In response to
an Inquiry sent lo a correspondent at
llildgowater on tho west coast of this
province tho allowing has been leeched
This morning about 0 oilock tho smoke
of several steamers Was been off tho cout
near Cupe Lahavro Suvcrnl persons went
up Itotmil hill nt OoUsoiis Cove and from
thAt eminence siw distinctly nine largo
vesseh under steam heading lu a southerly
dlicctiou Their natlorallty tould not bo
discerned
This formation was received fiom Iteln
hnidt brothers who vouch for the correct
niss of tho stoiy The bhins when scon
were near Indian island about five miles
from the rout No further Information
has been received up to this time
Montreal Miy ID The Star siyi today
A new feature of the SpmlshAmerlcan
war one In vvhloj It Is verted Senor Polo
llcrnabonnd his associates are keenly In
ter sted Is the probiblo advanco of thu
PadU squadron In the North Atlantic Oud
barrier nlono has been standing bcivvcn
the Northeast roast and the Cadis fleet It
U tho lack of coal for tlo wauhltu when
they get to this
ido of the ocean it h
bun planned to smuroc coal
supply Sn
ish ships ow earning it may be vvell on
their way across he Atlantic Indeed
cidliB to information ac
received from a star
eorresppndent at North Sydney It CsT
is
ble lint even at the present t n o SiSnih
xK
Fo na l a r d
t on of Franco in the North
Atlami There
U a constant exchango of trade b S
Capo Hreton and St
Pierrd
and
the gowl
nfhT p rt U moro or
current
other at the
Uurng the
present week the
il i 1 rom the sfrVi advlcet
Pi 9 Mar time
men lit North Siin
> ert that the XortlA iUhJmme
would
ba
n most favorable one for Spl2ish ships to
CHAHIrSTON IHTb I VCK
Her
ConleiBeni wire rollll
lu Neeil
of Itelr
allcjo C > t May IDThe United State
iruu Charleston that tMi yesterday
for Manila with ammunition and iuipiica
tor Admiral Dowey Is back nt her terth
at Mare Hliid navy jatd with her mn
donscrs out of order The cYulser stcaml
cd about tha
bay jestcrdoy out of sisht f
ban KrtncUcQ whilo her cwpmmJ
being adjusted and cargo trimmed S
c rylhlng was la KadlnessfcTf UrtS
fJCJB iouraey the coadnserl
foiled to be out of order The were
w trivial but CapWa oSSco
t <
WK
Kingston Jimntei Mny 10 Refugees wbo arrived here todiy from Santiago dc Cubi on boird the steamer Adula say
tho Insurgent district comminders In Hasteni Cuba aro moving netrcr nnd ncaier to Santiago de Cubi It appears lint
loncial Mlndcz has brought Insurgent forces fiom the extreme east to the neighborhood of Calmcnzo on the south const
and Ilrlgadler Genera Castillo of tho Iiuurgcnt army has shifted his command to within twentjflvo mllej of Santiago de
Cuba
SmlllngB band engaged In nightly raids past tho outlying garrisoned towns to within nhout rU miles of tho cily of
Santiago do Ouln Thoy retire without pursuU nffcr their furays Tho concerted design h to cut off thu meat egetablo
and fruit supply of thu clt > ind produce tho cllects of a logc In tho meantime prices of provisions at Santiago aro cvon less
than thty were three weeks ago duilug the first Pinlo following tho outbreak of hostilities between Spain and the United
Statis nnd tho expectation of being bloukadwl Small cargoes of flour groceries apd canned goods havo been received by
schoonurs from Jamilen and the mirkots of Santiago do Cuba nro full of fish
Senor Knrlquo Cipyon governoi of SintHgo do Cuba In an Interview printed In La Jandera Kspanoli of Mav is Is
quoad as siyliig Spain has 30000 iigular troops and volunteers in Cuba and wo fight upon our own soil Those from
Spain nro acclimated and we urn unliondiud Therefore one of us Is iqinl to two luvndtrs jes to three lntnders
Wo hear Amorlca purpoJ03 to avull us with 100000 men Somo reports say H0 000 men and raw levlts We Invito
four times that number to cnrldi our fields with their cnicassestho greater the number tho greater tho glory Let us
keip our hearts clovatcd by putrlotlsm and tboughta of our wrongs Out flag has been called the Golden nnd nioody Hag
of Spain
SpainTlie
Tlie reprcseotntlvcs of foreign capitalists who at first believed the war would bo a short and a victorious one for tho
United Slates now appear to think that It will bo prolonged for many months
FRANCE NOT OUR ENEMY
eluded It would be better to return to the
imvj jard and aecuie the benefit or the
facllltlctt thero than to repair the damage
at bca The Charleston will make another
fclart within tho novt two dais
T1 MONinoMnnis chash
IMnile Two Sinnliiril Hunt Cover
tluliM
Spulal nispatch to The Post and New York
Cop > 1503 h Jaras Go ol
llennct t
Second Udltlon
Key West Fla May 10 Tho cruiser
Montgomery had n lively engagement
Tuesday afternoon with two Spanish gun-
boats near Nuovltas on tho northern coast
of Cub i The Montgomery
was returnlug
fiom Porto Rico when suddenly rounding
a headland she sighted tho two gunboats
quite a distance at sea The gunboats
sa > v
the Montgomerj and turned back with nil
possible speed running for tho harbor The
Montgomery endeavored to cut the boats
off but untamlllarity with
the channel
caused her to loss tlmo and tho Spaniards
succeeded in darting under the protecting
batteries vvhtro tho
Montgomery did not
follow for fear of mines or running
aground
Hurlug tho chase which lasted twenty
minutes the
Montgomery rtred six shots
from her 5inch rifle forward
The prae
tlco was
exceptionally good two shells
bursting near the gunboats
one carrying
> cssels her
rigging
came down with a
crash and tho offlcers
of tho Montgomery
tblnk several of the Spaniards
were injured
Paris May rV l S < r
SrKnshamLsliorir5 CaSt
= ° poh
ortlPredh0 port
J tcd eablnot
cnr oXr 2seBor a
3 > 19 Th9 Parl3
cnt of tho Times eorrespond
tlllo says Ssnor Leon y Cas
Spanish ambassador win ZL
Madrid tomorrow to talk L
mer h ° Cab
t
Uutlon
with Jju
Ijondon May 10 Th mm
Crre
pondent of tho Times
saJS
T Castillo has again liTA Z
the
dejelopltiB reasons already
vby ho
mght be uwuTta
more h s pre
cut position as
ambassador
to France ha
as a member of the cabinet ThS dtapSeC
has
considerably impressed the ablnet
It cent events
especially Mr Chamber
lain s speech at
Birmingham
have brought
tlclpato now roiltieal the Mews Spanish slatesm n S
conflagratlon possibility Dt u ulcrsal
vvherelnsnai
dent allies Their itiV 1 f na CU
CCb
arjj France and RuLiV r < Ur lrn t0
bastadonvell acqSatntea Jn hY n nm
kfln of European diplomacy lho taDgle < 1
toSv wK steVc counc
the defenses and R Uto
and Bah aria Islands garrison and J Aho Canar >
focio opposite Glbrahlv Ceua Mo
vvhtch is very msnlficunt 2 < 6rlsl >
slons havo bJea ntarhino23 i ° anreheii
C4 SUlca C d extend tothb 4 Cit
> e u
n tho owratkiaot to
JfAW
INVASION OF CUBA
The Tresidents Advisers Want It
Longer Postponed
LIKELIHOOD OF DISEASE IS URGED
They Atlvncofc the Sending of
inline Negroes First
dtp
COULD ALSO STAND THE HEAT
INo Movement AVII1 lie Aliule Until
Cerwruit Ileet linn tleen IJId
noNuil of ut Any Itule
Special Dispatch to The Post
Washington May 10 President McKln
ley Is being urged by several prominent
men In public llfo to postpone tho Inva
sion of Cuba until after the rainy season
It Is represented to him that the loss of
llfo In our army will bo great through dis
ease and that nothing material will bo lost
If the main portion of tho army is kept on
American soli until September His ad-
visors plan Is to itabllsh communication
with tbo insurgents by aid of 15000 coloicd
troops who would bo Immuno from jcllovv
fcvei nnd could stand tho heat
Speclnl Dispatch to Tho Post ond New York
Herald Copyright 1SDS by James Gordon
Dennett
Washington May to Although tho lm
prusioti laB been latily rtvivad in the wir
department that tho Invasion of Cuba
would be made within a wick I em nlt
bly Informed that such Is not tho case No
action will be nude against Havana until
Admiral Corveraa fleet has bctn disposed
of cod tho ships can sail to Cuba without
feni of attack As a matter of fact tho
govirnnent docs not wish to send thy
Lntted States army to Cuba for aa long
and difficult a campaign as that In Cuba
riornkses to bo until the volunteers have
Milted at a state of perfect organization
and aro properly equipped and supplied
Iiolh tho quartermaster fecneinl and tho
commissary general aro having much trou-
ble In gettng the necessary supplies for ths
amy Very few even arrone the army men
realize how poorly prepared tho volunteer
troops are at the present tlmo for actual
rcrvlfe
When Admiral Samrton has reported to
the roverrment that no moro fear may be
felt in regard to iho Sranlsh flotilla there
will bo no delay In sending tho army to
Cuba
Iho regulars are now ready to move on
Cuba at a moments notice All tho ntc
cssary transports aro chartered and could
be uhed by giving one dayt notlic
Major General Miles Is still lu Washing-
ton and ho assures mo it is not his lnten
tior to Join the army until the tlmo ia
dclllnitely fixed for tho Invasion
CONSUL JIVHICUIt
In to lie filveii a Colonelcy of nn Im
inline UeKlnient
Spiclal nibpntrh to The Post and Now York
Herald Cop right ISO by James Gordon
Ucnnett
Washington May 19 Walter S Barker
Amcilcan consul at Sagva La Giande Cuba
Is to bo commissioned colonel
of ono of tho
Immuno regiments to bo sent to Cuba
with tho first invading party Consul Bar-
ker had long service In Cuba and Is en-
tirely familiar with tho topography of tho
Island and Is well equipped for tho duty
to which ho Is to bo assigned
In addition to commanding the Immune
regiment ho Is to be placed ln chargo of
tho supplies to bo distributed
the
among re
conccntrados and will bo among the first
American forces lo be landed In Cuba Con-
sul Barker is now hero in consultation with
the tocretaiy of war on this subject He
has been confined to his hotel by ft sprained
ankle but is rapidly
recovering
and was
at th war department today
11 OH 13 CHU1SI3HS
AUUnnn
I3seeretnry TrnTy sn lmion
WnmIh lire NeeexMir
Washington May lOrJtSccivtnry of the
Navy Tracy of New York under whose
administration of the ravy department
man > of tho battleships ml cruisers of our
new navy woro projected
and built was at
the naw department
today meeting bis
old associates and talking with the otft
ilols on the stntua of the nresent wnr Gen
ciol Tracy was asked If our ships in their
present actlvo service met tho expectations
ho had of them when tho
new nv < y vvus
being developed
To judgo from Manila they are meeting
every expectation oald General Tracy
And jet I believe it to be tho plain duty
of congrcrs to nuthorlro Immediately tho
construction of six
large armored cruisers
of tho most modern
tvpe ever iirm n
the Brooklyn and Now York t SaouM
bo ordcf d in addition to tho si ps nmho
rt by the naval
appropriation bill xovv
that wo are obliged to
carry on offensive
rtare the need of armored Bhlpfuta
For Duty t Mnnlln
Vancouver Barracks Wash May 1D
Captaln Frank n Kclfcr and pnul a
Straub assistant
surgeon now on duty
MnWa e Alah ral0f Ul0 ro fecnth In
ianiry in Alaska has been ordered tn
re
port for duty t San FrancliS
w UhoU de
lay Major Thomas
n Barr
was rnii v i
assistant nSal
adjutant
ot the h
Tho Wjiimlnir lluHnllnn
Cheyenne Wyo May l9Tho Wyomlnu
battalion under command of Major F00e
zLez or san KranciscQ tatlS
T Q C
artureT asC th de
artureas v ry aiSr l
corted to th dewt by thi h T e 5
Every Day mtJ
niE lQUIPAIENT IS sfi
i j
Shelter Tents aod g
r being Pflrc
NAVY DBIA TMJS
Can Convoy Troop ift
DlHereot
I AKVARD IS STIlf
Kriuie Ornnte1 Ber
Uetnrit to st PI
Mum i j
Woshlngton May lD
slllon on the part of the hm
the present war short W
It Is
beginning to bo ro
Bboitcomlngs of our mlllUr
many that delays are itnmM
remit work will u necewL
Nation In efllclent
fighting
day brings forth
some ytnsimd
bo
strengthened and somj In
buch tho
dibcovCry at thbki
that every urmy officer vrtoi
volunteer appointment
o U
commission In tho regulwi
beiomo llablo to be left outotiL
entirely at tho end ctthe fir
Few officers cared to rhk t
In that way so a rush tru i
congress to Bicure the ncceaB
tlon
Again It has beoa founcf tJut
ment of the army small ut
parlson with the great armj o
lion la uadly lacking Nearly
ter tho formal declaration el t
department todaj purchased i
theltcr tents and it ha Just
hammocks that experts b j are
ixlstenco lu Cuba
ThebO preparations lnrolreif
It Is not remarkable that la
herculean efforts of the otflcottf
no pcaltlvo start has yet tna
ward Its goal by the army of
Probably It 1b this fact rathtr
unreadiness on tho part of ut
caused tho campaign to dru It
tlon for the navy department
trounced that It stood real it
ment to furnish convoys for tti
provided that they were slirW
point
Genoral Miles had an lotmiri
with Captain CrowntmhleM tW
navigation bureau and It Ii Mill
very subject was under dlicmila
authorities
The Fiench at
lave consented to allow ths
tel Harvard to return to St
her lcpalrs are completed
The three monitors Caaodm
hattan nnd Mohlcan HtUirMr
expected to be readyor tertltt
wcik or two with new bollf ft
be a valuable addition to toefa
Iho available news fromtW
na department today M Bi
field for speculation anfl l rlei <
kinds as to the Imminence et b
Went The report that came Iros
of tho bombardment at Sasutp
Bnmo crolcnce Inasmuch In It
rhow that GeneraliGrMlcn ttu
nal officer has set lnmotto tit
of tho navy to carry out hlo iff
pese of cutting the cablea toil
last connection between Hart
outsldo world and thus IsoUtiB
is not believed that th6 tos
amounts to anything morolMlu
Judge Advocato General mm
circular deflntns
a
characteilstlcs of lho sixteen W
Icstroyers and twelve torpedo M
vided for by congress ln tho pn
appropriation bill Tho dc W
v Ided for aro to bo of larger tip i
vcpsel at that kind we WJ
tons but tho torpedoes will h
Blo of tho average torpsdo W
use namely about 150 tontJ
loft tho widest liberty lOfMJl
original designs but no bW
to pn
Idored which falls
f at least twentyeight kaott Wj
ers and twentysix knots f OTJ
and t J
No moro than eighteen
rtnectlvely will be < M ° J
thesis boats and shortnetMCUJ
struct Ion will bo an ImportMM
determining the award
HrmpPtcad L I hasheeafW
r > =
cd as a rendezvousing JJJJ
Hngland and w
from tho New
and It Is expected that
u
eventually will be Quarter
The long expected aK 1 j
errs to tho staftf the finnje
maM
Jor generals iave been
vay Is clear for the entry
df the officers who have been
several weeks to stay here
IVT13ST AnMr > T
Tito More HeKI > J
for the IUlllPP
lO Tt
Washington May
to tho Philippine exped l L
of
creased by two regiment
the regular army Adjutant
bin tonight sent tclwrapW T
Flghteenth nnd TwentyIB
ln camp at New Orleans
The
1
to San Francisco
general commandlnK at JWr
embark for tho VhmwW
cm
Piles and transportation
General Corbln said latetewj
number ot volunteers
service of tho United SW ° rbi
tho 100000 mark The SUWJ
mustering of the quota ot w
completed aro fo11
California Colorado 5 j5
Kansas Maine frkTF
New
Mlnnctiota Missouri
ahlro Ohio Oregon vWl
Vermont Washington e c
consln and WOmt ° B
Tho country Is bug1gj
trains carrying troop wj ii
ot mobllUntion Bcportsl
generals offlco show twt ji
the cars t
ments aro on
tbo destinations to wbicn
R
assigned
olo Arrnn c
New York May I
l
from Montreal says i
Senor Polo SpalnB jnlnlWt
States haa nrranBeoW
the Spanish fleet at SW J
Ion
tit fas
iuala
ticawuf
f
h AftifftAaalJUAJh A Cj
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