Griggs courier., 1898-05-13
WILL NOW PUSH THE WAR
Policy of the Government Henceforth
Will Be Aggressive Action All
Along the Line.
ARMY WILL FOLLOW THE NAVY At ONCE
Presidents Advisers United In Sup
porting the Policy of Extreme Ag-
gression-Spaniard to BE Driven
from Cuba-Spanish Fleet Said to
BE on Puerto Rico Ready to Act.

Washington, May o.-Aggressive ac-
tion along the whole line describes the
attitude of the administration, accord
ing to the policy definitely adopted to-
day, growing out of Admiral Dewey's
unparalleled achievement in Asiatic
waters. Any idea which may have ex-
listed that Spain, after crushing blow,
would recognize the futility of resist
ing the inevitable has been at last aban-
doned. The president has determined
that the fighting shall be vigorously
forced with the full power of the United
States in order to speedily terminate
the conflict by the destruction of the
last vestige of authority exerted by the
Madrid government beyond the shores
of the Spanish peninsula itself.
Extreme Aggression.
The belief to which conservative Off
cials clung, that Spain would throw her
self upon the mercies of the eastern
powers, has disappeared, and the pres
ident's advisers are now united in sup
porting the policy of extreme aggres-
sion. The bugbear of the yellow fever
scourge is to be ignored, tits said, and the
Spaniards are to be elected from Cuba
before midsummer if American soldiers
can drive them out. Last weeks de-
cision to keep the volunteer army in
great camps at home to drill and harden
them for the campaign of invasion next
fall will probably be set aside, and in
stead the new regiments furnished by
the states may be hurried toward Cuba
within a week.
Will Soon De in Cuba.
The plan of temporary establish
ment of base at Matanzas in order to
distribute arms to Gomez, the dispatch
of several thousand regulars and tenn
porizing with the grave situation
marked by the lingering starvation of
half million human beings is to be
abandoned. It is believed that next
Sunday the permanent army of occu-
patton will be established in Cuba, and
volunteer regiments will be hurried for
ward to reinforce it from nearly every
state east of the Rocky mountains. At
the same time the regulars and volun-
teers west of the great divide will be
embarked on transports and fairly
started on their voyage of $500 miles to
establish American colonial govern
ment in the Philippines.
Army to Land at Once.
Orders have gone forward from the
war department to utilize all the vast
resources of the nation to carry out
these plans with energy and rapidity.
The first division of regulars, aggregat-
ing nearly 10000 men, will be landed
in Cuba as speedily as the men can be
transported to point within 300 miles
of the gulf coast cities. This force will
at once establish an entrenched camp,
fully fortified. to be used as the base
of operations for the land attack on
Havana. The transport vessels, as
rapidly as they are emptied, will hurry
back to be refilled with volunteer reg
iments ordered as reenforcements to
the regulars. This process will be re-
peated until at least two volunteer
army corps of $4,000 men each have
been established in Cuba, with a sup
porting force of $4,000 volunteers more
on the southern seaboard, less than "a
hours away.
Volunteers at Chickamauga.
Chickamauga National Park, Ca, May
9.-It was given out officially to-day
that 100000 men of the volunteer army
would be mobilized here just as soon
as they have been mustered into the
government service. With the ten reg
iments of repulars now here f;llad to
war strength the army at this point will
number $4,000 men. 1t is also an
nounced that Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee,
Maj. Gen. Joe Wheeler and Mai. Gen.
Wilson would be in command, the pur-
pose being to form the volunteer men
into three army corps.
MATANZAS SHEIIED.