Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-25
AW AITlNG THE NEWS.
War Department Anxious For Word
From General Miles,
SOME DELAY IS EXPECTED.
After Landing at Porto Rico Is Effected
the Department VIII BE In Close
Communication With the Elk.
peditiOn-Reserve Camps.

w ooHiA6loi, July lo.-lneTe Is lKely
to be lapse of day or two between
the arrival at Porto Rico Of the expe.
dition under the command OF General
Miles and the notification Of the fact
to the department unless some mer-
chant vessel crossing to st. Thomas
should sight the American fotiIla. At
ter that. however. the department will
be in the closest communication with
General Miles. fer 1t will possess itself
Of a cable connecting General Miles
headquarters directly with the depart
ment. Some part OF the Porto Rican
expedition has been delayed for few
days beyond the dates fixed for their
departure. but in view of the difficult
ties OF handling large bodies of men
and the supplies for them this Is not
surprising.
The war department 10 now, while
keeping close eye upon General Miles
expedition, looking for detailed mail
reports from Shafter telling OF the en-
gagement preceding and leading up
to the surrender OF Santiago. 1t was
reported that Colonel J. ]. Astor OF
Skaters staff was due IN Washington
bringing with him the fun capitula-
ton signed by the commissioners and
1t was expected that Skaters preced-
ing reports would accompany them.
Some official papers have come from
Sampson, but to the great disappoint-
ment OF the navy department the re-
ports closed on the day before the IA
nous naval battle. Some points Of in
| terest contained in them will be given
| to the public in the course of day or
two. but they will relate only to tn
several fights between the squadron
and the shore batteries.
To Establish Reserve Camps.
1t Is the purpose OF the war depart
ment to begin at once the execution of
the plans devised by Secretary Alger
| for the creation of reserve camps and
| boards of staff officers are now en-
gagged in various localities looking af-
ter suitable camp sites and making
| preliminary arrangements for acquir-
| ing the right to use these places and
arranging for water supplies. The in
tention is not to be caught through any
contingency with a large number OF
troops at central points in the midst OF
an epidemic of any kind with no place
to remove them. 1t was for this rea-
son that Fernandina was selected
some time ago as one of these reserve
camps, and within the last two day:
the value Of this policy has been amply
justified, as otherwise there would
have been no suitable place to which tt
remove the troops from Tampa. Ont
Of the reserve camps is likely to be 10
Gated in the valley of the Potomac
about 40 miles above Washington, ant
| For
ton of troops from Camp Alger in cas-
1t Is deemed necessary for the health
the soldiers to remove them.
The state department has completes
the engrossment of the joint resolution
adopted by congress extending tn
thanks of that branch of the govern
ment to Admiral Dewey for his notabl
achievement in the Philippines. Thes
were transmitted to the navy depart
ment which will forward them to tn
admiral along with the degree OF LID
; conferred on him by the University c
+, Pennsylvania.
Moro spaniards Surrender.
Important advices from the front an
of the departure OF troops for Fort
Rico have reached the war department
There were two dispatches from Ger
oral Shafter One announced the praf
tical acuuiescence in the Santiago SUI
render OF the three remaining garrison
in that district-Guantanam Sagua an
Raracoa. officers jointly sent by tf
n American and Spanish commanders, II
n sorn,er TO give assurance of General nc
= r.rs formal surrender will start out
% receive the surrender of the oth'
" points. .s don,
of three men from yellow 1eVer ana az
.rnounced there were l., 500 soldiers sic
ID with fever, of whom loo nave ke'u''
to yellow fever. Precautions nave pe'
r taken by the authorities at Saht'"so
T. check the epidemic. and gcncra' SIM
or ing of the troops took place 10 get t''S
x awav from the infected sections
Il Off,cial announcement also came
nj tho departure of five transports 'r'
n. por+ Tampa for Porto Rico. A secol
Do ;.etallment of this portion or the exp
~ ait;on left later and will overtake the
TRANSPORTS on the high seas. ms
radit;on is under the command or We
tn araI schwan. and comprises IS once
n and . S23 enlisted men. They propa!
Oh will, reach the point OF uelarha'l
~ Joining the other portions Oh ,"I rrid 10
is Rican evolutionary force next frius
sse' nossibly Thursday. SAILING a poSs ~
nine knots an hour 1t is eNpee'eu "a
viii cover the /, 200 miles In SIX Gays
70. least. ,..or,+,ns G
- ,o,,ow fever situation among
troops is less serious than tney nav
ootad With $1,000 men before oai'
p pe the officials say that with the e con-
tic lions considered the proportion OF y, "
tins and of the 81. sick is less tina" mig
have been expected, .,, s,;d :,
Adjutant General cornn a.s sa'u Nv q
\ the men were largely ahec'eu ..r W 10
haustion and over exposure nel.
~ not " he added, zone regiment ''ia'
III not infected and for that reason III
~ ,he men at Santiago will be taken
No porto Rcan expedition.