Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-29
COMMANDMENT OF CADIZ
That Is in The Program Of Sending Commo-
dore Watson 10 SPAIN.
WOULD Be A FoRclslt HOME ARGUMENT


New York. June ga special 20 The
Tribune from Washington sayai
The war and navy departments hy
their marked increase in activity, give
great evidence of the aggressive efforts
10 be- Immediately cxcrcd against
Spain. growing out of the decision
reached by the administration that o.
termination uf the war can only Doe see
cured BY bringing homo abe dIscom-
forts as well aa the horrors of ronilict
10 the greatest number uf spanish SUBJ
jccis In the shortest time. The wide a.
tension OF the Cuban blockade. the am
nouncod Intention OF hurtyiug $1,000
additional soldiers into cuba. the pro-
claimed closure % San Juan dc Porto
Itlc0. together with the decision Co
dispatch Clmmudurr MatauuH poser
fui nCUt Co European wttUts. save @
new impetus 10 ihr ,ncfgy displayed at
military and naval Headquarters, &C..
fuliing Ia rush aud hustle which bod
not been cquailud since The week. poo
April that was made historical uy 90.
Presidents ultiwatumi t1f pin'ihuii-
ton Of the Cuban blockade. thc hrHt
call for volunteers and the actual Dee
ginning VI liustnitio8.
The naval authorities are mlnlir.t-
ing the ilvolicst anxiety 90 expedite the
departure of Commodore watson
iuldina squadron from Santiago, und
urgent dispatches were sent 60 Admiral
Sampson today o. have the lows ana
the oregon fully cunlrd and equipped
Ia report for their now duty before the
end ~ the present week
nv that time the Newark. the aux
Hilary cruisers Yankee. Dixie and Nonr-
mite, and the three colhcrs scandal.
Alexander and Abarcnda viii probably
assemble north NJ Porto Rico. when %
straight course Tor The Clnarlca VIII he
pursued. The naval fefrlgeraior snip
supply. loaded with fresh meat ana
Vegetables, viii Immediately aUt out
fur the rendezvous In order that the
sailors Of The fleet may b. wei fcd un
their long transatlantic voyage.
Tho department ~ also arrunginF 60
send rlma fast cnlilrrn acrnas the ucohn
% meet the fleet In tho vicinity ~
Gibraltar about the middle ~ July. u
b. ranHidrrpd conclusive that ihn main
object ~ the squadron u tp lnilict nun.
lHhmont on the important city ~
Cadlx. beginning with the lombard
nent OF ita chain 90 forts az sunrise
some morning by the Iowa ana The ore
ron and the destruction ~ parts NJ The
city by Smelling after % hours notice
has been given. the Idea being, by the
creation Of enormous material damage,
to show Spain the terrible rurutalnggH
~ the United States. The city u Cadiz
Is advantaEeously located trum an
American point Of view, Tor operations
~ this character. Us chief public
buildings aud valuable naval establish
meus being easily within range ~ the
guns of the two United States battle
chips and those Of the Newark
The huNiliarica. Yankee, Dixie AMI
Yosemite, are relied ON In this engage
as Loo
approaching too near the hatileFhlpa,
and In this work they may De- nfslHtcd
hy the rapid IRE guns already mounted
on the colliers.
IL IL the Intention ~ tho department
% retain the heavy monitors In POSI-
tlon on Havana, CienfucEpa and pot
hApa Trinidad, supporting number
~ the smaller auxilinrlcs hA scouts
while tho fast yachts and light drait
vessels watch the Isle ~ Pines. Bate
hano and Manznnilln. where the water
N particularly shallow, outside 90
this inner blockade line, powerful
cruisers will constantly patrol up and
down the coast seldom out Of signal
Ing distance Of each other aud tho
scouts inHhorc, ana Il Is inconceyablr
that any assistance In the way ~ nm-
muniti0n or food supplies Will be- able
% slip through thia double Gordon ami
be safely landed.
lhN Nhlfl tUuiiH OF iNH navy uNpAftH
ment arr Just now concentrated ln tho
direction N providing an efficient HyH-
tom Of supplying water food, fuel and
ammunition 90 the hluckhdpra. which
IN a problem NJ greater magnitude
than anything in this line heretofore
attempted, The difficulties are con.
flderahly nuEmUnt. a, sn FAR as the
Porto Rlcan blockade " concerned. hy
this distance from the nearest Amari
can base and nH the FHHHfrHsH M hgHv
West arr particularly a. he severely
taxed In caring Tor The cuban hlockud.
INK ncet, u ~ proposed a. use Hump-
ton Roads az "a supply station for tho
Porto Rican operations,