New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-29
SEVERE BLOWS FOR SPAIN
Continued from First Page.

number Of the smaller auxiliaries as scouts
while the fast yachts and light draught vessels
watch the Isle Of Pines. Batabano and Mama.
Milo. where the water is particularly shallow.
outside OF this inner blockade line powerful
cruisers will constantly patrol up and down
the coast. seldom out OF signalling distance Of
each other and the scouts inshore. and IL Is In
conceivable that any assistance In the way OF
ammunition or food supplies will be able 10 slip
through this double Gordon and be safely landed.
The chief efforts of the Navy Department are
just row concentrated in the direction II provd-
ing an efficient system Of supplying water food.
fuel and ammunition 20 the hlOckaders. which
Is a problem ~ greater magnitude than any
thing in this line heretofore attempted. The
difficulties are considerably augmented. 50 far
as the Porto Rican blockade IS concerned by It's
excessive distance from the neares, American
base, and as the resources Of Key West are apt
10 be sele rely taxed in caring for the Cuban
blockadng fleet II Is proposed - use Hampton
Roads as a supply station for the Porto Rican
operations
REINFORCEMENTS FOR SKATER.
In the War Department all last night and to-
day the principal officials were s.raining every
resource to provide substantial reinforcements
for General shafter. AMI orders were sent IN
all directions for the equipment, organization
and transportation Of the several Successive ex'
petitions which will go 10 Santiago. The nrst
OF those comprising nine thousand men OF the
Second Division OF General Coppingers Fourth
Army Corps at Tampa may sail tomorrow
under General SNYDER. II appears that num-
Der Of transports sufficient 10 carry these men
have already been loaded with stores az mo
long wharf OF Port Tampa. and 1t Is the I'M
preston among officers here that some OF inc
troops went on board to-day. The strictest CEN
sorship has been established at Tampa ana ~
news regarding the preparations Is allowed "
leak out 1t Is certain. however, tnat al leS''
twelve OF the recent chartered vessels nave peea
assembled at that point. and that strong "a'''
convoy has been guarding II for two days
simultaneously with this embarkation' hf'eeA
thousand men from Chlckamauga under MAUI
General Wilson. Will start for tampa row
10 embark on the fleet OF transports winch COT.
ried General Skaters army. and which - Nv"
returning from Santiago. and due 10 pass NV
West tonight. -. .x
General Brooke may accompany the ias. .s.
petition. and II Is an open secret that , ~ ".
Porto Rican occupation is to be hnii'eu,aS
undertaken he will command II. the remAi."', >,
OF General Dutield's brigade Is expecteo !"
reach Santiago by tomorrow night, ana J, ueo
eral Snyders division reaches there as pian ,,,rs
on Saturday General Shafter VIII al '"'' ''
have n force Of thirty thousand men ..rc,
The War Department Is doing all III its p"i
TO put General Garretson's brigade on shpe"S
M Newport News by the end or TINS Wees ia
has practically concluded negoua'ions ~ ,hs &C.
auisltion Of its specially built emlgrant s snr
the Appomattox the Greenbrier and the o n,.
hominy. which are admirably adapted WINS "a
modification for transport service. ihese,
they arrive with La Grande Duchesse. 49,,
at Newport News, will probably enable ue.,d
Garretson TO take at least part ~ his con,,n s "a
in n few DAYS and the plan OF the Fresuuee, he
mass ntty thousand men at Santiago wtn .,,,s.
next ten days gives every promise OF 'e"'
ton.
TIE PHILIPPINE EXPEDITIONS
The success OF the Army organization ~ %,
ting ten thousand men afoat on the fao"
Manila. however leaves as many more ".
sent. and preparations are well advanced ~, ..u,
departure Of the fourth large expedi''o" s,,,or
July r. the nth and probably hnal APc.ansral
being timed 10 depart two weeks iater ,,,ol Of
Merritt himself IL expected to assume coH S,sr the
the government Of the Philippines 500" ,aroa ra's
middle o. July or much earlier thah n,,lI bs
squadron. II 1t proceeds with all MAST nsnart.
able to reach those islands. The state ~, aver
II ent does not evince the slightest con' 49, Ger.
the apparently threatening attitude Oh u.rAsnce
man fleet at Manila. but expresses oons,acles
that General Merritt will meet with no ov iii be
not easily surniountable. and that ne what.
by no foreign interiete"'s