Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-30
American Troops Being Push
ed to The Front. "
SUBSISTENCE REQUIRED
ne GENERAL Advance on Santiago, Behaved
On account OF an Insdeaui;c supply
.#.0 of Food for General Shat
'er's Army. ..

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san Antonio, June 29-9:30 A Al t,rbr
preparations tor Il general advance. ~
me American troops on Santiago do
Guoa are being pushed steau,ly forward
tlnu troops VI all branches of the serv-
ice are beng hurried, to the front
General kents division, consisting OF
the brigade of General Hawkins. Col
onei PealSon and Colonel Worth has
joined General 1~lwton's division and
with the cavalry division OF t;ener:,,
wheeler and four batteries of light ar
.ileiS, VIII now be strung out in the
rear OF General Lawton's division.
The front still rests on the second
crossing of the Rio Guiana river on the
road TO Santiago de Cuba, in the rear
OF the crest of the Sevilln hills and q
mile and a half back
me brigade of General Rates. the
lhlrty-third Michigan regiment ana a
battalion of the Thirty-fourth Nlichi
gan regiment. which We're landed yes-
terday by the auxiliary cruiser Yale,
remain at JuraEua or Siboney
The delay in the general forward
movement is due to the inability to get
subsistence stores to the front RAPIDLY
enough.
The advance. it is said, will not be
ordered until every man has three
days rationS in his knapsack This
however, is impossible until the road
is passable for wagon trains. The
pack trains can only convey one days
rationS in a day.
The men constructing the bridge
! roads have the work almost completed
ana this afternoon the first wagon t, a n
OF four 6-mule teams will go through
| In two or three days more every man
will have three days rations in his
knapsack and as soon as that occurs
| the army Will move upon the enemy.
The day has been utilized to good adj
vantage. AlthDngH tho III q
to have a thorough knowledge of the
country and the trails nothing is taken
for granted and the whole country,
front and flank. is being thoroughly re-
sonnoitered and an accurate map has
been made by the engineers. Much OF
inestimable value. IS
Last night General Mendonca. OF
itSIenefal <LaWton'sts aff, made a srecon-
Nuisance up to the very trenches OF
the enemy. their sentries talking on
| picket duty being plainly heard.
Corporal Dewey and nine sharpshoo.,
! ers from the Seventh infantry went out
at dark last night with one days ra-
! tons. toward the Spanish lines, and
| they have not yet returned but no fear
is entertained for their safety. 1t is
pelieved they are probably lying in the
bushes waiting for night
At daylight this morning Lieutenant
Smith, of the Fourth Infantry with a
detail of fifty men from the Seventh
| infantry. under Lieutenant Dearfoe,
crossed the San Juan and went In a
| northeasterly direction as far Caney,
or FL Gaumey. as It Is marked on the
maps. without encountering any Span
ish troops and fifty men Of Company a.
Seventh regiment. under Captain
Young. also made reconnaissance in
force The Spaniards have seemingly
retired TO their entertainments, MS no
pickets or skirmshers We're encounter
ed.
General Lawton. General Wheeler ana
General Chnffee have had riders out
| beyond our advance posts several
| times.
Captain Wright, of General Bates
staff, today followed the line of the
| railroad running out of Juragtla to-
ward Santiago de Cuba. to within two
and a half miles of the city The road
| approaches within a mile and one-half
of our front and can be utilized to bring
supplies and Siege guns. the first Of
| which were landed at BaiQuiri this af-
| ternopT.
AS soon as the remaining battallons
| of the Thirty-fourth Michigan and
! Ninth Massachusetts. which arrive on
| the Harvard tomorrow and the six
! thousand reinforcements sent out from
| Tampa, reach here. Aguadores. a town
| on the coast. four miles west of Jura-
| qua, and about the same distance east
| OF the harbor entrance, will be taken.
| The place was shelled today by sew
] eral ships OF the fleet. Aguadores is on
| the line of the advance of the army into
the interior and close to the railroad.
1t will then probably become the base
Of operations, while the supply base
( may remain at Juragua.
: Captain Wright, on his reconnais-
sance. obtained information which is be-
| lieved to be reliable, to the effect that
| three thousand Spanish troops have
! been sent to reinforce the garrison at
| Aguadores.
General Lawton WI; probably make
! a division with his artillery as soon
as he Is placed in position. y heavy
rain this afternoon made it impossible
to move today beyond General Wheel
er's headquarters. But the roads will
dry quickly. the guns will probably be
brought up tomorrow and the intrench-
ments will be shelled by the artillery
land by Colonel Woods dynamite. guns.
The sharpnel fire will be more used by
the artillery. The guns are 2-1O inches
and with sharpnel, they are effective al
$500 yards.
The Cubans say the Spanards are In
deadly fear OF dynamite and General
Lawton will see how he can terrify
them.
simultaneously with the lombard
ment, General Chaffee's brigade will
move forward and occupy Il position OF
vital Importance in advance of our
front. The correspondent of the Assoc
ciated Press Is not permitted at present
to divulge it's location.
The military telegraph line has been
completed as far as General Wheeer's
headquarters, thus placing the front in
direct communication with Genera!
Shafter. who still maintains his head
quarters on board the Saguranca
where he can keep in close touch with
Rear Admiral Sampson. It is probable
however. that he will establish his
headquarters at Iuragua tomorrow OIL
Thursday. The troops belonging tG
General Lawton's division are KEPT
ready to move in light marching order
while the accommodating parties are out
This precaution Is considered necessary
in order to avoid disaster in ease the
small parties OF troops should collide
with the Spaniards in force. Not sin,
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