The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-23
TROOPS START
FOR SANTIAGO.
The Movement Began from Camp
AIger Yesterday.
THE THIRD WILL GO SATURDAY
The Troops Were Divided i'm Order to
Conform 10 the Capacity OF the
Two Transports. One Being
Larger than the Other.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-The forward
ign of achievements to General SHAFT
ire AZ Santiago &c Cuba has begun. and
AT Q o'clock this morning the first body
of troops left Camp Alger for Newport
News. there 10 take transports for CUBA.
This was in accordance with orders Is
sued by MajOT-Generai Miles last nisht'
directing the movement TO begin to-day.
The order was directed to Major-General
Graham. commanding the Second Army
Corps. camped at Falls Church, Va, ana
Is as follows: -.
"NXith the approval of the Secretary
of war YOU will detail Brigadier-Gene-
raj Dunield and one REGENT and one Dat
TALON of another regiment Of his COM
mand to proceed tomorrow Vhls) morn
ing by rail 10 Newport News, va, WIN
ten DAYS travel ratioos ON his ARRIVAL
az Newport News General Duiiield Will
80 on board of one Of the auxiliary cruls-
ers now awaiting TO transport his COM
mand 10 Santiago, Cuba Upon arilFaI
at that place they Will be reported 10
Maior-General Shafter. commanding the
United States forces there. The troops
will carry complete camp equippage anu
full supplies OF ammunition Tor held ser
vice. II is understood not TO exceed SIX
horses can be taken on board the snip.
(signed) IN. A. MILES,
"Mai.-Gen. COmmdnulns.
DIVISION NECESSARY.
Other orders in execution OF the gen
eral plan OF sending achievements iol-
lowed during the day. The FIRST move
ment is confined 20 one regiment ana
one battalion, az It was found necessary
10 divide General Duhields command IN
order to meet the accommodation OF the
transports Harvard and Yale, the Ia
c,lities Of one being considerably greater
than the other For this reason the first
quota Will have lesser number OF troops
than the one following IT on Saturday
but Il will take the bulk OF the stores
for both quotas. General Graham and
General DufHeld were left free TO desig-
nate Just what regiment and battalion
should make up the first quota. II is eN-
pected that the Harvard will be the ship
first ordered away. The remaining regi-
ments and battalions Of General Dur
elds command Will leave on Saturday
next, taking the Yale. The entire eXpedi-
tion will then proceed. under command
OF General Dufiied, whose brigade con-
sists OF the Ninth Massachusetts. the
Thirty-thrd and Thirty-fourth Michigan
and the Third Virginia Regiment.
General Dufield had a personal con-
ference with Secretary Alger last night,
during which the details of this move
ment We're gone over.
GARRETSON WILL ALSO GO.
Gen. Dumeld's expedition g. expected 10
report 90 Gen. shafier I'm about four days
from the time the ships leave Newport
News. il Is a long sail along the coast
and thence around Cape Maysi. hut the
Harvard and Yale are exceptionally fast,
teing the converted transatlantic liners
New York and Paris They are well arm
q I with 5-inch rifles six on each ship. l'e-
sides having secondary battery Of raTid
fire guns and with their Gcetness they are
abuudantly able 20 take care of them
selves without an escort of naval con-
vOys. They may be met. however. OF
Florida by some Of the gunboats and
lighter cruisers. As Gen. Miles orders
state. General Duhield viii report to Gen.
Shafter thus augmenting the forces ur-
der Gen. Shafter 70 about 1000 men. BE.
sides these. az already announced, the
present plan of sending re-inforcements
TO Santiago contemplates flat Gen. Jar
ietson's brigade OF 400 men az Camp Al
ger will soon follow. The Garretson brig
ade will go as soon A. transports can be
secured, which is expected TO be IT an
early day by the purchase outright OF
the necessary vessels.
At noon the War Department was
as TO the details Of the actual movement
ordered for this morning. The under
standing was that the troops under Gen.
Dufiield would proceed from Camp Al
ger 10 Alexandria, Va. about eight miles.
along the pike and there take trains for
Newport News. This will land them n
that point some time during the nignt.
There viii be no temporary camp on
sEcIe but the troops will march aboard
snip soon after their arrival
TO GO FROM ALEXANDRIA.
Later reports 20 tho War Department
indicated that the trops leaving Camp
Alger this morning would take boats at
Alexandria for Newport News. instead
of going by rail, "a was originally q
rected BIZ General Mes. The change is
duo 10 the difficulties attending the en-
barking OF troops at Newport News. The
Ya.e aud Harvard have such "a deep
3raft that they cannot be brought 10 the
docks y. thar point. whereas the river
boats on which the troops leave Alexan-
d,ia viii 60 directly alor gsiie the big
transports. and thus shift the troops
Without on inferno date shore landing.
thus enabling them 70 expedite their de-
parture % Santiago. The understanding
IS That the first ship will leave as soon
as The troops are aboard without waiting
for the arrival Of the second detachment
OF troops on Saturday. Besides the
troops and stores. The first ship win carry
a considerable quantity Of ammunition
and some heavy guns. which IL is de.
sired 10 vct 10 General Shaftcr at the