Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-06-23
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as their shots were not return cd and no
Spaniards were visible. Two CORES
pondents Of the Associated Press, In
small boat, Joined the FIRST fotilla that
went ashore and witnessed the inspir
ing sight Of landing. General Shafter,
on board the SeguranOa. closely watch
ed the landing of the troops. Brigadier
General Lawton, who had been detailed
to command the landing Of the troops
led the way in his launch, accompanied
by his staff, and directed the formation
of the line Of operation. A detachment
of
EIGHTY REGULAR INFANTRY
soldiers was first to land, followed by
General Skaters old regiment, the
First In fantry. Then came the Twenty.
fifth In nfanty, the Twenty-second In
ia ntry, the Tenth Infantry, and the
Seventh and Twelfth Infantry, the
Second Massachusetts regiment, and .
detachment Of the Ninth Cavalry.
Boats rushed forward simultaneously
from every quarter, in
GOOD NATURED RIVALRY
to be the first, and their. occupants
cCi tnUiOo OVCl JUG 0nObuCl ~ iC0R 0A
shore. AS the boats tossed about in the
surf, breaking against tho pier, getting
ashore was no easy matter, and the
soldiers had to throw their rifles on the
dock before they could climb up them
selves. Some hard tumbles resulted,
but nobody was hurt. At the end of
the pier the companies and regiments
quickly lined up and were marched
away General Lawton threw a strong
detachment for the night about six
miles west on the road to Santiago, and
another detachment was posted to the
north of the tewn among the hills. The
rest of the troops were quartered in the
town, some being quartered in the
buildings of the Iron Company. Others
were quartered in deserted houses,
while others still preferred shelter in
their tents, in the adjoining fields. The
mornings fire, it was seen
DESTROYED THE ROUND HOUSE,
the repair shops and several small
dwellings. The town was deserted
when the troops landed, but the wom-
en- and children soon appeared from the
surrounding thickets and returned to
their homes. The sun bronzed SOL
diers !.
IN SLOUGH HATS
and service uniforms, quickly searched
the buildings and beat up the thickets,
after landing, in search of lurking foes,
and marched into the unknown coun-
try beyond at nightfall, with long
swinging stride and the alert bearing of
old frontier army men. ready to fight
the Spaniards Sioux fashion or In the
open, wherever they could be found.
THE CHEERS OF THEIR COMRADES,
still waiting on the transports and of
the blue jackets, and the strains OF
yankee Doodle" from the bands on
the troop ships, saluted them as they
disappeared from view over the hills Of
Baiquiri. 4
The landing was accomplished
WITHOUT LOSS OF LIFE,
the only causualty being the wounding
of an Insurgent on the hills, by shell
from one of our ships. He will lose his
arm. The Insurgent troops at Bal
quiri are commanded by General Cas-
tillo and their estimated number is
1000 men.
HELP OF THE CUBANs.
In General Garcia's camp, AURREN
DERAIs, Santiago dc Cuba, June %,
per Associated Press Dispatch Boat
Wanda, via KIHGsTON, Jamaica, June
23.-The Cubans who left Santiago
Monday night, arrived at General Gar
l-cia's camp Tuesday morning, with ac-
curate maps of the harbor and earth
works surrounding. The ships Of Ad-
miral Cervera have moved from the
positions they were In three days ago,
and now lie in almost a circle sur
rounding q small island and lighthouse
about half way up the hafbor. The
cruiser Cristobal Colon, which is un-
injured, lies to the west, commanding
with her port battery.a narrow neck Of
the harbor, while the Vizcaya, also un-
injured, lies to the east, her starboard
battery locking upon the came neck
Both Of the Spanish torpedo boat de-
stroyers are temporarily disabled. one
having been struck by fragments OF
shells that sunk the Relna Mercedes
and the other having her boiler tubes
and engines in course of repair. The
ships have only half supplies Of coal
although some
COAL ARRIVED By OVERLAND ROUTE
} two weeks ago. The shell that sanh
the Reina Mercedes was fired BY ths
Massachusetts. Reyond this loss ani
quite large loss Of life incident to it
there was little or no damage done. Tht
! earthworks were disturbed and ont
} smooth bore gun was dismounted OF
, the west battery. Seven new guns or,
being put up facing the ssa. three o.