Arizona republican., 1898-05-08
THE EXPEDITION TO CUBA.
Its Landing Place Known Only tc
 Army and Naval Officials.

Washington, May 7.-The govern
 ment is confident of it's ability to carry out successfully the plans for land
 ing large military force in Cuba al
 an early day and of accomplishing al
 the purposes of the expedition. De spite the published statements which
 have purported to give the minutest
 details of the project, from the precise
 time of sailing to the exact point of
 landing, the army administration is
 apparently unembarrassed in it's plans. The officials in charge of the prepara- tions knew that the expedition could
 not be embarked without public knowl- edge of the fact They are confident, however, that they have conducted the preliminary operations so secretly that
 little of the real intentions of the
 administration have become known.
 One thing only has caused serious an
 noyance. One newspaper published
 the date on which the expedition is expected by the war department to set
 out, and the publication was accurate.
 Up to that time the exact day the
 United States troops would be trans ported to the island had not been men, tioned in public by the few who were acquainted confidentially with the fact.
 A surprise probably awaits the Span iards and the history of the first mili- tary expedition from this country, when it shall have been written, will very likely prove that the strategists of the army and navy made wise prep aratiOns for the successful execution of the important project which they had in hand. The landing place Of the troops, with their important stores of guns and ammunition for the Cuban insurgents, may be Matanzas, as has been generally believed, and it may not be. The best reason for believing that MatanZas is not the place se- lected is that the public and Spain have been allowed to believe that Ma tanzas is the place. The war depart ment has made complete preparations for fortifying the proposed base of supplies in Cuba. Lieut.-Col Lud- low of the corps of engineers of the army has been ordered to go south at once, and he win probably accompany the expedition to Cuba A part of the engineer battalion at Willets Point, N. Y., will go south for the same pur- pose.
 The preparations which the admins tratiOn has made for the landing Of the expedition have not neglected the cooperation of the insurgents, and it is expected that strong auxiliary force of Cuban troops will assist the United States forces in delivering the large number of arms and immense stores of ammunition which will be carried from the Florida cast. Some time before the arrival in Cuba of an emissary of the war department had been published, the agent had reached the lines of the insurgent army and had performed the important part of his mission. The complete details of the expedition were doubtless given this emissary, in order to arrange for the intelligent and prompt co-opera- tion of the Cubans under Garcia and | Gomez
 No secret IS made of the fact that | the administration wishes to have the | volunteer army in condition as soon | IS possible, to support, if necessary. he preliminary expedition to Cuba very soon after the preliminary pro- feet shall have been carried out many of the volunteers will have been into regiments and can be | anded on the island very soon, should 1t become necessary to engage in a general campaign precipitatsd by the attempt to carry arms to the insur- gents. It is possible that the volun- ,eers will be mobilized at no less than ,cur or five points south of Washing on. There will be five army corps, and it is unlikely that more han one corps will be mobilized in i he same place, except at Chicka- i nauga. Strong influence is being used | 0 secure the selection of Richmond ! md Atlanta. !