The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-11
CHANGE IN PLANS.
One Effect of Retreat of the Spanish
Fleet

Washington, May 1O.-One effect of
the retreat of the Spanish fleet has
been to hasten even more the prepara-
tons already under full Roadway for
the dispatch of military expeditions TO
Cuba. 1t also has caused complete
change in the concentration plans. Time
s now believed to be the great factor.
There is no longer opportunity to in
luIge IN extensive drilling and practice
naneuvering. The regular army troops
30 not need these and are to be thrown
at once into the fray.
Many of the regiments of the national
guard which are entering the volunteer
service are felt To be sufficiently train
ed from a military point of view to fol-
low the regulars Immediately, and the
department indicated its purpose today
OF dispatching these volunteer troops
directly to the gulf coast, for shipment,
instead of sending them to Chicka-
manga. This disposition was shown by
the changes in the new orders issued
to the troops, although there yet may
he q return to the original programme
OF concentration, if the plans show
signs of weakness as they develop. The
uuartermaster general has already
gotten under charter q merchant
steamers for the transportation of
troops, and, roughly speaking, these
should carry about 10000 men. Others
are being procured as rapidly as pos
sible.
The plan of the war department is to
have these vessels assemble at the diff
ferent gulf ports, Tampa, Mobile, New
Orleans and Galveston, to take on the
troops which viii be sent there. The
navy department is expected to furnish
conveys for the transports, which
would be absolutely helpless against
Spanish attacks
SIGNS OF FRICTION.
At this point there are signs of fric-
ton. First. the transports will be
Obliged to await Admiral SIMPSONS re-
turn. in order to secure proper convoy.
and. secondly. the navy department OBJ
jects very decidedly TO undertaking the
task of conveying number OF trans
ports. it insists that to assure the safe
convoy of the troops, all the transports
should be gathered in one fleet, to start
rom Tampa, and the navy is likely to
prevail in this.
Changes in the central modifying
ooints of the volunteers from those an
nounced by the war department yester-
day have already been made in a num-
her of cases. These have been neces-
sary for several reasons. The main
one is the decision reached to begin an
active campaign in Cuba, and to send
troops to the Philippines.
Those from Montana, said Senator
Carter, who was at the war department
this afternoon, will be assigned to pro-
coed promptly to San Francisco, for
passage to Manila. There is full reg
iment of $50 men, fully equipped, and
ready for service It is said also that
the regiment of infantry from Colorado
in ali probability. will be ordered to the
Philippines
Mr.. Russell Harrison. Who has been
looking after the interests of the In
diana national guard for the war de-
partment. received a dispatch from the
military secretary of Governor Mount,
saying that two regiments of infantry
and two batteries were fully equipped
and ready to move. Mr.. Harrison says
this is the best record shown by any
state.
From Governor Mount came dis
patch, saying: ANY assignment OF In
diana troops by the war department
viii have my approval They are will
ing to go, and I am willing they go
where they can dc the most good. Our
quota is in first-class condition.
Mr.. Harrison says the two regiments