Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
LANDED
SUNDAY.
General Titles Is Supposed
to Have Reached
Porto Rico.
Some Expeditions Exper-
fence a Little Delay
in Leaving.
Officials DisCredit Reports
of Cubans Attacking
Spaniards.

Washington, July 23.-Gen. Miles
expedition in all probability is now
in Mona Passage between Hayti and
Porto Rico, and will be in sight of
the landing point this morning.
While this is the expectation of Sec
rotary Alger for prudential reasons
the war department declines to make
any comment as to the accuracy CT
the various guesses that have been
made in an effort to ascertain just
what point has been selected for the
landing place There is likely to be
lapse of a day or two between the ar
rival of the expedition and notifica-
ton of the fact to the department
unless some merchant vessel crossing
to st. Thomas should sight the Amer
lean fleet. After that, however, the
department will be in the closest COM
munication with Gen. Miles, for it
will possess itself of the cable con-
Meeting Gen. Miles headquarters d.
rectly with the department.
some part of the Porto Rico expedi-
ton has been delayed for a few days
parture, but in view of the difficulties
of handling large bodies of men and
the supplies for them, this is not
surprising. Thus Schwan's troops
got away only Saturday from
Tampa, though it was be-
lieved they started Friday.
the most numerous detachment Of the
whole expedition. the first division
under Gen. Brooke, will not be able to
clear from Newport News tefore to-
morrow Still, it is believed, that
it will arrive at Porto Rico in good
season. 1t will certainly facilitate an
orderly and comfortable landing OF
the troops to have them land in de-
tachments instead of in one vast army
rs in the case of Skaters army at
Santiago.
Doubt is cast upon the reports of
recent exciting events among the Gu
bans at or near Santiago owing to the
failure Of Gen. Shafter to make any
report upon them, and inasmuch as he
has made less important SUP
jects matter for dispatches, it is
hard to understand why ne should
fail to mention an event OF sucn i'm
portance as the reported attack by
Garcia upon the Spanish troops on
the way to surrender to Snaft6r
The war department is now, while
keeping a close eye upon Gen. Miles
expedition, looking with interest for
detailed mail reports from Gen. Shat
ter, telling of the engagement proceed
ing and leading up to the surrender
of Santiago. 1t was reported Satur-
day that Col. j. J. Astor, of Shafter' S
staff, was due in Washington, bring
ing with him the full capitulations
signed by the commissioners and it
was expected that Skaters reports
d accompany them. However, up
to the close of office hours, which Sat
urday to the relief of the hardworke1
clerks was o'clock for the first time
in many months, the officer did not
appear and the department does not
know where he is. Some official pa
pers have come from Sampson, but
to the great disappointment of the
navy department, the reports closed
on the day before the famous naval
battle. Some points of interest con-
tanned in them will be given to the
but they will relate only to the sew
eral fights between the squadron and
the shore batteries.
1t is the purpose of the war depart
ment to begin at once the execution
of the plans devised by Secretary AL
ger for the creation of reserve camps
the board of staff officers now engaged
in various localities looking after
suitable camp sites and making pre-
liminary arrangements for acquiring
the right to use these places and ar.
ranging for water supplies. One o.
the reserve camps likely to be locates
in the valley of the Potomac 40 mile
above Washington will be very con
eenient for the reception of troops
from Camp Alger in case it is deeme
necessary for the health Of the sold
iers to remove them.
The state department Satur lay com
pleted the engrossment Of tie ION
resolution adopted by congress tx
tending the thanks of that branch 0
the government to Admiral Dewey &c
his notable achievements IN lie Phi
lippines These were TRANSMITTED :
the navy department which will for
ward theme to the admiral along wit
the degree of LID. conferred on iii
by the university Of PennsyIvania.