Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-13
ARMY THAT WILL.
 INVADE PORTO RICO
It Will Be Organized by General Miles at Santiago After That City
 Has Fallen.

Washington, July 15. The movement of the American army on Porto Rico may be said to have begnn No troops have yet left these shores openly con. signed to that island, but the continued forwarding of additional regiments to Santiago, when it is recognized that General shafter has as large an army as he needs to take that town, Is in reality the laying of the foundation of the Por- to Rican expeditionary force and the hurry orders that have been sent to the southern concentration camps for the making ready of troops for early move ment mark the preparation for the su- perstructure.
 The determination of the war depart. ment to send formidable force for the capture of Porto Rico has been strength ed by the resistance by the Spaniards i'll Santiago An effort will be made to avoid the mistakes or the Santiago cam paign. Although the force to be over come at San Juan is smaller than at Santiago, and the harbor is by no means SO inaccessible, it is proposed to send ! larger army on the next expedition, and one that will go fully equipped with the artillery an0 cavalry it needs. There will be no dispatehing Of an insufficient force half equipped and improperly sup piled, as was done when General Shaf- ter was sent away from Tampa
 The expedition TO 20 against Porto Rico will conSist of LetWeen 25,0o0 and 90,600 men. According 60 the spanish army register for 1899, tAe total strength of the Spanish regiment for3as i'll the Is land Of Por-o Rico Is a3t9. Of these 5214 are infantry armed with Mauser rifles; 732 are artillery and 21l are engineers. The total cavalry strength is 10 officers and men. The rest of the garrison is made of the civil guaIt, which is q sort of custom house guard, and the police force. There are ill the island, accord ing to the information brought back by Lieutenant Whitney, some l ,900 voiun- teers who are to be reekoned wirh as well as the additional men the Spanish commander might be able 10 impress from tine population of the island
 With total force ot some 2I ,0O0 it is not doubted that an American force of 2a000 or 30,00o with inc heip of the fleet will be ample to Iake ihe island
 To make mp this foeee, General Miles, who will organize 1T at Santiago afrer the fall of that city, will draw heavily on the nucleus CT regulars, who have borne themselves so spiendidiy at SaHti- ago. For the rest of the force he will take his choice of the reseryesat Tampa, including l2 GOO infantry, 3895 cavalry, and 1000 artillery, of the six regiments ar Mialui, the l2 regiments under Lee at Jacksonville, of the great mass of volunteers at Ghiekam1uga where more than 40 regiments are awaiting orders to the front, and of the big force still stationed at Camp Alg2r
 It Is not believed that there has been any change in the plan to have General Brookes lead the Porto Rico force, as Shafrer did that to Santiago General Miles as tha general commanding the army is expected to be in supreme com mand, however, General Brooke is next to Il III and is 10 be made military gov e1nor of the island after it has been sub- dued