Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-07-21
Gen. titles Expects to Arrive
There Tomorrow Night.
10000 Men, Including Badg=
erS, to Attack.
Shafter Hay March Through
Cuba to Havana.

Washington July 19-Secreary Ager he left the white
house at midnight announced that the vanguard of the Porto
Rican expedition had started from Cuba Orders sent
Monday Gen Miles by Ager and to Sampson by Long to
start for Porto Rico possible The Yale carrying
Miles and part of the expedition and other transports carrying
remainder of the troops of Skaters command destined for
Porto Rico will proceed the landing place agreed upon under
convoy of SIMPSONS vessels Upon arrival landing will be
effected under the guns of the warsips Large
forces will be hurried to Porto Rico from
which have been ready leave for several days under
orders to start Unless delays that unexpected
should all the troops Charleston will have been EN-
barked before shutdown today The regular troops now at
Tampa will be hurried to Porto Rico rapidly ships
carry them 1t is the expectation of the secretary Of war that
within days 10000 American troops will be on Porto hean
soil.
Plans for the Porto Rican Expedition
Washington July 19-After three days of consultation be
tween the PRESIDENT Secretary Ager and Gen Brooke during
which time there frequent communication with Nen Miles
Siboney, the details of the Porto Rcan expedition were per
feccd and the expedition itself gotten under way zen Mics
with some artillery troops sailing Monday for Porto Rico on the
converted cruiser Yale 500 miles distant from Sboney to be
followed quickly bv an army of about 10000 There
some notable differences in the plans for this expedition and
from the stately naval pageant that sailed away from Tampa
to attack Santiago First, there will be practically no naval
onvovs The navy department has declared they unece
sav; that there Spanish warshp IN the West indies
that dare thrust bow Of port In the second place the
expedition does start from point but Will be dVded
among several ports thus preventing the tremendous congestion
encountered at TAMPA LASTLY there will be effort made
to Get the ships away together but the transports Will be al
lowed to find their way their destination without con
certed moves Gen Miles leads the way Gen Brooke will
be senior officer in Miles command and upon HIM Will ta the
responsibility for the execution Of the details OF ms SUPERIOR
plans 1t is estimated that Miles should arrive by tomorrow
NIGHT at the point selected for landing which kept secret
and viii hoist the American fag at once Porto can soil
The distance from Charleston, where the first body OF troops
for Miles expedition to start today, Is more than double the
distance from Santiago Porto Rico, that the transports
which sail from the former city scarcely reach Gen Miles
before the early part Of week These Charleston troops
are the first brigade Of the first division OF the first army corps
commanded y Brig Gen. George H. Ernst The brigade com
es te 2nd Wisconsin Ord Wisconsin and 10th Pennsylvania
regiments The purpose of Secretary Ager is to make the
Porto Rican campaign short The expedition to com
prise 10000 the and it will be swelled soon TO 4o
600 men and necessary to 10000 The entire body OF troops
at Tampa will be taken numbering about 5000 men mend
heavyand ghtarteryu command OF pen odS
The Tampa troops are known as the 1ouh corps ana are
under Mai Gen Coppnger They comprise the second DIVISION
under BreG Simon Snyder and made up OF the first or
gadc BrgGen Schwa 18th and 10Th T. > infantry second
Irio3Ie Braen Carpenter, 2nd New York. Ord Maryland
rlioade Gen Hudson Bird Pennsylvania 151t Indiana, Isl
Ohio Third DIVISION Brighten Kline commanding; hrst orr
-ade Col c. l. KEENAN,, 1st Ohio 1st Florida 52nd Michigan
second brigade Brig.Gen Lincoln, 69th New lork ora ono
2 aooia proysona cavalry brigade, Col Noyes 3t l. =
and detacmen Of the 1t md 3rd 9th and 10Th T. > eaya
eight troops Of rough riders artillery brigade Cen hnd@P1
light and ten heavy batteries III Is looe '" a." VI INC
aavalry viii not be called upon ~ ,.--.
Gen Brooke will take with him from Chckanauea park most
the first and second brgades OF his army corps me hrsl
These are Gn addition Gen Enss brigade at chIestq
second brigade first division, Gen. Hanes, 4th ONO ora III
mos 4th PENNSYLVANIA; third brigade, Col D. > Iu'er, l5'
Eentuckv 3rd Kentucky 9th Illinois, second division Col.
Holland first brigade Brighten G. T. Rose 3l Michigan
H Georgia 6Otl Indiana second brigade Gen Mckee otn
Ohio 15Sth Indiana. 1st West Virginia third brigade Dig
+cn Rosser 2nd Ohio 1st Pennsylvania 14th Minnesota
The movement Of the ships from Santiago to their ne" fed
Il action viii begin at once, and it probable that some q "a
u Simpsons ships detached Monday and are proceed
r. with Gen Miles Others win follow as soon as the 1uii
army expedition is ready make landing when an attack WI"
.e-tn simultaneously from land ana sea- ;..l
Secretary Long said Monday that no Apprehension gNs5
over the SPANISH threat that Camara squadron would r Or
ed part Of the ships coming this side to attack the Amer
seaport cities No time has been set Tor the dearure =
Commodore Watson squadron for Spain although tins move