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for the Next Forward Movement
Fear of Yellow Fever MT the
FRONT Allayed by a Message From
Gen. Want.
ed to Take the Prisoners Back In
Spain.
WASHINGTON, July IA council
OF war was held this afternoon at the
Wnlte house, which was attended by
the president, Secretary Alger. Secre-
tary Long and Capt Crowninshield
chlet or the bureau of navigation and
member OF the naval war board. IT
was stated after the meeting that pans
rad been discussed for an aggressive
movement in which both the army
and navy will take part, against Porto
| Rico.
Before going to the White house Sec
| retary Alger had been in conference
with Gen. Brooke for two hours. They
had before them a large number a.
maps of Porto Rico and a plan of cam
| paign was discussed from every point
OF view. 1t is said that Gen. Miles will
| and that Gen. Stone and Col. Michler
| Of his staff, will leave from New York
| in Gay or two on the Resolute. to ioin
| the general at Santiago
Secretary Long would not discuss the
naval programme, except to say that
| active preparations are on foot for the
next forward movement
Another important conference was
held at the White house tonight, the
| participants being, besides President
| Mckinley, Secretary Long, Admiral
| Sicard and Capt. Mahan, of the war
| board; Adtt. Gen. Corbin was present
| during Part of the deliberations. The
| ccrclus;on Of the campaign at Santiago
| affords the president and his support
| crs immense satisfaction, but no dis
position is manifested to let the war
| rest for a moment Even before the
details of the Santiago campaign have
| been cleared away, the expedition
against Porto Rico absorbs the atten-
ton of the president. He fully realizes
that the war can be prosecuted to a
| speedy and successful issue only BY
| pressing the advantages already gain
ed, and, as one of the officials express
ed 1T tonight: "The president proposes
to strike while the iron is hot"
| Arrangements for the Porto Rico eX-
| peottion were under discussion by the
| president and the war board tonight.
1t may be two or three days before the
details of the new invasion are worked
| out, but 1t is probable that before the
end of the present week the military
forces of the expedition will have
effected a landing not far from San
Juan.
NAVAL DEMONSTRATION.
Prior to the landing, a naval demon
stration probably will be made against
| the San Juan Notifications. The YES
sells taking part in the bombardment
| will be part of the fleet of Admiral
Sampson, but what vessels have been
| ordered to Porto Rico could not be as
certained. No definite decision has been
| reached yet as to the strength and
| personnel of the land forces to be sent
| to Porto Rico. For a time it was sun
| posed that few, if any of the troops
now under Gen. Skaters command at
Santiago. would be sent to Porto Rico,
but it is known now that at least a
part Of Skaters command will be in
the new expedition.
Gen. Brooke, who is scheduled to 60
| to Porto Rico, desired to take with him
the troops which constitute his corps
| at Chickamauga, but it has been de-
| termined not to send that corps in its
| entirety. 1t is believed by the war Of
| fcials that not so many men will be
needed in addition to the number to
| be sent from Cuba, and only a part
| of Gen. Brooke's corps will form. there
fore, that part of the Porto Rican ex-
| pedition which is to be sent directly
| from the United States.
| Gen. Miles is in constant communica-
tion with the administration, and much
reliance is being placed upon him in
the matter of the selection of the land
forces for the Porto Rican expedition.
Direct communication with Santiago.
via Playa del Este and Hayti, has been
established, but it is likely. in the opin-
ion of Gen. Greedy, the chief signal Of
ficer, that even better communication
will have been established in day or
| two.
| TRANSPORTS WANTED.
| During the day the secretary of war
| indorsed the plan of Col Hecker for
the transportation Of the Spanish forces
| at Santiago back to Spain, approving a
circular Col. Hecker had pre- parsd CALL
| ing for bids for transporting the Span
| iards home. 1t provides for an aggre-
| gate of 1000 Spanish officers with first
| class cabin accommodations, and 24,001
| soldiers with third-class steerage pas
sage. The circular says that the Span
| ish forces will be delivered on boats at
Santiago for transportation to Cadiz,
Spain, or such other port as may be
designated. 1t is provided that the ac-
| commodations are to be up to the stan
dard required by the United States
| army regulations as to officers and
| men, in regard to galleys, ventilation,
| etc. The subsistence furnished Is TO be
| equal to the prescribed United States
army ration, which is set forth in de-
| tail as a guide to bidders as to what
| they must furnish.
FEVER SITUATION.
The only disquieting information re-
ceived during the day was as to the
| yellow fever conditions at the front,
and this dispatch was modified in an
encouraging way by Gen. Skaters lat
| er news. 1t was a dispatch from Col.
Greenleaf, chief surgeon with the army
in Cuba, saying that sixteen new cases
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