The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-06-17
Invaders BOUND FOR CUBA.
Sailed From Key West at the Break
Of Day.
Generai shafter wiii Lead $1,000 Boys In
Hue to Victory The Invading Army
chiefly Composed of Regular
Infantry Regiments.

Washington, June 1.-THE frst
army Of invasion 10 Cuba Is now we'll
on its way. % transport steamships
bearing ~. 900 officers and men, con.
voycd by battleships, cruisers, gun.
boats and auxiliary craft, sixteen in
humber, having actually sailed from
Key West at daybrcak Monday morn.
ing. An authoritivc statement TO this
effect was made at the war department
yesterday, setting lat rest all reports
that the expedition was on its way or
had landed last week.
By Thursday at the late,t the trans.
ports will be- OIL santiago, and large
American army will make its landing
on Cuban soil Admiral sampson has
cleared the way for this undertaking.
aud little danger II apprchcndcd In
getting ashore. IL will be- after that,
when the advance Il made, that the
actual development may be looked
for
The United states regular troops
make mp the greater part OF the force.
there being only three volunteer organ.
izntlons ON the ships. These are the
scvcnty.hrst New York infantry vol.
untccrs, the Second Massachusetts, In.
fantry volunteers, aud two dismount.
ed squndrons Of four troops each from
the Grst United States volunteer cav.
airy. the regiment which Colonel Wood
commands, and Of which Theodore
Roosevelt Is lieutenant colonel
Whether any OF these officers are with
the two squadrons named IL not yet
known AZ the war department II was
dinlcult 10 prevail upon the mounted
rihcmon TO leave their mounts behind,
hut this was was n matter Of necessity
II Is said, owing TO lack Of accommo.
dntions for the horse on shipboard.
The full list Of the troops that made
up this expedition, a. reported TO the
war department by General shafter,
10 ~ follows:
Infantry regiments Sixth. sixteenth.
Sevcnty.hrst New York volunteers
Tenth. Twonty-Hrst. Eighth. Twenty.
fourth, Twcnty-sccond, SECOND Massa-
chusctts volunteers; First, Fifteenth,
thirteenth, seventh. Seventeenth.
Third. Twentieth. Total Infantry.
$40 officers. aud lo,7op enlisted men.
n Cavalry Two dismomtcd squadrons
Of four troops each from the Third.
sixth. Ninth. First aud Tenth cavalry,
and two dismountcd squudrons ~ four
troops each from the First United
States volunteer cavalry Total dis
mounted cavalry, isd officers, es55 en-.
listed men; mounted cavalry. one
squadron Of tho Second. officers and
ESQ enlisted men.
Artillery Light batteries Is aud n
First artillery, A and + SECOND urtl.
lery, 10 officers aud sea enlisted mor
batteries q aud II Fourth artillery Z
oniccr- aud ~ enlisted mcn.
Engineers Companies e and Z, . os
fccrs aud 200 enlisted men. n
signal Corps one detachment, g oi
iicers and e. enlisted men.
Hospital attachments are included
In the above Ggurc,. The stan corp,
numbers IS officers. The grand total
Of the expedition Is ga officers aud ~
s0i enlisted men.
Aside from the men and officers
making mp the expedition, the boats
carried a vast quantity Of supplies,
ammunition add war equipment, nee.
cssary to maintain an organization Of
this size for at least 90 days.
Rough mdsr- Tor Porto Rico.
Fort Russell, Wye. June u. --Colonel
rorrcy's men VIII 20 to jacksonville