Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-20
PORTO RICO CANP AIGN.
San Juan Practically lmpreguable on Its Land
side.
FORTS TO Be DESTROYED BY THE SHIPS,
Several cities 10 be Taken-The Details Of
General MILES, risns Not
Known.

New York. July CA special to the
Tribune from Washington says
while the details Of Gen. Nilcs's plan
or operations In Porto Rico are no; de
vulgcd. Il IL known that they are Who'll.
iy unlike those nccessitnicd BY The PEE
cullar conditions at Santiago. instoll
~ having O. single city % an objective
Gen. Miles has got 10 secure control
NJ an entire island and occupy q NUM-
h.r of cities. establishing q syftcm of
thorough and effective government Doc
900 lta districts. The chief city Of San
Juan can be only taken by the navy in
cooperation with large force. ashore.
aH Dc ls practically imprcrnnbio on Do,
Landslide. except by tedious siege with
heavy artillery The island d.. Iu
round numbers. n hundred miles long
ana 90 miles wide. and oven ne un-
ho1ltlleat coast ports arr seldom wise
lto1 hy yellow foycr. Most of the
Spanish troops In Porto Rico are
gathered at San Juan. and Il 10 gene
crai MIlcs's intention % land no least
3s miles from that stronghold and oc-
cury other important places while o.
heavy double turreiod monitors and
other armortd vessels OF the navy dos.
troy San Juans Notifications and com.
pei H. surrender by bomhirllnr. ~
necessary. n the navy part a. COM
piptcd nn speedily gH scheduled IN the
program approved hV tho war board
and other authorities hero. that city Will
hu ready Tor Con. HfH1Eu'H occupation
almost by the time that he can roach
there.
Con. Mflos's advance force consists
VI three regiment ul vllunNrr Infantry
III Gen. Gnrcisou'H brigade. tn, sixth
Illinois. the sixth M1HaachuHDtts and
llHht batteries q and N OF tho Seventh
artillery which started from Tampa
several days lEu. 1rU tu meet IN Mole
81 Nicholas. ThrHH batteries are in
the frnt lu the American army 10 b.
equipped exclusively with smnkcirss
powder. ana W0rH selected hy me COM.
mludIng general ON this account Gen.
Miles does not expect IN be- dependent
upon subsistence stores forwarded from
This country during his ramuairu. -
was ihH case with tho army iu Santi-
nrn. Porto Rico huH not been dcvaHtut.
"a hy the spauiards, and o a. believed
that American gold viii buy an tho
NNNN NNNlN NNNA ~ WfNNHHNfN NnN iNF
troops Fresh meet viii probably De
found In o. great abundance. ne II iH
IN most states Of tho Union. aud alto
rrihfr no difficulty N anticipated IN
living ON the country Tho towns %
be- captured outside ~ san Juan are
small. with two exceptions Ponce ami
M1yHEurz The former is the most
modern ana thoroughly progressive ~
cities In the West Indies n has a..
600 inhabitants and is said 90 be- the
hrllthicst place IN 1he island ~ also
contains the only Protestant church
In the spanish Antilles, ana In addition
tn i,H three nfHt-clHss hotels. cham.
Der % commerce, thrntrr and a
hank, possesses perfectly rquippHd
American Ore department. The reai-
lence N the military command is there
ana ltH population ia almost altogether
engaged ln mercantile pursuits Its
hnrhnr. two miles distant, admits vra-
s0ls NJ % fart dfnurht, ana lta climate.
though warm. l1 never oppressive. Nrl-
low fever has mover been known there.
MayHruez. ihn third city ln I'm.
rortnnurc. faces Mona channel ON tho
western side of Porto Rico. n has
$1,000 population. the minority white.
ana Ne exports arc chiefly coffee ana
sugar ~ climate o. oNcal.nt tho
temperature mover exceeding 90 de-
rrteH The city De- connected hy rail-
why from AgulinIlin ln the ulrthWHHt
M Inc bland. and another r1iirold runs
~ tarHH halfway toward Acocihn.
which n on the north coast 30 miles
west m San Juan, with which n I.
connected hy r1ll MnynrusE win nrnh-
ably be- the hrst town occupied by Gen.
Afllrs