New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-02
CAMPAIGN PLANS OUTLINED.
~ CHA. PORTO RICO AND THE PHILIP
PINES

THE FIRST CUBAN ARMY OF INVASION
WILL. CONSIST OF FIFTEEN OR TWENTY
THOUSAND MEN AND FIFTY THOU
SAND MORE WILL FOLLOW
washington, June lin recommendations
..,,,-,sd 10 Congress to-day Secretary Alger.
,..orrh the medium OF letter outlines in
..,sral way the steps contemplated In the cam
s,or against Cuba Porto Rico and the Philip
ties The letter is from General Ludlow. the
r,,s. Of Engineers, who makes the statement
,ha, Is now proposed 10 forward TO Cuba an
INV Of invasion TO he composed Of fifteen
.ho,ssnd or twenty thousand troops. TO be fol-
I'D as rapidly as practicable by fifty thou
80 more The Secretary's recommendations
vsrs for appropriations aggTegating 10000.
o,s s FOR 50 $4,000 deficiency in the appro-
nration for gun and mortar batteries. required
Immediately for the use OF the War Depart
ment. % remain available until expended"
This amount IS needed TO provide emplace
-,snts tor carriages OF high power and rapid
Ere guns TO be procured by the Ordnance De-
partnent with the funds already appropriated,
etc second one is for s195 900 for the
establishment and maintenance Of special cleo
trical communication IN connection with the
Army in Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippine
Islands This amount includes the purchase.
equipment and repair OF feld electric telegraph.
signal equipment, etc. binocular glasses, tele-
scopes hel.ostats and other necessary instru-
rents. including necessary meteorological In
s-ruments for use on target ranges. war bal
Icons telephone apparatus excluding exchange
service and maintenance Of the same electric
Installations and maintenance az military posts;
maintenance and repair OF military telegraph
lines and cables. including the salaries OF
civilian employees. supplies. general repairs, etc
Then follows q significant recommendation
for $3.50 OCO for an expcditionary force 10 Cuba
required by the War Department for In
mediate use" The tens are as fellows: For
machinery and equipment FOR the construction
and repair Of roads $4,000; construction and
equipment Of military railroads. $4,000 add
tional intrenchinE tools. electric appliances,
PHOTOGRAPHIC and Topographic outfits, nstr'i-
nents and mans, manuals and for special and
technical services, $4,000: contingencies IN
volving immediate expenditure Of imperative
urgency that cannot be specified in advance. 20
BE- expended under the direction OF the major
general commanding the Army, $4,000
GENERAL LUDLOws LETTER
The letter outlining the expedition against
Cuba IS written by General Ludlow, whose spe-
cial engineering services We're availed OF by
Secretary Alger 70 outline what was needed
T. is dated May 90 was forwarded by Secretary
Ager, and says
Referring 70 my letter OF April 2o. covering
thep-o1ect with estimates for the establishment
In Cuba of an expeditionary force Of from three
thou s5rf u Ave thousand men. / invite atten-
ton & the following: Provisonal estimates for
hcenvapprOprated and made expendaOle under
the Immediate direction OF the major general
commanding the Army in the deficiency act APP
od Ma 4
eral items that. while important. could tempo
r2rily be omitted on suppos.tlon that no I'M
mediate movement would be made. Further
more the project for transfer 10 Cuba Of an ex-
pedtionary force has been materially modified
IN that instead Of an assumed force Of five
thousand for the establishment OF a depot and
base OF supplies. it is now proposed to forward
army Of invasion 70 he composed Of fifteen
thousand or twenty thousand troops 70 be fol-
lowed as rapidly az practicable by nifty thou
sand more Il IS therefore necessary 70 make
provision FOR the greatly augmented Gcale on
which the expedition is 10 be equipped and for
Is forward movement IN the direction Of Cuba.
ROAD-BUILDING N CUBA.
General Ludlow says for obvious reasons the
plans in detail cannot be given. but that IN
general way they can be outlined. He says:
The general nature Of these engineering pro-
visions however, may be clearly indicated and
in fart estimated for In the ensuing cam
Ps.gn account must be taken Of the fact that
the rainy season IN Cuba covers the summer
tho time and means required for transportation
In order not 10 delay movements and imperi!
health. There few regularly bull, roads in
Cuba. the principal being westward OF Ha-
vana II IS not likely that these roads have
been kept IN repair and IT is quite certain that
others mus, be- constructed and maintained.
This w;l require road making machinery, as
econom.zing the labor of troops and leaving
them free for the purely military work.
IN addition special means Of transportation
VIII b necessary. and portable three-fO gauge
iallroads must be provided, both on the estaD-
!shed lines and along such additional and con-
,.scting lines may be feasible and expedient
for railways there should not Dc less than thirty
miles Of track and suitable equipment. which
may se estimated at 5000 per mile for track
unu 5000 per nile for equipment. The total
vi 'his Item, therefore. Is S225V r Three out
nus OF road-maklng machinery. including rock
Eodtry'ng aud crushing apparatus. road rollers.
e..oHsrs and graders. will cost. at 5000 each,
~, e-1yp In addition there should be
S14'ional allowance Of say 10000 for cleo
nc hghts. dynamite and torpedo appliances.
etc.