The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-03

One Of the officials who read II eai0 IL Gun
veyed as much hopeful information as could
- expected. He said he had not expected
victory yet. But others we're far less hope
full In their views. That the battle was sun
raging meant that our men were passing
y through fearful ordeal. having been n
action now practically for thirty-sx hours.
The mere fact that the dispatch did not
chronicle a decisive advantage by the
American forces was construed by some Of
ficials as ominous.
Not 4 Word From Shafter
!. So. far as the dispatches were concerned
! the day was utterly devoid of any Informal
ton bearing on the situation. Secretary
Alger said at the close OF office hours that
+. he had not received word from General
Skater since the brief dispatch at 8 O'Clock
referring to the losses yesterday. Secretary
Long said at the same hour that nothing
had come from Admiral Sampson, and in
particular the secretary Of the navy dis
missed as groundless the rumor that WORD
had reached him that MORO Castle haG
been demolished by the American squadron.
General Miles was similarly without ad-
vices At o'clock he Joined Secretary Al
ger in the latter's office and the two con-
ferred for d long time on the military situa-
tion. Neither the secretary nor the COM
manding general underestimate the great
task before the American army. with an
enemy we'll entrenched in front of them.
with Cervera.s guns pouring shot and shell
into our lines, and with the possibility that
Spanish reinforcements have now swelled
the ranks of the enemy until they are
greater than the. combined forces under the
American military commander. But all that
the government in Washington can do Is
being done and done quickly The great
issua remains for General Shafter and his
forces to work out a conclusion. His call
IN the early part Of the day for large ad-
-ditional force Of medical officers was quick
ly responded to.
The Hospital Ship
81 The hospital ship Relief, which left New
York today, was given orders before sailing
to stop on her way south at Fortress Mon
roe, where the extra force of surgeons will
board her She will reach Fortress Monroe
tomorrow and will take on the physicians,
and then proceed hurriedly to the aid of the
wounded under Skaters command. Sur
geon General Sternberg of the army was
unable to make arrangements today for all
the medical assistants which General Shat
ter asked for. After considerable labor he
got together force of probably dozen
physicians, and these with the surgeons al
ready aboard the vessels will approximate
about twenty in all. These General Stern
berg hopes will be enough tc supply the
pressing wants of the army. The Relief
should reach Santiago in four or five days
II additional physicians are needed they will
be sent. General Sternberg says, on the
cruiser Yale. which is scheduled to leave
Norfolk about the middle of next week with
q large detachment of General Barretson's
brigade as reinforcements to Shafter.
The Surgical Corps
The personnel Of the surgical corps on the
Relief. so far as they could be ascertained
here today, is as follows: Major George H.
Torney, surgeon in charge; Mark Bradley.
surgeon. U. s. "; Lieutenant Colonel Mich
olas Sem Of Chicago, Captain W. M. c.
Gordas and the following contract surgeons:
Francis Metcalfe, Randolph NJ Myers, Fred
NJ Hartsok. Ernest C. Schultze. George H.
Torney, jr., John R. Hicks, Henry L. Brown,
James T. Artwine, Jesse Ransburg, Rufus
d. Boss, A. A Snyder, Charles c. Marbury,
James Mackall. S. Stanley Warren. Sur
geen General Sternberg left here this even
Ing for Fortress Monroe. where he will make
she starts on her trip to Santiago.
Sensational Rumors
During the afternoon sensational rumor
gained currency that radical changes in the
plans for the occupation Of Cuba were likely
to be adopted by President Mckinley. 1t can
be said upon the highest authority, how
ever, that nothing of the kind is in con-
temptation. 1t is possible the story was
due, In a degree at least, to a long confer
ence held during the afternoon between Sec
. rotary Alger and Major General Miles. The
conference led to the report that General
2 Miles was to go Immediately to the front,
probably to supersede General Shafter in
command Of tina army Of invasion. Secretary
Alger Informed the Associated Press en-
Tphatlcally that absolutely no change was
to be made In the Cuban plans or was in
contemplation.
:, Another prominent official Of the war de-
partment characterized the rumor that
Shafter was to be superseded as a injustice
to one Of the finest officers the army ever
had.
Miles Will Go to Cuba
The intimation that General Miles may
soon leave Washington for some point where
action is expected is likely to prove true, but
as yet there is nothing more tangible than
a rumor. 1t is the very evident purpose of
the war officials to send more troops to
Cuba as soon as possible. In response to
message sent to General Shafter two days
ago, a reply was received that the trans
ports now off Santiago would be sent back
to Key West at the earliest moment The
transports are needed to convey additional
troops to Cuba-troops that are evidently in
tended to reinforce Skaters command
Yellow Fever on the Yankee
Word reached the marine hospital today
that a suspicious case, probably yellow
fever. had developed at the naval hospital
at Key West, the patient being sailor from
the auxiliary ship Yankee. The facts were
reported to the department and an inquiry
f. was at once instituted by the surgeon gen.
eral of the navy. He is not apprehensive on
the subject, as the latest reports from the
hospital show no evidences of yellow fever,
and it is probable that the case is nothing
more than one having suspicious symptoms.
Secretary Long stated tonight that no
change had been made in the naval program.
Commodore Watsons fleet he said, would
( .Iail for Spain in few days, even should
Camara's squadron return to Spain.
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