The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-07-01
HAVE LANDED NEAR SANTIAGO.
10000 U. S. Troops Arrive Before
the BeIeaguered City,
HOT FIGHTING is EXPECTED.
Admiral Sampson and Mai.-Gen. Shafter
Hold Lengthy Conference and Visit
the Insurgent General Garcia-Hot
Fighting Expected.

rived off Santiago de Cuba, after SIX
days uneventful journey from Port
Tampa. The voyage throughout was
tedious and urinteresting. The weather
was excellent, and consequently there
was little suffering from seasickness.
But IA cases of typhoid fever, and some
measles developed, the former being
especially on the boats which carried
horses and mules. Surgeons, however,
say the health of the men is unexpect-
! edly good. The heat and long confine-
ment in the holds of the transports
have told very severely on the horses
and mules, and many of them died.
The first sight of land was obtained
in the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba,
and when the topmasts of the bloclIad-
ing ships were seen they sent thrill
of enthusiasm through the soldiers.
When the fleet of 81 transports swept
up the southern coast and slowed up
within sight of the doomed city of San
tiago de Cuba, the soldiers were greeted
with ringing cheers, which family
echoed to the transports from the decks
of the blockading warships far inshore,
and were answered by the troops most
heartily. An order from the admiral
stopped the advance of the transports
about Is miles to the southeast, and,
| escorted by the Gloucester, Gen. Shat
ter went forward on the Seguranca to
confer with the admiral. The trans
ports lay on the smooth sea while the
plans were discussed by the leaders on
board the flagship.
After Admiral Sampson and Gen.
Shafter had finished their first consul
tation they boarded the Seguranca
and went to Acerraderos, about II
miles west of Santiago, and near which
place Gen. CaliXito Garcia is encamped
with 5000 Cuban soldiers. Gen. Shat
ter and his staff and Admiral Sampson
went ashore and proceeded to Gen.
| Garcia's headquarters, about mile in
land, where they spent several hours
in consultation with the Cuban general.
At the conclusion of the conference
Gen. Shafter and other officers had lit
tie or nothing to say regarding the
plans for landing the American troops
Within "a hours, however, the work of
olsen barkation had begun. Three
thousand men, the vanguard of Gen.
Skaters force, first went ashore at the
old iron pier that was built to expedite
the shipping of Manganese ore from
the mines to the northward. While
the troops were passing ashore Admiral
Simpsons fleet bombarded the forts
both east and west of Santiago. A
force of 200 Cubans seemed to spring
out of the ground at just the proper
moment and attack the Spaniards near
Baiquiri. The Spaniards had prepared
to meet Decentralization to the west
of Santiago, and also to the eastward,
but at Baiquiri there was only Span
ish blockhouse on a high cliff to the
right of the landing pier, and small
fort and earthworks in the rear. Pro-
ceedings were begun by the American
fleet, which strung out along the coast
for 20 miles, hurting shells at nearly
every fortress. The Notifications at
Aguadzores, Cabanas, Siborney and
Juragua, as well as the block house and
the fort near Baiquiri were bombarded.
Dispatches direct from Shafter and
Sampson said there was very little re-
sistance from the Spaniards. The New
Orleans, Detroit, Castine and Suwanee
shelled the vicinity before the landing
and a big demonstration was made at
Cabanas to engage the attention of the
enemy. The Texas engaged the west
battery for some hours and had one
man killed. Admiral SIMPSONS dis
patch indicated that he was carrying
out his instructions thoroughly to clear
way for the landing of troops. The
cable station through which the Amer
lean commanders will communicate
with the departments at Washington
has been established as shown by the
dates of the dispatches received at
Playa del Este, a small place directly
on the coast and about Is miles east of
Santiago. The change was made from
Camp McCalla to Playa del Este in or
der that the station might be nearer
the scene of action.
Washington: In both army and navy
circles the information contained in
the dispatches of Gen. Shafter and Adj
miral Sampson was received with in
tense satisfaction. The landing of so
large body of troops as Gen. Shafter
at present has under his command as
task of immense proportions. A prom
inent official of the war department
said that the complete debarlation of
the troops, animals, field guns and sup
plies within a week after their arrival
off the Cuban coast would be a task
we'll accomplished.
1t is believed that bitter work is
ahead for Gen. Skaters men before
the Spanish flag comes down from
Morro's walls. The Spanish infantry,
cavalry and guerilla forces, estimated
by Admiral Sampson TO number from
30, 900 TO AZ, 900 men are stretched from
| Guantanamo to Cabanas, distance of
so miles, ready to concentrate at the
point of attack.
A cyclone 40 rods wide and 10 miles
long passed one mile south of Lambert
Vile, completely destroying the barns
| H.. - ii G1xrlxar