The record-union., 1898-06-26

miles from Santiago, according to Gen
eral Skaters report.
Army officials say the name of Nc
Clintock, contained in General Shaft
ers, as we'll as in the Associated Press
dispatches, is undoubtedly wrong, due,
no doubt, to mistakes in telegraphing.
They say the name should be Captain
L. S. Mccormick who belongs tempo
rarily to the First Cavalry, to which he
was assigned at his own request from
the Seventh Cavalry, recently station
ed in the Southwest. There is no ofi-
Ger in the regular or volunteer army
by the name of McClintock. Captain
Mccormick is from Ohio, and was grad
uated from the military academy in
1876.
The Captain Wainwright referred to
in General Skaters dispatch as being
injured belongs to the First Cavalry.
His full name is Robert P Wainwright
He was born in Pennsylvania and ap-
pointed to the military academy from
New York.
Secretary Alger and General Miles
look for desperate fighting very soon
The main attention is given to hurry
ing forward reinforcements and stores
to General Shafter.
In this connection a serious loss
came to the knowledge of the War De-
partment to-day, when it was learned
that one lighter sent with the Shafter
expedition for the purpose of unload
ing the heavy guns had been lost 1t
leaves the invading army without
proper means of getting the heavy
siege gums from the transports to the
| shore. There is one small tugboat with
| the transport fleet, but it is not be-
lieved this one can be made available
for getting the big guns ashore. Be-
| sides the gums, there are heavy mounts,
caissons, trucks. etc, which nothing
short of big lighter can take ashore.
| How the loss of the lighter occurred
is not known.
Speedy steps were taken to remedy
this misfortune as far as possible. Ad-
jutant General Corbin telegraphed Cen
eral Coppinger at Jacksonville to see
that two large lighters were sent at
once to the fleet of transports with
Shafter. The order told General Cop
pinger there was need of the utmost
haste. It is probable that General Cop
pinger's quartermaster has lighters
near at hand, otherwise it is expected
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anything within reach on the Florida
| coast.
In the meantime it is expected that
the naval vessels off Santiago will as
sist in getting the guns ashore, al
| though it is doubted if they can afford
| much more aid than the tugs.
| Army officers to-day read the news Of
yesterdays engagement with interest,
h11f cav -il
facts that are essential to enable one
| TO form clear conception of the details
Of the movement attempted by Cen
eral Lawton and Colonel Young, which
resulted in severe loss for the Rough
| Riders. The Rough Riders were sup
| piled with at least two Colts automatic
| machine guns when they started for
| Tampa, and the officials are waiting TO
! hear if they We're used with effect or
not These little guns weigh only thir-
ty pounds. They are easily transport
| ed on mule back, and may even be
packed along with a tripod by SOL
| dier for short distance.
| Only one message came during the
night to the Navy Department from Ad-
miral Sampson, and it was in no wise
connected with yesterdays enga cement.
The report was current that he had no.
| titled the department over night Of his
| intention to begin the bombardment Of
| the forts at the entrance of Santiago
harbor to-day and to continue the
| bombardment until the last gun was si-
/ fenced. No such cablegram was re-
ceived, though no doubt is felt that Ad-
miral Sampson, who is in full and free
| communication with General Shafter
will use his ships in the manner referrad
20 if it be deemed best to do so.
At General Miles headquarters deep
interest was manifested in the reports
Of the first bloody engagement. The
General was early at his desk, but when
| he arrived found nothing from General
! Shafter or the others in the field He
said he did not regard this as surpris-
ing, and looked for fighting instead Of
reporting.
At 10 o'clock General Miles and Sec
retary Alger held a long conference The
General, when asked as to the situation.
said the press reports told the whole
story so far as was known. 1t showed
the terrible earnestness and the cour-
age of our men, and the spirit with
which they were entering upon this at
tack. The loss of Captain Capron and
the other brave men from the Rough
Riders and cavalrymen was a serious
blow, General Miles said He said Cap
tain CaprOn had been one of the very
best officers in the United States SER
vice, a man who knew no fear He
was a style of the staiwart American
soldier. broad d-shouldered and athletic
in build, and man of most prepossess-
ing personal appearance
Rnnning over the list of dead and
wounded, General Miles had a good
word to say for each one, so far as he
knew them, and among the regulars he
knew almost every man
When asked if he felt that General
Pando, the Spanish division commander
at Holguin. could be kept from bring
ing in reinforcements of 10000 men
down to General Linares at Santiago.
General Miles said the Cubans, must be
depended upon to hold back Pando.
General Garcia has been specially
charged with throwing his Cuban forces
across the line of communication be-
tween Holguin and Santiago. and this
together with the difficulties of progress
along the hundredmile stretch between
the two places, promised to prevent
Spanish reinforcements reaching Santi
ago.
General Miles observed his usual re-
serve as to the sending of new expedi-
tions with reinforcements 1t is unite
evident, however, that reinforcements
will be hurried forword both from
Tampa and from Newport News. AL
ready General Duffield's force on the
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