The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-06-08
THE INVADING ARMIES.
THE VAST SUMS OF MONEY THEY
WILL NEED


WILL NEED
70 Haud Ard Mainsatn Public Highways
and Mui a-y Railroads. and Dcrray M
me ous Expe ases Iooideat t, Occup1-
ton tie SevsrAl Islands.
In significant recommendations sub,
nisted TO Congress Wednesday, Secre-
tary Alger through the medium of q
letter accompanying his recommen-
dations, outlines in general way the
steps contemplated in the cam psign
against Cuba, Porto Rico and The
Philippines. Tne letter is from Chief
Ea2ineer Ludlow, who mskes the i'm
portant statement thatit is nov pro.
posed to forward to Cabs an army Of
invasion to be composed OF Is 600 or
20, 600 troops, to be followed as rapid
" IS practicable by 50, 1000 more. The
secretsry's recommendations are for
appropriations aggregsting s. 1O7, 900.
'OSe recommendation is for 81, 562 600
OF deficiency in the appropriation for
gun and mortar batteries, required
Immediately for the use OF the war
department, to remain available unit!
extended" This smou0t is needed
to provide emplacements for carriages
Of high power and rapid FIRE guns to
be procured by the o?daancs depart
ment with the funds already appro-
pristed, etc. A second one is for
Sl95 600 "ior the establishment and
maintenance OF special electrical com
muL.cation in connection with the
army IN Cuba, Porto REQ and the
Philippine Islands. ="
Then follows q significant recJm
nendation for $3.50, 900 for an exp di
ticnary force to Cuba required BY
the war department for immediate
use" The items are SIS follows:
For machinery and eQuipmen: for
the construction and repsir OF roads,
S25 .OG0; construction and EQUIPMENT
OF military railroads, 1925 600; addi
tional insrenching tools. electric ap
pliauces, photogrs phic aud toposraph-
ic outfits, instruments and lamps,
manuals for special and technical ser
vices, $50, 900; gencies involv-
ing immediate expenditure OF lmpera-
i've urgency that cannot be spec!hso
IN advance, 70 be expended under the
direction OF the major general CON-
mending the army, $4,000"
The letter outlining the expedition
ary projec. against Cuba is written by
General Ludlow, whose special en-
gineering services Wera availed OF by
Secretary Alger to outline what IS
needed. It is dated May %; it vas
forwarded by Secretary Alger, and
says:
Referring to my letter of April 25,
covering the project with estimate
for the establishment in Cuba of an
ex pedisionary force OF from 5000 TO
5, 900 men, I invite attention to the
following:
provisional estimates for this puy-
pose amounted to $3.50 034, which
have been approved and made expen-
dloe. under the Immediate direction
OF the msj,r general commanding the
army, in the deficiency &C! approved
May 4, 1898. This did not include
several items that, while impor.snt,
could tenn porarily be ommitted on the
supposision that no immediate move
ment would be made.
Furthermore, the project for the
transfer TO Cuba OF sn expeoitlonsry
force has been materially modified, IN
tha. instead of an assumed force of 81
coo for the establishment Of depot
snd base of supplies, is now proposed
10 send %, 600 troops, to be followed
as rapidly as practicable Dy 1000
more. Il is therefore necessary 10
make provision Tor the greatly aug
mented scale on which the expedition
10 be equipped and for its forward
movement II the direction Of Cuoa. "
General Ludlow says for obvious
reasons the plans in detail cannot be
given, bu! tnat IN general Way they
can os outlined. The general nature
OF these engineering provisions, how
ever, may be clearly indicated, and in
fSct estimated for. In the ensuing
cam paign account must Ds taken Of
the fac! that the rainy season IN Cuoa
covers the summer months and must
be anticipated as affecting the time
and means required for transportation
in order not to delay movements and
I'm perisl nealth. There are few regu
larry Quilt roads in CUBA, the prlnci-
pal ones being westward OF Havana.
1t is not Likely that these roads have
oeen kept in repair, aud 1t is quite GER
Tain that others must be constructed
and maintained. This will require
rosdnaklng machinery, as economlz-
ing tue labor OF troops and leaving
them free for tbs purely military
work, for which the numbers IN QUes-
tion will not be more Inan sufficient
10 equal the enemy. In addition,
special means OF transportation will
Do necessary, and portable lhree-feet
guage railroads. must be provided
DcIh on the esta olished lines and
along such additional and connecting
t,pec oc mo q ho Faoeihlo cO6 aTnpH1-