New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-01
INVADERS PUSHING FORWARD
AMERICAN FORCES MOBIIIZING RAPID
LY AT AGt'ADORES, FOUR MILES
FROM SANTIAGO


FROM SANTIAGO
on Board The Associated Press Dispatch Boat
Dandy off Juragua. Province Of Santiago de
Cuba June %, via Kingston. Jamaica. June 30
The forces Of the American Army are being
modified as rapidly as possible near Aguadores,
four miles from Santiago de Cuba The moment
the tedious task is completed the attack on
spain's last ditch in Eastern Cuba will be be-
gun When that will he General shafter himself
cannot say.
The troops can be moved without serious de-
lay. and are pushing forN ard rapidly but the
movement Of the pack-trains. wagons amhu-
lances and artillery is taxing the skill and en-
durance Of the officers and men 10 the utmost
From Baiquiri where the artillery was landed.
to the present point OF concentration the road
runs through a tangle of tropical underground.
UP and down steep hsides and oyer freacher-
ous swamp -bordered streams for distance of
twelve miles
Through this continuous thicket the rear guard
of the Army is cutting lis way Engineers are
at work levelling the track and filing pits while
laxye force OF Regulars and Volunteers. with
axes aided by Cubans with maohetes. is hack
ing down trees and clearing out the brush
few light guns have already reached this port.
but the siege guns are not vet within FIVE miles
Of the vanguard.
WHERE THE TROOPS ARE cAMPEp.
General shafter left his ship to-day and took
up his quarters with General Wheeler at the,
front. His appearance there gave rise to the
rumor that an attack on Santiago would occur
to- morrow but the staff officers tonight say "
Is impossible to get the Army in shape 10 strike
blow for several days
About two thousand troops canped four
miles east Of the heseged city. and the re
mainder Of the forces stretch along the road
from there to Juragua and Baqur'
The advance forces are in a sencircle. the ieft
flank resting about TWO miles from the sea.
under the command II General Chanee. with th'
extreme right. under the command Of Colonel
Miles about a mile 70 the northwest Beginning
with the IN lUlbh'lf II. 'H' 'N
7th nth 4,h 25th and 10Th Infantry extend 10
rhe rieht in the order named Beyond them
picket lines are established three quarters OF a
mile nearer. Santiago City being in plain sight
- General Chanee's and Colonel Nless troops.
Much amusement has been caused among the
officers by the large number Of Red Cross rags
nv,ng from buildings IN Santiago. Seven such
flags could be counted today. and II is reported
that tyyo more were hoisted tonight.
RED CROSS FLAGS FOR PROTECTION
They are all flying from the largest and most
rron,jnent buildings, and our officers say the
snanish soldiers evidently intend to thus try to
nrotect every place in the city offering a good
mark for the American artillery.
For the last day or two the landing places
have been without incident The Hospital Corps
has finished its camp. ard several patients are
already undergoing treatment. There q
number Of cases Of measles under the care Of
the physicians. but majority Of the cases OF
sickness result from the heat and the extreme
hardships the men have undergone.
The feet lies silently and grinly waiting for
the moment 70 come when II shall finally meas
ure it's strength with the harbor batteries.
All day long four American men-of-war lay
within mile and half OF Morro's guns. but
not shot was fired That the Spaniards did
not risk a shot or two is taken 10 indicate that
they are very short OF ammunition The Iowa.
the Massachusetts, the Indiana and the New
Orleans could easily have been hit. as they lay
almost motioness within such easy range. but
Moro might have been a country schoclhouse
FOR all the hostile demonstration it made.