Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-22
FORCE At SANTIAGO WILL REACH $4,000



,pr to the proclamation Of the Presi-
Ami ana the declaration Of Congress
The end Of that period lnds nearly
1000 United States troops lying M
santiago preparing to land: It finds
cable communication established be-
tV,sn the government at Washington
and the advance guard N the eNpedi-
tion In cuba. and It finds cuban terri
t.,fy In the possession N the United
states marines. backed by q squadron
and nearly All OF the commercial ports
OF cuba blocladcd. This Is all apart
from Dcwcy'a great victory at Manila
and the splendid results achieved In
organizing the splendid armies now In
camps.
Tho officers NJ the administration
f.ei that they have right 10 look back
with pride over what has been accom-
pIfhsd In the short space ~ two
,nsnths. working In large part with
raw material Ia both the army ana
Tbe government has now determined
g., Ind heavy rriufufrsmruu TO Gen.
ghluer at Santiago. 10 this end the
Urst expedition VIII leave N'wpIrt
New Thursday morning, carrying Gen.
uuHlaId's separate brigade Of the Sec.
ami army corps. made w OF the Ninth
Mao thusrtta, the Thirty-thlrd ana
ThIfiy.f1urth Michigan and tho Third
Virginia rcglmcnto, Ia all about 1000
men.
idiy hy others by way of Tampa, Tor
while Fofnandina and Miami are c1n-
sIdrrad Goo have many good points Tor
concentrating troops. yet army officials
nps now satisfied that Tampa can bo
retained with advantage a. the main
point 1f cmbhrtntlon.
Tho next forces to go will Include
those ~ iirlE, Gen. GnrrciHun % the
Second brigade. First division. SECOND
army curpa. embracing the Sixth III
ula. the Sixth Massachusetts, aud the
farhth and Ninth ohio regiments.
UUr Gen. Guy V. Henry. q dlHtln-
ruIshtd cavalry officer ~ tho regular
army arrived here today from Tampa.
and tho present plans arr for Cen
Henry 20 command IL division made OF
she hrlRadoH NJ Cen. buiiluld ana Gen.
Gen. gnrr,tHon. this division compriH-
ing 900 men. o. be- Tor tho speedy re
enforcement " Gen. Sh1ftrr II VIII at
once swell the American forces nt SAN
tnro DC cuba 90 about $4,000 men,
uut the sxp,ditl will not stop at
that number ne there ia n determined
force to crush any Spanish command
which can be concentrated AZ that
The reports from Santiago that a..
900 Spanish troops are in aud about
the city do not nErHU with the reliable
estimates IN thr possession OF the war
department According iu the littrf
thcrc nre not 90 exceed 1900 spanish
troops at Santiago. while 100 miles
away % The northwest. az HolTuln. The
spanish corps commander, Den. Pando,
has 10000 men. The war department
is satisfied ihnt the cuban forces I'M
der Garcia con kgrp Iandn from rrln-
forcing saut.lFn' Fhlnld this not be-
accomplished the Spanish forces nc
Santiago would he aurm NJ q % about
.inl1 men, They are M wei armed.
wei disciplined, unHd 10 the climate.
know thf fighting grounds ~ that Loo
ctliiy, md arc probably AZ good an ALL
around nghunr force ~ the spaniarda
can bring 90 bear
Thtrr IL nn purpose on the part ~
the authorities here e. leave Gen.
shHftsr with INADEQUATE forces 90 meet
thr seasoned Spanish forces % o. Cor
thIa reason, IN part, that division.
probably under ucn. Henry viii rgln-
force Nhnftur, followed hy such uddi-
tioull troops as ~ needs ~ the sltun-
alton seem 10 demand
UP o. tho close nl office hours today
neither the war NOR navy department
had any detailed confirmation Hs 90 the
arrival uf tht troops ut Santiago The
entire Information today was confined
10 one hrlof diHp1tUh from Captain
Allen ~ the signal service 90 Gen
Grrlry. stating MAT the troop trans
ports had arrived. This was enough.
however, Go start basel H rumnrs that
the actual landing 10 troops was Ia
prnFrcsH, ana one report went 60 the
eNtent N stating that thu troops were
landing under heavy IRE from tha
spanish forces
Secretary AlEer and Gen. Miles as.
posed N these reports, saying that nj
such Information was ht hand. and
secretary Long made the same dis.
clnlmer Tor the navy department.
II may be true, however. that IN,
landing n now In progress. and nj.
though II IN not impossible. Official.
consider II improbable that any landlnr
N going on under Spanish nrt
The landing itself may take conHidora-
Die time longer than was ANTICIPATED
ana officials believe that az loust three
days more Will bee required before Tho
troops ARE on shore aud In any sort ol
organized condition, Some ~ the army
officials allow even more than that
time, one ~ them holding thnt u viii
take quite n month 20 gct all the troop,
ever. II 10 get on the troops nrst. lcnv.
Ing the storef 10 be- taken on later
and the siege train last Of nll
The officials ~ the navy department
were not deeply concerned over the r.,
port from ilongkong that the Chimes,
authorities had ordered the United
States Ghpatch boat Zanro out o
Chinese waters without allowing her 4
take supplies a. Dewey The reason fol
this uncuncsrn was u conviction thai
the cruiser ChnrleHtn and thro,
biz transports have already reached
Manila, carrying large quantity o
Just such supplies ~ the American ilce
there would most require. Then, too
Il was felt that the Hnnro had al
ready been treated with consideration
and had probably obtained all the prlv
lcgcs 10 which she was entitled II
Chinese waters.
II was said at the navy department
that nothing had been heard from IN,
admiral himself since a dispatch re-
celvcd from IIongkong day before yes
to-day. brought 90 that port by IN
Ianro. Az the dispatch boat lef
Dewey about Thursday last at the lat
'Ht, she could, of course. bring no new
Of the arrival OF the transports.
Lieut. q. J.. Logan, who Naa beol
one NJ the hardest worked of Capt
Crownlnahleld's aides IN the navigation
bureau, has gone 10 Buffalo and Wi
take there draft Of sailors 10 maj
The cruiser Buffalo, which ~ now ly
lng M New York. Nr, Logan win b
Unsigned Co duty ON the llumnlo. un
der command NJ capt Hcmphll. a
present IN charge Of The recruiting ser
wee In the navy department. IN