The San Francisco call., 1898-04-25
OUR WAR NEWS SERVICE.

"A MPLE arrangements have been made by Inc \ Call in alliance with the New York Herald to
 furnish the public with prompt and accurate reports of all events growing out ot the war "iti Spain, matter in what part o the globe they may These arrangements the result of prepara- tions made long before actual hostlities broke out, and as consequence are superior to any that may now be made hurriedly to meet the emergency.
 As the course of the struggle for the present at any rae will center mainly around Cuba, special care has been taken to provide good correspondents throughout that island and the West Indies generally Tn addition to reporters located at important points and thoroughly familiar with the situation, corps of accomplished writers and experienced news gatherers has been dispatched to follow the army ana the navy so as to be present whenever and wherever anything of note takes place.
 Among the representatives of The Gall and the Herald at the seat of war are Klch' ard Harding Davis, who is now with the feet ana Charles Akers, the Well-kno"h military expert, who is with the army. 10 assist in gathering the army news hve spe' cial correspondents who speak Spanish have been sent south to be ready to follow the first corps that makes the descent upon Cuba. Two powerful steel tugs, the oom' mers N. Smith and the Albert F. Dewey,
  photographers, are already with the fleet and in addition thereto The Call ana the Herald service will be increased by the fleet ocean steamer Tyr, flying the Danish nag. This steamer, with a competent corps of correspondents and artists, is now on her way to Porto Rico, and will cover the detail of the blockade.
 Arrangements for the prompt transmission of news cd md made as those for gathering it. Dispatches will be sent from St Thomas or Kingston as circumstances dictate and special reporter. stationed at all the West Indies and will send dispatches as long as the cables remain uncut If the cables de~troyed or communication by them is in any way interrupted the swift tugs of The Call and Herald will be ready to bring the news to the American coast witlou- delay
 It is to Le further noted that correspondents ot he Call and Herald will remain Madrid, Cadiz, Barce- Iona and St. Vincent, and arrangements have been made for comprehensive cable service from Europe i'll order to bring these correspondents into close touch with this country Finally there with each squadron half a dozen more naval ottcers, who will act as correspondents of The Call and Herald, and as these have special facilities for acquiring ln- formation and special aptitude for describing naval affairs their reports will be of great value to the public.
 It should be borne in mind that these arrangements made by The Call and Herald are not the result ot hasty action. They were planned long ago. A host of correspondents are already on the field. They in clude men who have lived in the West Indies for years While the hastily organized stafs of other papers will be involved in the confusion of affairs they do not understand and will be forced to send out as news multitude of rumors and reports Cf n, more value than as many fakes, the reports of The Call and Herald will be accurate and reliable.