The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-24
FROM SAMPSON DIRECT
Cable Dispatches Reach
Washington Half an Hour
y
After Filing.

WASHINGTON, June "a, 1S9S.-Admiral
Sampson is now in constant and practical
ly immediate cable communication with
the Navy Department. Six dispatches
were received in rapid succession through
the early hours of this morning, the last
one bringing the situation up to u o'clock
last night. They showed that only half
hour elapsed between the filing Of the
message by the Admiral, and the receipt
of it in Washington, SO that the authori-
ties here are now assured of being only
an hour behind the actual devel-
opments at the scene of action.
The despatch was reassuring In that it
made clear that Admiral SIMPSONS as
sault upon the harbor entrance, to which
Moro is the main defence, would not be
crippled by having the fire kept away
from that fertilization in order to protect
Hobson 1t leaves the result of such IN
attack open to the usual conditions of war
and not to that unusual and cruel device,
which it was feared had been resorted to
of protecting Morro by exposing Hobson.
This was coupled with the report of
the naval surgeons that our dead ma
rines were not mutilated, conveys a sense
of relief to the authorities here, as they
feel that the warfare now about to cul-
inmate in bloody fighting will be at least
mitigated by those humane rules which
govern the action of modern armies in the
field.
The other dispatches of Admiral Samp-
son covered a multitude of details which
have been deferred In the absence of
quick communication. They made re-
QUESTIONS for routine supplies of every
description, and indicated needed repairs.
mostly minor in character to the vessels
of the fleet. Not word was said as to
any engagement by the troops under Gen
eral Shafter, and as the Admiral is in
close communication with General Shat
| ter, naval officials regard this failure Of
| the Admiral to mention any action by the
! troops as conclusive in showing no action
| took place yesterday as was reported by
| the Spanish.
| During the forenoon a despatch came
| to General Greely, chiel -sgnal officer
from Lieutenant Colonel Allen, who is
| in charge of the telegraphic communi-
cation with the army. 1t was dated at
Playa del Este and simply indicated that
he was making arrangements to extend
communication along the shore as far as
Aquederos, which is probably about six
teen miles further to the westward than
Playa del Este. The despatch made no
mention of any battle or any other
| change in the situation, military or ma
| val.
From the. fact that Colonel Allen is
working his line westward to Aquederos
| it is evident to the military authorities
that the field of land action will be
III dISt
| the shore. covering probably from five to
hfteen miles. This will constitute the
| base of supplies, where the stores will
| be kept, and with which the advancing
army at all times will keep up its line
| of Communication, the first essential of
| an advancing army being considered to
| be that Of keeping up its line of COM
munication with the base of supplies.
General al, Miles $ Y ,,, commend n;aa of the ne
his staff and direct the military opera
| tions in the field. The doubt as to the
day and the definite statement made
| that he would go to Cuba. He will not
| leave this week, however. as has been
! suggested, nor is It settled just when he
There is thought to be no emergency to
require an immediate start, as General
/ Miles has the fullest confidence IN General
shafter, who is conducting the advanse
| on Santiago, and this confidence Is shared
| by the President and the Secre tars af
| War For that reason General Miles
| suming the direction of the assault on
| Santiago. as that movement Is likely to
be well advanced. If not entirely executed,
/ ky The time he leaves.
There are other important military
movements requiring attention here in
peaitions ns wheh viii go by W way e Of New
\ bort News and Tampa, Fla Tampa is
again to be made the rendezvous for a