The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15
THE SITUATION
ABOUT SANTIAGO.
Gomez Moving to the Coast
Daring Work by Amer
leans.

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Scommnnica.ions TO the insurgents.
landing arms and making trips ashore
for the purpose of gaining 'nforma
lion.
Lieut Sharp Of the vixen ana
Lieut.. Commander Delehanty OF the
Suwanee have been daily entrusted
viii important missions and nave
carried them out successfully The
Vixenss work has been chiefly Con
fined 70 carrying messages to and
sfro. but the Suwanee has been occa
pied IN . more serious task This
little gunboat has landed SOO, ,OUU
rounds Of small arms ammunition,
800 Springfield rides. LOU carbanes,
=, ,OW macaeses, Wild equipments aDo
provisions. These wese handed over
tp 800 insurgents Yesterday " ednes'
dsy about 10 miles west OF SANTA
30, the main body remaining IN the
mountains
a INSURGENTS NEED SUPPLIES.
q,bs aabartst;on of snnnl;es was
IS .si;;os. s. hnt nn;nlerruntad. The in.
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and ~ ia raw heef They had been
sl;;v;;ne, on lines cocoannts and sweet
not.toss Ensirn Gilpiu Of the Su
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sere e, sent from the Suwanee The
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70 the correspondent of the AS
socia1ed Press on the dispatch boat
Wanda. Enaign Gilpin. describing his
ernerienca .t 4 the camp. which is
abont 10 miles inland. said
s7..ss-I fonnd tha insurgents a rough
locking lot Of bows and old men.
r;ooed ont any way carving arms of
AZ Is s,,rta, and ali anxiious to o borrow
.nvthinp s M 3 Thad from, nv blouse to nv
reyolver 8 Fanr Snanish aoldiers in
.n;;fo,m carrying rifles. marched
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aa;d .a;d .he .hev s. wanted to ;o;n tSe insnr
s ssnss Thew rere enrolled. hnt a
] ,hev belonged 10 the civil guard A
Euban officer told me such additions
3 .ere NOT inf,eanent The Snaniards
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