Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-13
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<ShDE PORTO RICO.
q, 49,. 80 Pised ~ GensrsI MiIss
..srl AfisF That City
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\ wa.bi,..u,yshly i2.-The movement
Of the African army on Porto Rico
NAV =. on 70 nave begun. No troops
bava 20 left these shores openly con-
.,sssd 70 that island. but the continued
awarding OF additional regiments to /
santiago. when it Is recognized that |
General Shafter has as large an army as
he needs TO take that town, Is in reality
the laying Of the foundation Of the Por.
to Riean expeditionary force and the
hurry orders that have been sent to the
southern concentration camps for the
making ready Of troops for early move
ment mark the preparation for the SUI
perstructure.
The determination Of the war depart
ment to send formidable force for the
capture Of Porto Rico has been strength
ed by the resistance by the Spaniards in
Santiago. An effort will be made 20
avoid the mistakes Of the Santiago cam
paign. Although the force to be over.
come at San Juan is smaller than az
santiago, aud the hartor is by no means
80 inaccessible, IL is proposed to send a
larger army ON the next expedition, and
one that viii go fully equipped with the
artillery and cavalry IL needs. There
viii be no dispatching Of an insufficient
force half equipped and improperly sup
piled, ~ was done when General SHAFT
ter was sent away from Tampa.
The expedition to 20 against Porto
} Rico will consist Of between $4,000 and
$1,000 mon. According TO the Spanish
! army register Tor 1898, the total strength
OF the Spanish regiment forces in the Is
land Of Porto Rico Is 1919. OF these 52ll
are infantry armed with Mauser rihes
732 are artillery and Ell are engineers
Tho total cavalry strength Is 10 officer
and men. The rest OF the garrison d
made oi the civil guard, which Is sort
OF custom house guard, and the polic'
force. There are in the island, accord
I ing 20 the information brought back b
Lieutenant Whitney, some 1900 volun
tecrs who are 90 BE- reckoned with a
well as the additional men the Spanish
commander might BE- able TO impres
from the population Of the island.
With total force OF some ~ 900 IL 4
z not doubted that an American force o
. $4,000 or $1,000 with the help OF th
1 fleet will be- ample 70 tako the island.
} To make up this force. General Miles
q who will organize IL at Santiago ate
a the fall OF that city, will draw heavil.
on the nucleus OF regulars, who hay
/, borne themselves so splendidly at SAINT
ago. For tine rest OF the force he Wi
take his choice OF the reserves at lamps
including 1000 infantry, $500 cavalry
] and 1000 artillery, Of the six regiment
!. ut Miami. the IL regiments under L.
r at Jacksonville, Of the great mass a
n volunteers nc Chickamauga where NOR
:, than 90 regiments are awaiting order
70 the front, and OF the big force sti
= stationed a. Camp Algsr
J. II is not believed that there has becl
Q any change IN the plan 20 have Genera
g Brookes lead the Porto Rico force, a
< Shafter did that TO Santiago GenerJ
10 Miles as the general commanding "a
4 army Is expected TO be In supreme con
\ mand, however, General Brooke is nei
to him and is to be made military go'
ernor OF the island after IL has been sal
dued.