Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-21
WILL OCCUPY THE
 ENTIRE ISLAND.
Force Enough Will Go to Porto Rico to Capture Every Town and City
 of Any Importance.

Washington, July 2l@-While the de- tails of General Miles plan of operations ill Pofto Rec are not diyulged, it is known that they are wholly unlike those neeessitatel bv the peculiar conditions at Santiago. Instead of having single city as an objective point, General Miles has got to secure control of an en- tire island and occupy number of cities, establishing system of thorough and effective government in all its districts. The chief city of San Juan can only be taken by the navy ill cooperation with large force ashore, as 1t is practically impregnable on its land side, except by tedious siege with heavy artillery
 The island is, in round numbers, 100 miles long and 40 miles wide, and even its unhealthiest coast ports arc seldom visited by yellow fever Most of the Spanish troops in Porto Rico are gather ed at San Juan and it is General Niles intention to land at least 3S miles from that stronghold and occupy other im- portant places, while the heavy double turreted monitors and other armored vessels of the navy destroy San Juan's forts and compel its surrender by bom- bardment, if necessary. If the nayy's part is completed as speedily as sched- uled in the programme, that city will be ready for General Brooke's oecupa ton almost by the time be can reach there.
 General Miles does not expect to be dependent upon subsistence stores for warded from this country during this campaign, as was tae case with the army at Santiago. Porto Rico has not been devastated by the Spaniards, and it is believed that American gold will buy all goods that is needed for the troops Fresh meat will probably be found in as great abundance as most of the states of the union and althgether no difficulty IS expected i'll living in the country.
 The towns 10 be captured outside of San Juan are small with two exceptions --Ponde and Maguguze. The former is the most modern and thoroughly pro- gressive city in the West Indies. It has ,5, 900 inhabitants and is said to be the healthiets place in the island It also contains the only Protestant church in the Spanish Antilles and in addition to its three first class hotels, chamber of commerce, theatre and a bank, pos sesses q perfectly equipped American fire department. The residence of the military commander is there and it's population is almost altogether occupied i'll mercantile pursuits. It's harbor, two mlles distant, admits vessels of 25 feet draught, and its climate, though warm, is never oppressive.
 Magaguze, the third city of impor- tance, faces Mona channel on the west ern side of Porto Rico. It has 10000 population. The majority are white, and its exports are chiefly coffee and sugar It's climate is excellent, the tenn perature never exceeding 90 degrees The city is connected by railway with Aguadilla, inc the northwest of the is- land, and another railroad runs to Lares, half way toward Areclbo which is on the north coast 30 miles west of San Juan with which it is connected by rail Archibo contains 1000 inhabitants and its harbor, though important, is exceed ingly poor.