The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-10
WILL END
THE WAR.
Move on Cuba by Land
and Sea at Once.
PLANSARECHANGED
Fifty Thousand Men WillSWeep
the Island.
SHARP, SUCCESSIVE BLOWS.
From Now On There viii
Be No More Delay.
ARMS FOR THE INSURGENTS,
This Morning a Steamer Sailed Laden
with Thousands Of Springfield Ri
flee and Many Rounds ofAmuni
ton for the Patriots Assail-
cd on Land by Ameri-
cans and Cubans and
on Water by Our
Warships, ca
ba VIII be-
Free.
ARMS FOR THE INSURGENTS,

WASHINGTON, j.. c., May 9.-The plan
Of military operations against cuba has
been materially changed. The proposition
10 send 5000 troops to- establish q base
of supplies, and 90 stop at that for a.
while. has been abandoned. This plan.which
was at first favored by the President and
Secretary Alger. was opposed hy the mill
starry experts. 1t was adhered to, how>
over until Saturday. but The opposition
had resulted in i,s not being put into
operation before that time. Yesterday
the more comprehensive plan of the
military experts was accepted. and is
,npected to DE put into operation as
speedily as 30 is possible TO assemble
transports and get troops aboard. Sew
,rsl objections to- sending but @ few
troops with provisions were raised. and
The opposition TO 90 ou the part of the
military officers. 30 is said, was unaul-
Iuous 10 had no support except from
civilian quarters.
THREE OBJECTIONS.
Three objections to DO We're Wei sus-
tanned. one was that 10 was contem-
plated ana unnecessary prolonsation or
Tho war Another was that it coniem-
plate AN unnecessary prolongdtion or the
war Another was that "a would not
bs elective in getting relief TO the sui
f.r.ug uon-c0mbatants ON the island be-
,1ud a very narrow radius, and suil
another was that 10 would expose the
small force left iu defence OF the bdse
of supplies To- unnecessary danger ana
fb.- the Cuban forces could not be relied
tpou 90 bc assembled I'M that quarter
iu sufficient strength TO b5 effective Ihe
War Department is very much ul7po7t"
10 look upon the Spanish soldierE as
no. entirely civilized and, tnei loie. u"
Ia dealt with somewhat differently Una"
,,ould be an English or German army.
Tn. reuorts oI the engagement at Ma
,.u, indicate that. though incncctudl, th'
spaniards fight bravely with q disregard
,f life and with display of tfcachery
,lu,oet bqrharic. u is not known with ap-
eolute certainty how large n elective
force the Spanish have IN Cuh1. bul
whatever they have is concentrated. anu
i'm n land engagement excessive odds VIII
count in the long run. The last reports
of fhe spanish army iu cuba placed it at
over 100 O10. 10 may not be more than hdlf
chat but an army OF 50000 should be eN-
pected 90 prove moro than a match Tor
5000. even behind breastworks. The re-
verses which England has suffered from
time TO time during number OF years h
dealing with the uncivilizcd and halt-ciV-
ilized hordes in somo OF her possessions
have an been the result of having but a
small force assembled at some point
where they could be overwhelmed by
great numbers This IS regarded as les
son in dealing with an army deficient in
military skill. but powerful as TO numbers
and reckless Of lie
OBJECTIONS TO LANDING 4 SMALL
BODY.
a small body OF our troops landed In
cuba might be utterly destroyed though
they should kill two or three times their
own number OF their assailants.
Another thing considered IS that the