Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23
TROOPS
ON LAND
High Officials Believe
Shafter Is Now Near
Santiago.
Dewey Will Act Cautious
~ to Avoid Possible
Entanglements.
CadiZ Fleet Reported
to Be Back at
Home Port.

Washington, June q. Public atten-
tion here Monday was divided almost
evenly between three sub.ects-the
movements of Gen. Skaters army
the probability of reinforcements hav-
ing reached Dewey, and the status of
Hobson, the naval hero. Tn to a late
hour neither of the anxiously awaited
messages which We're to announce the
arrival of transports at Santiago and
Manila had reached either the war or
the navy departments. 1t was not
doubted, however, that our vessels
are off Santiago. for although pro-
ceeding al less speed than the English
steamer which at Kingston Monday
reported having passed them in the
Windward passage to Santiago is less
than that traversed by the British
ship which came into Jamaica IN the
that just about the time Shaftsr
appeared off Santiago The
Charleston appeared in Manila bay
leading the three transports bringing
nearly 1900 soldiers to Deweys as
sistance. That fact may not be
known, however, officially for two or
thee days, owing to the distance from
there to Hong Kong, the nearest cable
point. II is questioned here whether
with this force to back him Dewey
will feel justified in assaul-ilg Man
lila or even accepting its surrender
Either course would involve heavy
res possibilities for the admiral and
it is extremely desirable that no pre-
text be afforded jealous European pow
ers for Intervention at Manila under
the guise of protecting the interests
Of their subjects Therefore it may be
that the admiral will wait another ten
days until second iustallment If
troops reaches Cayite In this case, he
Will probably land troops that arrive
in the town of Cavite, which is now
completely under the control Of him
self and the insurgents
During the day dispatches an
nouncing that Captain General Blanco
his fellow prisoners created some in.
dignation which was modified later
by Madrid advices quoting Sagasta as
saying that no decision had been
reached Should Spain adopt the
cruel and unusual course Of refusing
an exchange the regulations of the war
department are sufficient to meet the
case. The following principle is laid
down in its regulations: Retaliation
Will never be resorted to as a measure
of mere revenge, but only Us a measure
of protective retribution, moreoyer,
cautiously when uuavoidable that is
To say, retaliation will only be resort
ed to after careful inquiry into the
real occurrence and character Of deeds
that may demand retributiou I'm
just or inconsiderate retaliation re-
moves belligerents further from the
mitigating rules of regular war, anu
by rapid strides leads them to the
internecine wars Of sayages 1t was
pointed out by a leading officer OF
the army that the Spanish have most
to lose by a course of cruelty which
would call for retaliation, as the mum
Der of Spanish prisoners is far greater
than that of American prisoners.
There was a wholesale christening
at the navy department Monday when
Secretary Long supplied names for no
less than thirty-fiye war craft All
of these We're provided for in the last
naval appropriation bill while the con-
tract for their construction have
not yet been let. Advertisements have
been issued. except in the case of
monitors, and all the boats will be uu-
der way before the cold weather.
The first on the list of big battleships
is the Maine, for congress has proyid-
ed that the name shall be continued
in the naval list The other two big
battleships viii be called the Missouri
and Ohio. The first OF the torpedo
boats is to bear the name OF the brave
young ensign, Bagley, who was killed
on the deck OF the Winslow under the
guns of Cardenas. The four states
having the privilege of giving their
names to monitors are Arkansas.
Connecticut, Florida and Wyoming
The names 10 be given TO the sixteen
torpedo boat destroyers are those OF
Americas famous naval heroes, Balm
bridge Barry, Chauncey. Dale, Deca-
tur. Hopkins, Hull, Lawrence, Mac
Donough Paul Jones, Perry. Prebe |
Stewart TruNton Whipple Worden
The names applied TO torpedo boats |
are those Of lesser fame but still OF |
glorious memory. Besides Bagleys |
they are Barney, Biddle Blakely. De
long Nicholson. O'Brien. Shuhrick |
Stockton, Thornton Tingey Wilkes
building or authorized left without a |