The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-30
LAND NEAR SANTIAGO
rwocuEAN EXPERTS GIVE US POINTS
ABOUT IT.

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Gooas4u( (esds s4<e said to no scarce, and
the c$srtry Abaspsas !rs,~ Dense uu.
aerpruth suragua ffists 0sIy In Name.
Open Esid About Santiago
Twosfn who arc recognized by the
military authorities as having completes
information Of the ground around Bal
quiri, Juragua, Santiago aud the cntire
Hold OF present war operations wcro ar
the war department tho other day. They
are George w. PfeiGor, engineer of the
spanish-Amcrican Iron company, who's,
headquarters Gro ct Baiquiri, ard G. II.
AeiSeniuss, general manager Of tho Ju.
ragua Iron company. They will l,c asked
10 JON General Shafter's staff TO assist
III tho advance Of our arms. They woro
recently comforting with Brigadier Gen.
erai stone, on General Miles staff. on
the best means OF getting troops light
ana heavy artillery and stores westward
from General Shafter's present base.
Mr. Pfeiffcr says thcro were about
iooo Spanish troops there when he de-
parted from that place and another
1000 at Siboney. They were we'll |
equipped, but there was no organization
or drill, as in tho American army. |
About the only systematic action was
"hen the bugle sounded for rancho,
or rations With war declared tho
spaniards began their deprcdations, and
OF the mining property of
the Spanish-Amcrican company as we'll
as OF the sIuragua company was DESTROY
ca. but the fine ocean pier of tho com.
pany, being built of steel, resisted all
enorts at destruction and has proved an
effective means for landing our troops
and stores.
MIR. zeigenfuss says Juragua exists
'nly IN name, as there is no town what.
'Ver' Ihero Is mining plant, but tho
own proper Is Siboncy. This lies ON
no coast, while tho So called .Jurapun
$ four miles inland 1t is between Sibo.
ley and the Juragua mines that Sbof.
cr's troops lie. Mr.. Zeigonfuss saws tho
round is densely covered with under.
rush, with fow patches of omen uroupd {
mere arc no roads thus far east. The (
My thing in this limo is trails wide y
nough Tor horse or one man. Thew p
'ouid be OF no service for light or heavy
rtiilery or for any army unless the en-.
lneers cleared them out.
from Siboney west 10 Santiago the =
'ospect for tho rapid advance Of our
my is much better. Instead Of trails n
'od roads begin to run toward Sonti.
20. Mr. zeigcnfuss says the company
! IS good railroad plant running from H
ooney direct into Santiago. While the ar
'anlartis have destroyed the Santiago he
considerable part of the track re-. =
AIMS. There were nine locomotives q,
q several hundred fat cars gondolas. We
:, up to the time Mr.. Zeigenfuss left 90
oonoy. There is only one bridge along
route. 1t crosses the San Juan river mo mo
Is regarded so essential for the use me
our troops that three warships from =
ar Admiral SIMPSONS feet are GOV. mc
ng 1t with their guns. ;n
lhera is practically an open field -
nnd Santiago, well suited for the ~.
neuvering Of troops Mr.. Pfciffer in
the city has practically no defenses lin
the land side. There arc no walls.
[ortifications, no blockhouses and no -
Anything in this line
&c have been put mp hastily within a
weeks. He asserts that the only Loo
- III the way Of defense from the hs1
side, so far as he knows. ia n -
bic line OF barbed wire, about five
en- feet apart, with q tangle of the
In the intervening space. He cal. CAL
ties with forced marches General
40 might reach Santiago within five
TX days. Mr.. Pfeiffer doubts also Fu
ther the Cubans could stop this ad. F1is F,fs
20 OF Spanish re-enforcements, as npr
main body is with General Shat. '
aud they could not hope to do much len
nst Pando and 10000 men.-New 1
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