The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-07-07
THE ARMY At SANTIAGO.
Gen. Shafter May Not Bombard the
City Before He Gets Some
Reinforcements.
PARD0's TROOPS GET INTO SANTIAGO.

Cuban's Fall to Hold Back the Reinforce
nents for Gen. LInares, So Gen. shafter
Thinks 1t UnwIse to Garry the City by
Assault Just Yet-sampson May Enter
the Inner Bay.
WASHINGTON, July {. -There will be
no bombardment of Santiago to-day
and possibly not during the present
week. This is the opinion of mem bers
of the cabinet as expressed on leaving
the white house after the cabinet
meeting. Secretary Alger and Long
have been in almost constant com
munication with Gen. Shafter and Adj
miral Sampson upon the situation and
the conclusion has been reached that
it would not be advisable TO
attempt TO carry the city of
Santiago by storm with our
present force. Gen. Shafter in a dis
patch received last night confirmed
the report that Gen. Pando with about
5000 Spaniards had arrived in the city
and were already distributed among
the Notifications. This reinforcement
makes the Spanish forces defending
the city from 10000 to IS, 000 The
very great advantage of being in
trenched adds materially to their
strength and, in the opinion of militia
ry men, makes their effective fighting
force from a third to half greater
than our own. Gen. Shafter, in his
dispatches, states that the excessive
heat and rains of the last two weeks
have contributed nearly as much as
the Spanish bullets to the Ineffective
ness of our army. Under these cir
cumstances it is his opinion it would
be unwise to carry the city by assault
This view is shared by the officials
here and also, it is understood, by Adj
miral Sampson, in command of the
feet At the cabinet meeting the
president directed kilograms to be
sent TO Gen. Shafter and Admiral
Sampson, suggesting that they confer
as to the situation and particularly as
to the advisability of the admiraps at
tempt to force passage into Santi-
ago bay and so be IN readiness to rem
der effective aid in the assault upon
the city.
1t Is known to be Gen. Skaters de- |
sire to have the feet enter the harbor |
Orders were given looking to the i'm |
mediate dispatch of troopships from |
Tampa with reinforcements for Shat |
ter, and others now off Santiago will !
be brought here at the earliest posi- |
BILE moment to aid in the transporta-
tion of reinforcements. 1t is probable
that at least Is, 900 will be sent for
ward as rapidly as transportation can
be provided. Thus augmented, there
seems to be no doubt that the forces
under Gen. Shafter will be able to
storm and take the city without de-
lay. These are the views entertained
by members of the cabinet who talk
freely on the subject. Nevertheless
the orders under which both the army
and navy are now operating gives the
wide discretion and it is
not doubted that should changed cir
seem to warrant it an ag-
gressive movement will be begun.
A senator who talked with the mill
larry officials said there was no doubt of
the outcome if the American fleet could
get inside of the harbor and thus plav
On the city between the land and sea
The arrival at San
.iago of Gen. Panda with reinforce
nents for Linares occasioned some
on the course of Gen. |
iarcia and his Cuban troops in not
holding Pando back, particularly in
rev of the fact that Gen. Lawton's
brigade was cooperating with Garcia,
)ut 1t is believed the latter left Law
on in an embarrassed position. At
he same time the disposition of the
was mainly to meet the
ituation now present rather than to |
question how it had come about.
In meeting this the most active
teps toward getting large reinforce
nents to Gen. Shafter were in prog
ess- Three regiments of Gen. Garrett
on's brigade go from Camp Alger-
me of them, the Eighth Ohio, under
'ol. Curtis V. Hard. proceeding to
Jew York, where they will embark
on the st. Paul. The
ther regiments of this brigade-the
ixth Illinois and the Sixth Massa-
husetts-go to Charleston, s. c.,
there they take the cruisers Harvard
nd Yale AT the same time the bril-
AIDES of Gen. Ernst and Gen. Hams,
ow at Chickamauga, will move with
IL possible dispatch to Charleston,
avannah, Mobile and other coast
oints, there to take transports for
antiago. t
ampson to Try to Enter the Inner Bay.
WASHINGTON, July Sit is regarded
$ likely that Sampson may attack ,
Ortificatious outside harbor of Santi- :
go and attempt passage to inner bay :
o-day. ,