The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-03
Che Most Formidable Battleship. and
Cruisers Of the American Navy
Are Before the IIarbOr.
LANDING OF TROOPS
IS EXPECTED SOON.
They VIII Attack The city Of Santiago
de Cuba and the Fleet Of Ceryera,
Using Some Powerful Siege
Guns For the Work.

Por, au Prince, June 2.-Rear Admi.
raj Sampson has arrived Oh Santiago dc
Cuta and In accordance with his instruc.
tions he at once relieved Commodore
schley In command Of the entire force
Of vessels operating against Santiago dc
Cuba and the Spanish feet, assigning
that officer 10 the command Of a diyis.
ion comprising the ships formerly at.
,ached TO the flying squadron
Fifteen wanhips are at Admiral
SIMPSONS dispo,al TO pic against the
six men.of.war flying the Spanish flag.
They include tn first class utticships
Iowa, Oregon and Massachusetts,. second
class tattleship Texas, arm0red cruisers
New York and Brooklyn. protected
cruisers New Orleans, MarbIehead and
Minneapolis, gunboa, Nashville, torpedo
boat destroyer Scorpion, dynamite cmis
er Vesuyius, torpedo boat Porter. augi.-
AIRY cruiser. Harvard and Yale and aux.
iliary gunboat Eagle.
on the ships bockldinr Santiago de
Cuta, naval expert. who have hereto
fore contended that Admiral Cervon
had a hghing chance 90 escape. now
concode that hi. position b. absolutely
hopeless The concentration of ,uch a
formidable force az Santiago b. regarded
In some circles as naturally presenting
an important signal action by the Amer.
ican feet.
Inquiry, however, developed ihc fact
that Rear Admiral Sampson, before be
left Key West. was notified Of the pro-
gramme adopted by the government 70
send troops 10 assist the naval vessel. In
the capture or destruction of the feet.
and Il Is confident that the army viii be
able 10 arrive AZ its destination in due
season. There Is no reason 90 believe
that the officials have given Sampson
any further discretion than was accord.
ed 10 Commodore schley.
BY this Il Is not meant that the naval
war board has directed Rear Admiral
Sampson not 20 bomhard the fortihca.
tians or enter the channel, but be- has
been advised aga inst such action and
knowing the cautiousness Of the man, il
Is no, believed he will cast this advice
aside unless be has reason 90 believe the
adoption Of another course /. preferable.
IL is frankly admitted by naval Off.
cials that the object Of the collecting OF
such formidable force on Santiago and
Of the advice given 20 the naval com.
manders is their desire 90 prevent any Of
our ships receiving irrcpamble injury.
General Skaters troops cannot posi-.
bly, come 10 the assistance of Rear Ad.
mial Sampson before the beginning Of
next week, 10 that operations against
the Spanish fleet may not b. expected
before that time unless Admiral Cervera
should determine TO attempt 10 run th,
gauntlet Of the American armorclads.
General Shafter will invest Saniiag,
de Cuba and attack Admiral Ccrycmt
feet from the land early next week
There is a strong probability that th,
army has already left American soil an,
Is fairly on iis way to the point of do
barkation near Santiago de Cuba.
Strict orders have been issued hy Gen
Greeley, chief signal officer, 20 the pres
censors at Tampa and other southern
points not TO allow any news relative 4
the embarkatlon Of troops 20 b. tclo
graphed until several days after the mel
have sailed
The expedition 10 Santiago dc Cub
will carry plentiful supply Of arm. an
ammunition TO supply the insurgon
army that Is to form junction with Oh
, American forces at the place Of landing
, Although little real fighting can bo cs
pccted from Cuban patriots they viii al
/ ford excellent guides through the vii
F. Cuban country and can give yaluab,
: informatiod as to the lay Of the Ian
over which the field pieces and siog
guns will have 20 ho transported {
points from which they can comman
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