Evening journal., 1898-07-19
LARGE ARMY TO FOLLOW
Thirty ThSusand to Seventy Thousand
Men Will Be Sent at Once.
LANDING PLACE NOT DIVULGED.
Now That Cervera Is Out OF the Way
Transports WIN Not Need Com
voys-No General Rendezvous
For the start.

f'1a- ~ 1thNAAA AhNhN'NfRe'
For the Start.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-After three
days consultation between the presi-
dent. Secretary Alger and General
Brooke. during which there was fire.
quent communication with General
Miles at Siboney. the details OF the Por-
20 Rlcan expedition were perfected, and
the expedition itself was got under way
General Miles. with some artillery and
troops, sailing yesterday for Porto Rico
on the converted cruiser Yale, TO be
followed quickly by an army OF about
10000 men
There are some notable differences in
the plans for this expedition and for the
stately naval pageant that sailed away
from Tampa under General Skaters
command to attack Santiago. First,
there will be practically no naval con-
voys. The navy department has declar-
ed that they are Unnecessary, that there
Is not a Spanish warship in the West
Indies that dare thrust It's bow out of
port. In the second place. the expedi
tion does not start from one ponit, but
win be divided among several ports,
thus preventing the tremendous conges-
ton that was encountered at Tampa in
.
there Will be no effort made 20 get the
ships away together. but the transports
will be allowed to find their own way TO
their destination without concerted
movements.
General Miles leads the way He had
been promised by the president that he
should go to Porto Rico, and the prom
Use was redeemed when the Yale headed
yesterday from Slboney for Porto Rico,
500 miles distant General Brooke win
be the senior officer In Miles command.
and upon him viii fall the responsibility
for the execution of the details Of his
superlor's plans. It Is estimated that
General Miles should arrive by tomor-
row night at the point selected for the
landing and viii hoist the American flag
at once over Porto Rican soil. The point
chosen for his landing is kept secret, as
the general will land before the full
body OF the expedition Is at hand and
Il r. consequently not desirable that the
enemy should be able TO assemble a su
pcrlor force 10 meet him. The distance
from Charleston, where the first body
of troops for Miles expedition was to
start, Is more than double the distance
from Santiago TO Porto Rico so that
the transports which sail from the for
mer city can scarcely reach General
Miles before the early part OF next week.
The Charleston troops are the First bri-
gade OF the First division Of the First
army corps and are ecommandedby Brig
adler General George II. Ernst. The
brigade comprises the Second Wlscon-
sln Third Wisconsin and Sixteenth
Pennsylvania regiments.
The purpose OF Secretary Alger Is 20
make the Porto Rican campaign n short
one. An overwhelming force viii be
thrown upon the island. and II Is pos
sible that q bloodless victory viii be
achieved when the Spanish become con-
WINGED that they have no reasonable
chance 70 resist successfully.
The expedition is TO comprise 10000
men at the start, and Il will be soon
swelled to 1000 men and II necessary
TO 10000 men, the equipment Of the vol
unteer forces having now progressed so
well as 10 warrant the statement that
that number Of men can be ready for
service I'm Porto Rico withini,a very
short time. The entire body OF troops
at Tampa viii be taken numbering
about Is. 900 men and including n lot OF
heavy and light artillery under COM
mand OF General Rodgers. The expedi-
ton will be particularly strong with
artillery. as some OF that at Santiago
commanded by General Randolph Is to
be drawn upon. The Tampa troops are
known as the Fourth corps, under Ma
tor General COppinger, comprising the
Second division under Brigadier Cen
eral Simon Snyder and made up Of the
First brigade. Brgadier General
Schwan. Eleventh and Nineteenth Unit
ed States infantry; Second brigade.
Brigadier General Carpenter. Second
New York and Fifth Maryland: Third
brigade. Brigadier General Hale. Third
Pennsylvania, one Hundred and Fifty
seventh Indiana and First Ohio; Third
division Brigadier General Kline, COM
manding; First brigade. Colonel c. l..
Kennan, Fifth Ohio. First Florida and
Thirty-second Michigan: Second br-
gade. Brigadier General Lincoln. Sixty
ninth New York. Third Ohio and Sec
ond Georgia; the provisional cavalry
brigade, Colonel Noyes. Fifth United
States and detachments OF First, Sec
ond Third. Sixth and Tenth United
States cavalry and eight troops OF
Rough Riders; artillery brigade, Cen
eral Randolph. two light and ten heavy
batteries. II Is possible that the cav
airy viii not be called upon.
General Brooke will take with him
from Chickamauga park most OF the
First and Second brigades Of his army
corps. the First. These are. in addition
70 General Ernsts brigade at Charles
ton, the Second brigade First division
General Haines. Fourth Ohio, Third II.
linois and Fourth Pennsylvania: Third
brigade. Colonel J. S. Culver FirstKen
tucky Third Kentucky and Fifth mi.
nois; Second division. Colonel ]. S. Po.
land. commanding; First brigade Brig.
adler General c. T. Roe. Thirty-frst
Michigan. First Georgia and One Hun.
dred and Sixtieth Indiana; Second bri,
gade. General Mckee. Sixth Ohio. FIJI.
teenth Indiana and First West Vir.
ginia; Third brigade. Brigadier Gen.