The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-28

| Copyright. 1885, by the Associated Press.)
On the Rio Guiana, Sunday. June &c,
noon (via Kingston. Jamaica, Monday.
June q, 9 a. m.)-The advance forces
of the American army rest on this
stream, with the city of Santiago four
and one-half miles westward, in plain
sight. Last night the outposts. con-
sisting of two companies of the Sew
enth infantry. under Major Coolidge,
occupied positions at right angles to
the road, guarding the crossing a mile
and a half beyond Sabinalla, where
three regiments of General Lawton'S
division camped, the First, Fourth and
Seventeenth.
The Eighth. the Second and Twenty
second Massachusetts, with the rough
riders, Tenth cavalry and portions of
several other regiments, are strung
out behind them towards Juragua-
About 500 Cubans. under General Con
zales, were encamped around General
Lawton's headquarters, but less than
so Of them did scout duty last night.
General Wheeler today, with the
First, Second and Tenth cavalry and
the rough riders, with dynamite guns,
moved up to where General Lawton's
outpOstS were last night, and four bat
teries o; the Third artillery and four
Calling guns, with a special detail I'M
der Lieutenant Parker, were brought
up and planted on the brow of a hill
overlooking the basin in which San
tiagO lies.
Not a. shot was fired from the Amer
lean side last night, though the front
of the American line was not 200 yards
from the entertainments where the
Spaniards propose to combat the adj
vance on Santiago.
Three cannon shots were heard dur
ing the night. They seemed to come
from the distant Spanish batteries, or,
perhaps. from SeaWard. The top of
every hill and mountain north and east
of Santiago is occupied Dy Lighthouses,
whence the SpaniardS can view the
movements of the American army as it
advances beyond Sabinella to the east
ward of this city.
SPANISH ENTERTAINMENTS.
Gashing every knoll and bit of high
ground are Spanish entertainments.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press, from an elevation to the right
of the American line, today counted "a
of these Entertainments, completely
fencing every approach to the city.
The trenches have been dug as the con-
formation of the ground admits. The
ends Of the trenches overlap where
breaks in the line occur, thus securing
comparatively safe retreat from rifle
fire in case parts of the trenches are
captured. Upon one of these works
modern guns have been mounted. They
can be plainly seen with the naked
eye.
Spies report that inside of the en-
trenchments are four parallel lines of
rife pits, shoulder deep, and in front
of them are marked ranges and sew
eral rows of barbed-wire fences.
MORE ARTILLERY NEEDED.
No officer who has surveyed the
field over which the advance must be
made, underestimate the task ahead
of the Americans, although our boys
still express the most contemptuouS
opinion of their adversaries. The gen
eral opinion is that more artillery will
be necessary before it will be safe to
attempt to assault the Spanish works,
as the fire of the different regiments
must necessarily be deadly and suf-
ficient to demoralize any force, no
matter how brilliant is its courage
when halted by wire Instructions.
Some of the officers believe it will be
necessary to lay regular siege to San
tiago and advance with a line of earth
works until the rifle pits can be shelled
with shrapnel by the light artillery.
range of $500 yards and the Mauser
rifles in the hands of the Spaniards are
sighted to 1890 yards and they kill at
200 yards.
However gratifying to the national
pride is the careless attitude of our
enlisted men, the grave fear remains
that they may need a more severe les
son than the ambush of the rough rid
ers before they can realize the deadly
of sfeY-
The road over which the ordnance
must pass is densely lined by UNDER
brush. Every yard is an artificial
hedgerow, and the road to the base
of supplies is in similar state.
But very little danger is apprehended
of a flank attack, as it is evident Cen
eral Linares is acting strictly on the
defensive. The failure of the Spanish
troops at Holguin, ManzanilIo and
Guantanamo to effect a juncture with
him have left the Spanish commander
so weak it would be an act of insanity
upon his part to attempt to assume the
aggressive or to retreat.
The problem now confronting the
army is the transportation of supplies,
for the roads to the front are still i'm
paSsable for wagons, but are being i'm
proved. In the meantime, the pack
train is being used. The first of these
lelL JuTdSuo ldlC last night anu OlIleTS
left today.
NOTHING TO EAT.
The officers and men were completely
out of rations yesterday The Seventh
received half rations, and today they
received nothing. The boys are COM
planning bitterly but are pacified with
the assurance that the pack train will
be here tonight.
Should a night attack occur our SOL
d1ers would fare worse than did the
marines at Guantanamo. as the attack
ing force here would not be at the dis
of having to charge uphill.
WORTHLESS CUBANS.
The Cubans with the advance forces,
in spite of the good behavior of their
comrades at Guantanamo, seem to be
utterly worthless. All day they sit in
the shade OF their palm matched camps,
and at night they smoke cigarettes and
gorge on Uncle Sans rations, while in