The Advocate and news., 1898-06-08
War Notes.


the war will cost $7OO,OOO,OOO per annum.
A Berlin dispatch says that Russia
ia anxious to intervene in the present
war.
Brigadier General ]. X. Hudson has
been assigned to the Fourth corps, at
Mobile, Ala
General Fred. D. Grant is in command
Of the first division of the Third army
corps at Chlckamauga.
Four OF the Spanish vessels which
have been captured will be used to trans
port troops from Florida to Cuba
The officers Of the army at Tampa
Indignantly deny the stories of intem-
perance on the part OF the soldiers.
Washington dispatches say that there
is growing belief on the part Of gov
ernment officials that Spain is earnestly
seeking peace.
The Secretary Of War has given Gov
ernOr McCOrd, Of Arizona, authority to
organize a regiment Of infantry Of which
he will be colonel.
Capt. Fred Buchan, of Company B,
Twentieth Kansas, was married at San
Francisco last week to Miss Lucinda M.
Smith, Of Lawrence.
A party of disappointed cOlonels are
having fun throwing bricks at Governor
Leedy, Their craftsmanship is worse
than that of the spaniards.
Last weeks reports from Santiago
were that food was getting so scarce
that even the Spanish officers expert
enced difficulty In securing normal
supply.
Plenty Of material for submarine
mines Is being sent to Dewey at Manila.
The government is also pushing the
transportation OF troops as rapidly as
possible.
The British Minister has taken prompt
steps to expel Carranza and Du Bose
from Canada. These are the men who
are organizing and directing the move
ments Of Spanish spies in this country.
The two Concordla volunteers who
were injured as result OF fall from
the pOrtico Of the State house, are re-
covering rapidly. One has already
started to join his regiment at Camp
Alger.
Captain Elliott has a son in his COM
pany He is one of the hardest workers
in drilling and is learning to be soldier
rapidly. One thing which was hard TO
learn was to stay away from his fathers
tent unless he was sent for
Admiral Sampson arrived at Santiago
last Thursday and took command Of
tho canadian rOnv odOra Cohla1y hoe
command Of division which Is COM
posed of vessels which formerly be-
longed to the flying squadron.
Regulars are being transferred from
Mobile to Tampa. Other indications are
given Of an immediate invasion of Cuba
but the press censorship is 80 strictly
maintained that nothing can be def
nitely learned as to military plans.
Sunday dispatches from Port Antonio
say that American vessels sunk the
Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror
Friday night. Authorities at Washing
ton say that II there is any truth in the
story 1t must have been the TerrOT's
sister destroyer the FurOr.
In the big Cuban relief expedition
which went to the island on the Florida
there was one man whose desire to fight
disappeared when landing was about
to be made. He secreted himself in the
vessel and was not discovered until the
vessel was well on It's way back.
RumOrs from Jean Rabel, seaport
town on the northeast coast Of Hayti,
tell OF an engagement between four
American and three Spanish vessels
Saturday afternoon. The American yes
sells are said to have withdrawn from
the fight. There being no telegraph
station at this port no definite informa-
tiOn Is procurable.
A letter from Ramon Carranza, who is
the organizer of the Spanish spies In
this country, has been secured by the
government authorities. It was written
to a high Spanish naval official and