The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-22
STARTED FOR PORTO RICO YES
TERDAY AFTERNOON
WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A
STRONG NAVAL CONVOY
TEN THOUSAND TROOPS FOLLOW
THE MILES CONTINGENT

More Arc to Follow Until the Com
mander of the Expedition Signi-
nes That His Force Is Sufficient
Admiral Dewey Adds to His
LaureIs as n Fighter Rare Dipio-
matte Attainments-COmm
watson,s Start for the Spanish
Coast Delayed by the Porto Rfcan
Expedition, but by No Means
Abandoned.
WASHINGTON, July 21-Gen. Miles,
leading the army expedition against
Porto Rico, started at o'clock this
afternoon from Siboney, Cuba, for a
point on the island of Porto Rico
where 1t is the intention that he shall
land and secure base FOR the eXpedi-
tions from Tampa, Charleston and
New York to fall into his column.
These expeditions are already under
way, some of them with two or three
days start of Gen. Miles, so that the
delay should not be very great. After
all the difficulty about the naval con-
naval authorities that norie was neces-
sary, the strength Of that now fur
nished is surprising. There is a bat
tleship of the first class, the Massa-
chusetts; an effective protected cruis-
er, the Cincinnati; a speedy and we'll
armed gunboat, the Annapolis, and
three vessels of the auxiliary navy,
which have already proved by their
performance in Cuban waters that they
are fully equal to the ordinary gum
boat in offensive power. These are the
Gloucester, which distinguished herself
In the destruction of Cervera's squad
ron; the Wasp, which has attained an
enviable notoriety as a disturber Of
Spanish blocl1houses, and the Leyden,
which for a time was the sole repre-
sentative of the United States in Ha-
Vana harbor.
Secretary Alger expects that Gen.
Miles. on the Yale, will arrive at his
destination on Sunday morning, with
5000 men under his command. day
later will come 1900 men on the trans
ports, and the day following that $500
more Whether the landing will be
deferred until the arrival of this entire
force or whether Gen. Miles will take
the initiative and hoist the flag him
self on Porto Rican soil is left to the
discretion of that officer. 1t is the de-
partment's Intention that he shall not
lack for troo~c or equipment, and this
first expedition may be followed by
several others, as fast as the troops
can be gotten ready, until word comes
from the general that he does not need
more.
Gen. Sehwanls brigade, comprising
the Fifth, Eleventh and Nineteenth
United States infantry, splendid body
Of trained soldiers, sailed from Tampa
to join Ger Miles, and if the Porto
Rican expedition is not an immediate
success it will not be want of dash
on the part of the war department to
supply every requisite.
DEWEY AS A DIPLOMAT.
That Admiral Dewey already has the
situation in the Philippines well in
hand is shown by his telegram of to-
day. which simply reads like others
that have come before, that affairs aEe
quiet and salts factory.
The state department has come to
realize as full a s5nse of Dewey's dip
lomatic abilitiss as the country has
his naval skill and courage, and the
best evidence of this is that 1t has not
found it necessary up to this point to
interfere in any way, either to protect
or amend his work. The navy depart
nent has now sc9ve-ei that the big
double -turreted monitor Monterey will
not arrive at Cavite until Aug. 5, that
being the advices received at the navy
department from the captain of the
vessel when she touched at Honolulu.
The admiraPs advice OF the arrival OF
the second detachment of United States
troops at Honolulu has given comfort
to the war department, which was not
altogether at ease concerning the first
small expedition lying between the
Spaniards and insurgents, and withoU
being able to dep nd very largely upon
either. With these added troops it Will
now be possible to demand the surren-
der of Manila, but it is gathered here
that our purpose is to defer such a
movement until all the United States
troops now afioat have arrived at Ca
vite, unless the attitude Of the insur-
gents enforces prompter action on the
part of the American commanders,
military and naval.
WATSON WILL GO.
Secretary Long said tonight that the
preparatiors for diSpatching Watson