Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-16
GEN.. SKATERS men.
Fourteen Thousand American Sol
diers Soon to Land In Cuba.
THOSE UNaCCOUNTABLE DELAYS.
The Troops Loft at Chickamauga Rark
Rapidly Becoming Efficient UneTpeet-
cd Complications Regarding UEe of
Captured CabIes May BE Removed.

| cd Complications Regarding UEe OF
Captured Cables May BE Removed.
WAsHIN0ToN, June l5.-Withcut ref
| erencc to the exact hour at which the
United States army left Florida for
| Cuba, 1t may be safely said thai before
| the end of the week Gen. Shafter will
| have landed with his IS 900 United
| States troops on Cuban soil. and that
! the Investment of Santiago by land
| will have begun
| There was some confusion in the ofti-
| cial mind here yesterday on the time
| of the departure of the transports,
| though assurance was given that they
| had all gotten away. The confusion
| on this point is easily accounted for by
| persons who know anything Of the
| difiic llties of moving simultaneously a
| numerous fleet composed of vessels of all
sizas and classes. No less than three
times, beginning Sunday, was u def
| mite hour selected for the start and the
| war department 80 notified. Yet, in
each case some untold obstacle vas en-
couptered thnt required notification to
the department hat a postponement
had been forced Sailors say such de-
lays are inevitable and that rarely
does n fleet get off by first intention.
However, the department officials
stated yesterday afternoon that they
believed the very last of the transports
had at last started for Cuba.
After all, the delay Of o day ',r two
In the start is not calculated to make
any material difference In the plans,
and the only persons who will suffer
from ii will be SIMPSONS marines.
camped on the tropical bay Of Guam
tauamo, and obliged 70 maintain the
greatest vigilance in repelliny the
bushwhacking Spanish irregulars who
swarm In the thickets. This foe gives
no trouble during the Daylight hours,
owing to the presence OF the Marble
head within easy ranges but at night,
when the warship Is unable TO distin-
guish It's own men from the enemy,
| the lot Of the marines Is very excit-
ing one
Having started the Santiago expedi-
ton, the war department has now con-
centrated all its energies on the prep
| aration of the force to be sent to Porto
4 ia AhSSnNO III tAGbb AAhS
| have been made on u scale 80 extensive
as 20 load to the supposition IL. some
| quarters that the attack Is 70 be d.
rected upon Havana, but II this Is so
there Is no open indication OF IL.
The volunteers collected at Chattar
nooga, 1900 in number, are reaching a
| degree of excellence under the, mag
| nificent management of Gen Brooke
that would warrant the government in
ordering them Immediately into active
service, but unfortunately there is still
d considerable lack of equipment that
will not permit of this.
The only bulletin posted Ut the navy
department from Sampson contained
| the satisfactory news that an .Ameri-
can naval officer, Lieut.. Victor Hue, of
| South Carolina, at the risk of his life,
had succeeded in encircJing the bay of
Santiago and counting the Spanish
| vessels therein, with the result of es-
t~ablishing the fact that all of Cervera's
| fleet were bottled up.
An unexpected complication has
| arisen as to the right of Admiral Samp-
son at Santiago and Admiral Dewey at
al W use Tx SoiLCc "l1ICl cdCh
has secured with a view to bringing
them into direct telegraphic commu-
| nication with the authorities here. It
is understood by officials here that Ad-
miral Dewey secured the shore end of
| the cable leading from Manila to Hong
| Kong some time ago and buclyed it
with II view 10 sending dispatches.
The same condition is understood to
exist at Santiago, where Admiral
| Sampson has buoyed the shore end Of
| the cable with a view to repairing and
| using 1t. But no messages have been
sent, and the4question has arisen as to
| whether 1t is allowable, under the rules
| OF neutrality, for the French and Brit
ish companies owning the lines to per-
| nit them to be used for strictly mil
itary purposes.
The companies control the points of
| exit, and are able TO refuse TO pass dis
| patches along, SO that the holding of
| the ends by Admiral Dewey and Samp-
son does not permit them to carry on
| communication except through the as
sent Of the companies. These are pri-
| vate concerns, but they are bound to
| observe the neutrality of their respec-
tive governments
There is some anxiety, therefore, as
! to the course of the operators of the
French company at Hayti when they
receive messages from Admiral Samp-
son. Should they refuse to handle
them W neutral lines, touching neu-
trail territory, an interesting interna-
tional question might arise. Tie same
conditions exists as to,the Manila cable
and the failure to receive dispatches
| from Manila is attributed to the failure
of the British operators at Hong Kong
to take the messages. 1t was stated
last night hat negotiations were now
| progressing which gave promise of a
satisfactory understanding with the
companies, and the forwarding Of such
| messages as the American admirals
send.
The Second Expedition to Manila
Gen. Merritt has brought the second
installment of his force into readiness,
and sails for Manila to-day. It is be-
lieved that the advance guard, the three
transports which followed the Charles
ton TO Honolulu, met the cruiser there
and sailed in her company for the Phil
ippincs about the 18th of this month.
In this case 1t is reasonable to expect
them to arrive at Manila within a
week.
Treasury officials say the indica-
tions arc that the saOO, 900, 900 loan will
be largely over-subscribed.
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The Reflections of q Married Woman
are not pleasant II she Is delicate, run
| down or oyarMorked. She faala tsplay-