The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-20
X / RA J! !!
MILES DELAYED.
Naval Escort Not Yet
Ready For the Move
on Porto Rico.
MAY SET SAIL TONIGHT
Tampa Contingent Of the
Army Already on Its
Journey.
IMMUNE TROOPS FOR SHAFTER
Yellow Fever Among the
Spanish Prisoners Embar-
rasses Their Return to
Spain.
LISTS OF OUR SICK MEN
Secretary Alger orders a
Roster for the Informa-
tion Of Friends.
LOPEZ SUPPLIES SAVED
Porto Rico's Defenders Contrived
to Land Provisions and
Ammunition.
Porto Rico's Defenders Contrived
to Land Provisions and
Ammunition.

WASHINGTON. July 90 1s9S.-General
Miles has been again delayed in sailing
from siboney for Porto Rico The delay
in this case is charged to the failure of
Yne navy to provide the required convoy.
Tue War Department was in cable com
miineation with the General today and
again he expects that the Yale viii sail
before night Meanwhile the reports TO
the Department from Tampa show that
so much Of the expedition to Porto Rico
as was to be drawn from the camp there
has already started though it hay be a
day or two more before the ships leave
Key West.
If the hopes expressed by Major Cen
eral Wilson in his telegram to the War
Department from Charleston are realized
three regiments of the expedition will
leave that place tonight. These are the
regiments composing General Ernst's bri-
gade and are made up of the following:
Second and Third Wisconsin and Six
teenth Pennsylvania.
They are aboard the steamers Grano
Duchess the Obdam and another ship
and will sail for the rendezvous point of
the expedition without delay. A large
consignment of wagon transportation also
accompanies this expedition. 1t incldes
the wagons intended for the brigade COM
manded by General Ernst and also the
brigade of General Hains. which is to
embark from Newport News.
This transportation is regarded as a
most important feature of the expedition,
and tte necessity was urgently set forth
by General Miles in his kilograms to the
Department The latter had noted the
tremendous efforts required 70 shipping
the subsistence stores and ammunition
overland at Santiago and desired there
should be no lack of facilities for this
work in the Porto Rico expedition.
The Chief Quartermaster at Chicka-
mauga has been informed by the Depart
ment that transportation for the embark
alton of General Haines brigade, at New
port News. will be ready Saturday. This
being the case, the officials see no reason
why the expedition from that place
should not be on its way to Porto Rico
in a very few days 1t will lbe made up of
the Fourth Ohio Third Illinois and the
Fourth Pennsylvania Regiments, and sew
eral detached companies of artillery, a
signal and hospital corps.
The War Department today was doing
its best to hurry forward the immune
regiments. General shafter has urgently
requested and it is hoped that they will
be gotten off within twenty-four hours.
They are wanted by General Shafter to
serve as military pickets for the city of
Santiago proper, thus obviating the ne
cessity of retaining within the zone of
infection ;~y of the men who now consti-
tute his army.
The situation at Guantanamo, among
the Spanish troops there surrenderd, is
calculated in some measure to disturb
the Departments plans for the shipment
% these soldiers back to Spain. The
DeTRrtment is under obligations not to
place<aboard the steamships that are to
be use& for the conveyance of the troops
any solXers having yellow fever, so it
probably will be necessary to place the
surrendere& camp under very rigid sani-
tary rules Apd to sift out carefully all
persons showing the faintest symptoms
of disease.
When the othe7Y have been isolated for
a suffieient period of time to make sure
that they have nbt contracted the fever
they will be ready to go aboard ship,
but 1t can be readily seen that the adop-
ton Of these PRECAUTIONS involves a con-
siderable delay ii The return of the
Spanish troops to Spain, and it is doubt
ful if this move can be initiated within
month.
This delay is unfortunate in view of the
possibility Of trouble ensuing from the
presence Of the two armies as well as the
cubans al Santiago. but as the Spanish
officers have been or win be paroled It is
presumed they will use their influence
among the enlisted men to prevent any
friction
Secretary Alger has cabled to General
ahafter directing him 70 cause y be