Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-08
COUNCIL OF WAR
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ported at Pharo. Portugal, arrived
there from CadiZ, their home port. Ad-
miral Dewey has been notified Of all
these movements.
The first care of the officials here will
be for the wounded men who are to be
brought North as rapidly as their
condition will permit. There was some
idea of taking one of the big hotels at
Fortress Monroe, standing on the gov
eminent reservation for the purpose of
a hospital but it is said to be the pre-
sent plan to substitute number of
large tents, which when properly pitch
ed and placed, are said to be hygenic-
ally better than enclosed structures
season Of the year.
Meanwhile all is TO be done at San
tiago that conditions will permit to al
leviate the suffering at Santiago. This
afternoon, came telegram from Gen.
Shafler to the war department as fol-
lows:
In the name of the sick and wound
ed officers and men under my COM
mand, | thank Mr.. j. w. Mackay for
the ice sent US
Much Of the difficulty experienced in
supplying the troops on the battleiields
still lies in the transportation depart
mcnt. Gen. Shafter has reported that
i'll spite of his appeals he has received
as yet cEly one lighter, the Laura, and
this is able, under the best conditions
to carry ashore supplies for only one
day from the transports lying far out
at sea. What might happen in the
event of bad weather can be conJec-
tured.
orders were given during the day to
start the Philadelphia for Hawaii, car
rying Admiral Miller with Il notice of
the action OF the United States govern
ncnt on the annexation question ana
directions to Minister Sewell to take
formal possession of the islands in the
name of the United States.
The Hawaiian legation here has taken
steps to get the earliest news TO Homo
lulu through kilograms to the Hawaiian
consul at san Francisco who will dis
patch them on the Coptic, today.
Cen Miles, accompanied by the entire
staff of army headquarters, left, at IL. 70
tonight for Charleston. S. c., where the
party will embark for Santiago.
The party consists of Gen. Miles, Gen.
j. G. Gilmore, adjutant general of staff.
Gen. Keystone, Col. c. r. Greenlcaf, sur
geon. Lieut.. Coils. j. w. Clews, NJ. c.
Maus and ~ S. Rowan Major John ID.
Black and Capt II. w. Whitney. Lieut..
Col Michaler and a large staff Of head
quarter clerks, who have been in Tampa,
will come north to Charleston on the
first steamer after the general and his
staff arrive 1t is expected that the
party will be at Santiago, the early part
of next week.
On the eve of his departure, Gen. Miles
expressed satisfaction at starting TO join
the troops He spoke of the sacrifices
and hardships they had recently passed
through and of those yet to come. The
climate has operated severely against the
general officers, and Gen. Miles feels thai
he. too. is not entirely invulnerablc in a
country of heat, swamps and disease. But
he has i strong physique, his muscles are
as hard as iron, and he goes expecting te
stand a good deal of knockabout service
| Gen. Miles himself has no other purpose
in going to Santiago than to look Owen
the military situation and to strengthen
the hands of Shafter. There is no inten-
ton on his part to take in any manner
from the glory that Shaftcr has won 0,
may win in this campaign lie will not
| relieve Shafter of his command unless
the latter's physical condition demand.
| such action.
The war department admitted for the
first time, today, that two expeditions
one on the Florida and another on the
Fanita had successfully proceeded from
Florida ports to points in central ant
western Cuba, where large quantities o
arms anu supplies were landed for Gen
Gomcz's command. This is the first tim'
that arms have got to Gomez and hi:
| men in the western section.