Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-22
THE PRESIDENT tRo1rspn
he issues Imperative oners to Adm,
raj Sampson.
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He issues Imperative omers TO Ad,,,
! raj Sampson.
(BS reiegratn.)
Ar W'y.AIss;H1NGTON, July y 1,
49,, > sn;y was thoroughly arnneea 'uent
i i'e ueiay which occurrei IN eu over
unaer h ta Miles and the exn,' ItaI.-
For sa H soIlmand for Porto Rion Con
! his troons , a. Gays General Miles az,
at Playa del Este awai'in e transports
49, which was to b. f.,r, ..ie naval
h,. a''ilal sampson. Thu ,ri ,sieu by
u una, stM, W., in the crowd nps mad
win. G s nroiiing heatofa troniIai H. n,i['
hhIisr what he believed n -, chafing
ne aeiay and was bombsrdin,-. n .es
~ pa.tInent with dispatches , .iG war
hn,.,. strongest terms thai the sniE IN
pe1i,iS ~ us preparations for tho nc
POSITIVE ;, instructions ,,sl #oi the mos
llrai Sampson TO supplysf he 10, TO Nd
~. oS ior General Miles ia ,,.,s ssi!y
~. Notwithstanding these inst ,.,.1l'.
nr u,.lt;ti sampson proceeded Wiz .iu ~
deli l,., LIONS Tor the expedition Win -
oini Iteration tnat texaspe:ated .ha ~, ~, 4
The President. Who has bea,, 49,,
~. forto Rican expedition his ncrs s,,!s
49, ,ae, ,l,as he has given, indee5 ~
pn''ses OF the war--fnallv bec,n,a
Porto p en..eernea lest the part of the
o osanS sailed from this Country sl,on1,
arrive ut the point of Rendezvous 1891 o., ~
:rteiice of General Miles, and tho 80, az
c :. - feared that II General wiIson..s
C,ha,.,1'.'a. which sailed yesterday from,
stt !.al Miles and theGrnval cnn,.o' ~
ae i danger and possibly d;s.stas
.iiSht result. as General Wilson's sL;,,t
u, , nnS.l,,tely without protection. Fiji
~ ~ ap .,I these;sfacts and rca1I1-
getting E 1saessl,v ,1or prompt action In
,,;S ~: started. President McKin1ev
.i'S morning, issued personal ordar.
through the secretary OF. the macy ~
A"',1'ral Sampson that he should nro,
c.a 80 immediately to Porto Rico with
General Miles. The Presidents ordars
mere susceptible of no niscnnstrurtion
ney were imperative toEa derreee sell
.ioii employed eNcept in cases of ay-
Ile.he emergency. They were of ths
s"rt that will brook no delay in their.
Concerning the naval convoys Of Can
erai Miles expedition the navy ,1enart-
anent tonight made public the following
Admiral sampson autographed this
afternoon to the Secretary Of the Ma
w that there hadrbeen-np DELAY in FUR
rishing ample convoy to- General Miles.
\ day OF so ago, the Cincinnati and
New Orleans were both placed at
his disposa!. The Columbia and Yale.
CARRYING troops. are both powerfully
armed. SAYS the admira1's telegram.
ard this is an ample convoy for his
eNneditlnn and can effectfhis landing"
The Annapolis. Wasp and Levdon
had been ordered from Nfpe.$ the Glou-t
resfar also added. and the three Ynoni-
tors ordered from x y.:EIest naerS
the circumstances, there certainly has
been no lack Of naval assistance. If
General Miles preferred to wait the de-
answer to his reqpestsstiie sMassachu-
sets and Dixie were also added this
morning ard he his probably started
This state nentf shows that General,
Miles will ne lacked in effecting his
landing on Porto Rican soil by a stron,
of the navy. In addition to
the vessels named in the statement. it
that the powerful monitors Terror, Am
phitrite and Puritan, which have been
at Key West, are under orders to pro-
coed to Porto Rico to assist in the re-
ductton of the Spanish forces there
Tt is known also to be not unlikely-in-
deed. it is probable-that still other
vessels of Admiral SIMPSONS fleet will
tifications of San Juan. This was in
dicated clearly by Secretary Longs
statement this afternoon concerning
the sailing of Commodore Watson's
eastern squadron 70 Spain. In the
course of the statement the secretary
said the eastern squadron would be
sent to Spain later. when the Porto |
Rican expedition permits" 1t seems
lear that some. at least. of the vessels |
Hill be employed in the hombardment
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