Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-14

DTenen0o0 ashore.
after that: when the advance Ia made.
that the actual dramatic DEVELOPMENTS
NAV be expected
Nv that time II fs 1ikelv the American
commanders win be in direct cable conn
muntcatidn with the authorities here. Ad-
miral Sampson has taken the shore end
OF the cable landing at Guantanamo and
a force Of cable experts are ranidlv re-
storing the line to working order. The
progress Of this work has been so salts.
factory that one Of the leading officials Of
the state ilenartment said to-nieht that n
was hoped the direct cable communication
would he established bv Thursday II ,vtll
nrit an end to the dearfh ~ offjcial fnfor,
nation cnnrerntne imnnrtant movements
and win enable tbe a,thottt,es bere 10
keen in cIoae touch ,v,tt thosa a1ocut,no
the strateoic movements
The troons making IN tho exnad,t,on
wb,ci started fo-day ors as Yot,o.,s.
fnfantrv revimsn+.-s,rth si.taa,th
seventr.fitst Nevt Yarr vaIrnta.rs. tf,snth
Twentv-f1rst, serond ,rhirtuanth Ninth
Twentv.fonrth, Eiehtb. Tvantv..acond
second Massachusetts vo,nnteers. Eirst
Egftaanth Tbirfeentt saysnfh ssya,,'
t.snth Third Tws,,ti.+h ,rotsj ,nfantr,,
6s1 ofT,oers aI,a IN ,7m e,iis+sa ,,,s,.
cy.v.lrv-Tvo diemountaa euuadr,n. ~
four troon. aoch from The Thira sixth
ninth Eitrst and Tentb cavalry and fwo
d,st, t,o,,,,,sd sn,;aarnns af foi;r frooY,s asc,,
from the First Tinted States volunteer
rovs,rv Totai dis,no,,ntsa savalrv. 1so
ofBcers qa7s an,,atad man. vno,,nted eav.
airy one snuadron of the Second. nine
officers and 81 enlisted men.
Artiilerv-Iieht batteries e and K. First
artillery and r second artillery. four
tean nf3cets and ,sQ3 enlisted men. f,atteries
|
GERS and 1872 enlisted men.
Eneineers-l,ompanies and T.. nine on
cets and 40 enlisted men.
signal corps-One detachment. two OFF,
GERS and forty-five enlisted men.
Hospital detachments are included in the
shove figures The stan corps numbers
fifteen oficers.
Aside from the men and officers making
up the expedition, the boats carried vast
Quantity Of supplies, ammunition and war
euuipments necessary to maintain an or
ganization of this size for at least sixty
days. Every detail for the landing of this
party has been worked out by the engineer
corps OF the army. It will be a laborious
process at best, and will take a full day
or more. The point OF landing has been
SO CHOSEN that there is hetie sanger D. an
interrupeoh from tne span,sh lorGs' uu.'
miral sampson snips via l.sufe aa"p'e tue
protection un'n 'he 'foop' %" sAie AZ.
themselves ,,,..... a..
eehefaa chai'e. ia 'iis ~ .-e
great obstacles that nau " 'e ove'S0n
IN order 10 embark MS hoISes q. 1eis
tampa ana II Is not nhey. Il ms feson
mendation carries Weisn., .na' .ne eAoi
VIII pe mane 10 aealn emDarA 80 H..s.s lase .
NUMBER el troops from TINS pel. wi.ivut no..
CONSIDERABLY ehiafsihs tue shipp'hs 1"'''i-
ties
1t Will pe noticeo tnat Dy IA. tne iarses :
portion OF the expeol'ion is maoe up VI
infantry, aithougn an unusually iarge num-
Der OF artillery is included, ana tnat the
| cavalry is almost altogether lacking. 1t
| is expected, however, that the dismounted
cavalry with the expedition Will be mount
ed later In Cuba, either from the STOCK Oh o..
| native horses or from mounts tnat VIII
follow them from this country. owing to
! the mountainous and Jungle-hke character
! Of the country back Of Santiago, where the
| troops must operate, there will be little
opportunity for the use Of cavalry. SO
| that the expedition has not been weakened
| in the opinion Of experts by Withholding
| the cavalry mounts at the beginning of the
campaign.
| AZ. ,.-,,,. ~, e,,,t,ev vo ,r,b,,r..
| .",r vps ". ts,a.t hsrr,nS .tor,ns
oay s. lno,nue q. .I ,..ss.,s ssshst,,, iii
OF acciuen.' anu .ne .s.uN.aa.. ~ that a.,