The record-union., 1898-07-19
MILES HAS
SAILED FOR
PORTO RICO.
He Went on the Cruiser
Yale.
Will Be Followed by an Army
Of 80, 600 Men.
Transports Will Follow as Rapidly
as Possible.
Big BattIeships and Monitors Will Operate
With Him for the Bonn
bardment Of San
Juan.
Transports Will Follow as Rapidly
as Possible.

days consultation between Secretary
Alger and General Brooke, during
which there was frequent cOmmunica-
tion with General Miles at Siboney, the
details of the Porto Rican expedition
We're perfected and the expedition it
self gotten under way. General Miles,
with some artillery and troops, is sail
ing to-day for Porto Rico on the con-
verted cruiser Yale, to be followed
quickly by an army of about 3O'Ooo
men.
There are some notable differences in
the plans for this expedition and for
the stately naval pageant that sailed
away from Tampa under General Shat
ter's command to attack Santiago.
First, there will be practically no naval
conveys. The Navy Department has
declared that they are unnecessary;
that there is not a Spanish warship in
the West Indies that dare thrust It's
bow out of port. In the second place,
the expedition does not start from one
point, but will be divided among sew
eral ports, thus preventing the tremen-
dous congestion that was encountered
at Tampa in the effort to start the big
fleet Lastly, there will be no effort
made to get the ships away together.
but the transports Will be allowed 70
find their own way to their destination,
with concerted movements General
Miles leads the way. He has been
promised by the President that he
should go to Porto Rico, and the prom
ise was redeemed when the Yale headed
800 miles distant. General Brooke will
be the senior officer in General Miles
command and upon him Will fall the
responsibility for the execution OF the
details of his superior's commands. 1t
is estimated that General Miles should
arrive by Wednesday night at the point
selected for the landing, and that he
will hoist the American flag at once
over Porto Rican soil. The point cho-
sen for the landing is kept secret as
the General will land before the full
body of the expedition is at hand, and
it is consequently not desirable that the
enemy should be able to assemble
superior force TO meet him.
The distance from Charleston. from
where the first body Of troous for Gen
eral Miles expedition was TO start to-
day, is more than double the distance
from Santiago to Porto Rico so that
the transports which will sail from the
former city can scarcely reach General
Miles before the early part of next
week These Charleston troops are TO
be the First Brigade of the First Divi-
sion of the First Army Corps, and are
commanded by Brigadier General
George H. Ernest. The brigade COM
prises the Second Wisconsin, Third
a n a
Regiments.
The purpose Of Secretary Alger IS TO
make the Porto Rioan campaign a short
one. An overwhelming force Will be
thrown upon the island. and ii is pos
sible that a bloOdless victory will be
achieved when the Spanish become con-
WINGED that they have no reasonable
chance to resist successfully. The ex-
petition is to comprise 10000 men at
the start. and it will be swelled soon TO
10000 men, and if necessary to 10000,
the equipment of the volunteer forces
having now progressed so we'll to
warrant the statement that that num-
her of men can he ready for service in
Porto Rico within a very short time.
The entire body of troops at Tampa will
be taken. including a lot of heavy and
light artillery under command of Gen
efai Rogers. Inc expedition VIII be
particularly strong with artillery. and
some of that at Santiago commanded
NV General Randolph is TO be drawn
unon. The Tampa troops are known as
the Fourth Corps under Major Coppin
ger comprising the Second Division,
under Is,~igadier General simon Snyder,
and made up of the First Brigade. Brig
adler General Schwan, Eleventh and
Nineteenth United States Infantry;
Second Brigade Brigadier General Car
r,enter Second New York and Fifth
Narvland. Third Brigade, Brigadier
General Hale Third Pennsylvania, One
Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana
and First Ohio: Third Division. Brig
adler General Kline commanding; FIRST
Brigade. Colonel c. l.. Kennan, Fifth
Ohio. First Florida and Thirty second
Michigan: Second Brigade Brigadier
General Lincoln, S.xty-ninth New
York. Third Ohio ard Second Georgia.
the provisional cavalry brigade Colonel
Moves. Fifth United States, and desach-
ments of the First, Second, Third, Sixth
and Tenth United States Cavalry, and
eight troops OF Rough Riders; artillery
brigade. General Randolph, two light
and ten heavy batteries. 1t is possible
that all of the cavalry will not be called
upon.
General Brooke will take with him
from Chickamauga Park most OF the