The evening times., 1898-05-17
THE EVENING TIMES wAsHiN 5ToN TUESDAY MAY117,
IEE fRDn ARMY corps
Volunteers Of America Psaring
Into Chickamauga.
RELIEF work RM KEY WEST
From All Over the Country the Boys
In Dlue Are Murryisg to the
.rr0.t-No More Soldiers Will Co
to Tampa, snd Another Camp
VIII he StsFted nj Lakeland.


VIII he stsrted nj Lakeland.
zso,1.
Tampa. Fla. May lL-Generai Shafter.
who. during the absence Of General Wade
is in command, in an interview today
said: .~aH
1--WE arc in duty bound to 20 TO Cuba.
Spanish feet has been destroyed or 80
crippled az to render it harmless. Our
movement must necessarily be governed
by their conduct"
This is the first official statement as to
the Intended departure of troops. and 1t
quite disposes of the cloud Of mystery
and uncertainty which has lasted for
weeks. No more troops will be sent to
Tampa This place has only normal wa
ter provisions for twenty thousand troops.
horses and mules. and in the interest OF
health 1t has become necessary to hnd
another camping ground.
For the forces whose destination Is
Cuba Lakeland. some thirty miles dis
tant. has been selected. and there by to-
morrow thousands Of additional troops
will have arrived.
At the close Of the concert which re-
lieved the Honotony OF Sunday evening
the 800 guests at Tampa Bay Hotel clam
mored for the British national anthem.
The American military band struck up
| this inspiring air. Heads were barred. and
| in this torrid city on the Mexican Gulf
there was a tuneful chorus of affection
| for England, which could not have been
excelled within the confines of her own
seaboard. To the mere handful of Eng
| lishmen present 1t was gratifying and
touching incident, and one eloquent as
| Indicative of the popular feeling on this
| side of the Atlantic. Next to the war
there Is here no more absorbing topic
than the possibility of drawing closer
those ties of kinship and common interest
which tie the two countries together.
Mr.. Chamberlain's speech has just
reached this distant point, and the view
IS that the delivery was opportune and
| the tone eminently desirable. At this
great military center that message of
| friendship has been received with the ut
most approba ton. A prominent politician
tells me that on this question Of interna-
| tional alliance pure American sentiment
| Is undivided. The wish for closer rela-
tionshp is more acute there and marked
| than Is imagined in this country. His
tory" he added. will show the product
| Of this conflict to be a link of amity be-
| tween blood relations. My hope and be-
lief Is that IL will be an alliance offensive
4 and defensive. which will establish peace
| in the world. will foster commerce and
do much to drive away that national
| selfishness which is the ever menacing
| factor of our life
There is probably no man who knows
| those of Cuba better than DR.. Dfaz, who is
| attached to the stan of the commander in
| chief He is a man of many parts. medi-
| cal. doctor of divinity. Baptist mission
| ary and Cuban leader. He was ordered to
be executed. but through the Intervention
| of the United States escaped. There was
l-no more popular man in Cuba at the time
When burial rates were so high in the is
| land that the dead. as an Irishman would
put II, walked about to save burial ex-
| penses, he entered into active competi-
tion with the church as an undertaken
| and made possible decent interment for
| the poor. Furthermore, he attended to
| the ailments of the impoverished his only
| fee being permission to preach and pray
| to the patient. His utilitarian Christian
ity made him the friend of all and his as
sociation with the commander-in-chief
cannot fail to be of the utmost benefit at
| this juncture.
In conversation today he drew some
narrowing details of the horrible suffer-
ings of his countrymen. He estimates
| that since the blockade they have been
dying from starvation at the rate of 50e
| day. Indeed. their condition at this
moment Is worse than ever. Those who
are not hemmed in the towns appease
the pangs of hunger by the consumption
of palm sapling. or any other substance
that may be masticated.
As to the capacity of the Cubans to
govern themselves. DR.. Diaz has no fear.
There is. he believes. in his race all the
qualities necessary for the provision and
" into Of
is to procure this that he has unceasing-
ly labored during his period of involun-
tary exile
Relief Work at Key West.
New York, May 1I.-Although the Red
Cross supply steamer State of Texas.
with Miss Clara Barton on board, has
been lying at Key West for many DAYS
unable TO carry out its intended work of
relieving the starving reconcentrados of
Cuba, Miss Barton and her assistants have
not been idle, as a letter from her re-
ceived by Stephen Barton, chairman of
the central Cuban relief committee in this
city, shows. The letter is dated May 10,
and In 1t Miss Barton says that in order
to help the local relief committee at Key
West while keeping the cargo of the
State of Texas intact as long as possible.
| prize cargo of bananas was purchased
at auction for distribution among the I.00o
persons aided by the Key West commit
tee. From the prize ships also 70OO
pounds of live fish were obtained. Twen-
ty tons OF general supplies forwarded by
the central committee were expected.
This would help provide for Key West till
the. middle of June. Supplies have also
been furnished to hungry men on some
of the captured ships at Key West On
the steamer Pedro there were thirty-fiye
men who had had nothing to eat but fish
for fifteen days. With the help of the
New York committee and by careful man
agement the State of Texas will be able
to start with its cargo intact in spite of
teh liberal relief work at Key West
Ohio Troops.
Columbus, Ohio. May 1z.-Four batteries
eof the First Ohio Light Artillery. Major
Atwell commanding and the Second
Ohio Infantry left today for Chickamau-
keA-
Mickigsn Infantry.
Detroit. Mich, May T.-Three long
trains bearing the Thirty-frst Michigan
Infantry passed through West Detroit
yesterday en- route for Chickamauga.
The Thirty ty-second Regiment is awaiting
orders to follow southwark.
Vermont Volunteers.
Burlington, VT, May 1.-THE First Reg
iment Infantry. Vermont volunteers. was
mustered into the American service yes
terday by Major Jaseiyn. American
Army. The regiment is ordered to leave
A Spy Mt Fort Niagara.
Niagara Falls. N. Y. May I7.-Late
Sunday afternoon the soldiers on guard