New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-03
Fortunately. they

rotary:
Major-General Shafter was selected to com
| mand the expedition to Santiago Result proved
! the wisdom of the assignment
ORDERS TO GENERAL SKATER.
Next in order the Secretary quotes his dis
| patch Of May 81 sent at 2:30 O'Clock at night.
20 General shafter at Tampa. directing him to
start for Santiago. To land east or west OF that
| point in his own judgment. and owe on to the
| high grounds in such position 5 TO destroy the
garr ison there and cover the Navy II sent It's
men in small boats to remove torredoes or.
with the aid Of the Navy. capture or DESTROY
! the Spanish feet reported 10 he in the haroor
| General Shafter was 10 accomplish this with the
| least possible delay. making use or the insur-
gents. but being careful not TO put too much
/ confidence i'm any persons outside Of his own
troops He was ordered to cooperate with the
Navy and communicate with Sampson and
| Schey. and on completing this task, unless his
! command had suffered severe loss. was to pro-
| coed to Porto de Banes and await orders
| The report says that on ''ay 80 Genera Niles
startel for TAMPA to assist In the embarkation
| Of troops On June the Secretary teleeraphed
| to Shafter at Tampa that Sampson reported
| Cervera safely bottled in Santiago Harbor. ana
urged Immediate aid from his troops Sampson
| reported 16.5OO Spanish troops as the garrison
of the vicinity The following day a dispatch
was received from Shafter at Tampa explaining
the delays in the embarkation Of the troops as
not prcventahle. The main cause of delay was
said to be that great quantities of stores were
rushed in promscuously with no facilities 10
handle or store them The railroad for ten
miles back from the wharf was a singie-track.
and narrow place in which to work The
capacity of the place had been greatly exceed
ed He ,Shafter) would not delay minute but
would not send his troops away until they were
properly equipped General Corbn In reply OK
pressed the Presidents satisfaction at General
Skaters accomplishments
Following is the dispatch Of June Of General
Miles already published in his report saying
that the expedition had been delayed through
no fault OF any one connected With IT, and con-
tinuing:
This expedition Is important that o desire nl 20
another and go with it to Join this ana capture
position 30 Now that the military is y aSO sVer TO
energy making the most judicious disposition OF II
to accomplish the desired results
THE DELAY AT TAMPA.
A telegram from Sampson on the Ith. trans
lated by the Secretary. ITO Major-General
Shafter or Major General Miles at Tampa,
declared that he has senCed the works at SAN
tiaCo: that If ten thousand men were there inc
city and feet could be taken; that every con-
sideraton demanded immediate Army move
ment and If DELAYED the city would he de-
Tended more strongly by guns taken from the
fleet Following without explanation. Is this
dspatch to General Shafter at Fort Tampa
from Secretary Alger. dated the It'll:
Since telegraphing you an hour since. the Presi.
dent directs YOU 10 sail at once with what force
you have ready.
In reply Shafter said he would sail the next
morning which was early as steam could be
got up That was at D. m. and Al 9:?4 p. m
Miles at Tampa. telegraphed directly to the
President
From the commanding officer down 10 the drum;
er hoEs ever one last rs ny b roons from chc
mauga arrived this morning. ard have been
dent they viii ali do their best to carry out the
wishes and directions of the President.
MILES. Major-General commanding
dozen kilograms at this point explain the
sudden detention of the expedition owing to the
report of the Spanish squadron in Nicolas Chan
mel In the midst Of them appear these tele-
grams, which have not before been published:
IIead9aa1r9sS a Of 2,1 The A 1sss %
Secretary Of War Washington. y c.:
Think i, would be well TO announce that the Army
got on board iransPGrts and staried as hcy dia
hu, let our naval vessels go over the course that
of finding those Spanish ships Does not the pres
ence Of Spanish war vessels in Cuban waters re-.
ports until they are captured. destroyed or driven
AVA And under the cireumsIanSfS, is e5
Arrangements had been partly made before the
presence of the Spanish ships announced.
MILES Maior-General Commanding Army.
War Department. June .. 1898.
~ ar
The President directs me today that no change
OF pan Nh be Tsn5 nat 20 rs ook
ing for transports. and am satisfied the Navy will
r. A ALGER. Secretary Of War.
Tampa Fla June ., 1898. 2:a5 p. m.
Il seems that it is naval problem YET 9nsolved
entire Navy to convoy it 10 No No. OF Nuevitas,
The troops in hsalthful camps as they row are,
could be used carry water coal and supplies.
Gould be added TO the force Of the Navy il seems
strange to he suggesting that the Army assist the
most loyal support when the waters afe for
MILES Maior-Cieneral Commanding Army
DEPARTURE OF TRANSPORTS
On June o Acting Secretary Allen Of the
Navy wrote the Secretary OF War that by the
18th the naval convoy from SIMPSONS feet
would be ready 10 start without regard to the
Spanish ships. and in sending this dispatch to
Major-General Miles, az Tampa. AdJutant-Gen
eral Corbin. by order Of the Secretary. directs
that Miles transmit II TO Shafter on the 18th
the Adjutaat-G General communicated directly
with Major General Shafter. suggesting that the
Army transports leave Tampa about eighteen
hours before the Key West division of the con
voy reaches Rebecca Shoal Several te,egrar,s
this subject exchanged directly be-
tween the War Department and General Shat
ter. and not until June Is is anything printed
coming from Miles when he reported that