The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-05-20
AN ARMY MOVEMENT
A Concerted Effort for the Eject
ment of Spaniards from Cuba.
CUBAN INSURGENTS TO COOPERATE.
No Ground for the Reports That Gen.
Gomez Desires to Act Single Handed
in Securing the Independence
of the Island.

WASHINGTON, May IL. The army
movement on Cuba is now fairly
launched and yesterdays news devel-
oped a concerted effort all along tho
line to begin aggressive operations ON
big scale for the ejectment of tho
Spanish troops and government from
the pearl of the Antilles. An order
given in the afternoon by the war de-
partment for the purchase of 5,000,0 600
ratious is an earnest of the scale on
which preparations are making for in
vasion of SPANS territory. OF this
vast quantity, one-fourth is to go to
the Philippines, by way of San Francis
co, and the balance TO Cuba. For some
reason that was not discoverable there
appeared to be a temporary check in
the practical working out of the plans
of the war department for this Cuban
movement. After everything had been
made ready for the departure Tuesday
night, Gen. Miles was detained and for
a time yesterday the rather gloomy
prospect of an indefinite postponement
of the first military expedition was
presented. Later on, however, the OBJ
stacle, whatever it was was removed
and it was announced that the COM
handing general with a numerous
staff would leave Washington to-day
directly for Tampa. The depart
ment has made great many
changes in the original programme
laid down for the concentration of
troops, and many bodies of volunteers
that were originally slated for one of
the great concentration camps have
found themselves suddenly under
orders to proceed direct to outhern
points, so that soon volunteers from
the east and middle west will be NOV
ing swiftly to Florida and the gulf,
while from the far west the
cars will be carrying troops to
San Francisco. Yesterdays news
| in connection with the renewal
of Gen. Miles orders to Tampa is pref
| ty substantial evidence of a very early
movement of troops in strong force to
Cuba, while the Philippine programme,
of course, has been definitely fixed for
some days. A final decision has been
reached by Gen. Miles, commanding
the army, to leave Washington for
Tampa, Fla, tonight.
CUBAN INSURGENTS TO COOPERATE.
WASHINGTON, May r. The courier
who is on his way here with letters
from Gen. Gomez to President Palma,
of the Cuban delegation, has stopped
at Tampa, and will not reach here for
a day or two. Gen. Nunez, of the Gu
ban army. after comforting with the
Cuban authorities here and with Gen.
Miles, left for Tampa. Although the
courier will bring detailed advices
from Gomez, the Cuban officials here
: are we'll informed on the general status
of the Cuban forces in the field
and this subject has been gone over
fully with the war department officials
The Cuban authorities are ready and
willing to have the fullest cooperation
by the United States troops on Cuban
soil and, it is said, there is no ground
for reports that Gen. Gomez desires to
act single-handed in securing Cuban
independence. 1t is said, he is fully
alive to the fact that this would take
time and large increase in the arms,
ammunition, rations and medicine at
his disposal. In the meantime he has
! exercised only prudential course in
! pointing out the climatic dangers OF
! sending a large United States force
into Cuba. Concerning the strength
of the Cuban forces in the field the Gu
ban representatives here say that at
present advices fully bear out all that
the Cuban authorities have claimed,
namely, that there are in all about
20, 900 men either under arms or ready
to take arms as soon as guns and am
munition are at hand of this mum
| her il is said about * 900 lack arms
and equipment leaving about 5,0O(
= now in the field and reasonably
G equipped, although additional ammu
f milton and supplies would be most adj
4 vantageous to the latter.