The record-union., 1898-06-26
Has Made All Arrangements to
Leave Washington.
VIII Sail With 6eneral Coppinger and the
Fourth Army Corps
Eighteen thousand Soldiers Will
Embark on the Transports to
Leave Tampa, Florida, AZ Soon
M Possible to Reinforce Gen
: eral Skaters Forces Now in the
I. Island.

NEW YORK, June 25.-A Washing
ton special to the Tribune" says:
General Miles has made arrangements
to leave Washington at once for Tampa,
to embark there as soon as possible with
General Coppinger and the Fourth
Army Corps of about 1S,OOO men Tor
Santiago, that point being definitely an
nounced as the chief outlying base or
supplies for subsequent military ana
naval operations against the enemy In
the West Indies.
General Miles expressed the hope that
General Shafter will have succeeded in
taking possession of Santiago before he
reaches there, but in case this achieve
ment is delayed, the large army OF re-
enforcement will undoubtedly be able to
effect speedy termination of the siege,
as we'll as neutraliZe the heavy addi-
tional forces constituting the flower of
the Spanish army in Cuba, consisting OF
10000 men under General Pando known
as their fighting General, which is
now reported as Fastening to the scene
overland from Holguin, seventy miles
in an air line.
General Shafter has been directed by
cable to get all the supplies out Of his
transports as quickly as possible, and
General Coppinger's troops, who are
now ready to embark and Secretary
Long sent orders at the same time to
Admiral Sampson to furnish an effect
i've convoy Of warships for the expedi-
tion. 1t is believed the big fleet can
start on its return voyage not later
than Thursday morning, their empty
condition being conducive to the at
talnment of much higher speed than
they made outward voyage
With no troops aboard, it will also be
unnecessary to exercise such strict pre-
cautions against the possibility of des-
perate attacks by small gunboats or
torpedo cruisers, and perhaps the faster
vessels will not have to wait for those
Of slower speed.
According to the present arrange
ments, when General Miles arrives at
Tampa Monday morning he will imme-
dlately undertake the execution of all
necessary preliminaries to provide for
the prompt and systematic loading of
supplies on the transports, and none of
the exasperating delays which marked
the departure of the first expedition are
anticipated to re-occur on this occasion
General Coppinger's force is composed
almost altogether of the brgades which
"0ic oilSlildiIy selected TO participate
with General Shafter, and It has the ad-
vantage of thorough and compact or
ganization. The organization is as fol-
lows:
Second Division-First Brigade. Col
onel j. d. DeRussey, Eleventh United
States Infantry, and Nineteenth United
States Infantry.
Second Brigade-GeneraI II. l.. Car
penter. First Infantry District of Co.
lumbia Volunteers: Second Infantry.
New York Volunteers, and Fifth Mary
land Volunteers.
Third Observation-Disclosures General
Hall, Third Infantry PENNSYLVANIA
Volunteers; One Hundred and Sew
enteenth Indiana Volunteers; Fist
Ohio Volunteers and First Infantry
Illinois Volunteers.
Third Division. First Brigade-Brig-
adler General Jacob Klein. Fifth In
fantry Ohio Volunteers, First Infantry
Florida Volunteers, and Thirty-second
infantry Michigan Volunteers.
Second Brigade-Brigadier General J.
n Andrews. Sixty-ninth New York In
fantry Volunteers. Third Infantry Ohio
Volunteers, and Second Infantry Geor-
gia Volunteers
Third Brigade-Provision Cavalry
Brigade, Fifth United States Cavalry,