The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-19

Cdimanera nil at the entrance to Guam
tanamo harbor, but he stated the effort TO
restore communication had not yet been
successful
NO TROUBLE WITH MILES.
Secretary Alger, accompanied by Major
General Miles, went over to the White
House this morning to see the President
The secretary was indignant at the pub
hshed reports that the President and himself
were dissatisfied with the course adopted by
General Miles and had decided to relieve him
of the command of the army. The secre-
tary said, in the presence of General Miles.
to representative of the press: There is
not VOID of trtuh in it," meaning the
statement to which his attention had been
attracted. As a matter of fact, the purpose
Of the administration in calling General
Miles to Washington at this time is to con-
suit with him to the future conduct of
the campaign. 1t is plain that the cam
paign itself has grown far away from the
original lines on which it was drawn, and
recent developments have led to a belief on
the part of the President that the plans
may be amended somewhat with benefit
The War Department is profiting by the ex-
perience gained in the organization of and
dispatch of General Skaters expedition, by
the concentration of troops in the great
camps, by the development of weak places
In the staff systems, and it is desired that
future operations be conducted with view
to avoiding friction, improving the methods
OF equipping the volunteers and generally
facilitating the organization of an effective
army.
The preparations being made by the War
department to meet any possible demands
IN the future, as revealed in the very thor
ough report of the board headed by Major
Hopkins, appointed to look after suitable
camping sites, undoubtedly has given rise
TO the reports that additional military
camps are to be established The DEPART
ment has put things in trim to establish at
short notice several additional camps but so
tar 1t has not ordered any troops to them.
and 1T is not likely to unless there should
be further call for volunteers.
The projected dispatch of the relief expe-
ditions with food and supplies to the suf-
fering Cubans is no new feature of the cam
palgn, as seems to have been supposed in
some quarters From the first the President
has had in mind the probable sufferings of
the reconcentrados, whose lot was likely to
be made doubly hard blythe war unless our
people came to their relief. 1t was his pur-
pose to lose no opportunity in sending sup
plASS ~ lilSSc people, the reported prep
aration Of expeditions in Florida to carry
these are nothing more than the natural
execution of the Presidents plan.
The rooms of Secretary Alger were
thronged to-day by friends of the many
candidates for appointment from civil life
as lieutenants in the army. There was to
be two hundred of these appointed, and it
was announced this afternoon they will be
made public in the newspapers Monday
morning.
No confirmation has reached here of the
report from the Spanish sources that the
Spanish food-laden steamer Purisma Con-
cepcion has managed to slip into Manzan-
lilo, Cuba, and if this should turn out to be
the case there is a strong disposition to
hold somebody accountable. While the town
mentioned is not within the blockading
lines it is felt that with due vigilance the
vessel could have been captured by one of
the American cruisers. The vexatious fea-
lures of the boats arrival at Manzanillo is
that the large amount of supplies she car
ries are probably placed within reach of
the Spanish defenders of Santiago. There
are other Spanish forces in the neighbor-
hood reported to be in desperate straits as
to food and ammunition who may be en-
abled, If this rumor proves true, to con-
tinue effective resistance for soma time