The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-14
EVERYTHING! !;
.,ie.S.
In READINESS.
Gen'l Miles so Informs the
Washington Authorities.
BATTLE NOW In PROGRESS.
II is Believed That General Toral viii
Soon Capitulate. Germany'S En-.
peror Interested in Our Dy-
E, Mantle Guns. :.

men. horses, artillery and supplies Tor san
tiago continues with the same rush will
which ii was begun several days ago
Every available workman who can be OBJ
tained has beon pressed into service on th,
docks
The transport Nueces. which has beer
loading for two days, was finished thi.
afternoon and pulled out into tho bay and
sailed for Key West, where the ships will
rendezvous. Work on the Cherokee was
begun this morning, and by tomorrow she
will DO ready to join the Lampasas and
the Nueces.
The Second New York regiment Of vol
unteers left its camp in this city early this
morning and Is now aboard the Cherokee,
besides a number OF heavy guns and SOW
eral hundred horses the Cherokee will take
half a million rounds Of ammunition in
addition to the Que hundred rounds car
ried by each man Of the regiment on
board.
Thus far no other regiment has boen Or
dered to go aboard tho transports. but all
the regiments OF General Snyders divis-
ion arc under marching orders. and are
within mile Of the transports.
The Saltwater. which carries the Signal
Corps and sufficient amount of coal for
the other vessels Of the feet, will sail early
Tomorrow morning Besides troops
horses aud supplies. tho transports Missi-
sippi and Mohawk will take large guam
tity of fresh meat. Their coldstorage
rooms will DO filled, and the packing COM
pany which furnished the moat is sending
butchers to attend to the meat Oh board
aud at Santiago
All ice famine which has been threaten.
ed here for some time has arrived. and ice
for the transports had to DO brought from
points 200 miles distant.
Nine train loads Of Ohio cavalry and L.
100 horses, which left Chickamauga this
morning will arrive here Tomorrow and
will b. oncamped In Tampa and vicihity.
Two train loads Of Infantry arrived hero
th; morning from Fortress Monroe and
went Immediately to Port Tampa, and
probably will 60 aboard transports to.
morrow.
Batteries c, X and NJ arrived here to-day
from Washington. Battery X went
through to tho Port, and the other two
batteries are at Camp Rogers. whore all
the heavy artillery has boon stationed.
Perry M. D.lson Consul General for tho
United States to Ecuador, has sailed for
Santiago on tho Nueces On arriving
thorc HI will Join General Whecler's COM
mand. lie Is warm personal friend Of
the General
Washington July 10 Tho Navy Depart
ment to day posted the following mamor-
undn OF Information received from Rear
Admiral Sampson:
Santiago Juno 27. 1888 Tho landing
of tho army was completed yesterday nf-
ternoon. all having been disemharked,
with tho addition of 9. 973ot General Gar
ca's forces. Large:quanti!ies of stores also
have been disemDarkod and u ba,e es-
tabltshed. General Shafter has been most
kind in his recognition oil the aid afforded
W oio uSopt uiA VI Jul htutoi WIN SCNtlul
hundred officers and men assisting dur
ing this period In the work. General
Shatter IL his telegram to the War De-
partmcnt states that tho aid given him by
the navy WAS enthusiastic and also that
no thinks he could not have cffec;el the
landing without Its aid in ten days, if at
i'll.
Such Decentralization In the face of the
oncmy, aud upon surf bound coast of tho
chara Ter Of this, must be regarded as II
most successful piece Of work, and desire
to mako mention of the ability displayed
by Captain Goodrich and tho officers de-
with which the men did their
work
The Yale arrived with 1900 troops, and
these now arc bong debarkcd at Siboncy
The vessels of this squadron now arc pa.
coast line Of nearly 2,OO1 miles, n
line greater In extent than that patrolled
ny 60 ships during the civil, war and one
In many respects offering creator diff
cultics"
NGwYorl, July 10 The Herald has the
fcllcwing flom Washington: Tho admin
strutiyn Is preparing TO follow up the id
vantage gained by Rear Admiral Dewey
IL successfully repeling what was prob
Any the Initiative stepl III German inter
ference in The Philippines.
1t wants definite knowledge of tho exact
position Of the Berlin government with
aGcGcuce TO the Philippine ucition, and
.hy effort by the German warship Irene TO
the operations Of the insurgents
,thinst tho Spanish forces at Subic bay
y i'll III All probability bo the lever employ.
ID to pry into Emperor Williams conf
lencc.
A copy Of Rear Admiral Dewey's dis
patch relating to the trene's strange be-
savior was laid before the President to-
lay by Secretary Long, and Secretary Day
who was made acquainted with its con.
,onts. took part in the discussion which
ollowed
ASA result Of the discussion there Is
,,rong probability that the Berlin govern
nent will be officially informed of the in
,ident, with view to obtaining from it |
III explanation Of the peculiar conduct Of |
he German commander.
Germany has been we'll aware that the |
United States did not look with favor upon |
he assembling of such q strong squadron
IS she now has located in the Philippines,
no formal protest has been made
md 1t Is now proposed to officially call at.
ention to this matter Tho authorities
With whom talked today admitted that
ho retention of five German warshps in
he waters OF the Philippines is most irr-
ntinR
One of these gentlemen said to-day:
There has been no agreement between
tear Admiral Dewey and tho insurgents,
nd the American commander has 80
orupuously observed the proprietcs that
he natives cannot claim that they have
cen recognized, either as allios or bel
gerenis."
Washington, D. c., July IA promi-
ont man Of this city who was born and
cared in New Orleans, in speaking of the
sport that yelo fever had broken out
mong the troops in Shafter's army, said: