The evening times., 1898-07-07
TROOPS co TO THE FRONT
Re-enforcementS for Shafter Ar.
irving at Santiago.
SIX BATTERIES OF ARTILLERY
First Regiment, District of COlun,-
bin Volunteers. May Land i'm Cuba
tOnfSht-IllinOis Volunteers Have
Probably Joined the Besiegers.
Cruisers as Transports.

Additional re-enforcements for the
American Army near Santiago de Cuba
will leave Charleston. S. c., within a
few days on the Columbia and Yale. The
troops that will sail first are the Sec
ond Regiment of the Wisconsin Volun-
teers. the Third Wisconsin Volunteers,
and the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Volun-
teers. comprising 2.4s6 men, under the
command of Brig. Gen. Ernest. Major
Gen. Wilson will sail with these troops
for the purpose of taking command of a
division upon his arrival at Santiago. In
all. about 5000 men will soon leave
Charleston for the front. Want of trans
ports may cause some delay.
During the last two weeks a large army
has left the United States to re-enforce
the American troops now before Santa
go de Cuba. On June 30 the First Regi-
ment of Illinois Volunteers and $50 reg
ular recruits sailed from Tampa. These
troops are now in Cuba.
Brig. Gen. Rando!ph's detachment of
light artillery and the First Regiment of
the District Volunteers sailed for San
tiago on July 3. 1t is expected that they
will arrive in Cuba either tonight or to-
morrow.
Several thousand additional troops will
fore the end of the present week. The
authorities intend that the American Ar
my now before Santiago de Cuba shall be
strengthened to such a degree that de-
feat will be next to impossible.
1t is confidently expected in Washing
ton that Major Gen. Snafter will await
the arrival of the artillery forces and
Brig. Gen. Randolph and the First Regi-
ment of the District Volunteers before
ms ha fins oil h.a ait, Of
Santiago.
The auxiliary cruiser st. Paul sailed
from New York yesterday with the
Eighth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers,
which constitute a part OF the brigade
under the command of Brig. Gen. Gar
retson. Gen. Guy V. Henry, who will
assume command in Cuba of the two
brigades under Generals Garretson and
Duffeld. went on the ST. Paul.
The artillery force under the command
of Brig. Gen. Randolph. which is expect
ed to arrive in Cuba by tomorrow. con-
sists of Batteries c and +, OF the Third
artillery. and Batteries d and F, of the
Fifth artillery. II was originally intend
ed to send this detachment of artillery
with Major Gen. Shafter when he went
to Cuba. but for some ineXpiicable rea-
son it was left behind. After Gen. SHAFT
ter arrived near Santiago he cabled the
War Department to send this additional
artillery force to re-enforce his army IS
soon as possible. He is depending greatly
upon his artillery in making the grand
assault upon the former capital of Cuba.
The War Department has made ar
rangements with the naval officials TO
use several of the cruisers for trans
ports. Owing to the great difficulty ex-
perienced by the War Department in
chartering merchant and passenger
steamers for transports. it has become
necessary TO use the naval war vessels
for this purpose. The st. Louis and
Harvard will be in New York within n
few days and will be used to take re-
endorsements to Gen. Shafter.