Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-06-25
LANDING OF TROOPS.
kilograms from Shafter and Samp.
SON Say It Is Going Favorably.
Daiq uirl the Place OF Disembarking-A
Cable Station Established at Playa
del Este, About Fifteen Miles
East of Santiago.

WASHINGTON, June aS.-Ofiicial dis
patches received last night by both
Secretary Alger and Secretary Long
indicated that the landing OF troops
near Santiago was progressing most
favorably. The first landing was ef.
fected Mt Baiquiri yesterday morning,
and met with comparatively slight re-
sistance. This was stated In dispatch
received in the evening by Secretary
Algcr, which, though brief, was full
OF news and meaning. 1t follows:
Secretary OF War:
PLAYA DEL ESTE. June %. ON Baiquiri,
Cuba. June .. Landing nj Baiquiri this morn
ing successful Very little II any resistance
SHAfTEh
Secretary Alger expressed himself
MS delighted ut the expediency with
which the landing OF the troops was
being effected, and with the fact that
no serious obstacle was being offered
by the enemy. lie construed the text
OF Gen. Skaters message to mean
that the enemy had made merely
nominal and ineffective resistance by
firing from the hills ut long range.
Shortly after Secretary Alger received
his dispatch, Secretary Long received
n more extended cablegram from Ad-
miral Sampson. 1t, too, was dated Mt
Playa del Este Mt $3.50 in the evening.
The text OF the dispatch translated
from the navy department cipher is as
follows:
Landing Of the army Is progressing favora-
bly, ut Baiquiri. There Is very little II any re-
sistancc The New Orleans, Detroit, Cnstinc,
Wasp aud Suwanee shcllcd vicinity before the
landing. We mads u demonstration ut Ca
banas 10 engage the attention OF the enemy.
The Texas engaged the west battery for some
hours. She had one man killed Ten sub
marine mines have been recovered from the
channel Of Guantanamo Communication by
telegraph has been established ut Guantanamo
SAMPSON
In both army and navy circles the
information contained in the dis
patches of Gen. Shafter and Admiral
Sampson was received with intense
satisfaction. The landing of SO large
body of troops rs Gen. Shafter ut
present has under his command is
task OF immense proportions. Aprom-
inent official OF the war department
said that the complete dcoarkation Of
the troops, animals, field guns and
supplies within week after their ar
rival off the Cuban coast would be
task well accomplished. 1t is prob
able, in the opinion Of the officer re-
ferred to, that only n partial landing
of the troops was effected yesterday
and that the landing will be contin-
ued from day TO day until completed.
1t is not unlikely, too, that the troops
will be landed at several places along
the coast, of course, within short dis
lance OF the headquarters which Gen.
Shafter will establish for himself.
Admiral SIMPSONS dispatch indi-
Gated that he was carrying out his in
structions thoroughly to clear way
for the landing OF. troops. The demon
stration which he made with the Texas
before Cabanas. which is just east Of
Guantanamo, may easily have led the
Spaniards to suppose that o general
landing was to be attempted in that
immediate vicinity. 1t was evident
from the text Of Admiral SIMPSONS
dispatch that considerable landing
had already been effected near Guam
tanamo, Us he noted that communica-
ton by telegraph had been re-estab-
lished at this point, and that the chan
mel had been cleared Of submarine
mines In the opinion Of naval officers
the landing at Guantanamo was Of
marines rather than Of land forces.
The cable station through which the
American commanders will communi-
cate with the departments in this city
has been established, as shown by the
dates Of the dispatches received yes
terday evening ut Playa del Este, u
small place directly on the coast about
Is miles east OF Santiago. The change
was made from Camp McCalla to Playa
del Este, in order that the station
might be nearer the scene Of action.