Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-22
Shafter
Reports.
Arrival at Santiago Of
dcially Confirmed.
NO NEWslOF LANDING
Direct Cable Communication
Has Been Restored.
NO NEWSlOF LANDING

portant news at the war department
Today. Official word was received there
of the safe arrival of General Shafter
and his troops off Santiago, and news
was also received that direct cable
communication had been established
between the United States and Guanta-
namo where the United states ma
rines now hold possession Of Cuban SOIL.
Thus not only Is Captain General
Blanco cut off from any communication
with the outside world save through
the Key West cable, within our control,
but the authorities in Washington have
been placed in close connection with
our forces, army and navy, which are
conducting the invasion Of Cuba.
To General Greedy and his signal
corps belongs the honor Of achieving
this last feat. He was intrusted some
weeks ago with the task Of re-estab-
fishing cable and Geographic communi-
cation with Cuba. Under his supervi-
sion Lieutenant Colonel James Allen OF
General Miles staff, with officers and
men Of the signal corps, has been bust
ly engaged in the execution of that
work.
The French cable company, whose ca
BILE runs from Santiago to Guantanamo
bay and thence to Cape Haitien, where
a. direct connection Is obtained with
New York, was accorded the privilege
of restoring this communication with
Guantanamo and Santiago, with per-
mission to send commercial and domes-
tic DISPATCHES under a strict military
censorship, necessitated by war condi-
lions.
The N1ancel Did It.
The cable steamer Mancel, was en-
ployed for the work, and operating on
these lines communication was restor-
ed between Cape Haitien and Guanta-
namo about o'clock yesterday after
noon. It Is expected that tomorrow the
cable will be thrown open to the general
public, subject to censorship.
The first message over the restored
cable was one from Lieutenant Colonel
Allen to General Greedy announcing the
reopening Of communication. General
Greedy Immediately directed the officer
to obtain and forward the earliest pos
sible advices as to the arrival of the
United States troop transports.
Lieutenant Colonel Allen applied to
Captain McCalla, in command of the
United States naval forces in Guanta-
namo bay. The captain in turn sent out
a boat to Admiral SIMPSONS squadron,
which returned with the news that the
transports had arrived safely and were
lying off Santiago and that at the mo-
ment Of the report General Shafter,
commanding the military expedition,
was on board the flagship New York
consulting with Admiral Sampson re-
spectng the landing of the troops.
The news was particularly grateful
to Secretary Alger, who, besides his Off
cial interest in the safe arrival Of the
expedition, has natural concern for
the welfare Of his son, an inspector on
General Skaters staff.
The news was promptly communicate
ed to the navy department, where there
was a general expression of satisfaction
at the notification that they will be able
hereafter to communicate directly with
Sampson.
Paper Fleet Back at Cadis.
Another piece of good news that came
to them through the medium of the
state department today was from re-
liable authority in Marseilles, France,
stating that positive information had
been received there that the Cadlz fleet
had returned to Cadiz after its preten-
tious departure, with one Of the most
formidable Of the ships, the Vitoria,
disabled and in tow of one Of the other
ships.
The Vitoria Is one Of the broadside
shirs Of the Spanish navy, being very
similar in that respect to the Numanca,
another vessel OF the squadron. She
has no turrets, but like the old style of
ironclads has her guns mounted broad
side behind a citadel of heavy iron. She
has lain neglected for many years at
Cadiz, and it Is presumed that the hasty
repairs made upon her to prepare for
active service We're not extensive
enough to make good the damage sus-
tanned by her machinery through neg
lect.
The vessels that have arrived off San
tiago with the troops on board of each.
according to the data supplied to the
war department by General Shafter,
numbered, with the convoy, 40 vessels
and Is the mostsWumerous that ever left
the waters of the United States for a
foreign country.
1t is expected here that the transports
will remain off Santiago or perhaps
nearer the exact landing point of the
troops until Santiago has been cap
tured, when they will take aboard the
greater part of the invading army IL
they can be spared from that locality
and convey the troops to Porto Rico
TO effect the capture of that island
To Re-enforce Shafter.
Orders have been issued for the move
ment of General Duffields brigade from
Camp Alger, Va, to Newport News, Va,
where the troops will embark on the
auxiliary cruisers Harvard and Yale
for Santiago de Cuba. This brigade
consists of the Ninth Massachusetts and
the Thirtythird and Thirty-fourth
Michigan regiments. 1t will leave Camp
Alger tomorrow night, and on reaching
Newport News the next morning imme-
diately go on board the Transports |
wnicn are being rapidly loaded with
supplies under the supervision Of quar-
and commissaries.
1t will be necessary for the auxiliaries |
20 make q second trip to convey to Sam
.iago the brigade consisting Of the Sixth
Sixth Illinois and
Eighth Ohio. under General Garretson.
which has also been assigned to aug
ment General Skaters force.
1t was at f1rst thought that A 600 SOL |
Tiers would be sufficient for this supple |
mental expedition, but it Is probable |
That nearer 10000 will go. They will be |
under General Garretson Of Ohio, close |
friend Of the president, and |
General Duflied of Michigan, the bosom |
friend of Secretary Alger.
The flying cruisers Yale and Harvard |
will carry them, making two trips each |
with 1000 men aboard. The second trips |
will be made as soon as the cruisers can |
return. If Shafter finds his task Of taxi |