Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-01
FEELING FOR ENEMY
AMERICAN rnoops Ar sAKzzA&6
HAKrxG REcoxsoIssAxcus. i
/ Captured SPANISH PieI.falus
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shipsie and LonE az = Laths-
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Copyright. 1898. by the Associated Preep.h
GENERAL LAwTON's HEADoUArs
TIERS. FIVE MILES EAST OF eANT1A>
GO De CUBA, Wednesday. Juns 18th, !
p. NJ. via KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Thurs>
day. June ~.-7 A. M-The American
troops spent yesterday In feeling tor the
enemy. otherwise engaging in rcconGois-
sances. General shafter. In person. win
a small escort, went almost ID Caney. 8
small town five miles northeast OF Santia&
go de Cuba. with which II Is connecte1
by railroad. Lieutenant Standing and G
detail, OF Cubans and American sharpe
shooters occupied small hIli northwest
of the American lines. and looking di>
rectly down on both Caney and Santiago.
Caney now seems to hold only about 80
Spanish troops, the number reported BY
the Cuban scouts, in spite OF the belief oe
the Americans first here thu. tho 900
Spaniards driven forward by our advance
on Baiquri and Juragua had all retreeted
on Caney. and not Santiago. The small
number OF troops now at Caney indicates
that the Spaniards have practically evacu-
the case.
Lieutenant Standing was not molcsted
during his observation, though he passed
through a camp which twenty-four hours
previously had been occupied by stron0
Spanish outpost.
PIcKETs FORGOTTEN.
Corporal Hucht. of Company d. Seventh
United States Infantry. who. with seven
men, was sent on outpost duty two miles
from Santiago de Cuba yesterday morn
ing, and who was forgotten until tho
afternoon, was found by General Shafter
and sent into camp. The men considered
the whole affair good Joke. They had
repeatedly seen the Spaniards. who did
not offer to inolest them. and the Ameri-
cans spent the day as II enjoying
picnic In the woods. The Corporal said
that e he had had with him sufficient
force, re could have brought In fortY
Spanish prisoners.
A detail OF a company OF the Seventh
Regiment returned here last night In =
state OF great hlarity, inquiring where
they could corral captured ''pack-train.7
In the centre OF the group of soldiers wao
the ''pack-train," Spanish pony. accu~
rately described by corporal as being
"as thick as Ia shlngle. and long as 4
lath. The prisoner had been dcdicafed'
by the men to carrying their captains
baggage.
CAMP CONDITIONS STILL HARD.
The camp conditions continue hard.
Heavy rains yesterday set everything
afoat. Ratlons. however, are beins served
more regularly; but they are stin noe
plentiful. Officers and men fare alike
The latter are suffering during the cold
NIGHTS for lack OF the blankets thrown
away on the march. These have been
appropriated by the cubsns. voo 49,
everything in sight. and DO as little ~
possible. On the whole. they actuahy
fare better than our men.
The American officers generally expect
novement to-day TO capture caney.
wh,.h Is a short five miles nortteest g1
santiago This. however. Is not Official.
such n move may draw the span-
iards in force from Santiago; but. In view
OF their previous retreats when our A'.ny
-, have been seriously harassed on the
march. an aggressive move upon the pars
80 10 Standards IL considered unlikely.