The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-08

cut zs vel as possible. There are some
drawbacks. among them being ths Stag
9Th response C Sozue Of Re bureaus .:
tEe war department Some % TIE o,a men
IN TIE GGartsr7r aster-gsneratS oezce. the
ec1araisss y -rene-ers department ard IN
otheg branches have bean running ousl-
Hess a. Il has been fer tAsrsy years. IL
s-s;sng tast the red tape ina. answers
vel enough - time CO peace Esust De
made 10 work in ttrle OF war
Under vigorous direction this rcd tape
eould es dispensed wisa or stretched TO
answer. but that vIgor can never oe de-
yeloped So suborafnates while there Is n
Lack % Il az the head. No one knows
this better than the president. and he
ought 70 be able 10 ind 1t out Z he does
not know * now. and also 20 md
remedy for IL,
AL plans for the occupation Of Porto
Rico are kept very secret IN the var De-
p4rtment. JUST Who has made them IS
not aseertained. but the assumption 5
that the best suggestions have been made
D the careful m.nd az Gen. Sca0fiea5,
Gen Miles being occupied very fully with
tire direction OF routine business and only
having time 10 consider plans with the
purpose Of carrying them cat. When II
comes 10 the details Of business az Porto
Rice, Santiago or in the Philippines. it is
understood that the president vii INSIST
that the officer In command Of the expe-
dItl0n. be ha Merritt, Snatter or Miles
himself. shall be permitted 20 work cut
each for himself. completely as may
bee with cooperation with the navy. his
own plan Of campaign.
Hot as Il Is In Santiago, considered one
of TIE summer towns n Cuba 4 IS not
hotter for the spsnlards than ii VIII be
for the United States army and navy,
aud the forces OF the United States. as IT
much better of in the matter Of clothes,
food and discipline than the Spanish
army. AZ al events, IL is war and not
a matter OF pleasure that the country is
embarked in, and some men are sure TO
lose their lives on the field or in the hos
pital as a result OF the war. Tae admin
istrattor does not desire 10 pFolong II,
even IL contractors from the army take
the other and heaTt!ess view that war
now and then Ia a good thing, particu-
larry tfor contractors.
These are some OF the ideas that are
being discussed by the administration at
the beginning OF June, with the hottest
weather OF the year coming on. 1t is the
opinion OF some OF the presidents ad-
visers that the war can be terminated be-
fore winter II the summer Is employed to
good advantage. Movements upon Porto
Rico and Santiago. followed by successes.
and probably by a season of camping on
acquired territory that is not unaealshful.
even for Northern men, Will maintain the
spirits Of the troops, not yet ready but
preparing 10 be ready bye and bye
The army and navy will both be occu-
pied in the operations OF the army. and
possibly before the summer is ended Il
may he that the navy would be called
upon to so 10 Cadiz 20 look for the lost
fleet OF Spanish reserve vessels. That has
been thought OF several times, and with
Porto Rico occupied, Santiago taken.
Havana invested and tho Cadiz fleet not
yet on this side, il will be possible to
spare squadron OF half dozen or more
ships to run across the ocean and see
what has become OF Admiral Camara and
his much talked OF fighting ships.