The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-06-24


OF defense. From the STAFF a. 80
summit the Spanish flag was detiant,s M
noa'lng at sunset last night. but it was
eone thls morning, and with it tho
small Spanish guard which had ,n,;nl
'ained the signal station. Betwaor
hlshtfall and dawn, the Spaniards had
'aheh the alarm and fed from the
p'ace' hrlns the town as they left The
nahes were watched with Interest,"
IRON the ships. Two sharp expl osions
were heard. AT fist they were thouph:
70 De the report of guns from Spanisi,
masked batteries, but they proved to
De the explosions Of ammunition in the
burning building.
Men Were Anxious.
1hree hours waiting made the men
on the transports impatient to get
ashore aud IN action, and every move
81 the warships was closely watched
" tue soldiers.
a little before . o'clock, the bonn.
oardment of the batteries Of Jarapuy
was begun by the ships of Rear Ad.
miral Simpsons fleet. This wa:
evidently feint to cover the real po,u,
OF attack, Jaragua being about half
way between Baiquiri and Santiago de
Cuba The bombardment lasted about
~ minutes.
Inc scene then quickly shifted back
aga.n 10 the great seml.circle of trans.
port fleet before b B.iuuiri.
- "i) o'clocA, the New Orlean,
opened tire with gun tAat sent a shel
ruMunh; and crashing against the hill
side. The Detroit. Wasp, Machias and
Suwanee followed suit and soon the
hillsides and the valleys seemed to be
ablaze, as shot followed shot in swift,
succession amid the wild and excited
cheering Of the soldiers on the trans
ports.
Alive with Little Flotillas.
In five minutes the sea was alive
with tlotillas Of small boats, headed By
launches, speeding for Baiquiri dock
Some Of the boats were manned by
crews Of sailors, while others were
rowed by the soldiers themselves
Each boat contained l6 men, every ON
IN fighting trim, and carrying three
days rations, shelter tent, a gun anc
500 cartridges, ready TO take the tielc
called upon to do SO.
The firing Of the warships, however
proved TO be needless precaution, a:
their shots We're not returned, and ~
| Spaniards We're visible.
General Shafter on board the Seeu
ranca, closely watched the landing 0
the troops.
| Bri9adier General Lawton, who ha
| been detailed 10 command the landing
| party, led the way III launch accom-
panied by his staff, and directed til
formation OF the line of operation.
Eighth Infantry First to Land.
\ detachment OF Eighth regular in
| (antry soldiers was the first to land
followed by General Skaters old regi
ment, the First infantry. Then cam
the Twenty.tifth infantry, the Twenty
second infantry, tho Tenth infantry
the Seventh and Twelfth infantry, tn
Second Massachusetts regiment and
detachment of the Ninth cavalry.
The boats rushed forward slmulta
neously from every quarter III goo
naturcd rivalry to be first, and .hel
| occupants scrambled over one anothe
to leap ashore.
AS the boats tossed about III the SUI
breaking against the pier, gettl!
ashore was no easy matter. ana III
soldiers had TO throw their rifles on IN
dock before they could climb up then
selves, and some hard tumblos resulted
but nobody was hurt
At the end Of the pier the companie
and regiments quickly lined up an
were marched away.
General Lawtou threw strong q
tachment for the night about siN mii'
west on tho road 10 Santiago, an
another detachment was posted to II
north of the town among the hill
The rest Of the troops We're quartere
in the town, some OF them being house
in the buildings Of the iron compan.
Others of the troops We're quartere
in deserted houses, while others 81
nreferred the shelter Of their tents
the adjoining fields. !,
| The mornings fire, it was seen, q
stroyed the round house, the repa
shops and several small dwellings. II
town was deserted when tho trool
landed. but women and children So
appeared from the surrounding 'h'0
cts and returned to their homes.
Searched Buildings and Beat up Thicks
The un.broazed soldiers III the
slouch hats and service UNIFORM
quickly searched the buildings al
heat up tho thickets after landing