The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-11
THE SQUADRONS
AWAIT THE ARMY.
Way Now Open at Santa
60 for the Troops.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
This Would Seem to Be the Logical
Base Of Operations.
NAVY'S WORK WAS WELL DONE.
Our Ships Now Control the Harbor ana
an Army Could BE Easily Landed
and the Occupation Of Santiago
Accomplished = Approach
With Siege Guns
Would BE Easy.

ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DISPATCH BOAT WANDA, OFF SAM
TIAGO, June a p. M.-Via Kingston,
Jamaica, June 10.--T:i0 A. M.-The Navy
awaits the army. The lighting ships OF
Rear-Admiral Sampson and Commodore
Schley have battered down the coast de-
fences Of southern Cuba and have seal
ed up Admiral Cerveras fleet in the har-
Dor OF Santiago de Cuba by sinking the
collier Merrimac In the channel at Its
entrance, which the guns OF the ncet
cover increasingly.
Scout boats running under the shadows
OF FL Moro. have cut the Haytien cable
and now hold thirty-five miles or the
coast east OF Santiago dc Cuba, includ-
ing Guantanamo harbor.
Under the cover OF tho guns OF the aeet
eastern Cuba may be safely investso BY
land and sea. Admiral Cervera's fleet an
initiated and tho entire province and It's
towns and harbors seized and held after
a short campaign.
A GOOD BASE OF OPERATIONS
The harbor of Guantanamo is . fne
base for land and sea operations. The
harbor Is capacious and has forty feet
Of water. The land approaches are not
so precipitous as at Santiago dc Cuba.
The low lying hills can be easily CROSS
ed with trains of siege guns and there
are level roads 10 Santiago. thirty-three
miles distant, where few mountain bat
teries. beyond the reach OF the feet. with
be taken to an eminence commanding the
city and tho Spanish ships.
Guantanamo is an important place. Ii
has six miles OF water harbor and would
be of great value to the United States
as navy and army supply station, coal
ing depot and cable terminus. The span
iards made but slight defence. Their
batteries were silenced on Tuesday by
The Marbiahea<i-i In - few sainstes, hffng
at four thousand yards. A small Spanish
gunboat ran awey The oregon. Marble
head and Yankee hold tho harbor, WALTZ
ing to land marines.
WORK WELL DONE.
The navy's work has been we'll done.
Daily and nightly ships patrol the thirty
miles OF coast within easy gun range OF
tho shore. The officers and men are ever
ready. and impatiently say: What more
can we do? We have opened the way.
Where is the army OF invaslon?"
The answer seems near at hand. The
MarbIehead returned TO Guantanamo. TAX
ing Captain GOodrell, of the marines, TO
survey landing places
This morning tho New York, New Or
leans and Porter were close in shore OF
Daiquiri, east OF Santiago, where there
are extensive iron works. A large iron
pier offers an excellent landing place.
Possibly one detachment OF the army will
land there. another force may land west
OF FL Moro and a third body OF troops
may land at Guantanamo.
EASILY CAPTURED.
II Is believed that tho city can be cap
tured within a few days and that Ad-
mlral Cervera will be compelled TO fight.
The destruction OF the shore batteries
now makes possible their occupation by
troops. giving the American fleet an op-
portunity 10 enter the harbor remove the
mines at the entrance and effect & joint
blow OF the army and navy, involving the
surrender OF the Spanish troops I'm tina
eastern provinces, now practically all
concentrated at Santiago de Cuba. and
the surrender or destruction Of Admiral
Cervera's fine ships would necessarily
have an important II not controlling bear
ing in closing the war.
IL Is in this view that such n close
watch Is maintained 60 prevent the ss-
cape OF the Spanish ships, and necessarily
the presence OF the soldiers is required 10
prevent the defeat OF the work thus far
accomplished by the navy.