The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-02
MILES ARRIVES AT TAMPA.
Hard Rain Storm-Dorsts Expedi-
tlOns TO Cuba.

tlOnS To CUBA.
Tampa, Fla. June 1-Ma1. Gen. Nelson
A. Miles, commander-in-chiof of the United
States army, is now in Tampa.
The general, with his staff and a large
office force. arrived here to-day over the
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
from Washington and established his
headquarters at the Tampa Bay Hotel
Mrs. Miles Miss Miles aud Sherman A.
Miles We're also in the party.
Gen. Miles was apparently thoroughly
tired out by his hot journey and remained
In the hotel all day conversing over the
situation with Gems shafter and Wheeler.
and renewing old acquaintances among the
veterans who We're with him on the from
tier
The rainy season on the Florida coast
may now be said to have fairly commence
ed. A terrific thunderstorm was expert
enced here to-day. The rainfall for half
an hour was simply enormous, but the
ground, dried into powder by a drought
that has lasted for eight months, readily
absorbed most OF it and but lrtle dlscom-
fort was caused among the camps of the
soldiers
A few tents were blown down by the oc-
casional squalls and some lively scramb-
ling among the unfortunate occupants OF
these tents resulted, but no material dam
age was done.
The dust and heat of the past two weeks
have been almost unbearable and In conse-
quence drilling hours in many cases have
been shortened, II being simply impossi-
Bile for ever the regular troops, hardened
as they are to stand 1t.
Lieut. j. d. Miley of Gen Skaters
staff, has returned. His trip extended
over several days.
Brig. Gen IL. w. Lawton has reported
here to Gen. Shafter
An official notice of the complete sue
cess of the expedition In command of
Lieut.. Col, J. II. Dorst, which sailed from
TINS port on the steamer Florida Two weeks
ago, carrying arms and ammunition, COM
missary supplies, horses and mules for the
insurgent army under Gen. Garcia besides
one of the largest and best equipped
bodies of men that has yet volunteered for
service In the cause Of Cuba was posted
on the bulletin board at army headquarters
to-day.
It reads as follows: "CoI. Dorst returned
to Key West yesterday after landing a
successful expedition on the northeast
asst of Cuba. He landed at Point Banes.
directly north across the island from SAN
tiago dc Cuba. He took with him from
Tampa over 400 Cubans fully armed and
equipped and to some extent drilled and
landed these, together with over / 900 900
rounds of ammunition. between 1000 and
5000 Springfield rifles and steamer load
of munitions of war including horses and
mules"
This makes the third successful expedl-
tion in landing munitions of war and
armed Cubans on the coast of Cuba. Col.
Dorst was the first to land American
troops on Cuban soil and to raise the
American flag on those shores. He was
also the first to whip body of Spanish
troops In which the commanding officer
and two or three men were killed. and he
Is the first to capture one of the deep
water ports on the north coast of Cuba.
II Is a little singular that while at almost
The same time that Commodore Schlev
was inclosing the Spanish fleet in the port
of Santiago de Cuba Col Dorst was and
had for two days been Unloading NUM-
tions Of war In a harbor directly north
and within sixty miles OF It.