Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-07-19
ENTRANCE TO McRRo CASTLE, SAN JUAN.

Porto Rico on the converted cruiser
Yale to be followed quickly by an army
of about 10000 men. There are some
notable differences i'll the plans for this
expedition, and form the stately naval
pageant that sailed away from Tampa
under General Skaters command to
attack Santiago.
First, there will be practically no
naval conveys; the navy department. has
declared that they are unnecessary. that
there is not Spanish warship in the
West Indies that dare thrust its bow out
of port. In the second place, the expe-
dition does not start from one point but
will be divided among several ports,
thus preventing the tremendous eonges-
ton that was encountered in Tampa in
the effort to start the big fleet. Lastly,
there will be no effort made to get the
ships away together, but the transports
will be allowed to find their own way to
their destination without concerted
movements. General Miles leads the
way. He had been promised by the
president that he should go to Porto
Rico and the promise was redeemed
when the Yale headed today from
Siboney for Porto Rico, 800 miles dis
tant.
General Brooke will be the senior
officer in Miles command, and upon
him will fall the responsibility for the
execution of the details of his superior's
plans. 1t is estimated that General
Miles should arrive by tomorrow night
at the point selected for the landing.
and will hoist the American flag at
once over Porto Rican soil The point
chosen for his landing is kept secret. as
the general will land before the full
body of the expedition is at hand. and
it is consequently not desirable that the
enemy should be able to assemblesa su-
perior force to meet him.
The distance from Charleston is more
than double the distance from Santiago
to Porto Rico, SO that the transports
which sail from the former CITY can
scarcely reach General Miles before the
early part OF next week. These Charles
ton troops are the First brigade of the
First division OF the First army corps.
and are commanded by Brigadier Gen
eral George II. Ernst. The brigade
comprises the Second Wisconsin, Third
Wisconsin and Sixteenth Pennsylvania
regiments.
The expedition is to comprise 10000
men at the start, and it will be swelled
soon to 10000 men and, if necessary. to
10000 men, the equipment of the volun-
teer forces having now progressed so
well as to warrant the statement that
that number of men can be ready for
service in Porto Rico within a very
short time. The entire body of troops
at Tampa will be taken, numbering
about IL, 600 men and including lot of
heavy and light artillery under COM
mand of General Rodgers. The expe-
dition will be particularly strong with
artillery, asASome of that at Santiago
commanded by General Randolph is to
be drawn upon
The Tampa troops are known as the
Fourth corps, under Major General Cop
pinger, comprising the Second division,
under Brigadier General Simon Snyder,
and made up of the First brigade, Brig
adler General Schwan, Eleventh and
Nineteenth United States infantry;
Second brigade, Brigadier General Car
penter, Second New York and Fifth
Maryland; Third brigade, Brigadier
Gen. Hudson, Third Pennsylvania, One
Hundred and Fifty seventh Indiana and
First Ohio; Third division, Brigadier
General Kline commanding; First bri-
gade, Colonel G. L. KEENAN,, Fifth Ohio.
First Florida and Thirty second Michi-
gan; Second brigade. Brigadier General
Lincoln, Sixty ninth New York, Third
Ohio and Second Georgia; the proyis-
ional cavalry brigade Colonel Moves.