Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-26
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T.. S''a' Ply To-Day from the Navy
department to The War pppart,,,.,,i
Inc newspaper reports. h,.i..f ,,i
StaPi!c. telling Of fhe short ,u,nd,
Ht'ie engagement Between ih, S,,..n
..itos offending Santiago and the rough
riders The romantic, figures In 80
american army had aroused u,,,,,laI
interest 10 II high pitch CONSIGNMENT,
the War Department, had scarcely
cpehed for business before. :, crn,y,, -,
, lem Spaper men and other Interested
1siSohs iilled the han and yiriui,, ~,
TIE bulletin boards seeking. Ca 80. -
oi'isiai Information that woul) s,,,,,,i,
Iata missing from the press accn,,n,s
60. vas not until nearly noon that th.
ana fha,, :, t ,I fahie from Shaf,er
.,iio th"h 10 the disappointment OF mo
department 1t was eyer, more Ineaer,.
',,il me press reports. During In.
nn.iss on tn" day several other. dis
snn,n,I,;, me.e received. but they all left
51oiiiethihs TO be desired. for. being M
!ef sestefdaE'S date they did no, re-
iie's ANXIETY rs to what hapoupr1 20.
.s,uas evening and today with the two
a. separated by the short distanc,
ot q mile and Il half An cxnl:,n,tion
-. nus stat" of affairs was found IL,
.ii' iact that General Shafter faiind =,
.ahc with him from Tampa the snl.n1;,
49, .'iSfai'h service tina, had been
prepared with much care by C.,,nrai
Ireely for Just such a camnoi,,n az ~ -,
no" being waEed. It is proba bio ~,
ne mas already seen his error ana viii
asali himself of the Instruments irst
as soon as they can h. SOM r. -
mere was general expression Of
Sriei al IN" loss sustained l,y M. s,l
ulers IN yesterdays fight Still th, nr
Meals in high places Expressed hen,
res ,1s as ,,hor'nshlx satisfied with III.
Iesu!t' realizing that war cannot u.
successfully wared without sa,,i,;,
ne. ne impression gained frnr, 49,,
~ General Skaters dispatches is ,lnt
ne Is now about ia delay his atlvanc,
:. on,, nv mas secured his artillery Such
course viii be dictated by rnnm,,,,
prudence. for it is known Tim ,hn
spah'a rdS nave fortified as far as they
c"uln advanced positions outside az
1an. ts" ana It would he the height Of
loliE i" throw soldiers ,lns,lnnort,.l Nv.
artillery against such works J-nt,
,ui"telS. there promises to be some DO
Jay IN landing all of the artillery. oy-
!s 90 ne toss on the voyage To San
uaso Of th" big lighters which ea,,,,
10 be necessary to transfer thn b,.,,',.
gums from he ships to TN. l;,nln,.
liei. ne naval authorities have, 70
Ii.onurd promptly to tile appeal II tn.
war Department. ana some means VII,
pe round through the aid uf The war
SHIPS to accelerate the landing of M.
supplies and guns
During the day Secretary Alrer and
General Miles had several conferences
no, so niuch to go over the struggle nf
yesterday as to give every military
preparation for the great str,lgsl. vct
70 come. AS result heavy reinforce
ments VIII go forward at once both
from Iamph ana from Newport News
An expedition Of 5000 men is expected
10 leave Tampa within The next hran
nasS- lt compriscsthn commend nf
,i.ie. ----hfal Snyder. the third Gi-
sT-r7r the first army corps The
stores are already going aboard trans
ports. ana the start of the expedition |
only awaits the arrival Of the naval
convoy. Part Of the wurships sent
over with Shutters expedition have
been released from Admiral SAMPSON,
ana are now on their way back to Tam
pa To escort the additional troops
Others VIII follow. ana then another
formidable marine procession Will start
across the gulf to Cuba. Whether TN,
battl"ship Indiana will lead this exnc-
dition. as it did the last is not defn- |
iiely settled. There will he several
heavy warships. however. rs we'll az
lighter craft to give safe conduct To |
General SnNders division. Simultane-
h,isly With this. General Henry's Iii
vision viii he moving along the Atlantic
coast and hence to Santiago. In all |
the reinfnrcclncnts from Tampa ana |
Newport News will be in the neirhhor- !
hood IF 1000 to $1,000 men Drafts on !
thickainauGa are likely tn follow soon |
as the hurry orders recently given hav"
led To he full equipment OF several
commands.
The War Department is acting on Tho.
theory that it is not polite To take any
possible chance Of Il Serious reverse
near Santiago. The latest information
reaching the authorities here shows
that the Spanish army is created than
has been estimated thus far. I.ieuten-
ant Joyce. of the regular army. re-
ported to General Miles today giving
much information as to the number
and location of the Spanish troops
Before Joyce entered the United states |
army he had served with General Car
tJ.r1- al
Santiago province He was on the
ground only a few weeks ago, leaving
there in April. and at that time he
had opportunities TO get an accurate
idea of the Spanish forces at the cast
ern end of the island. He reports the
number al "70n0 OF which y 900 are In
Santiago. 10000 at Hnlguin and 15.o00
~ ManZanillo. Once concentrated at
Santiago this would make Formidable
army, but separated by forest and
mountain the insurgents are exrected
10 keep the forces at Holcuin ana Man
zanillo from getting to Santiago
one of the curious fea lures nf IN"
situation was the opening of direct
communication between the Standards |
IN Santiago and the outside world over
the French cable through The medium
o. an american military censor. This
vas effected today by the restoration
OF the circuit running from Santiago
overland to the place on the shore with
IN the American lines--Playa del Este
where the cable begins which runs
across to Cane IIaytien. At this Juno
tinh SITS the American army cfricer.
who discharges the duty OF censor So
var only ten messages have gone over
TINS circuit. but it viii be open to orli-
nary business that is able to pass sue
cessfully both American and Spanish,
censorship
The Navy Department has acquired
L the inc steamship Pedro. which was
d1ciared q prize, having been captured
by the Nashville early in the war She
was bought subject to prize liens and
vas today christen.d Hector ana or
dered I" be- converted into a collier,
The steamer Morse King inst purchased
mas beer chris,ened Rainbow" and
ehanS@h int" distiler to supply the
neet pure water.
Two HOUSES CRUSHED.
Terrific Wind Cloud Causes Destruction