The Lamar register., 1898-05-07
WAR NOTES.

The prize court beeai4 consideration
of the cases on the 2nd. II sits at keJ
West.
On the Both it was reported that TO-.
600 men We're at work digging rifle pils
around Havana.
The big battleship Oregon, having
reached Rio Janeiro. is expected tc
join Admiral SIMPSONS fleet about tht
10th.
Judge J. L. Torrey of Wyoming !:
organizing a regiment of cowboys and
frontiersmen. He has headquarters a,
Fort Russell
The cruiser Albany, bought from
Brazil before IT was finished, cannot
be brought from England until the
present war is over.
The government is stationing armed
guards at the big powder mills as 1t is
now believed that Spaniards caused
the recent explosions.
The Red Cross Society's ship State OF
Texas. with nurses and medicines
reached Key West Thursday from New
York. She will proceed to Sagua In
Grande.
Secretary Alger has practically de.
cided to accept several hundred colored
volunteers from the southern states
who are anxious TO participate in the
Cuban campaign.
The news of the safe arrival at Liv
erpool of the big American sailing shiE
Shenandoah was gladly received at the
department. Consul Boyle at Liverpool
forwarded the Information
The lighthouse tender Mangrove cap
tured the big Spanish steamer Panama
on the 26th. The Panama was on the
way from New York TO Havana with
passengers and big cargo.
Preparations for the organization of
the large volunteer army of 125,0O0
men are now completed and by the 1tb
at the latest the whole force win be at
their respective points of mobilization
The American fleet of seven warships
practically destroyed the Spanish fleet
in Manila harbor on the LIST. The
Spanish ships were assisted in the fight
by the guns of the forts but could moi
successfully defend themselves
Captain Charles Silva, who since the
beginning of the Cuban war has been
employed by the junta in plotting fill
clustering expeditions to the island. has
been ordered by the Navy Department
TO report for pilot duty to Admiral
Sampson.
The secretary of the treasury has
received from the secretary of war es-
Inmates of deficiencies in appropria-
tions for the use of the War Depart
ment for the remaining two months of
the present fiscal year aggregating
k34, ,019,99T
The Navy Department has complete
ly ceased IFS purchase of ships for con
version into war vessels, owing to the
exhaustion of the S50,0O0.00O war
fund. 1t is confidently expected that
Congress will come to the relief, as the
department is still in need of auxiliary
vessels
The Havana correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing on April 26th,
says Captain General Blanco has de
termined upon a desperate defense of
Havana In Matanzas 10000 soldiers
are engaged day and night in throwing
up earthworks and encompassing the
entire city in n segment of great cir
Gle.
Arrangements have been completed
by this government to supply the Gu
ban insurgents with arms and ammu-
milton. The government is preparing
now to land in Cuba from 25.00O to 3d.
900 stands of improved Springfield
rifles, a number of artillery batteries,
rapid-fire Maxim guns and an album
dance of ammunition for the effective
use of them.
Every endeavor is being put forward
by the War Department to organize
the volunteer army and increase the
regular army to its full strength. Mus
tering rolls of the companies of the
volunteer army have been prepared in
the War Department and sent to the of
ficers who have been detailed to form
ally induct the state troops into the
service of the national government.
With few notifications they are the
same as those used in the late war
REVENUE BILL PASSED.