Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-24
OFF FOR SANTIAGO
Michigan Troops Go TO Join
General Shafter.
SCENE AT THE DOCK
Soldiers Cheered AS the Auxiliary Cruiser
Yale Weighs Anchor and Sails for
Cuba. More Troops Com
Ing Tomorrow.

Ing Tomorrow.
The auxiliary cruiser Yale, Captain
Wise commander, sailed from Old
Point at o'clock last evening for San
tiaEo de Cuba. having on board nearly
1850 troops which Will join General
Skaters army. now on Cuban soil.
There was a lively scene at the dock
when the warship weighed anchor.
the wharf to wish the troops God
speed. and when the vessel slowly
steamed away toward the Virginia
capes there was wild cheering from
the guests at the hotels and the SOL
diers stationed at Fort Monroe. which
was returned by the brown-faced SOL
diers who swarmed the decks of the
newly converted man-of-war.
The troops on board the Yale We're
the Thirty-third Michigan. Colonel c.
Thirty-fourth Michigan. Major Wi
mans. with Brgadier General Duffield
In command. They arrived at OLD
Point yesterday morning on the steam
ers Washington and Norfolk from
Camp .Alger. having embarked on the
transports at Alexandria. Va. After
the steamers We're tied up at the docks
the troops We're allowed to come ashore.
So crowded We're the transports that
the soldiers had been unable to sleep.
they again put foot on terra frma
many of them threw down their KNAPP
sa"'-s and lay down for nap. Others
vitisted Fort Monroe and the camp OF
the First Maryland Regiment while
still others. who felt the gnawing of
hunger. rushed into hotels and eating
houses.
After landing the troops the. steam
ers moved out to the Yale and trans
ferred the ammunition. baggage and
horses to the big cruiser Early in
the afternoon the troops We're ordered
to go aboard the warship and at 6
o'clock the Yale steamed out of the bay
for Cuba.
Besides having on board the Michigan
troops and their equipment the cruis-
er carried an enormous supply of coal
and tons of ammunition and supplies
for Admiral SIMPSONS fleet. The
cruiser is expected to arrive at her deS
tination not later than next Tuesday.
Several weeks ago the scout ship
Yale, formerly the American Liner
City of Paris. came to this port to he
converted into an auxiliary cruiser at
the works of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company.
This work was completed in ten days.
During that time a battery of eight
5-inch rapid fire guns We're mounted
on the decks of the swift steamer and
she was given coat of war paint.
Later the scout ship Harvard. forrn-
erly the New York and sister ship of
the Yale. arrived here and she, too.
was converter iaso a Mtisi'.p any
nov isats :" Sa' ~ Stial.a So4'i -
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ta,,nt,, n,;a,,.ran and ~, th;rd xyira:n-
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early tomorrow from Camp Alger
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Trouble is brewing IN camp Warbur-
ton. The men in Battery c have de-
at,
manded captain waters resignation
and nave gwen nm seHenty-tWo hours
in which to reply To the demand II ne
fails to accede to the demands of the
men they w.il prefer charges aga nSt
MN. SeventE-siN or the or ginal mem
bers OF the battery signed the paper de-
manding CAPTAIN waters resignation
It IS also said that the men adopteo
resolutions IN winch tney charged
their commander with drunkenness ana
showing pa!i',.ty. r"r the iast WE'VE
Gays captain "aters mas oeen IN Fhoe-
nlxVllie' IT, recruiting men LOT i'ts
nattery' re Is sun lhsre ana ~ IS not
known What ne ihtehus 70 90 IN the
mater, out ne IS expected 10 arrive at
the camp tomorrow.
All IS not serene IN camp WarDurtoh
Had reeling IS sald 70 exist between the
Two Datterles. battefy "A, captain
: barclay n. Narpurton' IS composed
manly OF college men VINO STAND Wei
soclaiiy. Wnlie batte!y IS mace up OF