The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-06-21
TROOPS ARRIVED At
SANTIAGO YESTERDAY
The Gable Has Been Repaired and Sampson is Nov
in Direct Communication with the
Officials at Washington.
CABINET TO RESIGN THIS WEEK

Kingston, Jamaica, June 21.-A dis
patch boat just arrived from the flcetOh
Santiago brings the intelligence that
General Skaters army of 1900 men.
on 40 Transports has arrived. There
will be no wild rush to get ashore until
General Shatter has a conference with
Admiral Sampson ana the situation is
thoroughly discussed. Sampson knows
the possibilities better than any one
else and the landing will be done ac-
cording to his information.
The Cubans are extremely active and
a Gordon has been drawu around San
tiago de Cuba. General Garcia, with
1000 troops, coming by forced marches
from Banes, is now nearing Santiago.
His troops are within 40 miles of the
city He left 1000 men at Holgun to
prevent the Spaniards there effecting
a juncture with General Toral at San
tiago. The Spanish troops at Guam
tanamO, under General Masso, are also
cut off from General Toral, and are
badly pinched for food. They wildly
appealed for provisions and reinforce
ments, but the only reply they got
was that both were impossible. Gen
eral Masso said his men were even
then at half rations. and that the
supply was only sufficient to last dur
ing the present month.
General Garcia and his personal staff
were picked up at General Rabis
camp, IS miles west of Santiago, and
brought to the flagship Sunday after
noon by the gunboat Vixen. There the
grizzled and wounded patriot had
long consultation with Admiral Samp-
son regarding the operations for the
investment of Santiago and the CO.
operation of the American and Cuban
troops. General Garcia is very en-
thusiastic He says the Spaniards are
starving and cannot hold out long,
and that the war in the island will end
in a few months.
Your correspondent has been af-
forded an opportunity of interviewing
General Calixto Garcia. The white
haired general was lying in the cabin
of Captain Chadwick, the commander
of the New York. He was seasick
This is the message General Garcia
sent to the American people:
q am greatly obliged for the efforts
of the American people in securing
the independence Of Cuba and l shall
do all l can to defeat the Spaniards
| quickly"
Speaking of the march from Bares,
where he went to receive the muni-
tions of the FLORIDA expedition" he
said;
1--WE had a hard, hard march over
the rough roads. Engagements with
the Spaniards? No, because there
were no Spaniards. Ny 1000 men are
| in good condition, except for the slight
fatigue of the long march We found
enough food, though the Spaniards are
starving. The patriots are not suffer
ing from the blockade They can al
ways get food. 1t is the Spaniards who
pay the price, l think the war will
be over in few months. You can
beat the Spaniards easily, but it is
very hard to drive them out"
Then General Garcia asked Admiral
| Sampson, who sat beside him, what
had happened to the other Spanish
ships, the Pelayo and the rest, and
opened his eyes wide, with a muttered
exclamation of surprise, when he heard
that Admiral Camara was still al
home.
At Holguin General Garcia said there
are 10000 Spanish troops, but he be
lieves the 5000 men he left there viii
effectually prevent the enemy from
reaching Santiago from the Holguin
side.
Most of General Garcia's staff suf-
fered from sea sickness, General Gar
cia humorously saying "As bad as
are the roads in Cuba, your roads
Captain Chadwick, are worse"
General Garcia and his staff were put
ashore later in the day, after the pre-
liminary details of cooperation be-
tween the Cuban and American troops
had been fully discussed.
Two regiments of troops will be
landed at Guantanamo bay, which will
be held at the base of the hill until
Santiago falls. There has been nc
sign of Spanish troops in the neigh
borhood of Camp McCalla for several
days. 1t is estimated that over 300
have been killed or wounded since the
landing. Fifty-eight bodies were
found. The Spaniards seem satisfied
that they cannot dislodge the Ameri-
cans and have withdrawn.
p, The upper bay is to be occupied i'm
mediately. Lieutenant Delehanty, with
an expedition, is nightly at work re.
moving mines from the river connect.
ing the upper and lower bays. When
this is clear the ships will move VI
the channel and take the town OF
Caimanera, whose forts were demol-
lshed last Friday.
The auxiliary cruiser st. Louis cut
the Kingston cable Saturday night
within a mile of El Moro. Saturday
night the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius
discharged three more shells. A ter
rife uproar followed the second ex-
ploslon. and it was thought a maza-
zine was blown up.