The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-09
RUSH ON CUBA
Army of Occupation to BE
Landed This Week.
Vigorous Prosecution Of the
War Decided Upon.
TO WAIT FOR NOTHING
10000 Men Will Make Up the
Advance Corps.
Others Will Follow as Rapidly
as Possible.
TO WAIT FOR NOTHING

New York, May "a special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Aggressive action along the Whole
line describes the attitude of the ad-
ministration according to the policy
now definitely adopted, growing direct
ly out of Admiral Dewey's unparalleled
achievement in Asiatic waters Any
idea that existed that Spain, after a
crushing blow, would recognize the fu-
tility of senselessly resisting the ineVl-
table. has been at last abandoned. The
president has determined that the
fighting shall be vigorously forced with
the full power of the United States in
order most speedily. to terminate the
conflict by the destruction of the last
vestiges of authority exerted by the
Madrid government beyond the shores
of the Spanish peninsula itself.
The belief to which conservative Off
cials clung, that Spain would throw her
self upon the mercies of the European
concert and yield her misgovernei ex-
terror possessions to escape humilia-
tion, If not utter degradation, at
home, has wholly disappeared, ard the
presidents advisers are now unitel to
a man in supporting the policy of ex-
treme aggression. The bugbear of The
yellow fever scourge is to be ignored
and the Spaniards are to be elected
from Cuba before midsummer if Amer
ican soldiers can drive them out.
Last weeks decision to keep the vol
unteer army in great camps to drill
and harden them for the campaign of
invasion next fall, has been set aside
and instead the new regiments furn 5h-
ed by the states will be hurrying tow
ards Cuba within a week. There will
be no temporary establishment of a
base at Matanzas in order to d.stri-
butte arms to Gomez, no dispatch of
several thousand regulars to return
few weeks later, and no temporizing
with the grave situation that is mark
ed by the lingering starvation of half a
million human beings. Next Sunday
the permanent army of occupation will
be esta blished in Cuba beyond the
shadow of a doubt, and volunteer regi-
ments will be hurrying forward ID re-
inforce it from nearly every state east
of the Rocky mountains. AT the same
time the regulars and volunteers west
of the Great divide will be embarked
on transports and fairly started on
their voyage of $500 miles to establish
Philippines
Orders have gone forward from the
war department to utilize all the vast
resources OF the nation to carry out
these plans with energy and rapidity
The first division of regulars aggre-
eating nearly 10000 men will be landed
IN Cuba as speedily as they can be
transported to point within 300 miles
OF the Gulf coast cities. This force will
at once establish an entrenched
camp, fully fortified, to be used as the
base OF operations for the land attack
on Havana. The transport vessels IS
rapidly as they are emptied will hurry
back to be refilled with volunteer reg
iments ordered as reinforcements to the
regulars, the latter beginning active
operations in the field as soon as tbev
are relieved of the duty of holding the
esta ablished base.
Within ten days after the first land
ing it is expected that the transnorts
will complete a third round trim and
the volunteer division which has in tba
neantIme held the base will evacuate
1t on the arrival of their relief and ad-
vance in support of the first regular di-
vision, occupying positions which have
already been established for them This
process Will be repeated until at least
Two volunteer army corps of 25,O 900 men
each have been SuccesSively esta blishad
IN IN Cuba with a supporting force of 5O,-
600 volunteers more on the southern
coast, less than "a hours awav
The volunteer regiments to COMPOSE
the force will be held from among those
most prompt to muster. State organi-
cations which are earliest accepted nv
the United States will be rewarde1
with the most active duty, except in a
Few instances and those which for one
reason or another, are delayed in per
recting their organizations for actual
service will have small chance ofreach-
ing the front
General Miles and the other general
othcers who have been charged with
carrying on the aggressive campaign
nave little doubt that sufficient num-
per OF men for every. contingency of the
CUBAN operations will be Forthcoming
ana ready for duty when they are need
ed The report of mastering officers
snow that the total number mustered
which was about 5000 last Thursday
nad risen to $4,000 yesterday and as ali
the questions which delayed rapid mus
ter1ng in the beginning have now been
settled, the volunteer force is expected
20 pc SO,OoO tomorrow and fully 60,090
as As rapidly as the regiments are per-
AecIed and equipped they will be hur-
RED to the front. The ruling was male
tooay that the regiments should be
completely equipped in the. order of
LneH mastering first come first served,
e1,t so tnat equipments needed by the
S%EAest regiments should be taken if