Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-29


invasion of Cuba was contained in the
chartering by the war department Of
eight largo steamers of an average ca
pacity of about 1000 tons and able TO
carry from 800 to 200 passengers each.
These are to be used as transports for
the conveyance of the first military ex-
| petition to Cuba. The names of the
coats are the Olivette and the Florida Of
the Plant line, now in the gulf, the
Southern Pacific company's steamer
Aranzas, the New York and Texas COM
panies' vessels Comal, now at New York,
and the Malamo, now enroute to the
gulf, and three fine ships of the Boston
Merchants and Miners line in Balti-
more, the Allegheny, the Berkshire and
the Decatur Miller. The price paid for
these vessels is from $4,000 to $4,000
for the 30 days for which they are en-
gagged. They will be taken charge of by
the quartermaster' S department at the
earliest possible moment.
General Shafter, in command of
United States troops now concentrated
at New Orleans, has been in consul
tations with the officials as to the exc
cution Of plans of the campaign, but
the orders given to him cannot be made
public.
Matanzas, it is generally believed
here, is the designated point at which
the American troops will land and the
insurgents concentrate. Rear Admiral
SIMPSONS action in Smelling the Ma
tanzas batteries was the prelude to the
more important work.
Its object was primarily to determine
just what the batteries could do in case
an assault were made on the city with
asview to landing troops.
The president and cabinet will con-
slider today the large number of appli-
cations that have been made for ap-
pointment to the posts of major general
and brigadier general, and there is some
expectation that he will be able to
nominate few of these officers today.
General Fitzhugh Lee has arrived
here after ten days visit to his family
in Virginia. He was accompanied by
Miss Cisneros, the Cuban girl, who had
been visiting Miss Lee. He was very
reticent concerning his prospective APP
pointment as major general.
Every endeavor is being put forward
by the war department to organize the
volunteer army and increase the regular
army to its full war strength-measure
which require vast amount of detailed
and laborious work. 1t is the confident
expectation of the officials that rapid
progress will be made with this work.
and that, in the course of several weeks.
affairs will have SO shaped themselves
that the volunteers and regulars will be
in fairly good organized condition, al
most If not ready for their mobilization
Of 1No
active work in the field
Mastering rolls Of the companies of
the volunteer army have been prepared
in the war department and sent to the
officers 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.
The question of arms and other equip
ments for the volunteers is now receiy-
ing the attention of the ordnance office
and the quartermaster general depart
ment. AS soon as information is re-
ceived as to the exact number of arms
needed for the volunteers they will be
shipped to their state rendezvous for
distribution.
The three independent regiments of
cavalry authorized by the volunteer
army act and which are to be composed
exclusively of frontiersmen, possessing
special qualifications as to Workmanship
and Workmanship are to be known as
the First, Second and Third regiments
of United States Volunteer cavalry.
They are to be composed of IL troops
each.
Senators Gallery and McEnery of
Louisiana, Senator Mallory of Florida
and Representative Davey of Louisiana
have been consulting with reference to
raising of regiments of yellow fever
immunes in Louisiana and other south
ern states for service in Cuba. The sec