The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-30

Ing Relnforccments for Linares.
cavalry division OF General Wheeler and
four batteries OF light artillery Will now
be strung out In The rear Of General
Lawton's division. u 3i Is s.t 4
The front still rests on the second
crossing OF the Rio Guiana river, on the
road to Santiago de Cuba, in the rear OF
the crest Of the Sevilla hills and a mile
and q half back. Y ) 8. 4 fiI15.9i
The brigade of General Bates, the
Thirty-second Nichiganresiment, and q
battalion OF the Thirty fourth Michigan
regiment, which were landed yesterday
by the auxiliary cruiser Yale, remain tat
tJuragua or Sib0ney. E e am
The delay IN the general forward
movement ie due to the inability to get.
Subsistence stores to the front rapidly.
enough. T! a 4 4 80 a q -,
The advance, It Is said. will not be or,
dered until every man has three days
ratlons In his knapsack. This, however,
Is impossible until the road i.is passableI
Tor wagon trains. The pack trains can
only. convey one days rationa In q day.
The men constituting the bridge roads
have the work almost completed. and
this afternoon the first wagon train OF
four mule-teams will go through. In.wo
or three days every man will have three
days ratidns In his knapsack. and as
soon as that occurs the army will move
upon the enemy. p y 1i /. ~; ',. 5!s
The day has been utilized to good ad-s
vantage. Although the Cuhans affect 10
have thorough knowledge OF the coun-
try and the trails. nothing Is taken for
granted. p - 2 .-y.i 81 y : a
Many Reconnois,ancss.f
The whole country, front and flank,
Is being thoroughly rcconnoltered, and
an accurate map has been made by the
engineers. Much OF. the Information,
thus obtained will be OF inesttmable
Value from strategfcal p6int Of View. e.
Corporal Dewey and nine sharpshooters
from7the Seventh Infantry went out AT
dark last night with one days rauons.
toward the Spanish camp. and they have
not yet returned, though no fear is en-
tertalned for. their safety. It Is believed
they are lying in the bush, waiting for
night t1 = & ~ Al
AT daylight this morning Lieut., Smith,
OF The Fourth infantry, with q detail of
hfty men from the Seventh infantry,
under Lieut.. Dearfoo, crossed the San
Juan and went In a norrheasterly direc-
tion as far as Caney or El Guaney, as
It is marked on the maps, without en-
countering any Spanish troops, and f1f-
ty men OF Company A.. Seventh regi-
ment. under Captain Young, also made
a reconnaissance In force The Splnlards
have seemingly retired to their in
trenchucnts. as no piokets or skir1nish-
ers were encountered. s52i.,;s;7a ~ z
General Lawton, General Wheeler
and General Chaffee have had riders
out beyond our advance posts several
times. ..i 5s3s iiist1s
AS st,on as the remaining eight batta-
lions OF the Thirty-fourrh Michigan and
the Eighth Massachusetts,. which arrive
on the Harvard tomorrow, and the
six thousand refnforcements sent out
from Tampa reach here. Agundores,
town on the coast four miles west OF
Juragua, and about the same distance
east OF the harbor entrance. will be ta-
ken. I5 q !t39 z < II e iiss,55tlI
Captain Wright, on his reconnoisance,
obtalned Information which is believed
to be reliable, to rhe effect that three
thousand Spanish troops have been sent
to reinforce the garrison at Aguadores,
Keeping la Tonci,.
The military telegraph line has been
completed as far as General Wheeler's
headquarters. thus placing the front IN
direct communication with General
Shafter. who still maintains headquar-t
ters on board the seguranca, where he
can keep in close touch with Rear Ad-
mlral Sampson. It Is probable, however,
that he will establish his headquarters
at Juragua Tomorrow or Thursday.
The ,Cubans, under General Castillo.
are doing commendable work as ad-
vance plckets. They. are thrown out
day and night from half a mile to a
mile In advance of our pickets along the
front and TANKS. thus forming q double
Gordon about the army. There are now
more than 1900 men at the front. r
Some OF our men have made them
selves sick through eating fruit, 1855
An epidemic of measles. which was
started on board one or two transports
IS spreading to the cnmp. and about
twenty new cases have broken out to-
day. 4 5; s q d! "A. 4 81, 5 Y
Our boys are cheerful in spite OF the
excessive heat and the hard fare which
thus far has been confined exclusively
to coffee, hard tack and bacon A. diet
hardly suited for the climate. Rice
would make a splendid staple here.
But the great deprivation Is that both
men and officers are suffering from tho
lack Of tobacco. at 2-,tctsf q 50 $'5,H
e The men are remarkably steady and
confident The pIckets show none Of
that nervousness which might be ex-
pected, and there are practically no
alarms or, phantom firing on the lines
at night. K, y s'gSs': 81
Z Two accommodating parties, one Of the
Ninth cavalry and the other OF llthc
Twenty-fourth Infantry. colllded fjthls
morning. and several shots were. ex-
changed, fortunately without "a cctdent
before their 5identltyiwns established.
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