Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30
AT DAIQUIRI.
Gen. Sl21ters Soldiers Have Made
a Landing.
Protected by the Guns of SIMPSONS Squad
ron, the Advance Guard of the Boys
in Blue Sets Foot on Cuban Soil
spanlards Made Very Little
Resistance.

Washington, June 23.-Official dis
patches received last night by both
Secretary Alger and Secretary Long
indicated that the landing of troops
near Santiago was progressing most
favorahly. The first landing was
effected at Daiquiri yesterday morn
ing and met with comparatively
slight resistance. This was stated IN
a dispatch received last evening by
Secretary Alger. 1t follows:
''Off Daiquiri, Cuba, June az
Landing at Daiquiri this morning
successful. Very little if any resist
ance. SHAFTER.'
Secretary Alger expressed himself
as delighted at the expedition with
which the landing of the troops was
| being effected and with the fact that
| no serious obstacle was being offered
by the enemy. He construed the text
of Gen. Skaters message to mean
| that the enemy had made merely a
nominal and ineffective resistance by
firing from the hills at long range.
Shortly after Secretary Alger re-
ceived his dispatch, Secretary Long
received a more extended cablegram
| from Admiral Sampson. 1t, too. was
dated at Playa del Este, at $50 last
evening ilt lolloNSs
Landing of the army is progress
ing favorably at Daiquiri. There is
very little if any resistance The New
| Orleans, Detroit. Castine, Wasp and
| Suwanee shelled vicinity before the
| landing. We made demonstration
at Cabanas to engage the attention Of
the enemy. The Texas engaged the
| west battery for some hours. She
had one man killed. Ten submarine
mines have been recovered from the
channel of Guantanamo. Communica-
| ton by telegraph has been established
at Guantanamo.
"sAMPsON."
In both army and navy circles the
| information contained in the dis
patches of Shafter and Sampson was
received with intense satisfaction.
The landing of so large a body of
troops as Gen. Shafter at present has
under his command is a task of i'm
mense proportions. A prominent off
cial of the war department said that
the complete debarkaton of the
| troops. animals, field guns and sup
plies within week after their ar
rival off the Cuban coast would be
a task well accomplished. 1t is prob
able that only a partial landing OF
the troops was effected yesterday and
that the landing will be continued
from day to day until completed. 1t
is not unlikely. too, that the troops
will be landed at several places along
the coast. within a short distance of
the headquarters which Gen. Shafter
will establish for himself.
Admiral SIMPSONS dispatch indi
Gated that he was carrying out his in
structions thoroughly to clear a way
for the landing of troops. The dem
onstration which he made with the
Texas before Cabanas, which is ust
east of Guantanamo. may easily have
lead the Spaniards to suppose n gen
| eral landing was to be attempted in
that immediate vicinity. 1t was evi-
dent from SIMPSONS dispatch that a
considerable landing had already been
effected near Guantanamo, as he not
ed that communications by telegraph
had hcen re-established at that point
and that the channel had been cleared
OF submarine mines. In the opinion
of naval officers the landing at Guam
tanamo was of marines rather than OF
land forces.
The cable station through which
the American commanders will com
muncate with the departments in
this city has been established at rlaya
del Este. a small place directly on the
coast and about IS miles east of San
tiago. The change was made from
Camp McCalla to Playa del Este in
order that the station might be nearer
the scene of action