Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06
Army Preparing to Co
to Cuba.
MAY LAND AT MATANzAy
Regular Troops Now on the Wor
Tampa-Object Is to Strike n n.
cisive Blow Before the Rainy s.aso,
Sets In-Work In War Deportno..

cisiVe BLOW Before the Rainy Seaso,
Sets In-Work in War Department
Washington, April 3O.-A ratho,
striking Specification of the invasion
OF Cuba was made today in the charter.
ing of eight large steamers, of an aver.
age capacity of about 1000 tons, and
able to carry from 500 to 1000 passep.
gers each. These are to be used &c
transports for the conveyance of tho
first military expedition to Cuba. The
names of the boats are the Olivette and
the Florida. of the Plant line, now in
the Gulf; the Southern Pacific Com.
pany's steamer Aranzas; the New York
d Texas Company's vessels Comal, now
at New York, and Alamo, now en- route
to the Gulf, and three fine ships of the
Boston Merchants d Mariners line
IN Baltimore, the Allegheny, Be kshire
and the Decatur Miller. The price
paid for those vessels is from $40, 600
to $4,000 for the 80 days for which they
are chartered. They will be taken
charge OF by the quartermaster depart.
ment at the earliest possible moment.
General Shafter, in command of the
troops now concentrated at New Or.
leans, has been in consultation with the
officials today as to the execution of
plans OF campaign, but the orders given
him cannot be made public.
The president and cabinet will con-.
slider the large number of applications
that have been made for the appoint.
ment to the posts of major-general and
brigadier-general, and there is some ex.
pectation that he will be able to nomi.
nate a few of these officers soon.
General Fitzhugh Lee arrived here
today, after a 10 days. visit to vir.
ginia. With him came Miss Cisneros,
the young Cuban girl rescued from Ca.
banas, who has been the guest of Miss
Lee. The general shared the keen pub.
lie interest in the report of the Smelling
OF Matanzas. He has visited that city
frequently, and was familiar with the
lay of the land and defenses. He said
the batteries were Anticipated and were
no longer able to offer any formidable
resistance.
Every endeavor is being put forward
by the war department to organize the
volunteer army and increase the regu.
lar army to its full strength. Muster.
ing-rolls of the companies of the volun-
teer army have been prepared in the
war department and sent to the Off
GERS who have been detailed to form
ally induct the state troops into the
service of the government. With a
few notifications they are the same as
used in the late war.
The question of arms and equip.
ments for the volunteer army is now
receiving the attention of the ordnance
department and the auatermaster-gen.
erals department. AS soon as infor-
is received as to the exact num-
Der 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 COM
posed exclusively of frontiersmen, are
TO be known as the First, Second and
regiments of United States vol
unteer cavalry. They are to be com.
posed OF IL troops each.