Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-12
|lRE ARhY MOVEMENT
Aggressive Operations on a
- Big Scale.
WAR Departments PLANS
No News Yet from Admiral
Sampson.
THE CAPE VERDE FLEET
Many Naval Officers Doubt That 1t ls a,
oad'z- Anxiety as to the Or-gon.s
Safety Revived. Heavy
Expenditure for 49,.
By Telegraph.)

(By Telegraph
| WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE ,.,,, ;.
movement on Cuba is now firmly
! sauhcheo, and today's news is of the
concerted effort all along the line ~
| pegln aggressive operations on :: h;,,
| scale for the election OF Spanish ,ro,ns
anu give freedom to the ,.learl of ~.
Antilles" N - si'.'
For some reason that was not }iscov-
cradle there appeared 10 he !, T.u,,,n
'arS check in the practical workinr
out OF the plans OF the War Depart
1aenl Tor the Cuba movement After
everything had been ready for his de-
parture last night General Miles was
detained and for some time today tbs
rather gloomy prospect for an inde,in-
tie postponement of the first mIlitary
expedition was presented However
the Obstacle. whatever ii was, was re-
moved and it was again announced
.hat the commanding general with u
numerous staff would leave Washing
ton tomorrow direct for rshiipa. The
department has made a great nlally.
changes in its original program lafI
down for the concentra ton Of troops
and, as Indicated IN these dispatchas
yesterday. many bodies OF volunteers
that We're originally slated for ~.
al
themselves suddenly under orders ia
proceed direct to southern points SO
that soon volunteers from the easi
anu middle west will be moving swiftly
No 20 t - ia, ana the gnlfswhlle from
TROOPS to San Francisco
Ioday's news in connection with the
Enewal of General Miles order to
lAnpa is substantial evidence thai
Ups VIII be sent in force to Cuba
oh,rary TO expectations the day
la.sd at the Navy Department with
~! ews from Admiral Sampson. Not
a Ml.ls anding what appears to be CON
! l l.try news relative to the Spanish
oape " Verde feet at rCadiz, the naval
au.norites are beginning to entertain
rennrt pdbts OF the accuracy of the
iepol.' was not possible during the
course q the day to obtain anything
me an 9iicial confirmation of the l.-
| poIt received yesterday, but this is
s,oe ~ eeWondered at in view OF th..
success VIII which the Spanish gov
- nillent Iies so far met with in keep
| ing secret te movements of its naval
ships. ''' -
! uhtli news comes from Admiral
sampson of fs doings in and around
| iulto, RICO II %.nnot be said definitely
regards that islad.
Ii has been Suggested that Soma
OF me troops noWbeing hurried to the
gulf coast may b intended ~ co-on-
crate with Admira Sampson in the "a
| duetion OF the fo.ifications at San
Juan de Porto Rico,.nd the subsaonant
occupation of the islad. It Is fell fhnt
the admiral will be n rather . disa
sreeable plight, suppong even that
| he managed to reduc, the forts with
his feet. if he were okged to remain
there IN occupation otthe place. for
lack of troops. when he right otherwisa
be urgently needed eith5 on the Gu ~,
ban coast OF somewhere ! the Atlantic
| to meet the Spanish flee,
| An evidence of the wisd., of b,,,ns
| the troop transports near,t hand in
| such cases is shown by t. ,ra1;c.
| ment Admiral Dewey Is beavad
be in at Manila. which for lac of troons
ne is unable to occupy the wv, ols
to prevent atrocities which t. insnr-
gents are capable of working mnnf,
their helpless Spanish foes olo'
The revival of doubts as 20 the
whereabouts of the Cape Verde mad
ron caused a renewal of anxiet5asa u,
the Oregon. The ship was at Baa =
last accounts and is believed tGha,.a
started a day or two ago up tha3ra-
lillian coast to join SIMPSONS s,nI-
ron in the West Indies.
She will have to make n run %
900 miles. which will occupy the Ore,n
about ten days only, az she is in l.
fettle and averaged IL knots on he.
on the long run around from S;
Francisco.
However. it is believed that Admirit
Sampson is as we'll posted as any on
In Washington rs to the conditions
existing in the West Indies and h
doubtless will do whatever is necess;r,
in his judgement to safeguard the shi)
in her run up the coast.
During the past month the bureau O
construction and repair of the navy de
partment spent one million and a quar-
ter dollars in the repair and outfit
ting Of ships, and none OF this none.
went To new construction. This i
SAID to be the largest expenditure II
This particular line made by the equip
nent bureau. even during the days o
the civil war. The navy department
. felt obliged to decline the offer mad
by some wealthy New York gentlemen
headed by Q. H. P. Belmont. to bull
and equip a torpedo boat for the us
of the government during the wa,
{ POSSIBLY the declination was brougl,
about through the conditions attachc
: to the offer that the boat should b
!, commanded by Mr.. Belmont. for witt
! out the least reflection upon tha
t gentlemen. the navy department. ha
, been obliged to decline the establish
mcnt Of a precedent of appointin
, nava! officers in this way Tt
practice in some respects would ay
y proach privateering.
Lietn-Colonei Roosevelt today turns
over the duties Of assistant secretary
the navy to Charles FL Allen. OF Ma
sachusetts. and the latter held a rece,
e ton at the department to all the en-
q ployees. 57 H.
The rush orders to the Charlesto
: which went out today.will have the r
;, suit probably Of obliging the depar
ment to send another vessel, proba b
the Philadelphia, along with the tro,