The herald., 1898-06-24
COAST or CUBA

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after the Associated Press boat Dauntless
left. The iron mines and most of the prop
erty at Baiquiri are owned by Balti-
more company.
Miles to Skater
WASHINGTON, June 23-Gen. Miles this
evening sent to Gen Shafter a dispatch of
almost 1000 words in length, containing in
structions and suggestions. The command
er of the army, after complimenting Gen.
Shafter on his brilliant landing, informed
him that the war department had received
information that the Spanish have at least
10000 men stretched along the coast from
Guantanamo to a point several miles west
of Santiago. Gen. Skaters plan of cam
paign, which is TO move along the railroad
track toward Santiago, makes it probable
that the Spanish forces will be concentrate
ed for formidable resistance between Aqua
dores and Santiago The general estimates
that Shafter will have the immediate as
sistance and cooperation of 500 Cubans,
well armed and well disciplined, under Gar
cha Gen. .Shafter is being given the ut
most latitude, but Gen. Miles suggested
that a, judicious move would be to proceed
up along the shore, following the line of the
railway, toward the little river which flows
past Aguadores and into the sea. Aqua
dores is three miles from the shore. The
suggestion was made because the army will
no. only be near the fleet, but will have
fairly good roadway over which the tracks
may probably be rebuilt for the purpose CT
operating the railroad in due time. After
the capture of Aguadores the advance on
Santiago is expected to be slow, with every
foot of the way contested by the Spaniards.
The main body Of Cubans under Gen. Can
ixto Garcia is understood to be west of
Santiago also. When the Americans ap-
proach from the southeast the 'beleaguered
Spaniards, should they so desire, will not
be able to- desert the city and flee to the
west or north.
Official Report
WASHINGTON. June 2s.-Arran gemen.s
have been made by the war department by
which reports of all engagements in which
the army may be engaged will be made to
the Embarrassment of the army. The or
der requiring this to be done was issued to-
day~by General Miles.
.. More Troops for Shafter
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, June 23.-The
auxiliary cruiser Yale. with the Thirty
third Michigan regiment and one battalion
of the Thrty-fourth Michigan. SAILED from
Old Point this evening at o'clock for Sam
dago. The troops. to the number of 1900,
are In command of General Duffield- Colo
mel Boynton of the Thirty -third regiment
is second in command.
The men arrived from Washington by
steamer early this morning. A large crowd
assembled to see the troops embark, and
when the Yale weighed anchor and headed
for the capes mighty cheer went up from
the soldiers and civilians on the govern
mem: pier. The auxiliary cruised Harvard
will.-leave. Old Point FOR Santiago Monday
or Tuesday with another expedition. The
Yale also carried an immense cargo of coal
and ammunition for the fleet.
The Lay Of the Land
WASHINGTON. June 23.-The military
situation at Santiago, SO far as the War and
Navy Departments know, remains precise
ly as 1t was at shutdown yesterday. Troops
are being landed from General Skaters
corps, and this landing has not yet been
completed. Neither Shafter nor Sampson
have reported since the two cablegrams re-
taken in connection with the press re-
ports, that only one landing in military
sense has been made, but naturally with SO
large a number of transports to he dis
charged the troops have been scattered
up and down the beach foriseveral miles,
The cable station Is within seven miles of
the point where the debarkation is going on.
The officials here say that this work cannot
be completed for several days. although of
course, the troops without their supplies
may be all ashore before that time. 1t APP
pears that General Shafter is arranging
himself the details of the. landing advised
by Sampson and perhaps Garcia, and that
the military authorities here have allowed
him to exercise his discretion in this, for
they do not know whether he will make
more than one landing or just where that
landing is. One beneficent effort of the
landing as Baiquiri will be to distract the
attention of the Spanish from the harbor of
Guantanamo. The mines having been
probably all removed and the forts that
commanded the lower harbor having been
silenced. with the disappearance of the
Spaniards from the country surrounding
the bay the navy will be in full possession
of what it has long wished for, an absolute
ly safe and land-locked harbor in which all
of SIMPSONS fleet and the transports al
well can find refuge from any West Indian
cyclones.
Telegraph All Right
General Greeley received dispatch from
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