The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-02
This Expedition Will Be Commanded
By General Brooke.
THIRTY THOUSAND MEN
TROOPS WILL START WITHIN
TEN DAYS.
General Brooke's Corps VIII Be Sent
First to Santiago, Which VIII Be
Used as a Base-General Miles
viii Command the Main Expedi-
ton Against Havana.

New York, July IA special to the
Times from Washington says: The
Porto Rican expedition, which is the
next number on the war programme
after the surrender of Santiago, is to
sbe led by Major General John r.
Brooke, now commanding the first army
corps at Chickamauga, who VIII be
made military governor of the island
after its capture. Having provided for
the forwarding of sufficient reinforce
ments to General Shafter TO insure his
being able to take Santiago when he
gets ready to move his full army
against il, the administration again is
turning it's attention to the details of
the invasion of Spain's other valuable
island possessions in the West Indies,
with view to being prepared to fall
upon 1t the moment Linares and Ger
vera have capiculated
The plans have so far progressed that
General Brooke has been selected to
command the army of invasion and has
been ordered to get his corps, COM
posed Of p regiments of volunteers,
ready to move to Tampa within a week
or ten days CFrom there they VIII be
sent to Santiago, preparatory to the
movement on San Juan, which Will be
made from southeastern Cuba as
base. The designation Of General
Brooke for the Porto Rican enterprise
IS in accordance with his own wishes.
While General Brooke's corps. includ-
ing $4,000, is destined for Porto Rico,
1t viii be sent first to Santiago. AS
revealed in part, from official sources
OF the highest authenticity, the plan
Is to make the Porto Rican campaign
continuation, so to speak, of the San
tiago enterprise, instead of an indie
pendent ard separate undertaking. The
troops from Chickamauga will be sent
aboard transports at Tampa and ship
ped to the base of operations in the vi
c1nity of Santiago. There, under the
supervision of General Miles, command
ing the army, and of General Brooke
and Shafter, il is proposed to organize
the force for the attack on Porto Rico.
If, by the time General BroOke's
force arrives at Santiago, General Shat
ter has not succeeded in taking the
town, as many men as are nee, will
BE landed to reinforce him. In case
the undertaking promises to consume
some time, the entire expedition may be
dlsembarked and Linares and Cervera
crushed with overwhelming force Of
numbers. If, however, as is thought
more likely, General Shafter has prac-
tically, if not actually, completed his
task when General Brooke arrives. the
volunteers to help form the army #
occupation for the province of Santiago,
take On board the bulk of the regulars
now under General Skaters command
and proceed to Porto Rico With
the American army in possession of
Santiago, il will be made a sort of a
base for the movement on Porto Rico
Being but little out of the way S~om
the direct route from Florida TO JrtO
Rico, ii is admirably suited, army au-
thorities say, for half way station be-
tween Tampa AMI San Juan. With
Genera -erritt in the Philippines and
Gener5 coke in Porto Rico, it will
remain Z the other ranking major
general of the regular army, General
Miles, to lead the main expedition
against Havana when the time comes
for the final movement to drive the
Spaniards out of Cuba.
Unless Spain surrenders sooner, it is
believed that General Miles viii be in
structed with this notable service in
Difference to his place as commanding
general Of the army and in recognition
as well of his fine record as an indian
fighter in days gone by.