Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-06-30

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try troops yet in the United States
are not operating against an enemy. =
This decision affects the pay of many
officers, especially those given tempo
rarily a higher command than their
grade.
Attorney General Griggs has de.
cided that officers of volunteers hold
ing civil Offices need not resign them
If the people to whom they are res
ponsible are willing to let them be
absent. Regular army officers vacate
their COMMISSIONS by accepting a civil
office.
Fifteen hundred Cubans under Gen
Garcia have Joined the forces OF Ad-
miral Sampson. Cuban Gen. Rabi
has captured the city Of Acerados
eight miles from Santiago, where
there are facilities for landing the
siege guns carried on Gen. Skaters
ships.
Resolutions rendering the thanks
OF congress to Lieut.. Hobson and
his comrades on the Merrimac have
been introduced In the house and
senate. Their exchange is expected
soon despite contrary rumors from
Madrid and Havana. Both Lieut.
Hobson and Cadet Powell are to be
promoted, Hobson to be transferred
to the line.
A new flying squadron, including the
Oregon, Brooklyn, New Orleans and
other fast fighting ships, under com
mand of Commodore Schley, is to be
concentrated at San Juan, Porto Rico,
to waylay Cameras fleet IL it comes
across the Atlantic. Naval officers
think the Spanish warships will not
get further away from Cadiz than the
Canaries or Cape Verd Islands.
The second Philippine expedition,
consisting Of $500 troops in four
transports under command of Gen.
+. V. Greene left San Francisco. A
naval convoy will meet them at Hon
olulu. In view Of rumors of foreign
, interference at Manila, they have
orders to seize and hold the islands
= at all hazards. The third expedition
Is expected to get away June rs.
The war ships under Admiral
Sampson b0mbarded the forts of San
tiago de Cuba again. The gunners
! found the range much better than
on former occasions. and the eXecu
tion wrought was serious. El Moro
was spared owing to the presence of
Lieutenant llobson and his compan-
ions but all the other defenses were
probably rendered useless. The loss
, Of life on the Spanish side was CON
siderable.
| Admiral Camara's squadron really
put to sea, steamlng out of Cadiz har-
Dor at three knots speed, on account
Of defective boilers. At first they
, took southwosterly course, as if
headed for Cuba. But they were
sighted off Ceuta sailing east into
the Mediterranean Madrid reports say
that the fleet Is bound for the Philip
pines. but the people OF Cadiz, who
know the condition Of the vessels, do
not believe it.
The president has ordered plan Of
campaign prepared for the Investment
of Havana by land and sea- The
army will be landed at three places
and concentrated In the rear of
Havana, while the fleets lombard the
harbor forts. Gen. Lee will lead the
army. Gen. Miles Is expected to
acquiesce now in this plan, which he
has opposed from the beginning of
the war. If he does not Gen, Brooks
or some other may be placed in COM
mand Of all the forces in Cuba.
Gov.-Gen. Augusti on June 13
cabled to Madrid that the situation in
Manila was growing more desperate
for Spain; that native troops were
deserving to the Americans, and that
he had been forced to retire within
the walled city. Gen. August resigned
as encouragement of the Philippines
after a council of war had rejected a
proposition to surrender He was sue
cceded by his second in command.
Augusta saw that to hold out means
an awful and useless waste of life.
Aguinaldo has given notice of his
intention to establish an independent
government by natives under Ameri-
can protection. There has been six
days of terrific fighting between the
Spaniards and the natives about
Manila, the rebels being vctors. The
insurgents took 1900 prisoners,
among them the Governors of two
provinces one Of whom tried to kill
himself
The rush for war bonds in the large
cities of the country and through
mail applications to Washington
makes treasury officials believe the
entire loan will be taken up in small
amounts and nothing be left for banks
or syndicates. J. Pierpont Morgan
has formed a syndicate and offers to
take at par the entire bond issue of
S20o,O00.00O, or any part for which
the public may not subscribe. There Is
no chance Of his getting any bonds
i though. for other syndicates are
ahead Of him even If the people
should not take up the entire issue
rs Secretary Gage expects. At the