The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-22
OUR FLEET BLOCEADES HAVANA
Continued. from page u

and the activity on the ships and docks
| bore out the reports of an early move
ment- The day has been quick with
movement. This morning the first
! organization of the various battalions
I of marines on the North Atlantic
maneuvers were executed, chiefly that
of landing parties. Three hundred
and ninety-five men were in line, under
command of Captain Codrell. Brigadler
| General Graham, commander of the
! department of the gulf, arrived on the
steamer City of Key West this after
noon. He was met at the dock by
Lieutenant Colonel Daggett and two
/ batteries of artillery stationed here
and escorted to the barracks. Brigadier
General Graham said no special signifi-
canoe attached to his arrival and that
he was here on visit of inspection.
Toward midnight hurry message
| came ashore, ordering several officers
of the flagship on board Immediately.
At 1890 this morning there was no
movement on the part of the fleet, but
signalling was still progressing and
there were many signs of activity. No
naval men were then ashore. 1t was
said that the fleet was under orders to
sail at o'clock.
con Board the Flagship New York.
m.)-The night is being spent quietly
on board this vessel. All think it is the
last they will spend in American waters
for some time to come.
Captain Chadwick has arranged a
special mail to leave for the shore at
II o'clock, and the officers and men are
now busy writing farewell letters. Cap
tain Sampson is in his cabin with Cap
tain Chadwick and Fighting Bob
n no CON no
about an hour ago. They are consult
ing with respect to the final plans.
Though the seriousness of the i'm
pending war is not beittled, the general
feeling is one of intense relief The
long suspense, which has proved SO
trying, is now practically at an end
and the flying squadron knows what it
has to face 1t has been repeatedly
stated in these dispatches that the rank
and file are willing and anxious to fight
This is more than ever the tone eXhib-
tied tonight The Maine has not been
forgotten.
There is no reason to doubt the cor
reetness of the statements made in
these dispatches on Tuesday that the
squadron will sail with the sole inten-
ton of blockade. 1t may be that oc-
casion for action of a more offensive
character will arise, and that an en-
gagement with the Spanish fleet may
occur, but these possibilities are shroud-
ed in the fateful future.
Many are the cOnjectures as to the
length of the campaign, and the alb
sence of the squadron from home. The
concensus of opinion places the mini
mum period at three months, and the
maximum at six. 1t should be fully
understood that neither experienced
officers, raw cadets nor bronZed sea-
men doubt Cor moment the ability of
our navy to whip SPANS sailors to
standstill. The far-seeing admit that
it may cost many valuable American
lives. but it will be done, come what
may
Steam is up in the boilers; the an
chors are ready to be weighed, and
probably soon after sunrise, if not be-
fore, the squadron will be on its way to
Cuba. Long cipher dispatches from
Washington are being translated as
this dispatch goes ashore.
MOVING OUT.
2:35 a. m.-The warships lying in the
harbor are apparently drawing nearer
the flagship. Two are now moving out.
They are thought to be the monitor
Amphitrite Snd the gunbOat Helena
The signalling is continuous, and the
searchlight of the Iowa and the New