Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-28

OF life and money in the conduct OF
the tedious campaign in Cuba.
The determination to send this
squadron against Spain was the
outcome of direct official advices
as to the progress Of Admiral
Camara's squadron. These ad-
vices give a list of the Spanish now
nearing the SueZ which differs
somewhat from the list given in the
press dispatches and by Lloyds.
The official list is: Pelayo, Car
los V, Audaz, Osada, Prosperina,
Patricia, Rapido, Buenos Ayres,
Isle de Fancy. Colon, Coyandonga
and San Francisco.
This squadron is at Port Said
and expects to take on 10000 tons
of coal before entering the canal.
Such a heavy coaling will take
some time 1t discloses also that
the Admiral expects TO make a long
sail and is doubtless headed for
the Philippines, a point which the
officials here doubted at first.
This squadron is the most for
midable Spain has afioat, in total
tonnage, strength of individual
ships, armor and guns. The
Pelayo is the strongest of the ships,
and is the only battleship in the
Spanish navy. She is $500 tons
with speed of 1877 knots. She
carries 35 guns of various calibre
and has seven torpedo tubes. The
largest guns are the Pinch Hon
torias, one forward and one aft,
and 11-inch Hontorias, one on each
beam.
The Carlos V is of 5000 tons,
with a speed of 19 knots. She has
% guns, the largest being 11-ipch
Hontorias. worked electrically, one
forward and one aft. She has only
six torpedo tubes The AudaZ and
Osado are torpedo boat destroyers
recently finished in England just
before the war began. They are of
400 tons each and are thirty knot
ters. Each carries six guns and
two torpedo tubes. The Buenos
Ayres belongs to the Trans-At-
lantic company. Of Cadlz, and has
been transformed into a cruiser.
She is of 5000 tons with IA knots
SpGcu. He lOSptl llId L al lOld,
and Rapido are merchant vessels re-
Gently reconstructed and armed.
The Colon, Covadongo and San
Francisco are GOLFERS.
1t is apparent from this that the
main reliance Of this fleet is on
the battleship Pelayo, the armored
cruiser Carlos V, and the two new
torpedo boat destroyers AudaZ and
Osada. The others are auxiliaries
and GOLFERS AS there are only
two armored ships in the lot, Adj
miral Dewey's fleet Of protected but
unarmored ships probably will take
care of this Spanish squadron
With the Monterey added he would
certainly do so.
The Eastern SQUADRON which the
United States will now send against
Spain far outranks this Spanish
squadron. the Iowa and Oregon
exceeding the Pelayo and Charles
V. at every point, while the other
United States vessels are far supe-
rior, ship for ship to those of the
Spanish squadron, with the single
exception of the two Spanish tor
pedo boat destroyers.
When the American fleet sails for
Spain it will take with it complete
information as to the entire
strength of the Spanish coast, with
detail maps of every harbOr and
its Notifications.
The war board had a mass of this
information before it to-day and
spent good part of the day study
ing Spanish charts and fortifica-
lions with view to outlining the
series of blows which are to be de-
livered to Spain at home.
The Spanish coast is divided into
three captain generalcies. namely,
Ferrcl on the north, Cadiz on the
south and Cartnagena on the east
The total artillery of these dis
tricts. under the normal conditions
prior to the war is as follows:
119 Krupp guns. So Armstrong
guns, 80 Ordonez guns and a
large number Of Hontoria guns.
The main reliance is on the Ordo-
nez guns. which are especially for
fortifcations purposes. They are
Of u. "a and 80 centimetres.
The information is in minute de-
tail as to the defenses Of each mort
For instance. Ferrol is protected on
the north bv series of three hat
teries and two chateaus the cha
teaus occupying points which COM
mand passes from the sea The
town is ercircled by hastiOns and
redcubts Of ancient nattern but re-
Gently remodeled. The defnnses Of
Cadiz consist of a circle of eleven
powerful forts.
The other harbors are similarly
defined with detail inform alton as
to approaches. channels. depth of
water. batteries, etc. With this
full irforma ton at hand the ma
tire of the assault unon the coast
Of Spain will be pretty we'll ont
lined before the American squad
ron sails, At the same time much
will be left TO the commander in
chief of this squadron
Some naval authorities believe
that the Canary Islands will he the
first point Of attack. and that the
next move viii he to establish a
naval base at Ceuta noint on tho
African coast owned hv Srain and
onpcsita Gibraltar. With this base
cur ehius would be within easv
striking distance Of the long
stretch of Spanish coast.
Gibraltar, June 27.-The third
Spanish squadron, it is announced
here. consisting Of the Cardinal
de Cisneros. Lepanto, Numancia,
Vitoria, the monitor Puig-Cordo,
three torpedo boats and the aux
iliary steamers Meteoro, Leon
XIII and Monsterrat. commanded
by Admiral Barrosa, has been
ordered to assemble at Cadiz as