Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-23
American Troops Disembark
" Near Santiago.
VERY LITTLE RESISTANCE
One Man Killed ON she BattI-ship T. xns.
ohcial Dispatches K ceived In Wash.
ibston From General Shat, er and
Admiral Sampson.
(By Tplepr1ph 1

iii"i' attd mat the landing of troops
near Santiago was progressing most
.iiv"rabiy. The first landing was cf-
iett"d ut Dailuiri this morning and
lnet with comparatively slight rtsis-
lance This WAS stated in the dispatch
received this evening by Secretary AL
ger which. though brief WAS full II
news and meaning. 1t follows:
Playa del Este. jane 22.-Secretary
II VAL Washington. OFT Daiquiri, Gu
GA, Jun" -. Landing at Daiuuri this
morning successful. Very little. il any
.'esStaltce.
'siSnedl "sHAFrER."
Secretary Alger expressed himself as
delighted at the expedition with which
he landing of the troops was being ef-
f"St"l and with the fact t:iat no Sc
inus obstacles We're being offered by
he enemy. He construed the text OF
General Shaftcr's message to mean
hat ih.. enemy had made merely "a
aulninnl resistance 10y firing from the
hills At long range.
shortly after Secretary Algcr receiv-
ID his dispatch Secretary Long received
= more extended cablcsram from Ad
'niral Sampson. 1t. too. WAS dated at
Playa del Este. at $50 this evening
The text of this dispatch. translated
from the Navy Department cipher. Is
as follows:
vorably at Daiuuiri. There is very li,-
tie if amy resistance. The New Or
leans, Detroit Castinc. Wasp and SUI
wan"" sh"lied vicinity before the land
ing. We made a demonstration M
CahanaS to engage TIL" attention of the
enemy. The Texas engaged the West
battery for some hours, She had one
man killed. Ten submarine mines have
been removed from the channel of Gu
antanaino.
tSisned., "SAMPSON."
In both army and navy circles the
Of inn in h. =.
of General Shaftcr and Admiral Samp-
son was received With intense salts
faction. The landing of so large
body Of troops as General Shafter az
present has under his command Is q
task OF Immense proportions. a prom
men, official of the War Drparcnant
said tonight that the complete deha"
kation Of the troops. animals. field gum
and supplies within a week after thei>
arrival off the Cuban coast would he
task we'll accomplished. 1t Is proba.
bile. in the opinion OF the officer referred
to, hat only a partial landing Gf the
troops was effected today and that the
landing will be continued from day to
day until completed.
II is likely too. that the troops
will he landed at several places alons
the coast. of course. within short din-
lance nf the headquarters which Gen
eral shaftcr will establish for himself
Admiral SIMPSONS dispatch indicated
that he was carrying out his 1nStrur-
tons thoroughly to clear a way for the
landing of troops. The demonstration
which he made with the Texas hefor"
Cabannas. which is lust east of Guam
tanamo. may easily have led the Spar,
iardS tn suppose that a general landing
was to he attempted in that vicinity
It was evident from the text Of Admit
raj SIMPSONS dispatch that n consid-
cradle landing had already been effecr.
ed near Guantanamo. as he noted that
communication by telegraph had been
re-cstablishcd at that point. and that
the channel had been cleared of sur
marine mines. In the opinion Of naval
officers the landing at Guantanamo
was OF marines rather than OF land
forces.
The cable station through which
the American commanders will com
municatc with the department in this
city has been established as shown
by the dates uf the dispatches receiv
this evening. ut Playa der Este, a
small place directly on the coast and
about fifteen miles east Of Santiago
The change was made from Camp Nc
Gala. to Playa de Este in order that
tho station might be nearer the scene
nj action. u
EUROPEAN RULERS SOUNDED.
u!v TcirgraphD
LONDON. June 22.-'rhc Berlin cor
RESPONDENT of tho Standard saws:
The Queen Regent has privately
caused those sovereigns who are her
relatives ia be directly sounded. and
those whom She regards as friends TO
be indirectly sounded. as to whether
they are willing to mediate hut the
stage Of automatic negotiations has
not vet been reached ans. i. is very
doubtful whether ii will be for some
tn.. To come.
'''Fhe se,ni-oillcial Post hears from
Antwerp that persons commissioned by
tn" Washington government to enlist
Seamen on neutral soil are said to have
enlisted more than q thousand Germa n
sailors for the American navy and the
auxiliary cruisers. This would eXplain
the difficulty German captains have
experienced of late in manning their
ships
WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THEM:
IiN Telcgraph.}
LONDON. June 22.-Thc Washington
correspondent of the Daily Mail. on the
authority of Il prominent member OF
I he, On