The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-10

lev now definitely adopted. growing d.
kly out of Admiral Dewey's unparalleled
|ieyement in Asiatic waters. Any id a
kting that Spain, after crushing blow.
hid recognize the futility of senseess,y
/ sting the inevitable has been, at last.
'ndoned. The president has determined
J the fighting shall be vigorously forced
y the full power of the United States,
order TO most speedily terminate the
|fict by the destruction of the last
&iges of authority exerted by the Madrid
|ernment beyond the shores of the Span
peninsula itself.
he belief 10 which conservative off
! chung that Spain, confronted 10 face
} force majeure, would throw herself
he es of the European concert and
j her msgoverned exterior possessions
Escape humiliation, il not degradation
ome, has wholly disappeared, and the
ident's advisors are now united to a
in supporting the policy ofrextreme
fess!on.
be bugbear of the yellow fever scourge
be ignored and the Spaniards arc TO
jected from Cuba before midsummer if
(rican soldiers can drive them out.
(st weeks decision to keep the yolun-
army in great camps at home to dri |
harden them for the campaign of in
bn next fall has been set aside and the
regiments furnished by the States
be hurried toward Cuba within a
ere Will be no temporary establish
Of base of Matanzas in order TO
lpute supplies; no dispatch of 5000
lars to return few weeks later: no
orizing with the grave situation that
arked by the lingering starvation OF
million human beings. Next Sunday
permanent army of occupation will b.
pushed in Cuba beyond the shadow of
= and volunteer regiments will be
co forward to reinforce it. At the sam
regiments of volunteers west of the
divide Will be embarked on trans
and fairly started on their voyage OF
miles to establish an American col
government in the Philippine is
Pefs have gone forward from the war
''neht to utilize all the vast re-
es OF the Nation to carry out these
with energy and rapidly.
first division of regulars, number.
O'VVV men, will be landed in Cuba as
lily as they can be Transported to a
within 900 miles OF the gulf coast
force will at once establish an en-
'H'en' camp, fully fortified. to be
Us tne base of operations for the land
on Havana.
transport vessels, as rapidly as they
4P'ied' VIII hurry back to be refilled
volunteers ordered as reinforcement
'esuiars, the latter beginning active
lions as soon as they are relieved of
IVY oil holding the established base.
nih ten days after the first landing,
Apected that transports will compete
round trip and the first volunteer
'n' which has in the meantime held
e' VIII evacuate it on the arrival
NJ relief, and advance in support of
80 regular division, occupying posi-
"H'cn have already been established
lem.
process will be repeated until at
w volunteer army corps OF $4,000
each have been successfully estab-
~.
" euoa with supporting force OF
volunteers more ON the Southern
'ess Than twenty-four hours away.
'o'unteers to compose the force VIII
iected from those most PROMPT to
state organizations which are
accepted by the United States will
aeu with the most active duty,
10 few instances. and these which
reason or another. are delayed in
i1s their organizations for actual
VIII have small chance OF reaching
pnt.
Mhes and other generals who
'sen charged with carrying on the
~ canpaign have little doubt that
''en' humber 81 men viii Be for:h-
"a ready Tor duty when they are