The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-29
Old GLORY WAVES
ON PORTO RICAN SOIL
OUR SOLDIERS TAKE POSSESSION OF
PORT GUANICA.
spaniards Were Completely 2aken by Sur
prlso and Routed The Hallant Littio
GlouCester isoes rome Moro spIen-
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Washington, July 26.-The war
department at 11.30 p. m. posted the
following: '......
st. Thomas. July 20, 1903.
Secretary of War, Washington:
circumstances were such that I
deemed it advisable to take the har-
bor OF Guanlca, first, Is miles west
Of Ponce, which was successfully nc
complished between daylight and II
o'clock. Spaniards surprised. The
Gloucester, Commander Wainwright,
first entered tho harbor; met with
slight resistance: fred a few shots.
All the transports are now in tho
harbor, and infantry and artillery
going rapidly ashore. This is we'll
protected harbor. Water sufficiently
deep for all transports and heavy
vessels to anchor within 200 yards of
shore. The Spanish flag was low
cred and the American flag raised at
IL o'clock today. Capt Higginson
with his feet has rendered able and
earnest assistance. Troops in good
health and best of spirits, ...f.
(Signed.) Miles,
@' 81 Major General Commanding.
...l. THE FIRST DETAILS.
Copyright, 1903, by the Associated
'"'-". ! Press.
Port of Guanica, Island Of Porto
Rico, July rs, 2 p. M, via the Is
land of st. Thomas, D. w. l., July
.2G.--Morning.-The United States
military expedition under the COM
mand of Maj. Gen, Nelson A. Miles,
commanding the army of tho Unitod
States, which left Guantanamo Bay
during the evening of Thursday last,
July FL, was landed here successful
ly today after a skirmish with do
tachment OF the Spanish troops and
a crew of 30 belonging to tho launch
of the United States auxiliary gun
boat Gloucester, formerly Mr.. j.
Pierpont Morgan's steam yacht Cor
sair. Four of the Spaniards were
killed, but no Americans we're hurt.
The troops were pushed forward in
order to capture the railroad loading
to Ponce, which is only about 10
miles east Of this place. From Ponce
there is an excellent military road
] running IS miles north to San Juan.
The whole Of Gen. Brooke's force,
with the Now Orleans, Annapolis,
Cincinnati, Leyden, and Wasp, aro
expected here within "a hours.
] THE TRANSPORT FLEET AND coNvoYs.
The ships left Guantanamo Bay
8snddenly on Thursday evening, with
the Massachusetts, commanded by
Capt. +. j. Higginson, leading.
Capt. Higginson was in charge of the
naval expedition, which consisted, in
Saddition to the Massachusetts, of the
Columbia, Dixie, Gloucester and
Yale. Gen. Miles was on bourd the
last named vessel. The troops were
on board the transports Nueccs,
Il pasNs, Comanche, Rita, Unionist.
saltwater, City of Macon and Spec
ialiet This was the order in which
the transports entered the harbor
hase:: ...,. .~
Ehe voyage from Guantanamo
BaySto this port was unevontful. AT
tnoon yesterday Gen. Miles called IA
consnltation, announcing that he
was determined not to 60 by San
Juan Cape, but by the Mona Pas
iapge instead, land here, surprise the
8Spaniards and deceive their military
Authorities. The course W. then
changed and the Dixie was sent to
warn Gen. Brooke at Cape San Juan.
Port Guapica has been fully describ-
ed by Lieut.. Whitney Of Con, Miles
staff, who recently mado IN adven-
B turous tour of Porto Rico.
YEoMAN LAoY HoIsTs OLD GLORY.
5{ Quartermaster Beck thereupon
+ told Yeoman Lacy to haul down the
Spanish flag, which was done. The
first Onitod States flag to float over
I Porto Rican soil was raised on the
flagstaff.