Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-23
LANDING OF TROOPS.
1T Is PROGRESSING FAvORABLY AT
POINTS NEAR SANTIAGO.
LITTLE If ANY RESISTANCE.
sampson SheIIing the Woods to
Prepare the Way for Our Forces
One Man Killed ON the BattIeship
Texas.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 22.-Oficial
dispatches received tonight by both Sec
retary Alger and Secretary Long indicate
that the landing of troops near Santiago
was progressing most favOrably. The first
landing was effected at Daiquiri this
morning, and met with comparatively
slight resistance. This was stated in a
dispatch received this evening by Secre-
tary Alger. which, though brief, was full
Of news and meaning. 1T follows:
Playa del Este, June I'D.
Secretary of War, Washington d. c.:
"On Daiquin, Cuba, June 22.-Landing
at Daiquiri this morning successful. Very
little, If any, resistance.
(SigneD "SHAFTER."
Secretary Alger expressed himself as
delighted at the expedition with which the
landing of the troops was being effected,
and with the fact that no serious obstacle
was being offered by the enemy. He con-
strued the text Of General Skaters mes
sage to mean that the enemy had made
merely a nominal resistance, by firing
from the hills at long range.
CONFIRMATION FROM SAMPSON.
Shortly after Secretary Alger had re-
ceived his dispatch Secretary Long re-
ceived a more extended cablegram from
Admiral Sampson. This, too. was dated
at Playa del Este, at $50 this evening.
The text of the dispatch. translated from
the Navy Department cypher, is as fol-
lows:
Landing of the army is progressing ia
vorably at Daiquiri. There is very little,
if any, resistance. The New Orleans, De-
troit, Castine, Wasp, and Suwanee shelled
the vicinity before the landing. We made
o demonstration at Cabanas to engage the
attention of the enemy. The Texas en-
gagged the west battery for some hours.
She had one man killed. Ten submarine
mines have been recovered from the chan
mel Of Guantanamo. Communication by
telegraph has been established at Guam
tanamo
(signed SAMPSON"
A BIG UNDERTAKING.
In both army and navy circles the in
formation contained in the dispatches of
General Shafter and Admiral Sampson
was received with intense satisfaction.
The Landing of so large a body of troops
as General Shafter at present has under
has command is a task of immense pro-
portions prominent official of the War
Department said tonight that the COM
plete debarkation of troops, animals, hcld-
guns, and supplies within a week after
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be a task well accomplished.
1t is probable, in the opinion of the
officer referred 10, that only a partial
landing of troops was effected to-day.
and that the landing Will be continued
from day TO day until completed. 1t is
not unlikely, too that the troops will be
landed at several places along the coast,
of course, within a short distance of the
which General Shafter will
establish for himself.
SMELLING THE WOODS.
Admiral SIMPSONS dispatch indicated
that he was carrying out his instructions
to clear a way for the landing
Of troops. The demonstration which he
made with the Texas before Cabanas,
which is just east of Guantanamo, may
easily have led the Spaniards to suppose
that a general landing was to be attempt
ed in that vicinity.
1t was evident from the text of Admiral
SIMPSONS dispatch that a considerable
landing had already been effected near
guantanamo, as he noted that commune
,ation by telegraph had been re-estab-
ished at that point, and that the channel
lad been cleared Of submarine mines. In
he opinion of naval officers, the landing
At Guantanamo was of marines rather
han of land forces.
CABLE STATION ESTABLISHED.
The cable station through which the |
American commanders will communicate |
With the department i'm this city has been |
tablished, as shown by the dates of the |
dispatches received this evening at Playa |
lei Este, a small place directly on the |
,oast, and about fifteen miles east of Sam |
iago.
The change was made from Camp Nc
,alla to Playa del Este in order that the |
station might be nearer the scene of ac-
ion.