The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-28
IT WILL TEACH THE DONS A LESSON
The Orders Have Been Issued
Squadron Have Been Selected = Advantage to Be
Taken Immediately Camara's Folly

| The Proserpina, Patriota and Rapido
| are merchant vessels. The Colon. Cow
andonga and San Francisco are col
| liers
1t is apparent from this that the main
reliance of the fleet is on the battleship
| Pelayo, the armored cruiser Carlos V.
and the two new torpedo boat destroy
ers. .Audaz and Osada, the others being
auxiliares and colliers. As there are
| only two armored ships in the fleet.
Deweys fleet of protected but unar-
| mored ships probably will care for this
Spanish squadron. With the Monte
rey added he could certainly do so.
The eastern squadron. which will now
be sent against Spain, far outrsnks the
Spanish squadron. the Iowa and Ore
gon exceeding the Pelayo and Carlos
V. at every point. while the other
United States vessels are far superior.
ship for ship. to those of the Spanish
squadron, with the single exception
of the two Spanish torpedo boat de-
stroyers.
When the American fleet sails for
Spain it will take with it complete in
formation as to the entire stretch of
the Spanish coast. with detail maps of
every harbor and its fortifications. The
war board has mass of this informa-
ton before il and spent most of the
day studying Spanish charts and for
tifications with a view of outlining the
SClltS VI biONS WHICH are 10 Dt ub-
livered to Spain at home. The Spain
coast line is 2122 kilometers long, of
which 1863 kildmeters is on the north
coast, while 1852 kilometers are along
the Mediterranean and the Atlantic on
the south coast.
The cost is described by naval ex-
perts as abrupt and mountainous. with
sinuous inlets and CULTS, resembling
the ftords of Scandinavia. In general
the fortifications of the coast are relics
of the medieval greatness of Spain,
and many of these defenses are tumb-
ling ruins.
The Spanish coast is divided into
three captain generalcies. namely:
Ferroll ON the north, Cadiz on the south
and Carthagena on the east. At Fer
roll is the naval school and the school
of naval application. At Carthagena
Is the school of ordnance and the tor
pedo school. Cadiz is the point where
most of the fortification guns are made.
Each of the three naval provinces has
a certain number of ports and coast
towns under it's care
The total artillery of these ports, un-
der the normal conditions prior to the
war. is as follows: one hundred and
nineteen Krupp guns, So Armstrong
guns, 80 Ordonez guns and a large num-
Der OF Hontoria guns. The main re-
lance is on the Ordonez guns which
are especially for fortifcations They
are of q, "a and 25 centimetres. A
separate division of the coast is made
for the purpose of placing torpedoes
and submarine mines. This work is di-
vided into four districts, at Ferroll.
Cadiz, Carthagena and Mahon as
headquarters. Each town along the |
coast is allowed a certain number of
torpedoes. For instance. the allotment
for Barcelona is 500 torpedoes
Many of these ports are connected |
DIV cables. which form "a additional
feature of naval attack cable runs |
from Barcelona to Marseiles CadiZ |
has three cables. one To the Canaries. |
another to Gibraltar and another to |
villa Real. Nigo is the cable station |
for two lines.
The information is in minute detail |
as TO the defenses of each port For
instance, Ferroll is protected on the
north by series of three batteries |
and two chateaus, the chateaus occupy
ing points which command passes from
the sea. The town is encircled by bas-
lions and redoubts of ancient pattern.
but recently remodeled. The defenses
)f Cadiz consist of circle of IL power
'ul forts. The other harbors are SINH
arly defined. with detailed information
as TO the approaches, channels. depth
IF water. batteries. etc.
With this full information at hand
he nature of the assault upon the coast
)f Spain viii be pretty well outlined be-
ore the American squadron sails. At
he same time much will be left to the
n-chief of this squadron |
some naval authorities believe that the /
Ianary islands will be the first point Of
attack and that the next move will be |
% establish a naval base at Ceuta. a
1oint on the African coast owned by
spain. With this base our ships would
be within easy striking distance of the
ong stretch of Spanish coast.
One short telegram received by Cen
raj Greedy from one of his signal
orps officers with the army under
;hafter was all that came to the war
last night or to-day. That
elated entirely to the MANAGEMENT of
and contained no news as TO
he movements of the military. There
ore II Is assumed at the department
hat General Shafter is simply carry |
ng out his plans of bringing forward
lis troops from the sea coast and con-
them at points Of vantage |
n the heights surrounding Santiago.
His army is not to give battle until
very precaution that prudence can
uggest has been taken to assure the
uccess of the movement. for no one
etter than General Shafter appreci-
ties the tremendous moral advantage |
hat would accrue to Spain from even !
temporary check of American arms
{ this time.
Is Only n Ruse.