Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-17
WATSON READY TO
DEPART FOR SPAIN.
Ne WIN rsks the Newark. Oregon
Hss.sshsssiss sad Three Auxiliary
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Tribune frun Washington says;
Tho rziding squadron Is expected Il
start at oun for the coast Of Spain.
Commodore Watson has his ships coaled
20 the Limit Of their bunker capacity,
and nothing should keep him another
day az Guantanamo. According "a
schedule, . dispatch should be sent by
him thrOueh a dispatch boat of st.
Thomas next Wednesday announcing
his actual tparture from that vicinity
upon the soo-mile stnightway course
for the Csnaries. where his formidable
force fhouh appear about Aug. 1, OF a
few days later, depending upon the
state q rather encountered in mid.
Atlantic lsd the maximum speed O. his
colliers, which must fix his rate Of prog.
ress
After tso days spent under the leo Of
one Of ihsnnfortified Canary Islands, re.
plenishias the bunkers Of his fighting
ships viii fuel the final assault on Spain
scarcely two days distant, viii be
promptly made, and II the last Spanish
naval rspurccs, as represented a. Ca
mans tlot, cannot b onticod from
Cartheraa to protect Cadiz the Ameri.
can taitAiiag viii DO quickly displayed
In the Nsiiterrcan.
The 81 includes two Of the best
baiileships In the navy, the Oregon and
the Massachusetts, the protected cruiser
Newaft. the auxiliary cruisers Yankee,
Dixie az Yosemite, with six GOLFERS
and sr9ply ship. The Oregon has be-
como b flagship Tho Yankee has
left Iiagpton Roads 70 meet the rest
Of the squadron of 81. Thomas.
The edafrs carry $4,000 tons Of the best
coal, aEiiicient quantity to steam the
feet Al he way to the Philippines and
half W back, the refrigerator ship,
Glacis. having fresh food TO last two
m0nfh
Wa the Newark Il capable Of 10
knot Ted and the Massachusetts, and
the OsEon each have records above 10
knos is unlikely that the squadron
willfrp up an average Of more than 10
XMAS hour across the ocean. although,
unhs1'ored by their colliers after leav.
ing u Danaries, speed exceeding i2
knohrill b constantly maintained. It
viii hthe duty Of the three auxiliaries
20 seri protection TO tho colliers and to
the Erply ship at all times, leaving the
two zitleahips and the Newark to un.
dernh offensive operations
tt departure OF Commodore Wat
sonibrce viii leave the Iowa, tho In.
diana the Brooklyn, the New York, the
Tsrsand the Puritan ~ the armored
vussh under Admiral SIMPSONS direct
command, TO go against Porto Rico, and
the uBisors Columbia, Minneapolis, San
Fnnasco. New Orleans, Detroit, Mont
.rrsy and Marblehead to shell a land.
Ing y tcc for the Decentralization Of the
armyof occupation under General Miles.
Ahrgo number Of gunboats and 9TH
or an1iliary vessels viii b. available to
convey the transports Of the Porto Rican
uxpedition without impairing the Ell.
cheney OF the Cuban blockade by with
inving any Of the numerous vessels
nov on that duty.
The authorities at Washington are
,onfdent that an entire army corps viii
y hnded In Porto Rico before the raid.
ng squadron reaches the Canaries. and
he acquisition Of the island viii be com.
ilettd almost simultaneously with Com.
noaore Watson's menace 20 the Span.
81 pHninsula.