Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-08-04
American Advance In Porto Rico Like
a Triumplal March.
GEN, GARRETSON'S ARRIVAL.
The American Fighting Force Now Equai
to That of Spaniards-Health
of the Troops Is
Good.

Spanish regular troops on the island.
. General Garretson's camp is Temporal
rily near the Second and Third Wiscon-
r sin regiments, on the outskirts OF the
town. The brigade marched II miles
+ from Yauco to Ausby, where they ar
, rived travel stained and mud be spat-
, tered. Almost the entire population
, + saw the troops pass through the city
, and gave them cheer after cheer partic-
ularly a the artillerymen numbered by
The officers at the front, including
Hulng's Pennsylvanians and Captains
Austin, Wheeock, Burns and Hall, COM
handing the four advance companies,
do not believe the Spaniards will make
an advance They claim the enemy will
act only on the defensive.
Nine Towns Surrender.
Besides the towns already mentioned
in these dispatches nine others have
signified their delight at the coming of
the Americans and Willingness to sub
nit. These towns are Arroyo, Patillas,
Yabucoa, Salinas, Santa Isabel, Ad-
juntas, Penuelas, Guayabal and Qua
yama. There We're Spanish troops in all
of the important towns in this list.
The mayors of four other towns Wis
tied Ponce and told General Wilson that
the people of their towns were glad to
be Americans. The towns had surren-
dered, and they were ready, they said,
to turn over everything to the Ameri
cans and have American officers ap-
pointed.
Word was received from other towns
that had not been visited by the sol
diers and consequently had not formal
ly surrendered, but the people and the
officers had heard of the landing of the
Americans and had hosted the Ameri-
can flag at once and kept it hosted ever
| since, driving out the Spaniards flom
towns where soldiers We're stationed.
Spanish Soldiers Flee.
The people in these towns report that
| the Spanish soldiers fled in fright as
they did from Ponce. The Span.ards |
took the military road. going toward |
| San Juan. When the American soldiers |
arrived here, the Spanish citizens were |
naturally alarmed, and many Of them
fled with the Spanish soldiers and went |
to the mountains. They began return
ing on Sunday and are nearly all back
today.
The first thing they did when they
got back to the town was to begin
shouting Viva los Americanos."
The latest report is that the Spaniards
have gathered in considerable force on
the military road some miles beyond
Juana Diaz. The place in the road
where they are reported to be would be
favorable to intrenchment II it were not
for the branch roads. There is juno
ton of roads five miles from Ponce, and
our troops can take these roads both
east and west and by an extra march
OF ten miles reach the military road be- .
yond the spot where the Spanish in
trenchments are said to be. Thus the
Spaniards there would be opposed in
front and rear and would be captured
quickly. 1t is not likely that there will
be any movement in the direction of the l
Spanish intrenchments until the caval- :
ry arrives.
Cable Office Opened. :
The cable office was opened yesterday c
in charge of the signal corps. The tele
graph lines have been restored. and
there are now four stations CONNECTING
all of the headquarters. The lines will T. T.
be put in order as fast as the troops N
move so that they will always he in Ii
close communication with WASHINGTON G.
The warships now in the harbor are Il
the Cincinnati, Massachusetts. Column c.
Dla, Terror ana st. Louis. "
The cases of illness are mostly tv "a
ohoid fever. The health of the soldiers NJ n,
IS good. There is little sickness. The a
sanitary condition of the, camp is ten fc
INES better than in Cuba, owing to adj XII
hlfaole sanitary work. strict quar- e'
lntine is enforced in the harbor in all Il
asses of Illness $
All the American troops are restless III
n Of
he Spaniards, and they are anxious for III
m encounter with the enemy. It is tho err
general belief, however, that there will, II
re no forward movement of tha m,in DIR
ody OF our troops until the other trans y
orts arrive. They are expected every IN
our.
Inc troops on board the st. Louis are
eported to be in good health She
rousht II representatives of the Porto
'lcan Junta of New York, whose bnsi
ess is TO influence the people of the is-
and NOT to resist the American ad-
ance. Their good offices are NOT moo +
ssary ]
Inc DYKES shot at Moro Castle n,
aturuay caused the utmost consterna-
on at San Juan de Porto Rico wbero S
was peheVed to have signified that
lie place would be bombarded With,
hours. ''''''i -
Our New Possessions.
Guayama Is a prosperous town ~
oout 1000 inhabitants So miles east ~ -.
once and four miles northeast of Port
'pos, on the south coast of Porto pico
ne MUNICIPAL district of Guayama hos
sugar estates and about 1000 COFFEE
III minor plantations. A wagon road 7
ms from Guayama to Cavav u,L
'nnection is made with tho CO..,
s""ay from Ponce to San Juan. Re-
use Huayana is much nearer to San w
ian than Ponce the capturo oe t,,.n "
ace is important. Wis '
uah' Dlaz IS nine miles northeast OF
NV oi 'ie central highway to San
e, 80 POPULATION is about 1000
oo INA. vi the municipal district is
w. WV Inc Town Is situated on beau
lilies. YER
re is town of 10000 inhabit-
i,',t sn. n,'l'es northwest of Ponce
'uii''s ~ ID miles northwest of Ponce
popuia'ion IS 1000 inhabitants. M
'ai'iias IS town near the sea 10 v
'es west or Guayama. 1t was found
III leo2 and has 5000 Inhabitants
'a ll isabel Is about midway between
'ce ana Guyana, near the coast
,na almost ON the coast five II
east Oh Guayama. The town vos n
W IN 1852 and has poulotion - 81
p,,,. Is On the south coast of por- ~
49, Ten miles east of Guavama r.
'ulation Is LOGO ''' us
apucoa Is two miles from, tho 49,