Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-22
LOOKING FOR A LANDING;
General Shaftrr Confcrs With General
Garcia as to Discriminating

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| General Sh;,ftrr Confcrs With General
| Garcia as to DiSembar1ing
| Copyright 1885. ny associated Press. J
| ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED
| PRESS DISPATCH BOAT DANDY
ore SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Monday
i night. June 20. via Kingston jamaica
| Tuesday. June 2l.-ll a. Mas soor
as the fleet of transports had arrived,
ut Il point about twenty miles OFF San
! taEo de Cuba. this afternoon the
| steamer Seguranca. having on board
| General Shaftcr and his staff, left the
other vessels lying to and steamed to
| the flagship of the American fleet in or
der to visit Rear Admiral Sampson
The genera: Went ~, boare. the flagship
and later General Shafter Admiral
Sampson ana Il party of officers board.
| Cd the ScGur:lnca, which went to Accr-
raderos. about seventeen miles west
OF Santiago, and near which place Gen
| cral Garcia is cnclmpcd with 5000 Gu
| ban soldiers. General Shafter and his
staff and Rear Admiral Sampson went
| ashore and proceeded to General Gar
| cih's headquarters. about Il mile in.
| land. where they spent several hours in
consultation With the Cuban general
| at the conclusion of the conferenc O
! General Shafter and the other officers
! had little or nothing to say regarding
tho plans FOR landing the American
| troops OF for the cooperation OF the
| Cub:,ns. The best information obtain
| able is that there viii be no attempt to
make a general landing for two or
| three days.
| The result of Rear Admiral Samp-
| sons investigation OF the various pro
posed landing places was also laid be
| lore the army officers. but General
| Shafter is not prepared to announce q
ia wit
| the matter further himself.
! General Garcia gave the Americans
| assurance that they need have no fear
| OF contracting diseases on the south
| eastern coast OF Cuba. as the climate
| there is not unhealthy, only extremely
| hot at this season OF the year. The Gu
| ban general declared that his own
| troops. i'll fed and clothed as they are.
were in good health. and therefore. the
CT serious ail limo. not fear fevers or 9th
| General Shaftel. examiner r,.~l- .--- =.
ton of the Cuban soldiers during his
| visit and was impressed with their
hardy and sodierly appearance,
| though he recognized the fact that they,
need clothes and provisions. both OF
Which were given them during the day.
The interview closed with the under
standing on the part OF both generals
that small bodies of troops are to be
| landed at once ut several points along
the coast. where they will be safe from
amy serious attack by the Spaniards
and will be able to keep the enemy in
doubt for the present as to their ulti-
| mate Intentions.
| Among the troops that will be land
cd first are II number OF men from the
| engineer corps. who will begin work at
| once preparing for the movement OF
| the main body.
| Generals Shafter and Garcia will con-
| suit further tomorrow
1t was nearly dark before the officers
returned to the Scguranca and then she
steamed back to the nneshin and took
up Il position for the night.
Before nightfall all the other trans
ports and their conveys had drlfteL
nearer to the shore and the Spanish!
soldiers. watching from the bluffs or
both sides Of the entrance of Santiago
harbor. must have been impressed by
the great array of vessels standing Of
shore. There were nearly sixty 81
them. including the troop ships and the
lncn-of-war comprising Rear Admira
Sampso n's fleet and the squadron o.
| Commodore Schley.
The 5000 Spanish soldiers and per
haps 1000 Spanish sailors guarding thu
city and harbor of Santiago de Cub:
doubtless concluded that there was bu
a small chance of overcoming the fore
of American w;irships and some 1000
American soldiers and sailors which
will be hurled against them before til,
present week is over.
The dispatch boat Of the Associated
Press left the fleet for the cable static,
just at nit,htfal when the warship
mad taken their positions in n Semi-cir
Gle in front of the harhor entrance
with the troop ships further out. The
sea WAS comparatively smooth. for tlls
| first time in several weeks. and tins
| l,.,.i was almost mOtiOnleSS
The newspaper dispatch boats. which
had been steaming back and forwart
among the transports since the arriva
af the latter. We're held UP at ever,
stage of their passage with the reques
10 take letters 10 the nearest mailing
point. giving accounts of the voyag
and announcing the safe arrival Of tn
army off the enemy's coast. For SOM
It might he the last word for mother
wife or sweetheart at home from hll
who had answered the call OF his coun
Try.
According to the naval regulation
, | established at the outbreak of the wal
, not n light was visible on any OF tn
ships and the Gordon Of men-of-wa
wing under Spanish guns near Morr
Castle kept their vigil with more tina
usual care during the dark hours O
he night to guard against the aI
nroach or a destroying torpedo hon
, which might attempt to run out of IN
sarhor and With one we'll directed she
sink Il troopship in the depths of tn
! sea and send the souls of those aboar
into the realms of eternity.
: LANDING DELAYED
copyright. 1898, by Associated Press
MOLE ST. NICHOLAS, June Els
M-Rear Admiral Sampson says this
; the general landing OF troops of Ger
aral Skaters expedition on the coas