Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25
GIN. NIILES'S BIG ARMY
BASE or OPERATIONS N WEST INDIES.



Gen. Miles has made All arrange
mcnts 90 leave Washington nj once for
Tampa. TO embark there - soon az
possible with Gen. CopplnEor and the
Fourth army corps. Of about 5000
men. for Santiago. that point being
definitely announced as the chief OUT
lying base of supplies Cor subsequent
military and naval operations against
the enemy In the west Indies General
l Miles expressed the hopa that General
Shtftrr Will have succeeded ln taking
possession % Santiago before he
reaches there but iu case lhIH achieve
mout ia delayed. The larso army ~ ~
/ Enforcement Will undoubtedly De able
! tn effect speedy termination % The
| siege. aH well as routtillse tho heavy
additional forces constituting the
/ Hover IT the spanish army ln cuba,
combating 81 ip.00p men under Gen.
/ paud1. known as their lighting rtnor-
/ ni Whidh d. now report . GAL hiHtcning
/ to the scene overland from tiOiguln. ~
| miles in an air line.
General shlfier has been directed by
| cable To- Ect'ull the suppli,s out of his
| transports aH quickly aH possible and
| hasten them back to Tampa Tor Gem
I orll CupplnErrH trporf. who are now
I ready Go embark. and Secretary Long
/ sent orders az the same time % Al.
l mirll Sampson 70 furn an rffeCtN e
1 convoy u war ships for the cNptdl-
ton.
n u believed the big H,ei can start
| on it, return voyage MOI later than
| Thursday morning. their condition hr.
lng conducive 60 the attainment ~
much hIEhsr speed than fhay made on
] the outward voyage. With uu troops
aboard u Will also he unnecessary o.
] exercise such strict precautions
against the possibility Of 1ysporit, Ht-
hckH by small gunhoata uF torpedo
[ CruisDrs, and perhaps the faster No..
s.lH Will not have To walt fDr those %
slower speed.
According to thr present arrange.
mruiH. when General Mile Arrives at
Tampa Monday morning hs VIII Inn
mrdlatOly undertake tho execution uf
an necessary prrllmlnarluH 90 provide
Tor the prompt ana Systematic loading
~ supplies ON tn transports and none
of The cooperating delays which
marked the departure Of ihr nrnt sx-
petition are anticipated 60 rC-pccur on
this occasion.
General Copplnger's force g. COM
posed almost alt0Et Their ~ che brigade
which wvre originally selected o. par
ilclpatr with General SKATER and O,
hnf the advantage ~ thorough and
compact organization. m. 0rEunlEa-
Second dlviHlon-Firai hfIsadc. Col.
y. u. peiiunary, Eleventh United
states Infantry and Nineteenth Unit
ed states Infantry
Second brigade General T.. ". Car
pcntUr First Infantry, District NJ COLI
umhln volunteers. Second Infantry New
York volunteers ana Fifth Maryland
Infantry volunteers.
Third brigade nrlgndicr General n.
n. Hall, Third Infantry. prnnHyl-
yanln volunteers. one Hundred aud
seventeenth Indiana volunteer. First
| ohio Infantry volunteers and fiHt In
. fHutry Illinois volunteers.
Third division, First brigade irIrn-
dior General jacob Klein, FIRM in-
fantry, ohio volunteers First Infantry,
| Florida volunteers and ThirtysHrcuni
infantry Michigan volunteers.
Second brigade iiriFndicr General ,
y. Andrews, SiNty-ninth New York
/ Infantry volunteers. Third infantry
| ohio volunteers and Second infantry
/ GrOrrln volunteer
Third brigade Provisional cavalry
brigade. Flnh United states cavalry
hattniluns ~ the First. Second. Third.
sixth and Tenth United States cave
airy
Two battnilora N the United states
volunteer cavalry and First cavalry
! ohio volunteers.
Fourth brigade Provisional nftliory
brigade, iirigadier General W. y. Ran
dolph. HiN liTht batteries United States
artillery and two heavy battefioa The
total strength Of this force slightly
exceeds 1900 men. Tho flrst division
~ the fourth army corps. under Gen.
SOhwun. which Inns been removed "a
Miami. will not accompany thr ok
petition. but viii probably be attached
to General Lees corps.
| In addition 10 the thlrty-twn trans
ports utilized by General shafi.r. tho
war department has chartered nm other
vessels which are available FOR Immc.
dlnte use. and these viii probably hs
assembled ne Tampa the hrft ~ nest
week They nrc the Louisiana thH
/ Hudson, tho fuiorlst. tho Specialist
the Cnntanin, the Arcadia IN Sru.
ces the Comnnche. the TampnFsHH. the
CIV NJ Mouun ana tho Gate Clty.
The war department has announced
tho purchase ~ eight Transatlantic
liners, seven OF them ~ much greater
capacity than any NJ the American
transports heretofore chartered. and as
many ~ these vessels na can b. made
ready ir time viii BE- utilized
While General Miles intends t1 no,
company this expedition IN support oi
General Shnfter n II not contemplated
that he will assume direct command
although possibly one major general
II not two. win be attached 90 mo
corps al division commanders The
detail ~ on additional officers lncud.
Ing several brlgadlera. II now under
consideration,
on the arrival NJ the force az sauti-
ago. General Miles, by virtue uf Nh
position, win assume active command
u AN the forces IN the field aud ul
soon nH the city falls he viii under
take la person tho leadership uf sub.
Hequent campaigns, whether against
Porto Rico or various Cuban points.
Deaths from Heat.