La Junta tribune., 1898-05-07
WAR NOTES.


The War Department has orde:ee
10000 canvas uniforms.
The prize court began consideration
Of the cases on the End. 1t sits n; Key
West.
The government will soon have un.
der construction thirty-six vessels OF
NIL kinds.
On the 30th 1t was reported tha, TO-.
600 men We're mt work digging rifle pits
around Havana.
The big ba,tlcship Oregon. having
reached Rio Janeiro. is expected to
join Admiral Sampson's flee, about the
10th.
Judge ]. l.. Torrey of Wyoming Is
organizing a regiment of cowboys and
frontiersmen. He has Headquarters mt
Fort Russell.
The cruiser Albany. bought from
Brazil before 1t was finished. cannot
be brought from England until the
present war is over.
The government is stationing armed
guards at the big powder mills as 1t Is
now believed that Spaniards caused
the recent explosions.
The Red Cross Society's ship State OF
Texas, with nurses and medicines.
reached Key West Thursday from New
York. She will proceed to sagua Ia
9rande.
Secretary Alger has practically de-
clded to accept several hundred colored
volunteers from the southern states.
who are anxious to participate In the
Cuban campaign.
The news of the safe arrival at Liv-
erpool OF the big American sailing ship
Shenandoah was gladly received nt the
department. Consul Boyle ut Liverpool
forwarded the information.
The lighthouse tender Mangrove cap
tured the big Spanish steamer Panama
on the Goth. The Panama was on the
way from New York to Havana with
passengers and n big cargo.
Preparations for the organization of
the large volunteer army OF 125,O00
men are now completed and by the 9TH
at the latest the whole force will be at
their respective points of mobilization.
The American fleet of seven warrhips
practically destroyed the Spanish fleet
IN Manila harbor on the 1st. The
spanish ships We're assisted in the fight
by the guns of the forts but could not
successfully defend themselves.
Captain Charles Silva. who since the
beginning of the Cuban war has been
employed by the junta in plotting fill
clustering expeditions to the island, has
been ordered by the Navy Department
to report for pilot duty to Admiral
Sampson.
| The secretary of the treasury has
received from the secretary of war es-
| timntes OF deficiencies in nppropria-
| tions for the use of the War Depart
| ment for the remaining two months of
the present fiscal year. aggregatng
S34. .0l0,09T.
The Navy Department has complete
| ly ceased lis purchase of ships for con-
version into war vessels. owing to the
exhaustion of the $50,0O0,O00 war
fund. 1t is confidently expected that
| Congress Will come to the relief, MS the
department is still In need OF auxiliary
vessels.
| The Havana correspondent Of the
Daily Mail. telegruphing on April Goth,
says Captain General Blanco has de-
termined upon II desperate defense Of
Havana. In AiatanZas 10000 soldiers
are engaged day and night In throwing
up earthworks and encompassing the
entire city in segment of great cir
Gle.
Arrangements have been completed
by this government 10 supply the Gu
| ban insurgents with arms and amInu.
milton. The government is preparing
| now to land In Cuba from 25,000 to 3d.
600 stands Of improved Springfield
rifles, n number of artillery batteries,
rapid-fire Maxim guns and an abun-
dance of ammunition for the effective
use of them.
| Every endcavor is being put forward
by the War Department to organize
! the volunteer army and Increase the
regular army to Its full strength. Mus
tering rolls of the companies of the
volunteer army have been prepared in
| the War Department and sent TO the of
fcers who have been detailed to form
| ally induct the state troops intO the
service Of the national government
With few notifications they are the
same rs those used in the late war.
Great things are promised for the
Holland submarine boat by its invent
or who proposed 10 the government to
go to Key West. join Admiral Samp-
sons squadron. and with his own crew
enter the harbor of Havana by night
and throw dynamite bomb into Nor
ro castle. Mr.. Holland will undertake
this IL the government Will guarantee
| TO purchase the vessel at the conclus-
ion of the performance. The govern
ment has closed the bargain for the
boat.
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