Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-06
BUSTLE AT SANTIAGO
TROOPS GETTING READY FOR
THEIR RETURN HOME.
EMBARKATI0N HAS BEGUN.
Eighteen Transports, NJ is Expect
ed. VIII soon lie Bringing Skaters
hcndy 10 Surrender.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, August Al p.
E-Ddayed In transmission From the
noment Secretary Ayers Cabinet mes
s4ee was received this morning. ordering
the instant removal OF the army north,
everything has been hustle and activity
so headquarters.
The transports here, six In number,
have been ordered TO discharge their car
goes and to get ready without loss of
time 20 take on board the first shipments
..- home.
other transports are expected here
shortly. The embarkation will begin to-
morrow, and It is expected that eighteen
transports will soon be conveying our
soldiers back to the United States. The
Yale and Harvard. among others. are
understood to be on their way here These
vessels will carry from twelve to fifteen
thousand men.
SKATERS ORDERS.
General Skaters orders for the move
m.ut of his command provide the follow
rr programmes: The embarkation OF
then the First Regular Cavalry and First
Volunteer Cavalry Trough Riders) will
la embarked. These regiments have been
ordered TO be ready 10 go on board ship
rls day after tomorrow. For the pres
emf the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry will
remain I'm camp. only the private horses
a. tho officers will be taken. The other
horses viii be turned over 10 General
Wood. who will designate an officer to
receive them. General Wood remains
here as Military Governor.
All tho tents will be left standing, and
sl fhc extra worn clothing and bedding,
which may possibly be infected, will be
destroyed.
The First Brigade Of General Iawton's
Division, under General Chahee, will go
next All the men able to ride will be put
ON ponies and taken to the wharf. The
others will DO conveyed there in wagons
THOSE WITH YELLOW-FEVER TO
BE LEFT.
All the men who aresuffering from
yeIlOw-fcver or infectious diseases viii be
left here Every prevautiOn will be taken
80 provide for the safe and healthy ar
Jiyal OF tho men north.
The volunteer regiments will next be
shipped IN the following order: First Hi
uo.s First District OF Columbia, Seventy
LTst New York. Ninth Massachusetts,
Second Massachusetts, Eighth IlinOiss |
Tfirtv-third Michigan, and Thirty-fourth
Michigan.
AN these regiments have been ordered |
90 hold themselves I'm readiness to go on !
board the transports the day after to- |
morrow, or as soon after as possible.
All the troops will first be examined by |
a medical board. and any suspicious cases |
viii be left I'm the hospital
no tGuting or surplus baggage will be /
taken back 20 the United States.
Captain McEittrick and Dr. Goodfel |
low Of General Skaters staff left here |
this afternoon, by the Berlin, for New |
Orleans.
CONDITIONS At MANZANILLO
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, August 4, 2 p. |
L.-Dclayad m ENTHUSIASTICALLY war |
ships Massachusetts and Dixie arrived at |
Guantanamo bay last night and imme- |
Oiatciy started cOaliHg.
Commander Todd of the Wilmington, |
reports that the conditions at Manzanillo, |
as learned from General Rion, are as fol- /
lows. There are about 900 regulars. 1900 |
volunteers, and so bombarderos, or fire.
men there. They appear to be well-sup- |
piled with cattle and provisions, but are |
believed TO be short of ammunition. Re- |
cent events i'm that vicinity have dis |
heartcned them, and it is believed that |
the appearance Of an American force, |
even of only 1000 men, would result in
the CapitulIuon Of the place. SO far as
forts are concerned, they amount TO little
or nothing beyond some field-pieCCs tenn
IUr5rily placed in position and belonging
10 the army. But it is said there are
about twenty feld-guns in the vicinity
The last expedition to Mauzanilo took
tho Spauiards there completely by sur
prise, and they thought an American force
was landing, south Of the town, near
Ni.uerO.
The country Immediately surrounding
is fertile and military opera
tons could readily be carried on there.
The only high road leading out OF Man
zauilo goes 10 Bayamo. With a naval
force in front of the city at this season
az the year. it would not be possible for
The spanish troops 10 leave Manzanillo,
except by this road, which could be
blocked by landing party.
INSURGENT RAIDS
The general feeling Of the Spanish forces |
O.. NauZauiliO and In its vicinity is best !
shown by the fact that the insurgent !
leader, General Rios, IS encamped within !
O. few miles Of the place with 40 cavalry |
men, and ne occasionally makes raids on |
the outskirts OF the town itself IN order /
o. obtain cattle belonging to the Span
.ards.
General Rios says 800 additional men |
arc now on their way from the interior |
TO join him.
Confirmation has been obtained of the |
report that the Florida expedition for the |
relief Of General Gomez has been success
.u.. ON July 18th General Gomez was en-
.mped twenty-five miles northwest of |
Iunaro, the southern extremity OF the
Norou-Jucaro trocha.
The Spaniards evacuated and marched /
beyond a large block-house 10 the west
ward OF the port of Tunas, in the Pro-
ruee OF Santa Clara, on July oath.
a squadron bulletin says the Spanish
urcas generally from Manzanillo TO Trini-
dad IRE evidently in very demoralized
.oudition.
Santa Cruz. the port on the south coast
lt DE Province Of Puerto Principe is re-
'orted 20 be deserted. There is no ship
0ug there.