The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-06-23

WASHINGTON, June 22.-The govern
ment has determined to send heavy re-
Inducements to General Shafter at San.
tiago. To this end the first expedition
will leave Newport News tomorrow
morning, carrying Brigadier General
Duffield's separate brigade of the Second
Army corps, made up OF Ninth, Massa.
chusetts; the Thirty-third and Thirty.
fourth, Michigan, and the Third, Vir.
ginia, regiments, in all about 1000 men.
Expeditions will follow rapidly by way
of Tampa, for while Fernandina and
Miami are considered to have many
good points for concentrating troops,
yet army officials are now satisfied that
Tampa can be retained with advantage
as the main point Of einbarkation. The
next forces TO go will include those Of
Brigadier General Garretson of the
Second brigade Of the First division
Second Army corps, embracing the
Sixth Illinois, the Sixth Massachusetts,
and Eighth and Ninth Ohio regiments.
Brigadier General Guy V. Henry, a
distinguished cavalry officer Of the reg.
ular army, arrived here yesterday from
Tampa, and the present plans are for
General Henry to command division,
made up of the brigades Of General
Duffield and General Garretson, this
division comprising 5000 men, to be
for the speedy reinforcement Of General
| Shafter.
1t will at once swell the American
forces at Santiago de Cuba to about 24,-
| 900 men. But the expeditions will not
stop at that number, as there is deter.
mined purpose to send forward suffi.
cient force to crush any Spanish com.
mand which can be concentrated at that
point.
The reports from Santiago that about
| Al 900 Spanish troops are in and about
the city do not agree with the reliable
estimates in the possession of the war
department According to the latter s
| figures there not to exceed $4,000 Span
| ish troops at Santiago de Ouba, while
100 miles away to the northeast, at Hol.
guin, the Spanish corps commander,
General Pando, has 10000 men.
| The war department is satisfied the
| Cuban forces under Garcia can keep
Pando from reinforcing Santiago.
Should this not be accomplished, the
| Spanish forces at Santiago would be
| augmented to about $4,000 men. They
are we'll armed. well disciplined, sea,
soned to the climate, know the fighting
grounds of that locality, and are prob
ably as good an allaround fighting force
as the Spaniards can bring to bear
There is no purpose on the part of the
authorities here to leave General Shat
ter with an inadequate force to meet
these seasoned Spanish soldiers. 1t is
for this reason in part that division
probably under General Henry will re-
inforce Shafter, followed by such addi
tional troops as the needs Of the situa
ton seem to demand.
The entire information yesterday was
confined to che one brief dispatch from
Captain Allen of the signal service, tc
General Greely, stating that the trooI
transports had arrived.
The landing may take considerable
longer than was anticipated, and Off
cials believe that at least three day.
more will be required before the troops
are on shore or in any sort Of organ
lied condition. Some of the army Off
GERS allow even more time, one of then
holding that it will take quite montl
to get all the stores, as well as the troops
off the transports. The purpose, how
ever, is to get off the troops first, leav
ing the stores to be taken off later, ant
the siege train last of all