The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-07-05
SANTIAGO TOO STRONG
TO BE WON By STORM
Shater Reports That he Must Have Rnorceents the
Forces now the Field insufficient Capture the City.

aggregate Jo,DtU men. IHOuSn the ScH-
eral had no idea that such Il number
would by any means be Necessary. 1he
combined American and Cuban forces
under the command Of Gen. Shafter
amount approximately, be said. to 23,-
geo men while those available for the
Sraniards were probably $4,000 soldiers.
These included. however, the men at
II0Ig;lin. presumably about 10000, and
thc force under another Spanish general
amounted to about 5000 men. Gen.
Miles did not say whether the two bod
les of men last referred to had actually
ioined Cen Linares, but the under
standing is here that they have not.
Col Iiumphrcs is III charge OF the trans
port service with Shafter's army, and he
will send back to Tampa the vessels
that can be spared as rapidly as posi-.
BILE. In fact word has been received
that the transports had started for the
United States this morning.
Ii possible the War Department will
send 10000 men from Tampa on these
Transports s'iX vessels have recently
loaded with men. ammunition, arms, SUP
plies. etc. and are now either ut Key
West or on their way to reinforce Shaf-
ter's army. Included i'll this expedition
are some batteries Of artillery. In all,
these forces constitute about 900 or
5000 men.
Gen. Miles. in the course of q brief
talk. said to-day that Gen. Shaftei might
contemplate the withdrawal of his forces
to the highlands III the direction of Sibo-
ncy where they would hc near the sea.
This however. would hc Il temporary
cxpc,licnt enabling the soldiers to rest
and prepare for the work ahead.
h. ron n
forccmcntS TO Gen. Shaftcr 50 that there
will hc from 3. 900 to :;5.iUO men under
his command within the next ten days
and sooner il this can be arranged. Th
is exclusive of the insurgents. of WHOM
Gen. Garcia has been able to bring to
Shaftcr's command. approximately 1000
men. There were about 1o.OtO men and
officers III the expedition that set out
from Tampa less than Il month ago.
These have since been reinforced by the
troops Of Rrigadicr General Duifield :
command amounting To 5000 men and
consisting of the Thirty-third and Thr-
ty-fourth Michigan and the Ninth Mas
SachuscttS regiments. The first 1.3eo
OF Gen. Dufficd's brigade have been
with ShaftGr for Il week while the re
maindcr have just debarlled. During the
past week Il second expedition of large
proportions was scheduled to leave Tam
pa. carrying Il good portion Of Gen. 81
mon Snydcr's division of the Fourth
corps as reinforccmentS for Gen. Shat
ter Assistant Secretary Mciklojohn
said to-day that eleven transports We're
available to carry SnydcrS troops. and
While without any official information
on the subject. he assumed that proba-
bly, 5000 OF them were now on their
tl.1r to
Santiago province. The other troops 10
he sent to the aid Of Cen. Shafter VIII.
according to the understanding here.
be the remaining portion Of Gen Sny-
der'S division and such other regiments
now ut Tampa. who are best equipped
and ready for active work. Gen. Brooke.
commanding at Chickamauga, has al
ready received instructions to have If
teen regiments prepared for immediate
movement. Cen Snydcr's division
which WAS under orders for Santiago
Includes the following: Eleventh and
Nineteenth infantry of the regular army
First District Of Columbia. Second New
York. Fifth Maryland. Third Pennsyl-
yania One Hundred F'ifty-scyenth IN
diana and First Ohio.
Gen Garrctsons brigade. now at
Camp .Alger is under orders also for
Santiago Garretson's brigade is com
posed of the Sixth Illinois. Sixth MaSsa-
chusettS and the Eighth Ohio volunteer
regiments. The army officials feeling
that they have prohted by the eNper-
ienccs in preparing the first expedition,
say better time will be made with those
to follow.
The Mohawk and the Mississippi two
vessels Of the American transport line
Just acquired by the government. have
facilities for about 1,SOO men and ami
mails and probably will be utilized III
sending aid to s'hafter. They are now
ut New York under orders for Tampa.