The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-01
Troops Drawn Up In Semi-circle In Front Of
the City.
NO ASSAULT FOR SEVERAL DAYS
IS THE LATEST FROM THE FRONT
Water Batteries viii Be Captured First and Sampson Will
Then Enter the HarbOr.

Downright. 1895 by the As-- Press)
On Board the Associated Pres Dis
patch Boat Dandy, OFT Juragua, Prov
ince Of Santiago de Cuba, June 20, 6
p.rn.-The force of the American army
is being modified as rapidly as pos
sible in the vicinity of Aguadores, four
miles from Santiago de Cuba. The mo-
nent the tedious task is completed the
attack on Sp2in's last ditch in eastern
Cuba viii be begun. When that will be
begun Shafter himself cannot say.
The troops can be moved without ser
ious delay, and are pushing forward
rapidly, but the movement OF the pack
trains, wagons, ambulances ana aruI-
lery is somewhat SLOW From BaiCulrl,
where the artillery was landed, 10 the
present point OF concentration, the road
runs through a tangle of underground,
up and down steep hillsides, and over
treacherouS swamp-bordered streams
for a distance OF over u miles. Through
this continuous thicket the rear guard
OF the army is cutting its way. Ergi-
neers are at work Ieveling the track
and filing pits, while ( large force OF
regulars and volunteers with axes, aid
ed by Cubans with nacheteS, are hack
iEg down trees and clearing out the
brush. A few light guns have already
IEdCllCQ Ills pal 4tAC SlSt7N suns -
not yet within five miles OF the van
guard.
General Shefter left his ship today.
and took up his quarters with General
Wheeler at the front. His appearance
there gave rise to the Iumor that an
attack on Santiago would occur to-
morrow, but the staff officers say to-
night it is impossible to get the army
III shape to strike a blow for several
DAYS.
About 1000 troops are camped four
II lies east of the besieged city, and the
remainder of the forces stretch along
the road from there to Juragua AID
Baiquifi.
The advance forces are in d semi
circle, the left flank resting about two
miles from here, under command OF
General Chaffee, with the extreme
right, under command of Colonel Miles,
about mile to the northwest. Begin
ming with the Twelfth infantry, at the
extreme left, the Seventh, Seventeenth,
Fourth, Twenty fifth and Tenth in
fantry extend TO the right, in the order
named. Beyond them picket lines are
esta blished three-Quarters of mile
nearer, Santiago City being in plain
sight of General Chaffee's and Colonel
Miles troops.
Much amusement has been caused
among the officers by the large number
of Red Cross flags flying from build
ings in Santiago. Seven such flags have
been counted today, and Ii is reported
that two more were hoisted tonight
They are all flying from the largest and
most prominent buildings, and our Of
fcers say the Spanish soldiers evidently
intend to thus try to protect every
place III the city offering good mark
for the American artillery.
For the past day or Two the landings
have been without incident. The hos
I, and
several patients are already under good
treatment. There are quite a few
cases Of measles under the care of the
physicians, but = majority of the cases
of sickness are the result Of the heat
and the extreme hardships the men
have undergone, particularly in wait
ing for shelter and food during the
landing off Santiago.
The fleet lies silently and grimly
waiting for the moment to come when
il shall finally measure its strength
with the harbor batteries.
Ali day long four American men-of-
war lay within a mile and a half of
Morro's guns, but not a. shot was ex-
changed. The sailors on board could
almost have exchanged words with the
soldiers ashore, and the fact that the
Spaniards did not risk q shot is taken
to indicate that they are very short of
ammunition. The Indiana. Iowa, New
Orleans and Massachusetts could east
Il have been hit, as they lay almost
motionless within such easy range, but
MORO might have been a country
school house, for all the hostile demon
stratiOn It made.
Word was received by Rear Admiral
Sampson today that the Spanish sup
ply boat Purisima Conception. which
escaped from Jamaica recently, has ar
rived safely at Tunas, the port of Sane
Il Spiritus. on the southern coast of
the province of Santa Clara. The
naval officers here are much chagrined
q the fact that the sfaa MGR. got aNuav