The record-union., 1898-04-27
i. S. ARMY
OFFICER
IN CUBA.
Lieut., Rowan Lands Near
Santiago.
Is on His Way to the Camp
Of General Garcia
To Arrange for the Landing Of United
States Troops,
The Little Lighthouse Tendt .dgrOYe
Captures the Spanish Auxiliary Cruiser
Panama AID Pilots Her Into
Key West HarhOr.

KINGSTON Jamaica), April 90
Copyrighted. 1898 by the Associated
Press) First Lieutenant Andrew S.
Rowan of the Nineteenth Infantry, UNI
der orders from the War Department,
was landed on the Cuban coast some
where west of Santiago. probably be
fore dawn on Monday. His Cuban
guides and an open sailboat were used.
The guides have not returned.
Lieutenant Rowan is on his way to
the camp of General Calixto Garcia.
He will represent the War Department
in arranging for the cooperation of
the insurgents in the invasion of East
ern Cuba by the forces of the United
States. The time and place of invasion
viii be controlled by events and the
character of Lieutenant Rowans dis
patches.
Lieutenant Rowan was detailed from
the Bureau of Information for this dan
gerous service-dangerous, because in
his civilian dress he is liable to be treat
ed as a spy. He speaks Spanish and
knows Cuba having written book on
she subject Moreover he is an z ert
mapmaker
Lieutenant Rowan left Washington
under instant orders on April 9th. Ae
was directed to wait here, prepared to
go to Porto Rico or Cuba. AS he went
to Eastern Cuba, it is inferred that a
blow viii be struck there before one is
struck at Porto Rico.
With him he took an official Spanish
section map of Eastern Cuba, with in
dentations made at the War Depart
ment by photographers. The expecta-
ton is that General Calixto Garcia will
dispose his forces to cover a landing of
United States troops, as prearranged.
A courier with Lieutenant Rowan's
first dispatches to the War Department
will probably leave General Garcia 5
camp next week.
BLOCKADE CONTINUES.
OFF HAVANA, April 26 (on board
the flagship New York;. Filed at Key
West CFla), April %, Hip p. m.-The
blockade continues. Up to this hour
there have been no casualties in the
United States squadron.
SPANISH OFFICER CAPTURED.
KEY WEST, April %, II p. m.-The
torpedo boat has arrived from off the
Cuban coast, and reports that the po-
sition of the blockade continues I'M
changed. There has been no firing on
either side.
The United States cruiser Cincin-
natl to-day captured Lieutenant Fer
nandez of the Spanish army, who was
returning to his family on small sloop.
Lieutenant Fernandez is detained on
the flagship.
KINGSTON (Jamaica). April DC
Lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan. L. S. A,
has landed on the coast of Cuba near
Santiago from an open boat, accom-
panied by Cuban guides He is on his
way to General Garcia's camp as rep
resentative of the War Department to
arrange for landing of United States
troops in Eastern Cuba, General Garcia
covering the landing
WAR PREPARATIONS.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-In the
War Department preparations went on
to-day with ceaseless energy for the
organization of the volunteer army. All
the officers were detailed who are to be
sent TO the various States and Terri
tories to muster the guardsmen into the
service of the United States. The plans
for the reorganization of the army were
also perfected.
To provide officers for the regular
army and volunteers. Secretary Alger
ordered the assignment for duty of all
the cadets at the West Point Academy,
who could in the ordinary course of
events, have graduated in June
The greatest anxiety was shown at
the Navy Department for news from
the blockading squadron Notwith-
standing the frequent reports that come
from unofficial sources of engagements
between the squadron and the shore,
no confirmation came officially.
The prizes reported to have been
seized to-day by the fleet were not
officially reported in the dispatches, but
the press reports were received with
the greatest satisfaction by the depart
ment officials. who, in some cases. did
not cease to declare their envy of their