The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-13
OLD GLORY STILL WAVES
Over the Shore aud Harbor of Guantanamo
Bay, and Direct Communication
May Soon Be Established.

Kingston Jamaica, June 13.-For
four days the scene of the chief mill
tary and naval operations has been
Caimanera and Guantanamo bay. The
American flag is flying on the shore
and in the harbor. first planted on
Cuban soil last Friday by United Slater
marines from the transport Panther,
under Lieutenant Colonel r. w. Hunt
ington, covered by the guns of the
cruiser Marblehead. Commander Nc
Gala
The battleship Oregon has already
coaled in the smooth water of the har-
Dor and sailed away. The battleship
Texas was coaling Saturday. to be fol-
lowed by other ships.
The squadrons of Rear Admiral
Sampson and Commodore Schley are
still off Santiago, maintaining a strict
watch day and night to prevent the
possibility of the escape of Admiral
Cervera. From men who have landed
to take observations of the harbor it
is learned definitely, all agreeing on
the point, that the Spanish cruisers
and two torpedo boat destroyers are
there, but these vessels are regarded
by naval experts, after all, as men in
buckram."
As a high naval officer remarked:
Spain, throughout her whole history,
has never sought naval fight and
never will. She has always lodged.
and is dcaging now. Cervera never in
tended to fight. He intended to dodge
and he has succeeded. Spain will
never send another fleet to these
waters during the present war"
In controlling the outer harbor of
Guantanamo Admiral Sampson secures
possession of the Cuban terminus of
the French cable to Hayti The ap
paratus in the Office at the harbor
mouth was wrecked by SHE'LL but the
cable steamer Adria has instruments
and operators aboard, and direct com
municaton with Washington will soon
be established.
Judging from the panic in which the
Spaniards fled from the village OF
Fisherman's Point, they will scatter
at the first approach. They left at
Fisherman's Point three antiquated
howitzers several cases of ammuni-
ton, shell and canister, some Mauser
rifles and a reglmental flag
Every precaution has been taken to
guard the men from disease. All tho
huts in the locality have been razed,
large casks of Spanish wine have been
smashed, two wells have been board
ed up and all the drinking water used
Is supplied from the feet. The marines
are well equipped for the campaign.
The camp will probably be named
Camp McCalla, after the commander of
the Marbehead.
The distance overland to Santiago,
around the bay, is 60 miles, and the
roads have been rendered impossible
by the Cubans under Pedro Perez. The
first division Of the Cuban army
claims to have 1000 men, but these
figures are probably overestimated.
The Cubans believe that there are
about $500 soldiers in the vicinity of
Caimanera, which lies at the entrance
to the inner harbor. Guantanamo City
is inland about Is miles. The two har-
bors are connected by narrow chan
mel, with dumbbell effect 1t Is the
outer harbor which Admiral Sampson
now holds with the Marblehead, the
Yosemite and Vixen. and with a bat
TALON Of marines on the crest of a
blunt topped eminence commanding
the entrance on the eastern side In
the inner harbor are two small Span.
ish gunDoats and at Caimanera there
Is battery.
An expedition of three steam launch.
es, oiiicered by Lieutenant Norman,
Ensign Eustis, son Of Mr.. James d.
Eustis former United States ambassa-
dor to France. and Cadet G. Van Or
den, under the general command of
Lieutenant Anderson, of the cruiser
Marblehead, Saturday night dragged
for mines, but found none. Lieuten-
ant Anderson, who distinguished HIM
self at Cienfuegos, pulled dingy with
In 90 yards of the fort without being
discovered. He found the fort to con-
sist of masonry. with three guns
mounted seaward.
Saturday morning the British steam
er New Foundland, of Montreal, with a
general cargo from Halifax, steamed
into the harbor. Her commander was
greatly surprised at the presence Of
the Americans, but he retained enough
composure to dip his flag three times
and then started to put about. A shot