Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-14
WE'LL ON The WAI'I
Fifteen Thousand Troops
Bound for Cuba.
OFFICIALLY CoNFIR.
pao'sh Cadi1 Fleet IA Mystery to the
department. No AID Received From:
the Insurgents by III. u. .. Mar.
Ines AT Guantanamo Bay.
(By telegram

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wAen iNeifoN. June i3.-The4 f,tas :
IN ~, =. INVASION to Cuba is now wailE53
On lis way, thirty-two transient - 80, =.
ing over $1,000 officers and ,nan 'sals
Dyed by b&ttleships, cruisers. Funf6n1.SSss
anu auxiliary craft, sixteen in nu,TihersSs
having actually sailed from Wssrss
a. nt,' uasnreak this morning. An author
atife statement to this effect wa s5r1stf3.,s &
at the War Department. TODAY. ssffsrss.ss
Ut rest all reports that the exp..diffn,sssss
was on It's way. or had landed Last
week. The authorities made the an
ti,ua en-. ior the reason That the5
.,'i'e Tor secrecy was now passed 5aS u
we scout boats had made aure thaTas
the path was clear before 1t and that
no possible menace could come rom
me spanish ships or troops. eveIiss
should the enemy know that our rorcesstS
Win the expedition off, officials 9beres
leel mat there will be a period OF COM:
pa ratiye inaction for a few days BpsS
lnuraday at the latest the Transports
VIII be or Santiago, and a large Amer
lean army will make it's landing on
Cuban soil. Admiral Sampson has,
cleared the way for this undertaking.
and little danger is apprehended In 81
getting ashore. II will be after that.
when the advance is made that thes&
actual dramatic Developments NAV beS&
expected. BY that time it Is likely theaS
American commanders will be In direct45
cable communication With the authors
tiles here. Admiral Sampson has takers.s
the shore end of the cable landing at
Guantanamo and force Of cable ex-a
perts are rapidly restoring the line to-
working order. The progress OF this
work has been so satisfactory that one
OF the leading officials of the State
Department said tonight that itSswasSs
hoped this direct cable communications;
would be established by Thursday. Itsa
will put an end to the derth Of official
information concerning important
movements, and will enable the aus
thorltics here to keep in close touch%;
with those executing the Strategic
movements. s5.Ssss
The troops making up the expedftion
which started today are as follows:
Infantry regiments-Sixth, Sixteenth
seventy-first New York volunteers
Tenth, Twenty-arst. Second, Thru:
tenth. Ninth. Twenty7fourth EighthEs.
teers: First. Twenty-f1ffh. Tweifth.
Seventeenth. Seventh. Third. Twen-s
tieth-Total infantry. 561 officers and
10.7o9 enlisted men, Ill
Cavalry-Two dtsmounted squadrons
Of four troops each from the Third.
Sixth. Ninth, First and Tenth cavalry,
and two dlsmounted squadrons of FOUR
troops each from the First United Il
States volunteer cavalry; total dis
mounted caVatTy' 10y oMcefs ana 1865
SIS enlisted men; mounted cavalry
One squadron of the Second, nine of-#3
flcers and $50 enlisted men, ga
Artillery-Llght batteries E and K,FSs
First artillery. and F. Second artillery
fourteen officers and 323 enlisted menaS,
Batteries G and II, Fourth artillery.
siege, four officers and 1872 enlisted
men. 8EsgsSSsss
Engineers-Companies C ana e, nine
officers. zoo enlisted men.
mol 1~%
officers and forty-fve enlisted men.
Hospital detachments are tncludedg
In the foregoing figures The STAFF
corps number nftesN ofscern. Thesj
grand total Of the expedition is 773 of-s
lcers and 1860 enlisted men. Ssss8s
The United States regular Troops
make UP the greater part of the force
there being but three volunteer organI9$s
cations on the ships. These are thesss
Seventy-first New York infantry VOL
unteers. the Second Massachusetts in-Ss
fantry volunteers and two dismounted
squadrons of four troops each from the
First United States volunteer cavalry
the regiment which Colonel Wood
commands and OF which TheodoreAs
Roosevelt Is lieutenant captain.
Whether either of these officers isss
with the two suuadrons named Is not
&ye. known at the War DEPARTING N ssss
Aside from the men and officers n
making up the expedition the boats
carried vast quantity Of suppliea,
ammunition and war equipments; neca
eSsary to maintain an organization or
this size for at least sixty days Eve
cry detail for the landing of this partys
has been worked out by the enginearss
corps of the army II VIII be a labo-sasS
rlous procession at best, and will take
a full day or more. The point of land
<"g has been so chosen that there is y
little danger OF an interruption from
the Spanish forces, bit SHOULD they att
tempt 70 make trouble Admiral Sasnp-ss
sons ships will insure ample pratee60nsS
u..t:l the troops can care for then-gs
selves
The Spanish Cadiz fleet is almost asss
much OF mystery to the naval OIL
GERS here as was Admiral Ceryera,s
flying squadron during the two weeks
Immediately preceding It's tngloriousSs
bottlins up at Santiago. Today a re~9#
port came that the squadron was unfit
Tor sea. That would have been cred -Sf
had information as late as Saturday to-
the effect that the squadron was ALL
ready at sea and was about to depart..sz
About week before it had beens
told that the Cadiz fleet had sailed
Having IN mind these conflicting res.
ports the war board scarcely knows
where to give eredence. though # IT,
would seem to be an extraordinary cfr-8
cu.nstance that the least doubt could
exist as to the presence, in OF absence
from lHe liaID'I VI d popuie1I Ci1S$SOSnss
rs Cadiz of a whole squadron Of war.
ships. 1t may be noted. however,
| that although acting upon this beltefss
ls shown by the beginning OF the mill -S
tary invasion OF Cuba, the war board
IS taking no unnecessary chances Of
= surprise. and by means Of scouts
! has provided for securing timely warm
! ;ng of the approach of any hostile YES
| sells to the seat OF war. !sSsss
The news OF the attack by the SPAN
| ards upon the United States Marines
at Guantanamo Bay Saturday night
was not confirmed by official advices
up to the close of the day here. How
| ,ver there is no disposition to question:!
| the accuracy of the press report, andss
| the news has had a rather SOLDERING ef-s
feet upon the element that has insistedS