Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-30
70 HELP SANTIAGO
SpaniardS Hurrying With
Strong Re-enf0rcementS.
OUR ADVANCEDELAYE
ONLY to Give Soldiers Time to
Get Provisions.

Difficulty In 0staus sNSsAesnos Stores TO
the Front Rapidly--shafssr Says He Can
Take City at Any Time-Colonel Mem
docas Bold Approach to the Spanish
Lines-Corporal Dewey and Nine Sharp
shooters Mako . Reconnaissance and
Have Not Yet Returned to Camp, bus
No Fears Are Entertained Ut Their
Absence - Asuadorss to Be sheIed
When the Troops on the Harvard Ar
rive-Our wounded All Doing Well.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 29.-Advices
received today from the seat Of war IN
Cuba state that General Shafter has re-
ceived positive information that Span
ish troops numbering 5000, with pack
mules and cattle. are hurrying to San
tiago from Manzanillo and are now with
in 81 miles Of the beleaguered city. He
has reported this news to the war de.
partment.
General Shafter has also reported to
the war department that ne is sure he
can take Santiago at any time.
The preparations for a general ad-
vance of the American troops on San
tiaSo de Cuba are being pushed steadily
forward, and troops Of all branches OF
the service are being hurried to the
front. General Kent's division, con-
sstng of the brigade Of General Haw-
kins, Colonel Pearson and Colonel
Worth, has Joined General Lawton's
division and, with the cavalry division
OF General Wheeler and four batteries
of light artillery, will now be strung
out in the rear of General Lawton's d.
vision.
The front still rests on the second
crossing OF the Rio Guiana river, on the
road TO Santiago de Cuba, In the rear
Of the crest Of the Sevilla hills and
mile and a half back. The brigade OF
General Bates and the Thirty-third
Michigan regiment and a battalion OF
the Thirty-fourth Michigan regiment,
which were landed yesterday by the
auxiliary cruiser Yale. remain at Ju-
ragua or saboney.
Cause Of Delay.
The delay In the general forward
movement Is due to the inability to get
subsistence stores to the front rapidly
enough. The advance, 1t is said, will
not be ordered until every man has
three days rations in his knapsack.
This, however. Is impossible until the
road is passable for wagon trains. The
pack trains can convey only one days
ratons In a day. The men constructing
the bridge roads have the work COM
pleted, and the first wagon train Of
four six mule teams has gone through.
In two or three days more every man
will have three days rations in his
knapsack, and as soon as that occurs
the army will move upon the enemy.
Monday night Colonel Mendoza Of
General Lawtons staff made a recon-
noissance up to the very trenches Of the
enemy, their sentries talking on picket
duty being plainly heard. Corporal
Dewey and nine sharpshooters from the
Seventh infantry went out at dark last
night, with one days rations, toward
the Spanish lines, and they have not
yet returned, but no fear Is entertained
for their safety. 1t is believed they are
probably lying In the bush, waiting for
night.
Lieutenant Smith q ne Fourth Ia
fantry. with q dstah u 80 men from the
Seventeenth infantry under Lieutenant
Dearfee, crossed the San Juan and went
in northeasterly direction as far as
Caney, or Ell Caumey, as 1t Is marked
on the maps, without encountering any
Spanish troops, and so men Of q compa-
ny OF the Seventh under Captain Young
also made a reconnaissance In force. The
Spaniards have seemingly retired to
their intrenchments, as no pickets or
skirmishers were encountered.
Captain Wright of General Bates
staff yesterday followed the line Of the
railroad running cut of Juragua to-
GOD tor = H,.h
miles Of the city The road approaches
within IL miles of our front and can
be utilized to bring up supplies and
siege guns, the first Of which have been
landed at Baiquiri.
Aguadorcs to BE Taken.
AS soon as the remaining battalions
Of the Thirty-fourth Michigan and
Eighth Massachusetts, which are ex-
pected to arrive on the Harvard at once,
and the 5000 re-enforcements sent out
from Tampa reach here Aguadores, a
town on the coast, four miles west of
Juragua and about the same distance
east Of the harbor entrance, will be TAX
en-. The place was shelled yesterday by
several ships of the fleet. Aguadores Is
on the line of the advance Of the army
into the interior and close to the rail-
road. 1t will then probably become the
base Of operations, while the supply
base may remain at Juragua.
Captain Wright obtained information
on his reconnaissance, which Is believed
to be reliable. to the effect that 5000
Spanish troops have been sent to en-
force the garrison at Aguadores. Gen.
eral Lawton will probably make a d.
version with his artillery as soon as 1t
Is placed in position. Heavy rain made
1t impossible to move yesterday beyond
General Wheeler's headquarters. But
the roads dry quickly, and guns will
probably be brought up today, and the
intrenchments will be shelled by the ar
tillery and by Colonel Woods dynamite
guns.
The Cubans say the Spaniards are In
deadly fear of dynamite, and General
Lawton will see how he can terrify
them. simultaneously with the bonn
bardment General Chaffee's brigade will
move forward and occupy position of
vital Importance in advance Of our
fronts. The correspondent Is not per-
mtted to divulge it's location at present
The military telegraph line has been
completed as far as General Wheeler's
headquarters, thus placing the front In
direct communication with General
Shafter. who still maintains his head
quarters on board the Seguranca where
he can keep in close touch with Rear
Admiral Sampson. 1t Is probable, how
ever, that he will establish his head
quarters at Juragua tomorrow.
The troops belonging to General Law
tons division are kept ready to move in
light marching order while the recon-
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