The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-07-19
PORTO RICO INVASION.
The Advance Guard Has Already
Left Fer the Scene.
GENERAL MILES IN THE VAN.


Thirty Thousand OF Our Troops VIII
Proceed Mt Once to the New Point
of invasion. mud Tou to T,voutv
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Washington, July 19.-After three
days consultation between the presi-
dent. Secretary Alger and General
Brooke, during which there was fire.
duent communication with General
Miles at Siboney. the details of the
Porto Rican expedition were perfected
and the expedition itself was gotten
under way. General Miles. with some
artillery and troops. sailing Yesterday
for Porto Rico on the converted cruiser
Yale. to be followed ~o1tcblv Inv an
army of about 30. 900 men.
General Miles loads the vov 20 b,d
been promised by the president that
he should 90 to Porto Rioo and tbs
promise was redeemed when the Yale
headed Yesterday from Sibonav for
Porto Rico. 500 miles distant General
Brooke will be the senior onicar in
Miles command, and upon him will
fall the responsibility for the execution
of the details of his erne,ior,s nians
1t is estimated that General Nri1es
ElOlIIu arrive nv Tnn1nrInW NIGHT at fhl
point selected for the Iardirg ,rd lii
hoist the American aar A. onna ave..
Porto Rican soil rho MONT cbns.r ,,.
his landing is knnt secret ,s tha Ga,
eral win land bar,ro tba an Ia.
the ~expedition is at hand and - &C.
c-onseouartIv mot dosiraLIa tha. a..
enemy should ba abra 20 a.eau,L,
superior force to moot bt,o 1,ha a..
lance from cha rlastor vbaro ,ha Co.,
body of troons fo Ntires, ayraditt,, ,ri,I
start TODAY. is moro tban do,,1,Ia tLa
distance from Santiaqo to p,rta ptaa
so that the transporte which .au 60.
tho former oi+y nan " I,"lI
eraI Miles before the aar,,. ,a,, ~,
next week Included i'm tho trIo,. ,.bt.t.
will sail from Charraet,r tola,, &. ~
Sixteenth PennsvIvapi. rerir,a,+ H..
5000 men at ,rarnDa vii nr,LaIl,.
soon. These include tba Tbird p,,
vania. the Fifth NTarvIapd and no e.
ond New Y,rl, reci,no,ts -,
Brooke will take from Cbi.toaa"
Park most Of tho Sec,p1 anI T1tz5
brigades. Including tba Eir., 80
Fourth p-ennsvIvanig and tbo -
and Sixth Ohio
The purpose of Sacra+arv A1u.r
make the Porto picar oann, D. w.
short one. An varwbeIn,irr So ,uiI
be thrown uuon the island ara a. a.
possible that a bloodIass victor, win ia
achieved when the Snanisb bo,.r,.
convinced that hey have no raasn,,LIa
chance to resist successruII,. Tbo w
petition is to comprise 70 0OO mon a.
the start, and il will be soon svaIlad
to 40. 900 men, and if necessary to IN
600 men. the eOuipment Of tba ,,,I,r
teer forces having now progressed so
well as to warrant the statement tbot
that number of men can he readv for
service in Porto Rico within q ,a,,.
short time.
The part which the navy is m toko
in the assault against Porto Rico has
been fully matured. The several trane-
port fleets will have with tbor, ora ar
two auxiliary craft CARRYING secondary
batteries of six or eight poundare
Secretary Long said Yesterday after
noon that no time had beeen fixed for
the departure Of AdmiraI Sampson,e
fleet for San Juan. As to the naval
plans. he would co-operata I'm avar,-
way with the movements of the army
The reports that three monitors O.,r,
on their way from Key West TO San
Juan was characterized by the score
tary as unauthorized.
1t is the general Understanding how
ever, that the navy will RELY mainly
on armored ships for the commandment
of San Juan, as the big battleshfps and
monitors afford the best means of Of
fensive warfare. while their arnor
belts protect them from srch fire ae
the San Juan batteries can bripr to
bear. The ~ortifcations tbara are r7rcb
like those of Santiago with a NTo,.ro.
Castle at the entrance of the barbor
and a number of lesser fo~rtffcatin,s
leading up to the citv These how
ever. are viewed with less awe since on
examination of the MORO battarias at
Santiago has shown them to ha an
tiquated and capabIe Of IittIe affecti,,.
resistance.
Tho p,o,.on,ar+ 90 IT, aLt.z