The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-03
ONE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
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The Tribune from Washington says:
Commodore Schley's reconnaissance /
before Santiago hay, as Ear As IT. insult .
Is known TO the authorities here. fully
confirms the impression 81 General
Miles and the other military and naval
officials last week that from the moment
Cervera's squadron entered the hareoT
the cooperation Of American land and
soa forces would become impoutNcly
necessary in the conduct Of an effective
campaign against him, unlcs, he under
took TO force his way out Of the trap be-
fore he was surrounded and overwhclm.
ed Commodorc Schley's exchange Of
shots with the shorc batteries has dem.
oustraied that they were weak affairs at
hest, but il Is no, believed that he would
attempt TO send his ships IN single file
up the narrow, tortuous channel, per.
haps thoroughly mined, IN oricr 20 de-
struy the Spanish cruisers, when that re-
suit may be readily accomplished with
infinitely les hazard.
Having satisfied himself Of the impo
tency Of the land Notifications, IL is con-
sidered probable that be will block tine
channel by sinking one or more worth
less hulks at the entrance. That he did
not follow up the tremendous advantage
he gained in the utter Generalization OF
the Spanish land forces Is taken a. an
indication that he had this object ulti-
mately in view, for the naval authori.
ties had Informed him that vessel, 10 be
/ used as distractions were already on the
way to him, and should arrive in day
or two at the latest.
II Is hardly thought possible that the
Spaniards will venture on an aggressive
movement, but will rather remain az
anchor in the upper harbor, trusting 20
the scattering Of Commodore Schley's
vessels by the terrific hurricanes which
are TO be anticipated on the Cuban coast
al this season Of the year The knowl-
edge OF this danger will probably hasten
the placing Of distractions 10 nayiga.
ton IN the channel az santiago IN order
that tive egress Of the Spanish fleet may
BE- completely blocked should the Amer.
lean fleet be forced 20 seek shelter 40
Mole st. Mich olas, which is the nearest
harbor Of any security.
The approach OF the cyclone season
and the necessity foT speedily relieving
Commodore schlcy Of his yig!larc OF in
calculable importance in their effect on
the military invasion, a. It will De- i'm
possible to land troops at the most CON
yenient coast point In stormy weather
Whether all the military force Will
which II is proposed 10 invest Santiago
has left Tampa Is not known except TO .
few officials, but it Is known that mo-,
Of the pioneer force, including the ,ieg,
gun trains, the engineer detachment anC
good sized force OF cavalry and artil
lery are somewhere in the gulf and coul,
have passed beyond Key West withou
anyone ashore having been the wiser.
The guns and engineer implement
have been loaded on the transports TO
several weeks, and the men Co han j
= them have not been near the genera
! camps. Several infantry and cayalr.
: trains for transports Were ready FOR de
! parturc last saturday, and II these We.
sells have not slipped away it is diiiicu.
to explain why they were loaded so Ion
ago
The Panther with nearly 500 marine
aboard, under Lieutenant Colonel Hunt
= ington. has been under steam at Ike
e West for fully three weeks, and wit
! this neucleus, reinforced by CaliXt
Garcia's army Of insurgents, who hay
long controlled Santiago province, s
formidable a force would be assemble
+ as to prevent any aggressive moyemer
+ from the little body Of Spanlart
hemmcd up in Santiago city.
IL is strongly minated that the fir
, important news OF the invading arm
will not come from Tampa or any 9th,
American point, but from Santiago /
= self.
y The army as well as the navy has SUI
denly lost much interest In Hayar
4 aud the Philippine islands and even Il
b. alleged movements of the Cadiz fee
have ceased TO cause any Apprehension
Interest at this time Is centered exclu,
vely in the Santiago campaign, and col
2, fdence is general that on It's prompt an
-e successful conclusion depends more tina
. anything else the future cou,e and lin
itations Of the war