The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-26
FORCES EXPECTED TO BE LANDED
WITHIN A WEEK
Gems. Brooke and Haines Expected
to Sail From Newport News Yes
terday-They VIII Precede Gen.
BrOOke's Command, Which Is
Expected to Embark Within
FOrty-EiEht Hours-WOrk of
EmbarkatiOn ut Hampton Roads
Being Conducted With Much Less
Delay Than Was Expected.


WASHINGTON, July 25.-The war
department was busy today hurrying
the dispatch of the remainder Of Gen.
Miles expedition against Porto Rico.
Such progress has been made that it is
hoped all of the troops will be on Porto
Rlcan soil within a week at the latest.
Gen. Miles is not expected to defer his
landing till that time, but presumably
will pick out a suitable place for en-
camping his troops and establish him.
SELF ashore, awaiting the arrival of the
other attachments now on their way.
war department officials have no news
from him except through press dis
patches, as the general has not with
him, so far as Is known, any dispatch
boats. 1t will be at Least Saturday be-
fore direct cable communication can be
established with him, and in the mean
time reliance must be had on the dis
patch boats running across to St.
Thomas, distant about four hours. 1t
was expected at the department that
Gen. Brooke and Gen. Haines would
sail today from Newport News to join
Miles, and that most. of Gen. Brooke's
command would be embarked by We'd
nesday. The work of embarkation at
Hampton Roads is being conducted
with much less difficulty and DELAY
ti'an was expected. Col. Hecker. Iii
charge OF the transportation division of
the war department, who has just re-.
turned from that place, has reported
to Secretary Alger that 1t is eminentlv
suited to the department of troops.
Conse quently tie secretary today order
ed all of Gen. Grants brigade. 5000
men, from Chickamauga, to Newport
News. 1t is not expected that all of
the transports required for their ac-
commodat'on will have arrived there bv
the time the soldiers get in, but they
VIII be encamped on suitable ground
there, and it is believed will be bene-
Nted py the change from Chickamauea.
NO END OF WORK.
AdJt. Gen. Corbin, with his faithful
private secretary, Mr. Coursey. last
night completed the hundredth con-
secutive nights service at the depart
ment, and still there seems to be little
diminution in the number of kilograms
and letters and official papers pouring
in upon this Office work.
The signal service has succeeded in
reclaiming from the battlefield of San
tiago the tubes which supplied the mil
1tary balloon with pure hydrogen gas
and they, with the balloon itself, have
been brought over to Tampa on the
steamer Adria. The tubes will be re-
charged Immediately, and the whole
apparatus will be dispatched at once
to Porto Rico to assist Gen. Miles in
his campaign there. The balloon is
said to have proved of great value in
the Santiago campaign, and from the
character OF the country in Porto Rico.
Where military operations must be con-
Quoted, 1t is believed that it also can
be used to advantage there.
1t was announced today at the navy
department that the long expected re-
port from Admiral Sampson upon the
destruction of Cervera's fleet, with the
accompanying reports of the comrno-
dore and captains Of his squadron.
had reached the department 1t is sup
posed to have been brought by Capt.
Sigsbee, on the ST. Paul, which arrived
at New York last Friday, and to have
been sent by mail by Capt. Sigsbee.
1t is the intention of the secretary of
the navy to give these reports to the
public in their entirety
THANKS FOR DEWEY.
Secretary Long today forwarded TO
Admiral Dewey the joint resolution of
congress extending the thanks of con-
gress for the victory achieved at Ca
vite. The resolution was beautifully
engrossed, and preceded by a formal
attestation of its authenticity by Sec
retary Day, the whole being enclosed
In richly gilded and ornamented Russia
leather covers. 1t is to be remarked
that Secretary Long, in his letter of
transmittal, makes reference to a let
ter from the secretary Of state com
plimenting Admiral Dewey upon his
direction of affairs since the great
naval victory, a formal evidence that
the state department is thoroughly
we'll satisfied with the diplomatic quail
tiles he has exhibited. The letter of
Secretary Long lis as follows.