Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-28

pedo school. At Cadiz is the point
where the most of the fortfication guns
are made. Each of thtSthrce naval
provinces has certain ntsnher of coasr
towns under its immedit.Va care. The
rerroi division includes the ports of
ferrol. Corunna, Vilagarcia. Vigo. Re
Niero. Satandcr. Bilboa and ST Sahas-
tian. ''
The Cadiz division Includes the ports
or Cadiz, Algriras. Malaga. Montirl
Alnera. Seville. Huelya and the Cana
ries. The Carthagena district includes
the points of Carthagena. Alicante. va
fence, Vinarez. Tortoise. Barcelona Ma
taro, A1ajorquea. Mahon and lvice
The total artillery OF these ports, I'M
der the normal conditions prior to the
war. is as follows:
One hundred and nineteen K,,1nn
guns. tifty-ive Armstrong guns. nine
" Ordonez guns and a large number
of Hontoria guns. The main reliance
Is on the Ordonez guns which are espe-
cially for Fertilization purposes. They
are 81. "a and 30 centilnetres
separate division of the coast is
made for the purpose of placing tor
pedoes and submarine mines This
work is divided into four districts.
with Ferrol, Cadiz, Carthagena and
Mahon as headquarters Each town
along the coast is allotted a certain
number of torpedoes. For instance the
allotment for Barcelona alone is 500
torpedoes.
Many of these ports are connected by
M.'ei, 10. III ''h ''uo'.'oha' 'ea-
ture Of naval attack. cable runs
from Barcelona to Marseilles. Cad'z
has three cables. ono to the Canaries
another to Gibraltar ana another to
80. 49, ~, VIZ" - '''e cao'e s'a''"''
10, w" i.lies
tn the defense of each port: for instance
Ferrol. is protected on tho north bv a
SCI res " three batteries ana TWO cha'-
aus occupying points Mh'ch c"E,mana
1,asseS rom I've sen. me town rs on
.;as,eu ~ pas','l,S ana reu"unts. o, an
~ ,,.ue .'s.tei H. w ,ece''t'S rel'l"''''.'.
re aelense vi Aausn consists ~, M Il CIR
ct' VI 'eNeh poMelluI ,orts. nc nta
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'arS iSlar"S VIII ne the LIS. point
" . a,,aGN al''' .ne ileA' ''',N WI ne 10
es'a PUSH a haNal naSe az 'Selt T. point
on 'ns aAiitca" c coz. oMh@, nv SPAN,
'Hu "pp"s,t. N'ipr.,'.a'. WIN inns
nase our SHIPS Wouih pc WITHIN easy
Sl'itHisll CO ist.
one snort telegram received by Gen
er1i Greely from one q: ms signal corps
ofhcers Win the army under Shafier.
WIS ~ .hat came ;" The war ''ennrt-
ment iaso night or eoaaE. That related
ei1tlreiS 10 the mana cement oil tele-
Graph ana contained no news nf the
movements OF the military therefore
't is assumed at the department that
Genera! smarter IS simrIN carrying for-
Ward ms plans OIL bringing forward ms
troops from the sea coast ana corr
centrallnE them at points 81 vantage
On s.theS shetghGs SURROUNDING Santiago
HIS army is not to give battle until ev-:
erV precaution that prudence can suS-
.eSt mas been taken TO assure the sue
cess ~ the movement for NJ one bet
+ba Tremendous ,,,oro1 q d,.,,3 , 90 thot