The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-05
CubanS TO Be Sent TO Gomez VIII
Number About 500.
TRAINING ARMY AT TAMPA.
Emergency FOTllflCatIOnS Drill and.
Long Marches.

AAAhHh APdS AlOttlt Tampa r Ia.s May -
1T appears to be almost a settled belief
among army officers here that no move-
ment of United States troops toward Cuba,
will take place until after the meeting oas
the Spanish fotllla with the boats OF Rear
Admiral SIMPSONS squadron, which iA
now believed to be inevitable. This may
cause delay of several days beyond the
time believed to have been fixed upon. and
II is possible that nearly two weeks may
elapae tbefoFe the movement Is actually
under way, as the Spanish fotilla Is nor
expected to reach Porto Rico, It's supposed
destination. inside Of ten or twelve days
from the date OF its sailing. Nevertheless.
everything possible is being done TO pue
the United States troops in readiness for
immediate shipment
Plans for division hospitals and the al.
lotment of surgeons were practically com-
pleted to-day.
Preparations for the landing of a large
force Of native Cubans at some point i'm
Cuba within convenient reach of Gen.
Gomezs army are being pushed to con-
cluslon as fast as possible. How large
force there will be Is as yet uncertain.
The Cuban recruiting offices that have
beer opened here are fairly overwhelmed
with applications for enlistment, and ii is
very probable that close to 1900 men Will
be armed and ready for service under tho
banners of Gomez before the end OF the
week.
Most OF the cubans who are now In the
West Tampa camp have already had con-
siderable military training. Their NUNS
Der is~belns constantly increased by arr
rivals from New York, Jacksonville and
other recruiting points. Between thirty
and forty young Cubans arrived here to-
day from New York and viii be followed
tomorrow by about $50 more from there.
all enlisted at the Junta headquarters.
Two or three United States naval off, .
GERS, thoroughly familiar with the Cuban
coast are now I'm Tampa for the purpose
Of escorting the Cuban expedition 10 Cuba.
and will remain with 1t until the junction.
with Gomez army Is effected. II IA said
TO be the plan to have one or more OF the
gunboats OF the American feet now in
Cuban waters, meet the transport boats
at some point north of Key West and pro-
teet them until the landing is effected.
The soldiers now in the camps In TAMPA
In marching through a sandy country In
the various forms. The First Regiment of
lnfantry makes a two-mile march every
morning equipped I'm heavy marching
order The heat isShe cause of much dis
comfort 20 the soldeHs, but they are only
feeling foretaste of what they may ex-
pect when they get to Cuba.
The Sixth Regiment. formerly Of Fore
Thomas, KY, the Seventeenth, formerly
OF Columbus, Ohio, had an experience this
morning that the men seemed to appreci-
ate. The men were given the emergency
entrenchmcnt drill. This consIsted Of dig
ging intrenchmentS with their knives.
bayoneis, tin cups, cooking utensils or
anything that they could get hold Of In
a very short time the work was complete
ed to the satisfaction of the officers In
charge. The embankment thrown up in
front of the trenches would have afforded
ample proteetion from Spanish bullets.
Every Regiment in the various camps is
given drill Of some kind every day
Al Port Tampa, where the cavalry ana
artillery are stationed, the drilling goes
ers are splendid horsemen and show off
to great advantage.
The colored infantrymen stationed i'm
Tampa and vicinity have made themselves
very offensive to the people of the city.
They insist upon being treated the same
as Wnlte men are treated, ana the citizens
will make no distinction between colored
troops and the negro civilians.
Early this morning the city marshal OF
Fort Brook was badly beaten by party
Of negro soldiers after he had arrested one
among them The marshal to-day identi-
fed one of his assaiiants and promptly
arrested him. He will be tried tomorrow
on charge Of resisting and assaultng an
officer Of the state Of Florida while tho
latter was In the discharge of his duty.
The colonel Of the regiment viii let the
law take its course, and the prospects are
that the negro soldier win be given a term
of Imprisonment in the county jail
Two Cuban volunteers attacked two
American boys to-day whom they thought
were making fun OF them. One OF tho
Cubans tried to run a swords through one
of the boys, but a United States regular
jumped TO the rescue and turned the Gu
bans over TO the police.
William Astor Chandler arrived here to-
day with six well equipped men ready to
fight for Cuba libre He and his party win
attach themselves to the first detachment
sailing to Cuba.
The new uniforms for the soldiers arriv-
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