The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-06-23
THE DISCRIMINATION SUCCESSFUL.
Very Little Resistance to the Land
ing of Our Troops,
A DEMONSTRATION AT CABANAS

To Engage the Attention of the Enemy
While the Soldiers Were Being Landed
The Texas Engaged the West Battery
and Had One Man Killed-The Work of
Landing the Expedition Will Require
Several Days.
Washington, June 23.-Omcial dis
patches received last night by both
Secretary Alger and Secretary Long
indicated that the landing of troops
near Santiago was progressing most
favorably, The first landing was eff
fected at Daiquiri in the morning. and
met with comparatively slight resist
ance. This was stated in dispatch
received in the evening from General
Shafter by Secretary Alger, which,
though brief. was full of news and
meaning. 1t said
Landing at Daiquiri this morning
successful. Very little, if any, resist
ance."
Secretary Alger expressed himself
as delighted at the expedition with
which the landing of the troops was
being effected, and with the fact that
no serious obstacle was being offered
by the enemy He construed the text
of General Skaters message to mean
that the enemy had made merely a
nominal and ineffective resistance by
firing from the hills at long range.
Shortly after Secretary Alger re-
ceived his dispatch Secretary Long re-
from Admiral Sampson. 1t, too, was
dated at Playa del Este, at $50 last
evening. The text of the dispatch.
translated from the navy department
cipher, is as follows
Landing of the army is progressing
fayorably at Daiquiri. There is very
little, If any, resistance. The New
Orleans, Detroit Castine, Wasp and
Suwanee shelled vicinity before land
ing. We made a demonstration at
Cabanas to engage the attention of the
enemy. The Texas engaged the west
battery for some hours. She had one
man killed. Ten submarine mines
have been recovered from the channel
of Guantanamo. Communication by
telegraph has been established at
Guantanamo"
In both army and navy circles the
information contained in the dispatch
es of General Shafter and Admiral
Sampson was received with intense
satisfaction The landing of so large
body of troops as General Shafter
at present has under his command Is
task of immense proportions. A
prominent official of the war depart
ment said that the complete debarka-
ton of the troops, animals, field guns
and supplies within a week after their
arrival off the Cuban coast would be
a task well accomplished. 1t Is prob
able, in the opinion of the officer re-
ferred to, that only a partial landing
Of the troops was effected yesterday,
and that the landing will be continued
from day until day until completed
1t is not unlikely, too, that the troops
will be landed at several places along
the coast. of course WITHIN a short
distance of the headquarters which
General Shafter will establish for him
self
Admiral SIMPSONS dispatch indi-
Gated that he was carrying out his in
structions thoroughly to clear a way
for the landing of troops. The demon
stration which he made with the Texas
before Cabanas, which is just east of
Guantanamo, may easily have led the
Spaniards to suppose that a general
landing was to be attempted in that
immediate vicinity. 1t was evident
from the text OF Admiral SIMPSONS
dispatch that a considerable landing
had already been effected near Guam
tanamo, as he noted that cOmmunica-
tion by telegraph had been re-estab- |
lished at that point, and that the
channel had been cleared of subma-
rine mines. In the opinion of naval
officers the landing at Guantanamo was
of marines rather than of land forces. |
The cable stations through which the |
American commanders will communi- |
cate with the departments in this city .
have been established, as shown by .
the dates of the dispatches received, at
Playa del Este small place directly
on the coast and about Is miles east
OF Santiago, The change was made
from Camp McCalla TO Playa del Este .
In order that the station might be
nearer the scene of action.
The medical authorities here are
anxious that the troops should be
landed at the earliest possible moment