The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-06-11
WAR PARAGRAPHS.
A Brief Compilation Of Daily
Occurrences.

The transport steamer Florida has
landed in Cuba force Of 400 men, 800
Cubans and 100 Americans, rs mules
and 80 horses, 1000 rifles, 1000, 600
rounds Of ammunition for General
Garcia. This is the most powerful ex-
petition yet sent to Cuba. The en-
gineer corps of the expedition is COM
posed wholly of Americans. The men
dressed in canvas suits furnished by
the United States and carried two
weeks rations.
Gen. NJ. G. Butler has received his
commission and has been ordered to
temporary duty at Camp Alger to as
sist Gen. Graham in organizing the
forces there.
Orders have been issued from the
navy department for the release OF the
passengers and crew OF the Spanish
prize Rita, at Charleston. This indi-
Gates that the Spauiards on board the
steamer captured by the Yale will not
be held as prisoners of war.
General Greedy, chief signal officer
at Washington, has been informed of
the arrival at Tampa of balloon de-
signed for use in the present war.
Joseph E. Maxfeld is to have charge
of the balloon train to be organized by
the signal corps.
Advices from Madrid state that ru-
mors ahoat point to the fact that the
Spaniards are weary of the war. Senior
Sagasta's illusions in congress to an
honorable peace have been taken as
implying SPANS willingness to accept
the mediation of the great powers.
Mrs. L. u. Letter of Chicago has
purchased the Chickamauga pork hotel
near Crawfish springs and presented it
to the government as permanent hos
pital for the sick and wounded soldiers.
1t will accommodate 600 to 700 patients
and will be Immediately fitted up for
that purpose.
Refugees are still flying from San
Juan de Porto Rico, believing that the
American fleet will yet and cap.
ture the city.
The newspaper men at Key West
beautifully Remembered the Maine"
on Decoration Day. The local editors
correspondents of American and for
eign papers, in the early hours of the
morning rode out to the little cemetery
bearing flowers with which they deco
rated the graves of the dead sailors
who were lost at the destruction of the
Maine.
The report that the pope has ad-
dressed himself to President Mckinley
pirectly in an effort to bring about
peace between the United States and
Spain, proves upon investigation to be
groundless.
Miss Clara Barton is in New York
consulting the national committee of
the Red Cross regarding the fitting out
of two hospital ships, one to operate
along the Atlantic coast and the other
at the Philippines.
The war department is massing ra-
tions for thirty days for the troops
that are assembling at Jacksonville
under General Lee. The authorities
decline to say how many men are to be
concentrated there, or whether they
will stay at that place for the full
thirty days for which the rations are
provided.
Adjuthnt General Corbin is engaged
in making up the apportionment OF
troops which each state is to be asked
TO furnish under the presidents sec
ond call for $4,000 men, Because OF
an excess over their quota under the
last call some of the states will not be
asked for additional men at this time.
| So far as is possible, the existing reg.
iments will be recruited to their max
imum strength.
Captain James B. Erwin, of the
Fourth United States cavalry, at pres
ent acting adjutant general Of Georgia,
has been rendered the position of adju-
tant general of Colonel w, w. Gordon's
brigade and has accepted. He will
leave to take up the duties of his new
position as soon as he is relieved by
the war department.
Three men in the hospital in the
Georgia camp at Tampa have mumps
and the medical corps is rather afraid
an epidemic of the disease may follow.
All three of the sufferers are from Sa-
vannah. They are being given the
best possible attention and every pre-
caution will be taken to prevent the
spread Of the disease.
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says that Spain
las addressed another appeal to the
lowers to intervene in the war and
AUSTRIA is prepared to accede, but
My in conjunction with other powers.
The British steamer, Restormel,
aptured by the st. Paul while ut
to land coal at Satiago has
cen released through court proceed
,gs at Key West. 1t developed that
be sailed with her cargo previous to
ie declaration Of war.
A Spanish bark, Maria Dolores,
ound from Rio Janeiro to San Juan
Q Porto Rico was captured by an
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