The herald., 1898-06-14

SANTIAGO EXPEDITION Is WELL
ON THE WAY
PORTO RICO SOLDIERS NEXT
Manila and Hawaii Not to Be Over
looked and No Time Will Be
Lost Helping Them
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, June BIT was form.
ally announced at the War Department thi:
morning that the first military expedition
had left Key West at daylight today, bound
for Santiago. All day yesterday there wa.
a lively conference between the officials o
the Navy and War Department, and aftel
an all-day session the War Board com
pleted its plans for conveying the trooI
transports. Major-Gereral Shafter. who
commands this expedition, has with him G
force of 773 officers and 1854 enlisted men
The United States regular troops make VI
the greater part of the force, there being
only three volunteer organizations on the
ships. These are the Seventy-first New
York Infantry Volunteers, the Second
Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers; and
two dismounted squadrons Of four troop.
each, from the First United States volun.
teer Cavalry, the regiment which Colonel
Wood commands and of which Theodore
Roosevelt is Lieutenant-Colonel. Whether
either of these officers is with the two
squadrous named Is not yet known at the
War Department. 1t was difficult to pre-
vail upon the mounted rifiemen to leave
their mounts behind, but it was a matter
Of necessity, 1t Is said, owing to lack OF
accommodations for the horses on ship
board.
The best that the department could dc
at this time in the way of supplying the
cavalry contingent for the expedition was
to include among the troops one squadron
of the Second United States Cavalry. fully
mounted, with nine officers and 2S0 enlisted
men.
The full list of the troops that make up
the expedition as reported to the War De-
partment by General Shafter is as follows:
Infantry regiments: Sixth, Sixteenth,
Eeventh-first New York Volunteers; Tenth,
Twenty-frst, Second, Thirteenth, Twenty
fourth, Eighth, Twenty-second Second
Massachusetts, Volunteers; First, Fiji
teenth, Thirteenth, Seventh, Seventeenth,
Third, Twentieth-total infantry, SCI off,
GERS, and 10,7O9 enlisted men.
Cavalry: Two dismounted squadrons of
four troops each from the Third, Sixth,
Ninth, First and Tenth Cavalry, and two
dismounted .squadrons Of four troops each
from the First United States Volunteer
Cavalry. Total dismounted cavalry. 1853 off,
GERS, 2s75 enlisted men, mounted cavalry,
one squadron of the Second, nine officers
and $50 enlisted men.
Artillery-Light batteries Z and K, First
Artillery; A and F, Second Artillery, IA
officers and 323 enlisted men.
Batteries G and H, Fourth Artillery, Of
ficers and 1872 enlisted men.
Engineers-CompaniesC and E, 9 officers,
200 enlisted men.
Signal Corps-One detachment, officers
and As enlisted men.
Hospital attachments are included in the
above figures.
The staff corps numbers 10 officers.
The grand total of the expedition is T73
officers and 14,564 enlisted men.
Tampa Not the Place
General Shafter, in his report, indicated
the great obstacles that had to be overcome
in order to embark his forces at Port Tam
pa, and it is not likely If his recommended
ton carries weight, that the effort will be
made to again embark SO large a number of
troops from this port, else it will be neces-
sary to greatly enlarge the shipping facili-
ties.
1t will be noticed that by far the larger
portion of the expedition is made up of in
fantry, although an unusually large num-
Der of artillerymen is included, and that the
cavalry is almost altogether lacking. 1t Is
expected, however, that the dismounted
cavalry with the expedition will be mounted
later in Cuba either from the stock of ma
tive horses or from mounts that will follow
them from this country. Owing to the
mountainous and jungle-lke character OF
the country back of Santiago where the
troops must operate, there will be little op.
portunity for the use of the cavalry, and
the expedition has not been weakened
In the opinion of the experts in Withholding
the cavalry mounts at the beginning of the
campaign.
The troops will arrive Off Santiago Thurs.
day morning at the latest, barring storms
or accident, and the landing probably will
take place on the afternoon of that day OF
Friday following, as Admiral Sampson is
extremely anxious to reinforce the small
body of marines now ashore at Guanatana.
mo Bay The position of these men is moi
entirely satisfactory to the officials here.
While no advices have yet reached the
Navy Department of the attack made upor
the marine force by Spanish guerrillas Sat
urday night, there is no desire to question
the accuracy of the press reports. 1t can
not be said that the attack caused surprise
here, but it was plain to be seen that it in
dicated to the officials some ugly possibil.
tiles for the future.
Jungle Warfare
1t is apparent for one thing that regula,
organizations of troops fighting accordin,
to established methods are destined to NEE
with severe loss at the hands of guerrill;
bodies, such as the Spanish guerillas VIII,
evidently have taken a cue from the Gu
bans practice and are conducting some
thing like Indian warfare in the jungles
One of the most annoying features attend
ing this style of warfare is the WORRY in,
posed upon the soldiers, for a few scor
OF irregulars can manage to keep In
state of unrest and excitement large bod
of regular troops, preventing them fror
sleeping and generally disturbing them
Behind earthworks there will be little rea
son for complaint on this score, and 1t
possible that our troops in operation Il
Cuba will be obliged to adopt freouentl
this means of defense.
Captain Taylor of the battleshIp Indian
b in command of the naval convoy. whic
accompanied the transport ships. I. ha
been presumed that this capable office
would be charged with this duty but tn
act Of his command can now be state
positively. The makeup of the convo
leet is still withheld, and in fact the Nav
Department knows only as to. the genera
lharacter of its strength. Besides the In