The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-20
INVASION OF CUBA.
There .. Ne Telling when Troops wiii
~ ssni rs the rnItsd states,

There l. No Telling when Troop. wni
10 sent by the rHlisd states.
New York. May u.s. "A special 20 The
Times from Washington says.
The plan Tor the invasion Of Cuba by ]
the United States forces remain an.
changed. The elusive performances of
tle Spanish squadron have postponed
the execution Of q part az least of the
programme. but it has been altered in
no important particular
The determination 20 dispatch 10 the
island as soon a. practicable an army of
not less than 10000 men competent TO
meet aud cope with the force. Of Blanco
stiil stands But the time has not yet
come when it j. practicable 10 do this
Tor the simple reason that the army Is
not ready 10 b. sent 20 Cuba. The 49,.
900 regulars mass.d az Tampa are pre-
pared 20 30 anywhere AZ any time. The
majority Of the volunteers gathering az
Tampa. New Orleans, Mobile and
Chickamauga are not prepared TO 90
anywhore. anT VIII not b. until they
arr uniformed, armed, equipped and
have some trimming in the art Of war.
Al Of this viii take time The best
/ Judgment of military experts IL that it
will rcquire not less than a month un.
der the most favorable circumstances 10
put %. .Oo0 volunteers Ia condition 20 r..
inforco the rcgulars Of ~ army of Gu.
ban invasion
There /. one portion Of the Cuban pro-
gnmmc. however. which may not be-
delayed much longer That Is the dis
patching of an expedition, made mp al.
most, u not entirely, Of regular. from
the Tampa camp 20 make a landing on
the Cuhan coast. throw up foridcaiions
and clear the way for the coming Of the
army proper later on.
Its not settled that this viii b. done,
but strong arguments are being used In
favor of the project IL l. urged that
we went into this war largely In order
20 save the rcconccntradocs from starv-
ing, but that, 10 result Of our present
plan of campaign, we are making their
starvation sure, and rendering it likely
that many OF the insurgents viii suffer
something akin 20 the same fate. To
make some move toward relieving these
people Is, it is urged, commanded by
every condition Of humanity even II II
b. at great risk
4 force Of 5000 rcgulars, landed at an
available spot ON the soast Of Cuba,
would, Il Is contended, b. able to d,
something toward relieving this suffer
3 ing by establishing depot of supple.
B. which could h. drawn on by the insur
, gents Further, i, is argued In favor Of
the seizure Of landing place withou
: delay that the undertaking Is becoming
moro difficult every day, and that th'
regulars could not be- better employee
than In providing fortihcations TO pro
Il tect the deharkaiion OF the main arm,
!, when Il is ready 20 move.
: The longer the occupation u a land
|. ing place l. delayed, it Is pointed oui
I. the more time Bhnco has for throwin
up lortihoat.ons and mounting hattcrio
along the coast, which will cause troubl
= when the real invasion begins.
ie The advocates OF this movement l.
D. liovo it would be- easy for force OF tl
strength mentioned 20 hold its own wit
the protection the blockading .quadro
will afford.
~ There D. no prospect, however, thi
=, even preliminary movement ~ th
10 nature Is likely to b. undertaken hmm
o' dintcly For the present. at least, a
military movements viii await the r
suit of the manouvcriug Of the squadrC
-. IN West Indian waters