The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-07-15
PORTO RICO IS NEXT.
Gen. Miles to Shape Up the Army
for San Juan.
A HOT FIGHT HAD AT MiyZANILL0.
Capt Mark TtEis the story OF the affaH -
The Problem OF Fepdirg th"-Destttute
Pouu ation uf ~ nttaYo-- tlrping
in GuAntunAmo


WASHINGTON. July ll..-Moj. Gen.
Nelson Miles. the commanding gem
eral of the army, will have plenty to
do in Cuba, even il ne takes no part in
the affair at Santiago He has in
structions to organize at once the
army of invasion for Porto Rico
Most of the men intended for this
work will undoubtedly be started
from Santiago, and to Gen. Miles has
been instructed the task of shaping
up the formidable army which will be
sent to San Juan under the protection
of Admiral SIMPSONS fleet After
Santiago falls and Porto Rico is
taken. If the Spanish government
should refuse to capitulate. the war
for the next Ghree months will be
prosecu ed mainly by the navy. The
army will remain idle until fall This
determinaii)n has been reached by the
administration. The campaIgu in Porto
Rico will not be attended 10y the same
risks TO the health of the invaders or
the physical difficulties of military
operations existing in Cuba. There
will be only one port to take Ia
Porto Rico-San Juan-and there
blC EItdlGI NOlh WI DG lbbt
by the navy When the forti-
fications have been reduced the
army will land and carry the out
posts of the city. The garrison, which
is to be left on the island. will take
possession of the hills back of San
Juan, where the clima'e is compare
lively salubrious. Yellow fever does
not prevail except in the squalid por-
tions of the town and the heights are
famed continually through the sum
mer mon tbs by the trade winds. The
only unpleasant features of the situa-
ton will be the tropical rains, but
they will not Interfere seriously with
the work of the soldiers.
A HOT FIGHT HAD AT MANzANILLo.
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. July H.
Capt. Adolph Mark, OF the converted
yacht Scorpion, and Capt. Purcell of
the Osceola, had hot time at Mania
Milo. where they had established a
blockade. Manzanillo has until lately
been unguarded and the Spanish have
used it for port of supplies. Gen.
Pando and his branch of the army is
there. 1t was decided to lock the
stable door and the Scorpion and Os-
cCOId NCVS lhC DidCGs ~ 10 Oh
a long, deep bay and n close eXamina-
ton by Capt. Mark convinced him
that its defense was one small fort and
four gunboats and Capt Mark de-
cided to go in after the gunboats and
so signaled to Capt. Purcell. Capt.
Mark tells the story as follows:
Imagine our surprise upon finding that in
stead of gun boats and a small fort the shore
in al wit urt Hilary md I'M hn Hra
we moved into them was desperate one, con-
sidering that we did not have any protection
for our men OF guns For 2S minutes we stayed
ut IL and j think we must have done n lot Of
damage. had no pilot and could not move in
close We we're frequently hit ana at last
when a shot had cleaned our gallery and saw
IL was useless TO risk the men 5 lives we moved
out The punboats lag behind the hills and we
could not get al them. We moved out slowly
and the dre ceased The next morning we cap
tured large lighter and u sloop filled with
provisions No attempt was made by the gum
boats to come out TO the defense Of their ships
HOW TO FEED SANTIAGO
WAsHINGToY, July II. The author
ities are now concerning themselves
seriously with the great problem of
feeding the destitute population of
Santiago as soon as it capitulates, as
we'll as the Spanish prisoners of war
who may surrender. 1t has been eX.
tremely difficult, as shown by Gen.
Skaters reports, to supply the AIneri-
can troops with what they need, and
of course the difficulty will be in
creased enormously by this large adj
dition to hungry mouths.
STARVING IN GUANTANAMO.
GUANTANAMO, July n.-Advices re-
ceived by Commander McCalia, of the
Marblehead, from the city of Guantnn-
amo, show that the deaths from star
walton there average IL daily. Gen.
Perez. the commander of Guantanamo,
has given up suecor, and the town
could readily be taken, were it worth
while TO risk the lives of the Ameri.
can troops.