Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-29

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Miles thut he can take Santiago In
forty.elghi hours. but indicates that N,
undertaking. might Involve considerable,
loss De DO fully aware Of the approach
o. sr1nIah endorsements and u u Boz.
usytd here that he Intends 10 take IA,
town Immediately and that news Of d
hattie mlrht boz expected any time.
IL Do evidently Con. Skaters purpose
not to walk Tor the achievements
now going forward to him. but 10 make
hn attack before the 5000 Spanish
troops approaching from the west can
reach The city.
washington. June 2a.-Gen. shaftcr
has reported u the war department that
Spanish troops numbering 5000 with
raek trains aud cattle are advancing
ffdm Manxanrlo. aud arc now within
ffty.four miles % Santiago.
on the River Guiana. June %. pm.
via Fort Antonio. ia. june 2g.-Pr par
atiana Tor general advance OF the
American troops ON santiago arr be-
lng steadily pushed forward.
IlsAN UT ~ N'hs
A. thu gront. RIO Guiana Second
Crossing Tueaday June q; per the
Associated Press Dispatch honi
Dnuntlons. via Port Antonio. wcdneH'
day. June 20. a. M, and Kingston
ia. juno 20. Q q. m.-tCopyriEhtod'
isos. by thc Associated Prcss) The
preparations Tor general advance ~
the American troops on Santiago de
cuba are being purhcd steadily for
vard and troops Of all branches Of tho
prico- arr being hurried Ia the frunt
Gen. wcntz division. consisting OF
~ brigade of Gen. Hawkins. COL
Pearson and Col worth. has Joined
Gen. Liwtnn's division. and with the
cavalry division Of Gen. Wheeler ana
four batteries 81 llrht artillery. win
now be- strung out lu the rear of Gen.
IawtDn'H division.
Tho front still rests ON the second
crossing of the Rio Guiana. on the road
10 Santiago 10 cuba, ir the rear Of the
crst OF the seyllla hills, and mile
Ths brigade ~ Gen. Bates. the
TWfnty-third Michigan regiment
which wcrf landed yesterday hy The
alHluary crulHor Yale rymaln AZ Ju-
Iagua or slhouey.
Ths DELAY In the general forward
u0y.mont is due a. the Inability 90 get
subsistence stoEeH tn the front rapidly
enough. The advance, Il IL said. viii
DOT Boz ordered until every man has
hrIa dayf rationH ln hls knapsack
This. however, u impossible until the
rad ~ paHaahle Tor wagon trains. The
pack trains can only convey one days ]
nulna In day,
The men constructing the bridge |
roads have the work almost completed, /
nnl this afternoon the first wagon /
train N four ala mule teams Will 20 |
through. In two or three days more !
every man Will have three days ra- |
Tons ln his knapHlck. ana ~ soon ne I
NAT occurs, the army viii move on the 1
tnrmy.
Although the Cuhans AFFECT 10 have |
thorough knowledge Of the country and /
NJ trails, nothing II taken for granted. /
The whole country front and The nank |
u being thoroughly rcconnoitorcd and f.
an accurate map has been made by the /
trglnrrrH Much Of the Information I
thus obtained viii be OF ineatimnblr ]
value from a strategic point ~ view.
lhHi nlrht General Mcndonch Of Gen.
lAWion'H stan made a reconnaissance
~ ln the very trenches of the enemy.
mdf Hontrics ON picket duty being
Plainly heard
~ itom the seventh Infantry went out .
dark last uirht with one days
iauons towards the Spanish line, and .
,hN have not yet returned. hut no fear
. entertained fnr their safety II IN I
relieved they are lying In the bush
Na'ung Tor night
AZ daylight this morning Lieut..
smNh uI the Fourth Infantry with "a
l.W nl Nfiy men " tho Seventh In
sllty under Lieut. Dlerfoo crossed
W. san Juan and went In q northeast
wy llitptiun as far as Cnnpy :
III Hhuey aH Il IL marked
10" maps. without encounter
t any Spanish troops. and nifty
NV ~ company c, Seventh regiment
lNn Young, afro made reconnls-
guy, Do force. The spnnlards have
l.ns'y retired To their ontrench-
y'' W no plckcts or administers
VIC encountered
f'l'I1s LawtOn, Wheeler and Chat
s5 NAF' had riders out beyond our
Gn'r posts several times
i.i,l',h Wrlght ~ Gen Bates stan
ami 'N'oNed the line Of the railroad
thu Nul Of luragun towards San
o,,ll 90 Within two ana half miles
rH I.il approaches within half
fH1 Nl Ifout and can be- utilized to
fa. ~ uppllea and siege guns, the
hf.U "ll'l was unded at Halquifi
Hr lhn'n. ~ soon az the renaln-
MIb.,l' IONS of tho Thirty fourth
tiain and Eighth Massaohusctts.
1rIn on Che Harvard tomorrow. J
uf, ..h Ni'conaln and reinforce
hIn I "ut from Tampa arrive
fiY ,1l 9uilors, h town On the coast
t.n west Of JuraFua viii be
lg ..t.. place was Hhollod today
on KY ahlps Of the neot. AFuadores
flmg nia me OF the advance OF Inc
fllH0sd ,Ne interior ana close TO tho
hlss nav OPERATIONS. while the supply
C4pisis Igmun at Juragun.
' wright obtained Information