The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-20
.l..npson !'Ieei 10 ,Ea.e on I.aNlaa.

e'anpscn "lcal 10 ss0.e on !'arana
Nt& AorN Aeril III. ayoi.i To
'.e IG,4ee from si;av.on says
'ihs plans ior=rfe fioiut l::ii,I att. ia
~..I .tt;acl; on llavana have bcca prav-
lically decided Oh They have hee;l
;ha subject Of '!cii!cratioa ot mum
Der of meetings If ;hc naval strategy
board Of councils Of the Joint wa.
and navg boards, and Of conferences
between The governmental and militia
ry circles From the first it was con
sidcrcd absolutely essential that there
should bca joint movement of the land
and naval forces of the nitcd States
against the >paniarls in Cuba. aud the
only thing left for di>cG>-ion vas the
best course to be pursued in carrying
out this Plan
'enc difficulty ;iat has continually y
presented Itself Is the fac! that the
navy Is ready for aa adSaace on i!il-
yara within an hour aItcr the dcclara-
ton oi var. while die army could not
possibly ihrow any considerable force
in Cuba in less than + hours. Should
;h,. feet of Capt Sampson wait until
the army is ready? has been asked
Or should it. rs soon as war was de-
tcrmincd on. proceed to carry ont its
irslnct;cnS and invest Havana from
the sea.
1t is nav decided that the feet will
at once move on Havana. invest it aud
at the same time hold open the I'lori
dl straits for the free transportation
of the troops to the i>land y pari Of
the hec; will be cmpioyc.l for this
parpoSc. n well aS To l,ce;, open tl:c
euli- to the ~cs, Of Havana for The
like purpose.
y >mra ~ Tie ar.ey ready which
will BE- wi;hin Is hours. Il Considers
BIZ, body ol lroor> will be thrown in;n
the province of l'inar Del Hia IN ilic
nci-hbprhood probably OF Bahia Hon
da.. aa& al alvance upon I;:yaiia will
be bcsun at o:lcc. Tic fleet wiil co..
operate With the land forces from the
moment they land in Cuba. and both
will attack lIavaua simultaneously
Even il the resolution iinally passed
by Congress does not recognize the
prc>cl; republican, government in the
island. the pan OF ,!lc army iS to
unite with tie armies of t;omez aud
Garcia aS allies against the '>pania.';S.
L, Is probablc that troops will be Scn!
tn ioin these revolutionary armies in
Puerto Principe oy Santa Cara. or
That >irips will be sent To transport
sonae Of the Cuban troops to the vl-
c;nity Of the Capital Il! any event
an effort will be made to cooperate at
once with the armies ol the rcvolu-
lionary leaders in the work Of driving
tic Spanialds ont Of the island With
the establishment OF stable and in
dependent government in free Cuba.
the army will have nothing to do. at
least lii the preliminary part Of the
campalgn.
The war department. is certain that
Gomez and Garcia have respectable
armies in the eastern part Of the is
land. This conclusion is based upon
the fact that they have been able to
hold back the Spanish arns and even
to win notable victories against some
Of the best officers of Spain. These
revolutionary troops. aided by some
American regulars and supplied with
arms and ammunition. will be able. it
is Thought. to do .cry effective work
against lAc soldiers under Banco and
Iando
.AS ~oci, a. war - declared the wal
department will issue upon the call of
HE president orders for the ci!ist-
incnt Of ut least l.59 avt troops. At
first there was some talk of 10000
volunteer, beine sufficient for the pur-
poSc, bun i, Will ,oon be found that
hi> iutibc, would not be sufficient To
keep W the sarri>on> alene the coa.i.
together with = body oi' troops .uni
clruilN !Ir-t 10 !clSHt tsiH c"iitIN
'ronl-fil.a~ion. II woul.! no; +, III all
;.leqae.,s. ,e.;l., ra-k %! supplying rci,:-
foicsn.c,si~ Tor the ;.rny OF occurailon.
~ oi forming Il ilIr eu> oi a still
lar.er ARMY Tor any operations on a
..rscr >cale than IS nav contemplated
Certainly tot les hun ai'.o9o troops
Will be called foT at once ai'.: l.,a.o'ia
nca wili I,r a>,rrc,ily orsaaizcd wiit-
ia i short iinc after ;hc opening al
ho>tiIli.c> Ord~r> fcr the osganlxi.-
ton Of !. vrcat volunteer force are now
prepared and can be issued instantly
upon Il declaration Of war
Until war is declared or recognized
as existing nothing further can be
done. A. soon rs il is declared. with
y clall~c IN the resolution authorizing
The organization Of volunteer army
these orlcq~ will be transmitted &" he
prarcr ararilr- AID At lra>t l'.'.t'lio
men will p. ready ,psre>poad To The
e:.ll of illc Nrs.i'cni to ." wherever
Il. Government, think j! advisable To-
s,:a l!4rrt.