The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-15
LANDED SUPPLIES FOR GOMEZ
PERILOUS EXPEDITION TO THE
CUBAN COAST.
Captain Nunez Was Killed and Win
throp Chanler Wounded-Arms,
Ammunition and Supplies Re
ceived By Gomez.

Key West. Fla, July 14.-Those cham
pion ilibusters. the Florida and Fanita,
under convoy of the little gunboat Peoria,
have landed the largest and probably the
last expedition sent to the aid of the in
surgents. 1t was a task beset with peril
and difficulty, costing one man his life,
and wounds to half dozen others. Cap
tain Jose Manuel Nunez brother of Cen
eral Emilio NuneZ, was killed. Winthrop
Chanler, of New York. was shot through
the right elbow, and five Cubans suffered
trifiing injuries. How many Spanish lives
answered for this will never be known,
but there were enough to more than bal
ance the score.
8, at Palo Alto, on the southern coast of
Cuba, but the fighting occurred before
then. To the Peoria, one of the newest
acquisitions to the Mosquito fleet, goes the
full glory of the achievement The Peoria
was until lately a pilot boat at Phila-
delphia. The Florida and Fanita left Key
West on Saturday. June %, under the
convoy of the Peoria, commanded by
Lieutenant T. W. Ryan. On board the
steamer were IS Cubans under General
Nunez. 80 troopers of the Fifth United
States cavalry under Lieutenants Johnson
and Ahern. and % rough riders under
Winthrop Chanler brother of William
Aston Chanler. The cargoes included the
horses of the cavalrymen. with forage,
two dynamite guns with $50 S0-pound pro-
jectiles, two full batteries of light field
pieces, ten three-inch rifles with 15.000
cartridges for the same. 1000 Springfield
rifles. with $4,000 cartridges, 200 Mausers
with 10000 cartridges, 200 Colts reviewers
and 1900 cartridges. LAS saddles. $50
brides, 663 infantry uniforms. including
$3.50 pairs of shoes and blankets shirts
hats and hammockS, anC over 10000
pounds of provisions. including bacon.
cornmeal, coffee, sugar, beef, beans, hard
tack and canned corn.
Gomez. with 1900 men, was known to be
in the vicinity. and scouts hurried to his
lines. On Monday, July 4. the griZzled
old warrior appeared in person at Palo
Alto. An awning was spread over the
end of the abandoned wharf and a con-
ference was held.
The western commander-in-chief said he
was greatly pleased at the successful re-
suit of the expedition. which he thought
would exercise an important influence
upon the war. He outlined a plan of
campaign which he later submitted in
writing to Lieutenant Ryan for trans
mission to President Mckinley.
When Winthrop Chanler fell wounded
Drs. Lund and Abbott carried him into
the brush and all three sank up to their
necks in swamp. DR.. Lund was former
~ German army surgeon. and who is a
himself. stripped off his clothes and
swan naked in darkness TO find the ship.
A boat from the Florida picked him UP
and he was taken TO the Peoria. As the
strange figure clambered up the ladders
the sentry on guard at the gangway chal-
him and strobe in all his naIedness up to
Lieutenant Ryan. gave the customary
formal salute and, with the utmost grav-
ity. said:
I have to report that the men ashore
REQUIRE assistance.
When ChanIer and Abbott were rescued
they were still in the water up to their
necks.