The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-17
SAILED BY DAYLIGHT.
SKATERS ARMY HAS LEFT
FOR SANTIAGO.
Three Volunteer Regiments Expect to
land In Cuba by Thursday-Th. First
Division Consists of over i5.OoD Men
only One Squadron OF Cavalry.

cDcc between the officials of The navy
n war departments and after an all
day session the war board completed
its plans for conveying the troop
transports.
Major General Shaftrr. who com.
mands this expedition, has with him a
force of 7T3 officers and ASH enlisted
men. The United States regular
troops make up the greater part of the
force. There are only three
volunteer organizations on the
ships. These are the Scvcnty-frst
lew York infantry, the Second Mass
achusetts infantry and two dismount-
ed squadron of four troops each
from the First United States volunteer
cavalry, the regiment of which Thco-
dore Roosevelt is lieutenant colonel.
whether any of these officers are with.
in h two s%quadrons named is not vet
known at the war department. 1t was
difficult to prevail on the mounted
riiiemen to leave their mounts behind,
but this was \ matter Of necessity. il
Is said, owing to lack of accommodate
tions for the horses ON shipboard.
The best that TIE department could
do at this time in the way of supplying
the cavalry contingent for the cxpedi-
ton was to include among the troops
one squadron of the Second United
States cavalry, fully mounted, with
nine officers and go enlisted men.
The full list of the troops that make
up this expedition. as reported to the
War department by General Shafter,
Is as follows:
Infantry regiments Sixth, Sixteenth. Sew
enty-tirst New York volunteers. Tenth. Tw"n-
ty-hrSt, Second, Thirteenth, Ninth. Twenty
fourth, Eighth, Twenty-second Second Massa-
chu>etts volunteers, First. Fifteenth, Thir-
teenth, Seventh, Seventeenth, Third, Twen,i-
eth total infantry, 56i officers and iO,7D en-
listed men.
Cavalry Two dismounted souadrons OF four
troops each from the Third, sixth. Ninth. First
and Tenth cavalry and two disinounted squad
ron' OF four troops each from the First United
states volunteer cavalry. Total dismounted
'avalry, l59 officers. ?.s75cnli,ted men. Mounted
cavalry, one squadron Of the Second, nine of1-
GERS and ~ enlisted men.
Ar~tillery-Light batteries f. and *. First ar
tillcry A and +. Second artillery, "a officers and
I'D enlisted men.
Batteries q and H.. Fourth artillery siege,
four officers and 10. enlisted men.
rhsiheers company 4 ana T., nine Officers,
90 enlisted men.
Signal corps-One detachment, two officers
and Is enlisted men.
Hospital detachments are included In the
above figures. The star corps numbers fifteen
officers.
General Shaftcr, in his report. indi-
Gates the great obstacles thai had to
be overcome in order to embark his
force at Port Tampa, and it is not
likely, II his recommendation carries
weight, that h effort will be made to
again embark SO large a number of
troops from this port without consid.
erably charging the shipping facili-
ties. 1t will he noticed that by far the
larger portion of the expedition is
made up of infantry, although an un.
usually large number Of artillery is
included, and that the cavalry is
almost entirely lacking.
1t is expected, however. that the
dismounted cavalry with the expedition
will be mounted later in Cuba, either
from the stock of native horses or
from mounts that will follow them
from this country. Owing tn the
mountainous and jungle-like charac-
ter of the country back of Santiago
where the troops must operate. there
will be little opportunity for the use
of cavalry, so that the expedition has
not been weakened, in the opinion of
experts, by withholding the cavalry
mounts at the beginning vi the cam.
paign.
A force Of transports. said tn num-
Der thirty, conveyed the troops under
the escort of a strong squadron of war
ships ranging from the immense bat
tleship to the small gunboat and fast
sailing yacht.
The cscorting warships, believed IL
number between sixteen and nineteen.
were ready for the voyage by night
fall, and with this powerful force
there is no longer reason for apprc.
hension hhat the transports can be at
tackled successfully by any Spanish
warships, even if they should have es-
capped the vigilant search of the naval
commanders at Key West and OFF Ha-
vara.
The battleship Indiana will lead the
procession of ships, which will be the
most numerous gathered in American
waters since the cival war. The troops
should arrive off Santiago by Wednes.
day night, surprising the fleet proceeds
at eight knots speed. Landing opera
tons should begin by Thursday.
MoEE ST. NICHOLAS, June lathe
expedition from Tampa under General
Shafter, conveyed by American war.
ships, is ~anxiously awaited by the fleet
off Santiago de Cuba.
Sunday morning the cable steamer
Adria was graphing for the Haytian
cable. The cable is to he spliced and
Admiral Sampson will hold it for d.
-ect communication with Washington.
SueIng u Kings Daughter.