The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-05
War Notes.

hSi VNo01 1DH Nai ~ u " litaA.
Gen. Woodford, Col Fred Grant and
Gov. Atkinson will probably be commits
stoned generals of volunteers.
Gov. Wolcott responds to McKinleys .
call for Massachusetts, volunteers with |
four regiments and three heavy batteries. (
Five 15-inch Rodman guns are being /
mounted in the new battery at Popham |
Beach. The channel is to be thorough. |
ly mined. Bath will be well protected !
Hudson Maxim, brother of Hiram
Maxim, offers to sell the Government, |
for half million, vessel which is !
warrented to annihilate an entire navy. |
Hon. George Fred Williams has offer I
ed his services to Gov. Waleott of Mass,
to raise regiment of volunteers in that
state for service in the impending strug-
gle.
The report that Emperor Francis
Joseph had subscribed largely to the
Spanish naval fund is utterly false.
Austria, As stated, will observe absolute
neutrality.
A British steamer from St. Vincent,
Cape Verde Islands, reports that the
Spanish warships there were unable to
get half the amount of coal which they
require to fill their bunkers.
Two British cruisers arrived at Hall
fax, Saturday, and will remain because
many other British ships have gone to
West Indian waters-British seamen
heartily sympathize with United States.
The President will appoint Brig. Gen.
Henry {. Merriam, of the regular army,
who was born in Aroostook county, and
educated at Colby university, as a major
general to command corps of yolun-
teer army.
Rear Admiral Sampson, according to
the unofficial reports, has been Smelling
batteries at Cabanas and Mariel and
perhaps other points, by way of prevent
ing work on Notifications and preparing
for landings.
The large Spanish steamer Guido,
bound from Corunna for Havana, with a
large cargo of provisions and money for
the Spanish troops, was captured " ed
nesday of last week, by the United
States monitor, Terror.
The First regiment Of Volunteers
arrived at New Orleans and left for
Florida, Saturday Other troops are
concentrating at Tampa. The advance
force to move on to Cuba it is under
stood will be 5000 men.
Senator Lodge says there is no occa-
sion for the people OF the New England
states to be uneasy about the reports
that an attack by Spanish ships is threat
ened. He says there is not Spanish
ship within 5000 miles of Massachusetts,.
1t is announced that the Argentine re-
public will publish decree of neutral-
ty during the war between Spain and
the United States; but it appears Ger
tain that the government will reserve
dpsoIuIt llptlN ~ VI dtNl'u III itEdid "a
coal.
The steamship Paris, about which
there has been some concern of late,
reached New York, Saturday, safely,
discharged her cargo and has been
received by the naval authorities as a
naval cruiser, with her name changed to
yale"
The war department has chartered
eight large steamers of a navigation
company of about 200O tons and able To
carry from 500 to 200 passengers each
These are to be used AS transports for
the conveyance of the first artillery ex-
petition To Cuba.
The Boyle O'Reilly regiment, now
recruiting in Boston, purposes to take
hand in the cuban struggle. whether
GOV Wolcott or President Mckinley
accept it's aid or not. The plan new
proposed includes direct tender Of its
service to Gen. Come
The torpedo boat, Gushing, has been
disabled and sent IL Norfolk for repairs
The casualty was the result, it is said,
Of an attempt to show OF her fine quail
ties by Naval Cadet Boyd, who was tenn
porarily in charge of her. The repairs,
il is expected, Will take about month.
Resr admiral Henry Erben, L. 5. \
retired has assumed command of the
naval coast defence, in which he sue
ceeded the late Commodore Horace
Elmer. He has taken steps to organize
the patrol fleets which will protect the
harbors of the Atlantic and Gulf states.
The Spanish squadron, consisting of
the tirst.elass cruisers Nizeaya, Admir-
ante Oquendo. Infanta Maria Teresa and
Cristobal Colon, and the three torpedo
boat destroyers Juror, Terror and Plu-
ton, is steaming westward across the
Atlantic, and will probably be heard
from next at Porto Rico.
4 special from Key West to the Even
ing Post says; The despatch boat Dol.
phin encountered voluntary prize
Saturday, and sent one of her men with
her to port Sunday. She was the fishing
schooner Lola, bound for Havana, and
her skipper, when warned away, asked
to be seized, as if the Spaniards caught