Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-06-30
LANDING OF TROOPS
kilograms from Shafter and Samp'
son Say 1t Is Going Favorably.
VERY LITTLE If ANY RESISTANCE
Baiqairi the Place Of Dissmbarkiag-A
Cable Station Established Ut Playa del
Fate. About Fifteen Miles East
Of Santiago

WASHINGTON, June So.-OiucinA u's-
patches received last night by both
Secretary Alger and Secretary Long
indicated that the landing Of troops
near Santiago was progressing most
favorably. The first landing was ef'
fected at Baiquiri yesterday morning,
and met with comparatively slight re-
sistance. This was stated in dispatch
received in the evening by Secretary
Alger, which, though brief, was full
OF news and meaning. 1t follows:
Secretary Of War:
PLAYA DEL ESTE June e. on Batquri,
Cuba. June % Landing at Baiquiri this morn
Ing successful Very little II any resistance
SHAFTER
Secretary Alger expressed himself
as delighted at the expediency with
which the landing Of the troops was
being effected, and with the fact that
NO serious obstacle was being offered
by the enemy. lie construed the text
Of Gen. Skaters message to mean
that the enemy had made merely a
nominal and ineffective resistance by
iring from the hills at long range.
Shortly after Secretary Alger received
his dispatch, Secretary Long received
more extended cablegram from Ad-
miral Sampson. 1t, too, was dated at
Playa del Este at $3.50 in the evening.
The text OF the dispatch translated
from the navy department cipher Is as
follows:
Landing Of the army is progressing favora-
bly, at BaIquirI There Is very little II any re-
sistance The New Orleans, Detroit, Castne,
Wasp and Suwanee shelled vicinity before the
landing We made a demonstration OF Ca
banas TO engage the attention OF the enemy.
The Texas engaged the west battery for some
hours She had one man killed Ten sub
marine mines have been recovered from the
channel of Guantanamo Communication by
telegraph has been established ut Guantanamo.
SAMPSON
In both army and navy circles the
information contained In the dis
patches Of Gen. Shafter and Admiral
Sampson was received with intense
satisfaction. The landing Of SO large
a body Of troops as Gen. Shafter at
present has under his command Is
task Of immense proportions. A prom.
inent official Of the war department
said that the complete deoarkation OF
the troops, animals, field guns and
supplies within week after their ar
rival of the Cuban coast would be .
task we'll accomplished. 1t is prob.
able, in the opinion Of the officer re-
ferred to, that only partial landing
Of the troops was effected yesterday
and that the landing will be contin-
ued from day to day until completed.
1t Is not unlikely, too, that the troops
will be landed at several places along
the coast, Of course, within short dis.
lance Of the headquarters which Gen.
Shafter will establish for himself.
Admiral SIMPSONS dispatch indi.
Gated that he was carrying out his in.
structions thoroughly to clear way
for the landing Of troops The demon
stration which he made with the Texas
before Cabanas, which Is just east Of
Guantanamo, may easily have led the
Spaniards to suppose that general
landing was to be attempted In that
immediate vicinity. 1t was evident
from the text Of Admiral SIMPSONS
dispatch that considerable landing
had already been effected near Guam.
tanamo, as he noted that communica.
tion by telegraph had been re-estab.
lished at this point, and that the chan.
mel had been cleared Of submarine
mines. In the opinion of naval officers
the landing at Guantanamo was Of
marines rather than of land forces.
The cable station through which the
American commanders will commune
safe with the departments in this city
has been established, as shown by the
dates Of the dispatches received yes
terday evening at Playa del Este, a
,mall place directly on the coast about
10 miles east of Santiago. The change
was made from Camp McCalla to Playa
del Este, In order that the station
might be nearer the scene of action.