Evening journal., 1898-06-23
A LANDING MADE.
The First Detachment Went
Ashore at DaiQuiri
Yesterday.
BUT LITTLE RESISTANCE
SpaniardS Didn't Cause Very Much
Trouble.
BUT LITTLE RESISTANCE
ONE MAN ON THE TEXAS KILLED
American ships sheiled the Place Before
the Landing -TeIegraphic communi-
cation Established Between Dali
quIri and Guantanamo.

WASHINGTON, June 29.-Omcial dis
patches received last night by both sec
retary Alger and Secretary Long indi'
Gated that the landing of troops neal
Santiago was progressing most iaVora.
bly,. The first laading was effected al
Daiquiri yesterday morning and met
with comparatively slight resistance.
This was stated in a dispatch received
from General Shafter last night by Sec
retary Alger. which, though brief, was
full OF news and meaning. It follows;
PLAYA DEL ESTE. of Daiquirl
Cuba, June 22.-Landlng at Daiquirl
this morning successful. Very little II
any resistance"
Secretary Alger expressed himself as
delighted at the expedition with which
the landing Of the troops was being ef-
fected and with the fact that no serious
obstacle was being offered by the enemy
He construed the text OF General Shaf-
ter's message TO mean that the enemy
had made merely nominal and inef-
fective resistance by firing from the
hills at long range.
Shortly after Secretary Alger receiv-
ed his dispatch Secretary Long receiv-
ed q more extended cable from Admiral
Sampson. II. too, was dated at Playa
del Este at $3.50 yesterday evening. The
text of the dispatch translated from the
navy department cipher Is as follows;
Landing Of tho army is progressing
favorably at Dalquir. There IS very lit
tie n any resistance. The New Orleans
Detroit. Castlne, Wasp and Suwannee
sheled the vicinity before the land
ing. We made a demonstration at ca.
banas 10 engage the attention OF the
enemy The Texas engaged the west
battery for some hours. She had one
man killed. Ten submarine mines have
been recovered from the channel OF
Guantanamo Communication by tele-
graph has been established at Guanta-
namo."
In both army and navy circles the in
formation contained in the dispatches
OF General Shafter and Admiral Samp-
son was received with intense satisfac'
tion. The landing Of so large a body
Of troops as General Skaters army
Is n task Of immense proportions A
prominent official Of the war depart
ment said. last night that the complete
debarkation Of the troops, animals. field
guns and supplies within a week after
their arrival or the Cuban coast would
be a task well accomplished. II is prob
able I'm the opinion of the officer refer
red 20. that only a partial landing OF
the troops was effected yesterday and
that the landing will be continued from
day TO day until completed. IL Is not
unlikely. too. that the troops win be
landed at several places along the coast,
OF course within a short distance of the
headquarters which General Shafter
will establish for himself
Admiral SampsOn's dispatch indcat-
ed that he was carrying out his instruc-
tions thoroughly TO clear a way for the
landing OF troops. The demonstration
which he made with the Texas before
Cabanas. which is just east Of Guanta-
namo, may easily have led the Span
iards 20 suppose that a general landing
was to be attempted I'm that immediate
vicinity. 10 was evident from the text
OF Admiral SIMPSONS dispatch that a
considerable landing had already been
effected near Guantanamo. as he noted
that communication by telegraph had
been re-estabhshed at that point anC
that the channel had been cleared OF
submarine mines. IN the opinion %,
naval officers the landing at Guantana.
mo was Of marines rather than Of lane
forces.
The cable stations through which tn,
American commanders will communi
cate with the departments in this cit,
has been established. as shown by IN,
dates Of the dispatches received las
evening, at Playa del Este. smal
place directly on the coast and about 1
miles east Of Santiago. The change wa
made from Camp McCalla TO Playa de
Este In order that the station might h
nearer the scene OF action.