Evening journal., 1898-05-27
10000 rounds of ammunition were
THE lNvAsIoN oE cuRA.
thirty thousand Men VIII BE Landed at
Once Inder Dover OF Sam n.nn's Guns.

I Thirty Thousand Men VIII BE Landed ~
Once Under Cover of Sampson's Guns.
I WASHINGTON. May 2I-Havana IS
/ to be taken at once by combined land
and sea attack. This. it is said, was the
most important conclusion reached at
, the war conference at the White House
! yesterday, participated in by President
Mckinley, Secretary Alger Secretary
Long, General Miles, Admiral Sicard
and Captains Crowninshield and Ma
han.
AT this conference, which was one OF
the most important that has been held
since war was declared, the entire sit
uation was discussed and il was decld-
ed that the time had arrived for strik-
ing crushing blow to Spanish rule in
cuba.
Tor many reasons. chief among them
being the unhealthiness of Cuba at this
time Of the year. it was determined that
tho blow should be struck with all the
power OF which the army and navy are
capable. To carry out the present plans
few more days delay at the beginning
VIII be necessary, but the campaign will
be shortened in the end. There is to be
no sending down Of a small advance
supplies under the guns of the fleet as
had at first been contemplated
The entire invading army is to be
moved forward at once, and soldiers
are to be landed in Cuba as rapidly az
they can be carried from Florida in the
transports. Every available man is TO
be sent to the front. and It is probable
that not less than $4,000 men will be
landed on Cuban soil.
The greatest difficulty the war depart
ment has encountered has been in secur-
Ing sufficient transports for the troops.
UP to the present time 80 vessels have
been obtained and are all either at
Tampa or within a days sail Of that
port. They Will carry on an average
LOCO men each, so that II Will be neces-
say for all of the transports TO make
two trips and some Of them to make
three.
on the first trip 10000 men, under
command of Major General Shafter. will
be carried across. In this movement
will be included all Of the regulars and
most Of the volunteers now concentrat-
ed at the points of embarkation. While
these troops are being carried over and
the transports are returning additional
regiments OF volunteers will be hurried
forward from Chlckamauga and Wash
ington, so that no time will be lost
when the transports return. Ample sup
plies Of all kinds will be taken with the
troops ana more will be sent after
them.
II is understood that It is the purpose
Of the authorities to land the men as
near Havana as possible. While this is
going on the-vessels OF the blockadlng
squadron and of Admiral SIMPSONS
Aeet viii keep as many as possible Of
the Spanish troops occupied In the bat
tei1es all along the coast Then, as soon
as the army has reached an advanta-
geous position for the attack upon Ha-
yana, Admiral SIMPSONS armorolads
will open a terrific b0mbardment on
MORO castle and the other defenses ut
Havana harbor and the attack Will be
kept up by sea and land until Blanco is
forced to surrender
With Havana taken and the invading
army encamped on healthy ground on
the surrounding hills, supplies can be
sent In to the starving Cubans. and op-
erations against the Spanish garrisons
in interior cities can be delayed until
the close Of the rainy season II II is
deemed advisable.
In the meantime steps can be taken
for combined land and sea operations
against Santiago de Cuba II Admiral
Cervera has not yet been dislodged by
Commodore Schley. and Puerto Rico
can also be wrested from Spain. Upon
Admiral Sampson and his armorclads
viii devolve the duty OF conveying 25,-
900 OF 10000 troops to Puerto Rico and
assisting them In taking San Juan just
as he is 10 assist General Skaters army
in taking Havana.