Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-07

Washington, July c. By comparison
with what has gone before, to-day was
very uuict at tho war and navy depart
mcnts. There were bulletins posted in the
lormer department, but they were not Of
lore recent date than yesterday. Deep
,orcern is fcit here at the priVations and
Jufferings Of our troops in trenches and in
held hospitals surrounding Santiago, and
y lhcrc is everywhere a disposition TO insist
Nhat hereafter the equipment of our sol
gNrs. their commissary and quartcrmas-
term supplies. their ammunition and their
hpSINtal stores, shall he complete in every
rcspo\t before they advance further. This
IS HkAly 10 be the rule, even at the cx-
r.nsc ~ time and in the face of the criti-
cism ofNan element that has been vehcm~
entity insSsting upon rushing the campaign
without Nceard to cost in blood AMI
money.
Confidence Is folt that there will be no
friction between the army and navy com
roandcrs and What the conference between
them viii result !n an agreement upon a
Joint plan for the prosecution Of the cam
paigu, IN the event that this belief should
NOT lie well louu led, the President is pr
pared to act himself by orders from first
hand. There Is much of force in the naval
argument that if Sampson Is Obliged 10
enter Santiago harhor before the forts
nre captured. hp viii icopardize the safety
of the whole of tho ironclad fleet under
his command. since ny the sinking Of ono
~ these ships M the narrow channel
through "A SpaniSh mine or shell, the fleet
would hc LEFT helpless and exposed to de-
structIon under tho gun, or tho forts. to
which thcv could make no rcply owing
to the elevation of tho latter.
ON the other hand the army officers
.ccm to hc justified iu avoiding the tire.
mcndous sacrifice Of III" lhut would he
involycd i'm again ,hrowiue our soldiers
unon the Spanish dofcus,s uul.l they have
been materially reinforced in numbers
upd strengthened bv artillery
Samusou did not rcuort to-day at the
ca,.,, dcrrrtucnt Inn IN. Uat. dannrtmaut
tout over a very agreeable mcs-tgc from
Eraftrr Announcing tho rpYdip,~.. of tho
Enaniords to exchange Hoteou and his
mon. # is bolicycd that this WAS accom-
ulishod some time during the dpv though
noilcc or II has not been received.
phc fact tb,t several Of IN, vessels :, %
Icrtad far Wntson's ncot were in the tbicl,
n. Tho engagement of Julv q promiscs TO
somewhat DELAY the departure of the
Eastern .nuodrof for thc shores of Snoin
Thc vessels have consumed a good deal
IF coal and without doubt have expended
n largo olIuntitv of their highest grade of
umn,unitior In ,hn furious nttnc,, on me
steel varships of the Standards II will
bo oornesi.rv ia ronInuish these stores bn-
fnrc mo Innp .urononn vovapo is bneun.
uovovor SECRETARY Long has piven rush
orders for the preparation of this sauad-
ron ord II viii cnrtainlv he off i'm the
>orrse of a few davs
The movements of the cadiz fleet are
very puzziing to our experts here. Weak
sncd as it is by sending back the torpedo
boat destroycrs the Spanish squadron
seems destined to go to as sure dcstruc-
tion as did Ccrvera's unlucEy ships when
they heaued westward from the Cane
Verde Islands. The Spaniards, without
doubt. are fully aware of the infcriorlty