The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-06-24
|ALL LANDED
khafter's Entire Army Now En-.
camped on Cuban Shores
Near Santiago.
Nork of DebarkatiOn Was Ey.
peIitiously Performed With
out Mishap.
llill>ides Shelled in Order to
Drive Out Any Lurking
Spanish Soldiers.
Troops Landed the First Day
CHARTERED in the Town for
the Night.

NEW YORK. June PA special
ta,vu at Playa del Este. Cuba.> says
ka4t at 10 o'clock q. ia. the last Of Gen.
kTa. Skaters army Of invasion had
landed at Baiquiri. The landing OF
tAv equipment has now begun and Will
tax several days.
On Beard the Associated Press DIS.
patch Boat Wanda. Baiquir Aarbor.
Cuba, June 22. Via Kingston, Jamaica,
june 2l.-At O'Clock p. IN, 5000
ita!ued American soldiers are en-.
camled in the hills in and around Bal.
qu!yl, aud 10000 more rest on then
arms on board transports oil shore,
ready to join those who have debarked
o. soon as the available launches and
small boats can carry them ashore.
Time and sea aud weather were pro.
r.tlous for the army Of invasion.
The navy aad the army co.operated
s.endidly. and as the big warships
oosed III on the shore to pave the way
foy the approach of the transports and
then went back again, three cheers for
tAe navy went up from 10000 throats
On the troop ships, and three cheers for
IN army rose from each warshIp as the
,r9ap ships moved in to take their share
IN the hazardous game. II was war.
int II was magnificent.
Cubnns Bore Their share.
Ihe Cuban insurgents, too, bore then
Share IN the enterprise honorab!y and
Wei. Five thousand Of them III the
mountain fasinesses and dark thickets
lay all last night on their guns watch
ing every road aud mountain path
leading from Santiago de Cuba to
Guantanamo. 4 thousand Of them
We're within sight of Baiquiri. making
the approach Of the Spaniards under
cover Of the darkness al impossibllity.
At o'clock this morning. as the AS
toelated Press dispatch boat ap.
Preached Baiquiri, the entire island OF
Cuba seemed wrapped in soft mist ike
that OF the dog days in northern
latitude. Leaden clouds My on the
horizon and the color was reflected III
the gray water Of the ocean, whlch
gently undulated in the lazy breeze.
:. To Begin a New Chapter.
An hour later the sun was rising ~
the eastern sky, touching the mountain
tops with patches Of light green aho
revealing the great semi.circle OF troop
ships. some close to tho coast me-
others q mile distant, with their oecHs
crowded with eager, expectant men,
Impatient to begin the great movement
CT destiny, to make new chapter IN
the history Of America, the first inva
sion by our army Of foreign country
n half q century.
AS the dispatch boat OF the Asso
cia'ed Press ran closer in. near wher'
the New Orleans was lying with mel
great Armstrong guns trained OF
Balquiri. tongues Of lurid flame ane
back smoke were seen rising IRON tn'
town. the inevitable consequence o.
war. and u sure sign that the span
lards had gone, leaving ruin behin'
them.
The captain Of the New oriean
shouted the news to the dispatch ooa'
adding: ,.,
You had better keep OIL o Nttie
You're in range. They have rlne OF
tho hill ON the eastern side OF ba'
quiri."
There is a steep. rocky hill. know