The record-union., 1898-05-12
TROOPS
PUT FOOT
| IN CUBA.
The Expedition Under
Captain Dorst
Safely Lands Within Fifty Miles
Of Havana.
A Second Transport Ship Expected
to Leave at Any Moment.
Quartermaster's and COmmissaU Depart
Quartermaster's and COmmissary Depart
ments HurriedIy Preparing for
a General Move on the
Island.

special says that information has
reached that place of the landing with
in fifty miles of Havana of the expedi-
ton under command of Captain Dorst.
Fourth Cavalry. which left Tampa yes
terday on board the transport Gussie-
| ANOTHER EXPEDITION.
| TAMPA Pla), May 11.-There is
good reason to believe that INSIDE cf
| tWenty-four hours an expedition with
the same purpose and destination aS
that of the Gussie, which left here yes
! terday loaded with arms and ammnni-
| ton and supplies for the Cuban insur-
gents, will slip from Port Tampa The
Florida, one Of the Plant line boats
chartered by the Government for use
as transport, has taken on a larga
cargo of Springfield rifles ana ammuni-
| tiCn, and the stalls for horses and mules
! have been completed The boat is ~
| ing at the dock with full steam uo, and
no one is allowed on board General
Wade went out to the port to day and
! held a long conference with Superin-
incident Fitzgerald of the Plant line of
steamers, and it is believed that orders
were given to have the boat ready for
sailing at a moments notice.
FOR A GENERAL
| MOVE
WASHINGTON, May IL -Prepara-
Quartermaster's and ccmmissary
branches of the War Department, for
the expeditions for Cuba and the Phil
| ipIines. On these two bureaus the Of
ficials depend for getting to the points
of embarkation the great mass of tents,
wagons and food supplies foc the large
number of men who are to so forward
and for the ships which are to trans
port them.
| For the Cuban expedition the Quar-
| termasters branch is hurrying to tho
points on the Gulf the ships chartered
by Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn yes
! terday beside the numerous supplies
necessary for the comfort of the troops
and means for the transportation of the
munitions of war, ETC., overland when
| Cuba is reached. An order has been
given for the purchase of 20.GG0 ham,
mocks for the use of the men IN tropi-
cal climes. For the feeding of the men
| the commssary department has made
arrangements for the purchase and
| shipment to Gulf ports, but mostly 20
Tampa, of over 4, 100000 rations, which.
| it is estimated, will supply an army Of
nnn
probable, however that portions of this
| quantit of supplies are intended fer
the relief of the reconcentrados, who
are dying from starvation in Cuba.
| AS to the Philippines expedition the
officials say it will be started at the
earliest practicable moment. Prepara-
tions therefore are going ahead at a
rapid rate. Most of the supplies in the
| Quartermaster's line that are needed
for this expedition will have to be OBJ
tanned at San Francisco, and, If not
on hand at the Quartermaster's depot
there, and if the time is too short to
contract for them, they will be pur-
chased outright. For feeding the men
who will go on that expedition the COM
missary department made arrange
ments for the delivery at San Francis
co Of million rations, enough to ac-
commodate an army of 5000 men for
more than sixty days.
The understanding here was that
! Brigadier- General Anderson, who has
| Just returned to California from trip
north. was to command the expedition,
but it now looks as if the assignment
had developed larger Importance than
originally anticipated, and that the
command might be placed in the hands
OF a Major General. possibly General
Wesley Merritt.
The War Department to-day made
public a corrected list of the volunteers
| who have been ordered to San Fran
cisco. They include the following:
| Wyoming-One battalion of infantry.
! Colorado-One regiment of infantry.
| Kansas-One regiment of infantry.
/ Montana-One regiment of infantry.
| Nebraska-One regiment of infantry.
IJtah-Two batteries of light artillery
and one troop of cavalry.
North Dakota-Two battalions of in
fantry.
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