The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-01
III Do Stopped by Insurgents
Under General Garcia. :;
SKATER AT THE FRONT.
commanders Quarters Are Now
W With General Wheeler. -, y,
RUSHING THH HEAVY ARTILLERY
70 the Front Is Taxing the Energies Of Of
fcers and Men-The Spaniards in Santi-
ago Are Endeavoring to Protect Largo
Buildings by an Indiscriminate Display
Of the Red Cross Flag-Spanish Forts
sRefuse to Fire on Our Warships.

>~Refuse to Fire on Our Warships.
Playa Del Este, Cuba. July lit is
believed that General Calixto Garcia,
whose forces were taken to the east
border to cooperate with the United
States army in the capture Of San
tago de Cuba, will be sent back with
5000 Of his men to stop the advance
Of General Pando, the Spanish COM
mander, who, with 7,400 troops, many
pack horses and a quantity of cattle
on the hoof, has arrived at a point II
miles from Manzanillo, going east to-
wards Santiago de Cuba. According
D information which reached the flag
ship New York yesterday from Colonel
Rios, in command Of the Cuban camp,
General Pando started from Manzan-
lilo on June 20, and is travelling at the
rate of IL miles a day. The distance
to Santiago de Cuba Is 1877 miles, and
the roads leading there are rough and
difficult to travel. The Cubans now op-
posing General Pando number only
about 200 men.
General Shafter left his ship on
"Wednesday and took up his quarters
with General Wheeler at the front. His
appearance there gave rise to the ru-
NOR that an attack on Santiago would
occur at once. but the staff officers
nay 1t is impossible to get the army in
shape to strike blow for several days.
About 1000 troops are camped four
miles east Of the city, and the remain
der of the forces stretch along the road
from there to Juragua and Baiquiri.-
The advance forces are In semi
circle. the left flank resting about two
miles from the sea, under the command
of General Chaffee, with the extreme
right. under the command of Colonel
Miles, about mile to the northwest.
Beginning with the Twelfth infantry at
the extreme left, the Seventh, Seven
teenth, Fourth, Twenty-ffth and Tenth
Infantry extends to the right In the
order named. Beyond them picket
lines are established three-quarters of
mile nearer, Santiago city being in
plain sight Of General Chalfees and
Colonel Miles troops.
The forces of the American army are
baingi mobllized as rapidly as possible
IN thV vicinity Of Agualores, four miles
from Santiago de Cuba The momspt
the tedious task Is completed the
tack on spain's last ditch in lspstern
Cuba will be begun. When IT, will
be, General Shaftsr, cannot sal
The troops can be moved without
serious delay, and are pushing forward
rapidly, but the movement of the
pack trains, wagons, ambulances and
artillery Is taxing the skill and endur-
ance of the officers and men to the
utmost. From Baiquiri, where the ar
dllery was landed. to the present point
of concentration. the. road runs
through a tangle of tropical UNDER
growth, up and down steep hillsldes
md over treacherous swamp bordered
Streams for distance Of over IL miles.
Through this continuous thicket the
rear guard Of the army Is cutting its
Hay. Engineers are at work levellng
the track and filing pits. while large
force Of regulars and volunteers with
axes, aided by cubans with machetes,
are hacking down trees and clearing
out the brush. A few light guns havo
already reached this port, but the
beige guns are not yet within five miles
of the vanguard.
| Much amusement has been caused
among the officers by the large num-
ber of Red Cross flags flying from the
buildings in Santiago. Seven such
dags were counted Wednesday. They
are all flying from the largest and most
prominent buildings. and our officers
say the Spanish soldiers evidently thus
Try to protect every place In the city
offering a good mark for the Ameri-
ean artillery.
For the past day or two the landing
places have been without incident.
The hospital corps has finished its
camp, and several patients are already
treatment. There are quite
! few cases of measles under the care
Of the physicians, but a majority of
the cases of sickness result from the
heat and the extreme hardships the
men have undergone, particularly in
waiting for shelter and food during
!he landing off Santiago.
The fleet lies silently and grimly
waiting for the moment to come when
t shall finally measure its strength
With the harbor batteries. All day
Wednesday four American men -of-war
ay within mile and half of Nor
ro's guns, but not shot was ex-
The Sailors on board could
Ilmost hi 10 exchanged words with the
Ioldiers ashore, and the fact that the
'paniards did not risk shot or two is
AIKEN to indicate that perhaps they
re very short Of ammunition. The
owa, Massachusetts, Indiana and New
)rleans could easily have been hit, as
hey lay almost motionless, within
uch easy range, but Moro might have
een country schoolhouse for all the
lostile demonstration 1t made.
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