The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-18
Yesterdays Developments.

The Indiana regiments OF infan-
try commanded by COIOnels Smith
and Gunder arrived at Chattan0o-
ga, Tenn, yesterday afternoon and
last night, and will probably
march to Chickamauga Park to-
day. All are well and I'm good
spirits. Colonel Studebaker's regi-
ment and the two Indiana batter
les are I'm camp. The One-hundred-
and-Fifty-Seventh has been as
signed to the Third Brigade of the
First Division of the sixth prOvi-
siOnal army corps. The brigade is
under temporary command of 81
PennsyIvania colonel. Twelve
thousand volunteers are now at
the Georgia rendezvous. The total
number of men mustered i'm under
the Presidents call for 125,OOO is
92,5sO.
President Mckinley is reported
to have assumed direct control OF
all army and navy operations be-
cause divided responsibility has
not proved to be satisfactory. 1t
is also said Cuba will not be in
vaded ON a large scale until the
rainy season is over. The reason
given is that the authorities can
not get the volunteer army in
proper condition within ninety
days.
Many rumors regarding the
Spanish fleet are in circulation,
but no one seems to know where
is silent as to the movements OF
Sampson and Schley, but it is sup
posed they will effect n junction
somewhere off the Cuban coast.
An official dispatch from Havana
to Madrid says n small naval ves-
sci was blown up by a torpedo OF
Cardenas and eighteen lives lost.
A few days ago the gunbOat Will
mingtOR sunk IA dereIict which the
Spaniards had placed in the track
of the American bIOckaders In the
hope that some of them might run
into it. 1t is thought the Havana
dispatch was built on the derelict
incident. No news of the alleged
disaster has been received at
Washington or Key West.
All the cable companies doing
business with the West Indies
have been warned not to accept or
send any messages giving news of
movements of the American fleets.
BY some means the Spaniards have
been kept as well informed re-
garding Admiral SIMPSONS squad
Nm nor
the Inhibition is intended to cut
OF all the enemy's sources of in
formation. with Senior Polo i'm
Canada acting as chief of Spanish
spies and New York newspapers
publishing all the naval plans of
campaign, the enemy has been
kept well posted, while our own
government has been In the dark
ms to the movements of the Span
iards.
If all the reports from the West
Indies and Caribbean sea are true
Spain must have at least fifty ships
scudding here and there and elud-
ing the scouts of Admiral Samp-
sons feet. A dispatch from st.
Thomas tells of twenty-seven
ships passing an island not far
from there.
The President sent another long
list of nominations to the Senate.
Among the army appointments is
the name of William e. English,
of indianapolis to be assistant
quartermaster, with rank of cap
tain.
Admiral Dewey has sent the
cruisers Boston and Concord to
HOiIO to force the capitulatiOn OF
that place and recapture the
American ship Saranac. IlOiIO is
an important seaport I'm the Phil
ippines. The admiral expects lit
tie support from the insurgents,
and will make no attempt to take
Manila until reinfOrcements of
troops arrive from San Francisco.
General Merritt denies that he
stated he would not go to the Phil
ippines anless accompanied by a
larger army than 1T is proposed to
send there. The War Department
will probably add several regi-
ments of regulars to the volunteer
army of occupation, making about