The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-15
INVASION OF CUBA WILL
Be No SUMMER PICNIC.
Landing of Troops on South Coast
May Be Difficult.
Nearly = Week Nas Gonsausrd In
EmbarLing fhe Santiago Enp@da-
fton mt Tsmpa. Where " harses
and All Facilities Mere ct Hand
At Least Three Tfsses as Lang
Must he Empiayed In Unloading.

NEW YORK, June IA special from
Washington 70 Tie Times says: full
week has been consumed ia Tampa Ia x.;-
ting the lssa msB ~ she Santiago expedl-
ten sfs9zt and presumably o. iae way TO
their destination. War department. people
nGw talk with seine concern about tne
handling % this faEce gbea 81 shall reach
isx cuif@n destination At Tampa there
were piers, to which tie ships wsre Tied
while rnsu and baggage were put ABOARD.
a Failroad brought the ruefl. baggage.
guns, provisions. tents and ammunition
20 the sides OF the shlpa bat w.th all
these advantages. 81 has taken whole
week 10 get the expedition away
well informed army officer Gays that
abe southern coast OF Cuba il rough and
difficult 81 approach at most points and
u good deal of the time tae wster Is TOO
rough for comfortable landing from Sss-
SEES alo1Teh RI the open road. The men.
horses. baggage and provisions now on
the transports may have 10 be iighsarsd
ashore. unless the government expects 70
take harboF vel supplied with landing
facilities. which Is not expected 70 GET
The men ashore will be a simple matter
compared with the difficulty Of landing
animals and heavy equipments.
"lt will not be a summer afternoon mat
ter" said the officer. The troops w!i. be
landed under cover OF the guns OF the
fighting aapA II hostile reception Is
accorded 10 tfeEa, their business VIII be
10 secure themselves against attack. Then
the landing of their equipments viii be
made, aad II Is bound 10 be tedious mat
tcr. az II VIII hs done by the AID VI light
~ss. Ii II probable that il viii take s4pt
1esa than three weeks 10 land the expadl-
aion that WAS loaded Oh ship Ia a week.
After ws have heard about ne landing
of this expedition we shall begin TO under.
stand why Gen. Miles was opposed to
sending out 500, men at once before tia
war department was satisfied thai they
asa ben pF1es5ly 8, d,5sled d., seesoaa ard
Tampa the confusion and delay would
have been INCREASED. Ii Is ineFitabi@ THAR
there shall. be sonic confusion al the Gu
ban end OF the trip, ana that confusion
would have been possibly four times
greater with three times that number Of
troops.
II II Ia definitely known that Gen. Shat
Ter will land his forces In Guantanamo.
the war depar tnleni does not communicate
the fact. l. - suggested thas the landing
place may be much nearer to Santiago
The distance from Guantanamo TO SAT-.
tiago. which r. something like thirty miles.
IS pTosii4ous ono - be overcome hY
marching tn a mountainous country with
out roads. The transports will be- at harj.
however. IL IL Is determined Ia Use Guam
tanamo as base. and movement 81 fhe
troops would De- made ia q few days. bar
be incidental. To loading aai unloading
movement at Caimanefa TO send 10. 900
or Is, 90 Tnea toward Santiago would. Ii =
Estimated. give the slsa niSh at Santiago
about "a weeks aottse 10 pTspare for an
assault
There ia no expectation that the land
forces viii begin operations a once "a
attempt tn carry Santiago rs assault ana
then depend upon us'ng the hargslr after
81 has been eountermlued ard the tf,trail,e
cleared by blowing up ihe wreck o. tn
Mesrimac. The undertaking s. considered
"a one too greatly dangerous to rs accom-
pl!shed 81 NheF, order. Indeed thcfs are
az Santiago. and many desperate encuan-
tcrs between the troops OF taa tnsted
states and Spain. before definite res ltt
Is reported.
sam the capture may be matter ~
bEiefer time than Il Is imagined by the
war department officials. aad much 81
;ained by Gen. sAaf;.r after he has Seen
the place AMI consulted Nth Admiral
Sampson. That FIRST consultation NAV de-
siroy al tae ifeeonestsst notieus az the
sangulte and the anxious a tA, wa. DO
Iartmeut aaa tbe WAltr Houso There "a
n stronger disposition noH :hsn Hereto
fore % eyslfr thss eo.apsts3gar, of tao In
s9rgvsts a SaGt18Eo Taet have ret vet
made v,rS ,ieep impress 'ar s-s sac sriav
bat IL IL admitted that tgez fus, possess
mauf auata. ene to fenUer sA m sn.
valuable a0ies .n oeseUylas tAe Snauea
forces u nile Use attack Is 9.vsre ea4fe ry
Gen. sAafter ARA Admiral etapzon