The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-06-28
ARE LANDING At SANTIAGO.
10000 U. S. Troops Arrive Before
the BeIeaguered City.
HOT FIGHTING Is EXPECTED
Admiral Sampson and Maj.-Gen. Smarter
Hold a Lengthy Conference and Nisit
the Insurgent General Garcia-ho'
Fighting Expected.

The United States army for the IN :
vasion of Cuba, about 10000 strong'
commanded by Maj. .-Gen. Shafter, ar
rived off Santiago de Cuba, after a slX
days' uneventful journey from Port
Tampa. The voyage throughout was
tedious and urinteresting. The weather
WAS excellent. and consequently there
was little suffering from seaslckness'
But IA cases of typhoid fever, and some
measles developed, the former being
especially on the boats which carried
horses and mules. Surgeons, however,
say the health of the men is uneXpect-
edlv good. The heat and long conhne-
ment in the holds of the transports
have told very severely on ,the horses
and mules. and many of them died
The first sight of land was obtained
In the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba, |
and when the topmasts of the blockad-
ling ships.were seen they sent thrlli
of enthusiasm through the soldiers.
When the fleet of 81 transports swept
M the southern coast and slowed up
within sight of the doomed city OF San
tiago de Cuba, the soldiers were greeted
with ringing cheers, which family
echoed to the transports from the decks
, of the bloclxading warships far inshore,
and were answered by the troops most
heartily. An order from the admiral
} stopped the advance of the transports
: about Is miles TO the southeast, ana,
{ escorted by the Gloucester, Cen oha1-
/ ter went forward on the Seguranca 10
4 confer with the admiral. The trans
@ ports Law on the smooth sea while the
G plans were discussed by the leaders on
c board the flagship.
" After Admiral Sampson and Gen.
# Shafter had finished their first CONSUL
G tation they boarded the SeSssttrffii ca
il and went to Acerraderos, about II
F. miles west of Santiago, and near which
l. place Gen. Calixito Garcia is encamped
d with 900 Cuban soldiers. Gen. Shat
20 ter and his staff and Admiral sampson
le went ashore and proceeded to Gen'
n, Garcia's headquarters, about a mile IN
,r land. where they spent several hours
n. in consultation with the Cuban general
v. At the conclusion of the conference
le Cen. Shafter and other officers had lit
a, tie or nothing to say regarding th'
d. plans for landing the American troops
or for the cooperation of the Cubans
th Within "a hours, however, the work
es decentralization had begun. Ihre
av thousand men, the vanguard OF Gen
n ShaSer's force, first went ashore at tn
no old iron pier that was built to eXpedlt
ch the shipping of Manganese ore 1roI
IDS the mines to the northward. Wml
IN the troops were passing ashore Admlra
m Sampson's fleet bombarded the fort
ic- both east and west of Santiago.
force of |. 900 Cubans seemed to sprln
he out of the ground at just the propt
ro- moment and attack the Spaniards nef
tie. Baiouiri. The Spaniards had prepare
q TO meet Decentralization to the we
adj. of Santiapo, and also to the eastwar'
en-. but at Baiquiri there was only Spa
He ish blockhouse on n high cliff to III
of right of the landing pier, and sma
rn- fort and earthworlxs in the rear. Pr
,es, ceedings were begun by the America
the fleet. which strung out along the Goa
nds for 20 miles, hurting shells at near
Ilso every fortress. The Notifications
will Apuadzores, Cabanas, Siborney al
led. Juraoua, as well as the blockhouse a.
ted the fort near Baiquiri were bombarde
of Dispatches direct from Shafter a
for Sampson said there was very little
800 sistance from the Spaniards. The NJ
cor Orleans. Detroit, Castine and Suwan
will shelled the vicinity before the landl
cess and big demonstration was made
Ieri Cabanas to engage the attention OF
ow- enemy. The Texas engaged the w
liral battery for some hours and had c
man killed Admiral SIMPSONS {
Cen. match indicated that he was carry
rome ont his instructions thoroughly to cl
will A way for the landing of troops. !
with cable station through which the Am
ex- lean commanders will commune
that with the departments at Washing
eign has been established, as shown by
, oc- dates of the dispatches received
he is PLAYA del Este, a small place dire'
ents. on the coast and about 10 miles cas-
mt is Santiago. The change was made II
apt Camp McCalla to Playa del Este in
con- der that the station might be nei
euro the scene of action.
alton Washington: In both army and
circles the information contained
lisers the dispatches of Gen. Shaftcr and
loilo, miral Sampson was received VIII
thout tense satisfaction. The landing {
the large body of troops as Gen. Sha
Amer at present has under his command
which task of immense proportions. A pi
,at FL linent official of the war departn
$ an said that the complete debarlxatio
erson the troops, animals, field guns and
rd by plies within week after their ar
her off the Cuban coast would oe
Dve in well accomplished. 1t is prooapi
'anish the opinion of the officer referre
ection that only partial landing Oh
ion at troops was effected the trst day
in the that the landing will be conti
from day to day until completed
lis not unlikely, too, that the tt
market, will he landed at several places a