The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-06
BOMBARDMENT POSTPONED.
Reinforcements Are to he Rushed ia
Skaters Aid.


Washington, June 5.-There was no
bombardment of Santiago to-day. ami
there possibly will not be during tn.
present week. This is the opinion If
the members of the cabinet. as ex-
pressed on leaving the white house af-
ter a cabinet meeting this morning.
Secretaries Alger and Long have teen
in almost constant communication with
Shafter and Sampson on the subject.
and the conclusion has been reached il
would not be advisable to sttemps to
carry Santiago by storm win the pres
ent force. General Shaftor. in a dis
rstch arrived last night, confirmed the
report that Pando, with about 6.ce0
Spaniards, arrived in the city, and were
already distributed among the fc.u-
fications.
General Shafter states that The exces-
sive heat and the rains of TIE last two
weeks have contributed nearly as much
as Spanish bullets to the losses OF our
army. At the cabinet mee.ing the
president directed that teleg-anls be
sent to General Shafter and admiral
Sampson suggesting that tns- confer
as to the situation, and particular y as
to the advisability of the admrafs St
tempt to force a passage tn=) Santiago
bay and so be in readiness TO -ends-- ef-
fective aid in the assault upon the CITY
Orders were given looking to immedi-
ate dispatch of troop ships from Tampa
with relnforcements for Shafter. IL
is probable at least 1900 will be sent
forward as quickly as transportation
can be provided.
In meeting this demand, the most ac-
tive steps towards getting large REIN
forcements to General Shafter were In
progress. The regiments of General
Garretson's brigade go from Camp Al
ger. one of them. the sth Ohio. under
caa1tn m
New York. where they will enioark on
the St. Paul
The other regiments Of this brigade.
the 9Th Illinois and the 9Th Massachu-
setts go to Charleston, ;. C, Where
they take the cruisers Harvard ana
Yale. At the same time the orlgades
of General Ernest and General Haines.
now at Chickamauga, will move with
all possible dispatch to Charleston. Sa-
yannah. Mobile and other coast points.
there to take transports for san
tiago.
In detail. the commands making up
this important body of reinforcements
are as follows: General Ernest's brig
ade. first brigade. first division. first
army corps, Sd Wisconsin, Col. Martin
T. Moore, 5th Illinois. Col. j. s. Culver,
1st Kentucky. Col. John II. Castle
man. General Haile's third brigade.
third division of the first army corps.
Dougherty. I'd Missouri. Col William
Kaffey. LIST New Hampshire. Col Rob-
ert II. Rolfe. General Garretson's brig
ade, sth Ohio, Col. Curtis v. Hard. 9Th
Illinois, Col. ID. J. Foster. 9Th Massa-
chusetts. Col. Charles f. Wood.
IL Is understood that orders to the
brigades at Chickamauga are to move
with all possible dispatch without fix
ing the hour, IL being left with those in
the field to make the best arrangements
with the railroad for moving southward
toward Charleston, Savannah and the
other coast towns of embarkation- The
three regiments at Camp Alger are ex-
pected to move to-day.
General Garretson will probably go
with the Ohio regiment to New York
and thence to Santiago on the st. Paul
The navy department had no additional
details OF the humiliation of the Span
ish fleet and Il was said that the dis
patches from Sampson and Watson. Civ
ing the essential facts. were not likely to
be followed by more minute details. ex-
cept through the mail. Admiral Samp-
son was not present when the engage
ment began. and Commodore watson's
dispatch of last night indicates that he
had reached Santiago after the fight
In the absence of both sampson and
Watson the direction of the fight would
have fallen TO Commodore Schley, and.
being in the heat of the engagement on
the flagship Brooklyn. it seems prob
able that he gave the signals by which
the American ships maneuvered and Sc
lected their various points of attack
The department officials feel the same
sentiments Of gratitude for all the OH
GERS participating in the great battle.
as IL is felt that each OF them contrib
uted to the victory according to the cir
cumstances OF his position. The DISPOSE
ton OF Admiral Cervera and the 1.5oo
prisoners Is receiving the attention OF
navy officials to-day. but no exact de-
termination has yet been reached Ad-
miral Cervera win be treated with tha
consideration due his rank and the de-
partment officials expressed sense OF
qualification that Lieutenant Comman-
der Wainwright had shown the gaf.ant-
~ characteristic Of the American navy
when he received the spanish admiral
on board the cruiser Gloucester and ten