Evening star., 1898-07-05

| fully reviewing the situation, and these, it
was understood. were supplemented bv
| further dispatches today. But no bulletins
were given out at the War Department or
| other centers of information. and the morn
| ing passed in watching and waiting for
| some official word from the front. Secre-
tary Alger, General Miles and Adjutant
General Corbin had nothing to give to the
public.
The many public men who made their
Usual calls Of inquiry received the impress
sion that General Shafter had hard fighting
ahead Of him. and that the Spanish forces
now reinforced by General Pando's men are
prepared to make a desperate stand behind
their entrenchments In the absence of OH
cial Information, there was only speculation
as to what the outcome would be. This had
the same bouyant tone that was inspired
by the annihilation OF the Spanish fleet and
the confident expressions Of General Shaf-
ter in his several dispatches early yester-
day. But with no word OF the surrender it
was apparent that General Shafter must
fight his way to 1nal victory. and this in
the face of desperate enemy. driven to
the last ditch. One senator. who talked
with the military officials. said there was
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feet could get inside the harbor and thus
| place the city between the land and sea
commandments. But whether the fleet had
made such move. or would make 1t, was
not disclosed In any official quarter.
The arrival of Gen. Pando with reinforce
ments received careful attention from the
military authorities. This had been made
known officially by Gen. Shafter in addition
to the press reports. 1t occasioned some
comment on the course Of Gen. Garcia and
his Cuban troops In not holding Pando
back, particularly In view Of the fact that
Gen. Lawton's brigade was cooperating
with Garcia. At the same time the DISPOSE
tton Of the authorities was mainly to meet
the situation now presented rather than to
question how 1t had come about.
Reinforcement for shafter.
In meeting this. the most active steps
toward getting large reinforcements to Gen.
Shafter are in progress. These were decided
upon in part last night, and the orders are
In course OF execution today The move
ment Of troops covers approximately 12Ooo
men. Three regiments of Gen. Garretson's
brigade go from Camp Alger, one Of them,
the 9Th Ohio. under Col. Curtis v. Hard,
proceeding to New York. where they will
embark Immediately on the St. Paul. The
other regiments Of this brigade-the 9Th L.
linois and 9th Massachusetts to Charles
ton, S. c., where they take the cruisers
Harvard and Yale. At the same time the
brigades of Gen. Ernst and Gen. Hains, now
at Chickamauga. will move with all pos
sible dispatch to Charleston, Savannah Mo-
bile and other Atlantic coast points, there
to take transports for Santiago.
In detail the commands making up this
important body of reinforcements are as
follows:
Gen. Ernsts Brigade; LIST Brigade. 1st Di-
vision. 1st Army Corps; Sd Wisconsin. Col
Martin T. Moore; 9Th Illinois. Col James S.
Culver; LIST Kentucky. Col. John b. Castle
man.
Gen. Hams Sd Brigade. Sd Division of 1st
Army Corps; 9th Pennsylvania, Col. Chas
B. Dougherty; I'd Missouri, Col. William K.
Caffey; 1st New Hampshire, Col. Robert II.
Rolfe.
Gen. Garretson's Brigade; Sth Ohio, Col.
Curtis V. Hard; 9th Illinois. Col. D. Jack
Foster; 9Th Massachusetts, Col. Charles F.
Woodward.
The brigades at Chickamauga are order
ed to move with all possible dispatch, the
exact hour being left with those on the
field to make the best arrangements with
the railroads for moving southwark toward
Charleston, Savannah and the other coast
towns of embarkation. The three regiments
at Camp Alger will move today. Gen. Gar
retson will probably go with the Ohio regi-
ment to New York and thence to Santiago
on the st. Paul. Gen. Miles statement in
his dispatch to Gen. Shafter that he ex-
pected to be with him in a week, led to the
belief that Gen. Miles would go with some
of the organizations now about to depart.
his movements or give any intimation as to
when he would leave. Those about him
seem to think he may go at any moment.
Destruction Of Cervera's Fleet.
Ths Navy Department has no additional
details on the humiliation of the Spanish
feet. and 1t was said that the dispatches
from Sampson and Watson, giving the es-
sential facts. were not likely to be followed
by minuter details, except through thu
mail. The officials are not entirely clear as
TO just what officer was in command dur
ing the naval battle. Although Admiral
Sampson was a few miles away when the
engagement began. it was said that he
might still have retained command, and his
sending OF the report is cited as further
evidence of this. The second officer in COM
mand is Commodore Watson, and the next
Watson's dispatch Of last night indicated
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 be-
Ing in the heat of the engagement OF the
flagship Brooklyn, it seems proba BILE that he |
gave the signals by which the Ame rican
ships maneuvered and selected their va
rious points of attack. |
The department officials feel the same
sentiments of gratitude for all thu officers |
participating in the great battle, as 1t is |
felt that each of them contributed to the /
utmost, according to the circumstances of
his position. The disposition of Admiral |
Cervera and the 1.500 prisoners is receiving |
the attention of naval officials today, but /
no exact determination has yet been reach
ed. Admiral Cervera will be treated with /
the consideration due his rank. and the |
department officials expressed a sense of /