The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-01
This Is Kept Secret So That tbs
Spanish Cannot Congregate
Soldiers There.
TWENTY-FIVE SHIPS
WILL LEAVE TAMPA.
Ihey Can Accommodate About THIRTY
Thousand Troops. Which viii Con.
siiiuie the First Expedition.
Miles Leaves Washington.

Washington, May SO.-Thc military
invasion OF Cuba has bogun Troop.
that had been gathered at the gulf port.
began yesterday 20 break camp and
marchaboard transports waiting 20 carry
them 70 the enemy's territory. About 9I
Of those ships, the biggest and tastes,
that could he obtained. suitable for fhe
purpose has bocn gathered ready 20 re.
oeiye the troops They viii arc1mmo.
date about $1,000 men. How many
troops have started, where they toos
ship or where they arr bound are que..
tions which the directing spirit. OF the
oampaign refuse positively 20 answer.
They have no desire tina, the Spanish
should have an opportunity afforded
them 20 gather force. 90 attack our .o..
dier' as they land Therefore nothing
Of the details Of thi. first movement can
BE- learned.
II is probable that there will BE- no .c.,
than four separate military expeditions
ard that these will be landed az four
different point. Whether Porto Rico is
one OF these point, or uo: cannot ba
learned.
Before the entire force. which il /,
proposed 20 use in Cuba. can De- landed.
the transports must make four separate
voyages acro-, the straits.
Arrangement. have been made 20 util.
ize the services of the insurgents 20 the
largest possible extent The govern.
ment already has sent expedition. 10 a
large number Of point, on the island and
landed arms for the insurgents. Most
Of the insurgents understand perfectly
their object. and 10 was said 40 the war
department that q sufficient number Of
the iusurgent. have been armed 10 con.
stiiute very effective support Tor the
troops As they land
IL is said 40 the war department that
chief reliance would De- placed at tine
outset on the United State. regulars
most of whom are conferred ia Florida.
and in such volunteer regiments as werp
thoroughly equipped and reasonably /
well seasoned for service. Although rho I
Will not state how many troou,
arr available for active service. it is /
roughly estimated that there are about ]
go. 600 regulars and 1900 volunteers AZ /
Tampa These include ~ p-iments of F.
regular infantry and u regiments OF I
volunteer infantry, l2 uttalons OF ar.
tillcry, and Eve rgimcnt. OF regular
cavalry The infantry force. regular
and volunteer is about 5000 mon. tho
rayalry about 1000, the artillery about
1900.
Back Of this force arr other available
regiments at Mobile. New Orleans and
other points easily accessible 10 Tamua.
Still further back is the large volunteer
'amp at Chiakamauga comprising
about tl,o0o infantry, of volunteers. and
three regiment. Of artillery volunteers.
IL is to h. understood the nan nj.
though as to thi. there is no official
statement to have the troops az Chick I
lmauga take the place OF those at Flor.
Ia ports as fast as the latter leave for
lctiye service, thu, keeping a large forro
always ready decentralization from Flor.
da. Aside from the troop. already spcci.
icd, thcrc are $4,000 mon AZ
Camp Algcr. near Washington. and
essor bodies OF troop, on Long
.shnd and IN various states. The 75.00O
volunteers andor the recently issued
second call constitute still another ~. (
erye, which, however, is yet 20 bc or.
,anizcd and puuiuuod