Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-15
brave LIEUTENANT Blue.


Washington. June 1.-THE last lin
gcring doubtthat may have ENLISTED
49, to the presence 81 Cprycra'H fleet
7 in ita cnurety IN Santiago harbor was
, removed when Admiral Simpsons dea-
patch reached the navy department
/ last night Up 20 that tim Information
uH tu tur number ANA character ut thr
I vessels lying loo the haruur, shielded
FROM observation hy The hills had been
obtained through cuban sources sup.
p|rmuutvd By such slmparH aa could
/ b. obtained hy the naval officers from
7 the outside entrance.
q Now. however. according 90 lIrutnn-
amt Blue. the shluH have been actually
seen by an American officer counted
aud Inspected frum points uf vantage
Afforded hy tho hIEh hills surrounding
Tho harhur, The officials hrtr arc iuU
of praise Tor Lieut. MUGS achievement
Victor Blue has been ions known In the
navy aH an rutrrpriHlng and daring
/ young officer but u required good
[ deal Of sustained courage Tor him 10 70
ashore IN q hostile country and alone
make this reconnaissance lie lH,in the
eye ~ military law, nothing more or
less than Soy ana had he been cap
turod by The spanlardH De would have
/ been tried by drumhchd court mar
tlal ana executed.
| AnNMluftINE NN' IANN lHNl tue mariner
nrht ut Guantanamo last Saturday
night was really the first engagement
of tho war on shore, Admiral Samp-
Z SONS reference 90 the nffair ln his dis
patch posted this morning was re-
mnrkahly hrlot Hence u h Inferred
I that perhaps too much Importance has
been attached Co u hy tho public The
action ~ Lieutenant Colonel Hunting
ton IN moving hiH men 90 a more se-
euro point than the eNnUIsd position
] occupied by them on Crest Heights la
taken here as an Indication that no
Offensive movement n 90 be- attempted
] hy the marine corps, but that 10 Will
I limit itH operations 20 tht defense nf
"a small point IN Guantanamo harhor 20
protect the c0aliLs ~ our wIrsh.ps,
] and perhaps 90 serve as cable station
J whom tho necessary operations and lu-
I Htrumruts arc secured from Cape Hat
I item 90 enable sampson 20 reopen the
cut cable. n docs not follow By any
means that the place NDzed and held
I by tho marines ON Guantanamo Hay ~
Z o. be us" "A lH u point OF dDhlrl,aIIln OF
I tho United states regular troops now
I on their way 90 cuba,
] ON tho contrary There h the best rel-
Hou 20 believe that another point very
i much better adapted Tor a landing has
I htrn selected. This point Is also be-
l llevod 10 be much healthier than any
I point ON tho shores OF Guantanamo
nay, whore yellow fever IS said 10 be-
I epidemic am the year round.
] All the officials here were very lolth
I 20 believe that ihr spanish force which
| fought the marines atCrestHoightB had
] been guilty of the horrible mutiluti1n
I uf the bodies W soldiers The FIRST press
I reports, by s0mo ~ the officers. were
Z supposed 10 hc based on the terrible
/ wounds inflicted under certain c0ndl-
/ lions NJ range by th' steel clad bullets
I of the Mausor rides Admiral Samp-
Z sons report, however seems 10 remove
| AN doubt On that point, for hls surg ona
] undoubtedly would Doe able % dlsiin-
/ rulsh It once between the effects OF
/ bullet and OF machete,
siEHsia Knows Nothing Of Intervention,
| London. June ia special dispatch
from Madrid published this afternoon
] purportg o. give the substance OF an
/ interview with RenOr Sagasta. the
/ Spanish premier, who n quoted as
I saying that yesterdays rise on the
! hourHe was due 10 kilograms advising
| leading hnanclow that Russia had
/ taken stops 90 Intervene shortly In tho
/ settlement OF the Philippine question.
/ The premier added however that per
| snnally he had no knowledge OF such