The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-05-31
THE INVASION OF CUBA,
No Necessity for Longer Delay and the
Troops Will Move Soon.

Troops Will Move Soon.
PresidentMcKinley has demonstrate,
that it is the policy of the United
States TO have an army of about 800, Oo
men ready for business within month
This army will consist of 10000 regu
lars, 100000 volunteers, 10000 espe
cially enlisted men who have suffered
from contangious disease likely to b,
encountered in the tropics, and wht
are therefore considered impervious t.
such complaints, $500 trough riders
cavalrymen, and about 3 1000 more spe
cial men forming an engineer corps
and signal )rps of the volunteers.
According the best advices th'
Presidents in tion is to have 40, OOt
or $4,000 of IL troops sent to the
Philippines for ose of occupy
ing those islands completely. These
men will be sent from San Francisco
just as rapidly as they can be equipped
for the journey and embarked ON trans
ports. About 100000 will be trans
ported to Cuba just as soon as Maj
Gen. Miles can complete his arrange
ments. About 10000 more are des
tined for Porto Rico, which island it is
the intention of the United States tc
capture and hold. The President fav.
ors having Gen. Miles lead the way tc
Cuba with as near 20, 900 men as can be
prepared for service within two weeks
and Gen. Brooke to command the ex.
pedition to Porto Rico. The Cuban in.
vaders will go first and will comprise
two-thirds of the regular troops and as
many of the volunteers as can be pre-
pared. The Porto Rico expedition will
as far as possible, embrace the volun.
teers from the eastern states.
0 Dispatches from Washington and
Tampa indicate that there will soon
be movement of the army of Cuban
invasion. With the powerful fleets un.
der Sampson and Schley keeping Ger
vera penned up and a squadron of moni.
tors guarding the Yucatan passage, the
war department feels that the invasion
need not longer be postponed, and all
speed is being made in preparing fo1
the transportation of the troops. 1t is
suggested that 25, ZOO men be landed on
Cuban soil west of Havana and strong
Notifications thrown up to serve as
base of operations. The landing of a
larger force would follow later without
difficulty.
Should the original plan be carried
out of sending only regular troops on
the first expedition the fleet of trans.
ports at Port Tampa is amply sufficient
for that purpose. With the arrival ot
the Iroquois, Santiago and Cherokee 81
transports are now at the port, every
one fitted for embarkation. The ships
will easily accommodate between 25, ,O0C
and 10000 men, somewhat over the
total number of regular troops in camp
at Tampa. 1t is thought SO hours after
orders are issued to embark every man,
horse and pound of supplies can be
placed on board the vessels in waiting.
Maj. Gen. Shafter, in command OF
the troops about Tampa, says that 75,.
900 troops, with artillery, would Ger.
tainly be all that would be needed for
the invasion of Cuba. There are en-.
camped about Tampa one brigade OF
light artillery, five regiments of cav.
airy, Is regiments of infantry, and
three companies of engineers. Besides
these there are over 10000 volunteers
from various states in Gen. Skaters
district. Heavy batteries and huge
siege guns will follow the troops tc
Cuba as soon as a base of supplies is