The herald., 1898-07-24
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the brigade ambulance train and Red Cross
ambulances. JOHN 1. ROGERS,
Brigadier General Volunteers, Senior OFF,
Ger at Port Tampa.
Close of the Week
WASHINGTON, July 23-General Miles
expedition. in all probability, is now in the
Mona passage between Hayti and Porto
Rico, and will be in sight of the landing
point in the morning. While this is the
expectation of Secretary Alger, for pru-
Dental reasons the war department de-
clines to make any comment to the ac-
curacy of the various messages that have
been made in the effort to ascertain just
what point has been selected for the land
ing place. There is likely to be lapse
Of day or two between the arrival of the
expedition and the notification of the fact
to the department., unless some merchant
vessel crossing to St. Thomas should sight
the American flotilla. After that, how
ever the department will be in the closest
communication with General Miles, for 1t
will possess itself with cable connecting
General Miles headquarters directly with
the department.
Detachments Delayed
Some parts of the Porto Rico expedition
have been delayed for a few days beyond
the dates fixed for their departure, but
in view of the difficulties of handling large
bodies Of men and the supplies for them,
this is not surprising. Thus Schwans
troops got away only today from Tampa.
though 1t was believed they started yester-
day. while the most numerous detachment
of the whole expedition, the first division,
under General Brooke. will not be able
to clear from Newport News before Mon
day. Still 1t is believed that they will
arrive at Porto Rico in good season. and
It will certainly facilitate an orderly. and
comfortable landing for the troops to have
them land in detachments instead of in one
vast army as in the case of Shafters
army at Santiago. Doubt is cast upon re-
ports of recent exciting events among the
Cubans at or near Santiago, owing to the
failure of General Shafter to make any
report on them, and inasmuch as he has
made less important matters subjects of
dispatches, it is hard to understand, while
he should fail to mention an event of such
Importance as the reported attack by Gar
cia upon Spanish troops on their way to
surrender to Shafter.
Waiting for Reports
The war department is now, while keep
ing a close eye upon General Miles expe-
dition looking with interest for detailed
reports from General Shafter, telling of the
engagement preceding and leading up to
the surrender of Santiago 1t was report
ed today that Colonel ]. j. Aston of Shat
ter's staff was due in Washington, bring
ing with him the full capitulations signed
by the commissioners, and 1t was expected
that Skaters preceding reports would
accompany them. However, up to the
close of official hours, which today, to the
relief of the hard-worked clerks, was 3
o'clock for the first time in many months,
the officer did not appear, and the depart
ment does not know where he Is
Some of the papers have come from
Sampson, but to the great disappointment
of the navy department, the reports closed
on the day before the famous naval battle.
Some points of interest contained in them
will be given to the public in the course of
a day or two, but they will relate only to
the several fights between the squadron
and the shore batteries.
Reserve Camps
1t is the purpose of the war department
to begin at once the execution of the plans
devised by Secretary Alger for the crea-
ton Of reserve camps and boards of staff
officers are now engaged in various loca1i-
ties looking after suitable camp sites and
making preliminary arrangements for ac-
curing the right to use those places and
arranging for water supplies. The in
tention is not to be caught through any
contingency with large numbers of troops
at central points, in the midst of an cpl
demic of any kind with no place to remove
them. 1t was for this reason that Fer
nandina was selected some time ago as one
of these reserve camps and within the
last two days the value of this policy has
been amply justified, as otherwise there
would have been no suitable place to which
to remove the troops from Tampa. One
of the reserve camps is likely to be located
in the valley of the Potomac about forty
miles above Washington, and will be very
convenient for the reception of troops from
Camp Alger in case it Is deemed necessary
for the health of the soldiers to remove
them.
The state department today completed
the engrossment of the joint resolution
adopted by congress extending the thanks
of that branch of the government to Ad-
miral Dewey for his notable achievement
in the Philippines. These were trans
mitted to the navy department, which will
forward them to the admiral along with
the degree of LII. D., conferred upon him
by the University of Pennsylvania.
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