The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-22

URGENT ORDERS
Sent Admiral Sampson by
the President.
M'klfIlEY LOSES PATIENCE.
He Is Wrought Up Over Admiral
Simpsons Delay in Fur
nishing Conveys.
N'kIlLEY LOSES PATIENCE.

Fears That General wilson's Command,
which Is Now En- Route to Porto Rico.
Will BE Placed I'm Danger IL 1t Arrives
Before General Miles and His Troops
Orders Susceptible of No Misconstruc-
tion by the Admiral.
Washington. July 22.-At 2:45 p. m.
Secretary Alger received a dispatch
from General Miles saying that he
would sail for Porto Rico at D. m.
The warships accompanying him are
the Massachusetts,, Dixie, Gloucester,
Cincinnati, Annapolis, Linden and
Wasp.
Washington, July 22.-Orders have
been sent to Admiral Sampson to fur
nish a convoy for General Miles ex-
pedition, consisting of a battleship and
a cruiser. 1t is expected that this will
be done Immediately and that General
Miles and the forces with him will get
away some time during the day. There
seems to have arisen question of con-
voy or no convoy, which was in part at
least responsible for the delay.
Washington, July 22.-Presdent Nc
Kinley is thoroughly aroused over the
delay which has occurred in the start
ing of General Miles and the expedition
under his command for Porto Rico. For
several days General Miles and his
troops have been aboard their trans
ports at Playa del Este awaiting the
| naval convoy which>is to be furnished
| by Admiral Sampson. The troops have
been sweltering in the crowded ships
under the broiling heat of a tropical
sun, while General Miles has been chat
| ing under what he believes to be mex
cusable delay, and is bombarding the
war department with dispatches urg-
| ing in the strongest terms that the navy
| be hurried in its preparations for the
| expedition.
| Exasperating to Officials.
| Instructions of the most positive ma
| ture have been cabled to Admiral Samp-
! son to supply the necessary conveys
[ for General Miles transports, but not
| withstanding these instructions Admir-
! al Sampson has proceeded with his
preparations for the expedition with a
deliberation that Is exasperating to off,
cials here. The president, who has
| been giving the Porto 'Rican expedition
his personal attention, as he has given,
indeed, all phases of the war, finally
| became deeply concerned lest that part
of the Porto Rican expedition that has
already sailed from this country should
arrive at the point of rendezvous in
advance of General Miles and the navy.
Danger to Wilson's Command.
It is feared that If General Wilson S
! command, which has sailed from
Charleston, should arrive in advance OF
General Miles and the naval conveys,
serious danger and possibly disaster
might result. as General Wilson's ships
are absolutely without protection. The
distance from Charleston to Porto Rico
is a trife over 1,300 miles, while from
Playa del Este to Porto Rico it is about
| 700 miles. The comparative distances
which General Wilson and General
Miles have to travel to reach the point
| of rendezvous are rendered the more
nearly equal. however. by reason of the
fact that the former has more than a
full days start
I Issued Personal Orders.
Fully appreciating these facts and
| realizing the necessity for prompt ac-
ton in getting General Miles and his
Cuban expedition started, President
Mckinley issued personal orders through
the secretary of the navy TO Admiral
Sampson that he should proceed imme-
| diately to Porto Rico with General
Miles. The presidents orders are sus-
ceptible of no misconstruction. They
are imperative to a degree seldom en-
ployed except in cases of extreme emer-
gency They are of the sort that will
brook no delay In their execution. Ad
miral Sampson must start at once OF
the president himself will know the
reason why.