The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-21
BLOCKADE TO BE TIGHrENED,
Conveys to Resume the Duty As Soon
as Possible


NE" York, June IA special to the Her
AID from Washington, says: I'm accord
ance with the instructions given him. Rear
Admiral Sampson will Immediately take
measures to reinforce the blockadlng
squadron on the safe arrival of the troops
at Santiago de Cuba.
With the exception of the battleship In
diana and the torpedo boats which accom-.
panied the troop ships, the convoy squad
ron viii be ordered to proceed with all dis
patch back to the western end of Cuba 10
resume station at points whore they were
located before they were attached TO the
conveying fleet.
AS result of the return of these YES
sells about fourteen in number, the author
lles say that there will be no further
danger of blockade runners getting
through to Cuban ports.
Ihere IS no question that the authori-
ties rave been very much concerned about
TINS feature OF this situation for several
Gays as reports received from the Ameri-
can consular officers in the Bahama Is
lands, Jamaica and other West Indian
points IN the neighborhood of Cuba show
ed that the merchants there are preparing
10 snip large quantities of supplies to Ha-
vana.
mo expectation Is entertained that the
goods Wall be sent Immediately to Havana,
as this government has too large a naval
force stationed at that point; but il is ex-
pected that attempts will be made to land
the eargoes of vessels at other ports con-
nected with Havana by railroads or high
ways and where there is no danger of the
goods being captured by the insurgents
while en- route
ts7Nhe Ct.t1ica- NTa,,-o ,,-.lI ~ e.
the South to take station as the flagship
of the blockading squadron until the mid
die of the present week
In order to accommodate the troops
which will be sent to Santiago de Cuba
to reinforce Gen. Shafter, it will be
necessary to make some few alterations,
but the troop ships Will be ready for SER
vice before the troops can possible be in
readiness to 60 The Yale and Harvard,
between them, will take practically the
reinforcement of the American forces at
Santiago.
Capt. Crowinshield is quite satisfied
with the progress that has been made
in enlisting men for the two vessels.
Work is being rushed with all posi-
BILE dispatch on the cruiser Philadelphia,
and it is confidently expected at the navy
department that she will be able to leave
the Mare Island navy yard on, or short
ly after, July l.
1.-THE cruiser Chicago has been advanced
toward completion, and it is said at the
navy department she will be ready to
enter commission on July 10.
civil Engineer NJ. T. Endcott has prac-
tically decided to annul the contracts for
dredging the basin in front of the dry
dock at Port Royal and the wharf at Key
West The annulment is due to the fail
ure of the contractors TO perform the
work as eXpeditiously as the chief of the
bureau of yards and docks desires.
'Mr. Endicott purposes to leave this
week for Dry Tortugas, where he will in
spect the work incidental to the establish
ment of coaling station at that point
which is now in progress. The order for
the construction of the dry docks, au-
thorized by the recent paval appropriation
law as decided upon, is for the Algiers
floating dock; the Boston dock, which is
to be built of stone; the Portsmouth tim
Der dock Mare Island timber dock and
the League Island timber dock"