Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-28
5000 OTHERS START TODAY.
SHIPS HAVE STRONG CONVOY WITH THEM


Washington. June 2s-ordcrs have
been Issued for the immediate sailing
of another large expedition to reinforce
Gen shnftcr. The soldiers will sail
from Tampa. and will number about
5000 men. II ~ Understood they Will
be taken from Gen. snyder's second d.
vision of the Fourth army corps.
Eight transports will carry the oxpedi-
ton which will first 20 Ia Key West.
WHORE they will be- Joined BY a strong
naval convoy and proceed 10 Santiago.
II u expected that the start VIII be
made today
There arr also nix batteries Of ar
tillery. three iirht ana three heavy
The preparations have been procced-
INK quietly FOR some days. and although
the stores have been going aboard at
Tampa, tho rigid censorship az that
point has prevented any word going out
az 90 the expedition. The actual de-
parturc from Tampa u expected by the
war department To occur today. The
plan OF movement has been thoroughly
determined upon. Twelve transports
are 60 carry the expedition. They VIII
move first 10 Key West. nt which point
strong naval convoy viii meet them.
ana escort the expedition 20 Santiago.
The wurshlpa constituting the naval
convoy arc not disclosed. but they
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and several cruisers and auxiliary
craft.
Gon. snydcr'a second division of tho
fourth army corps IL now at Tampa
and is made w Of thrre hriradea and
nine regiments, nH foilowHi
First brigade. Col I. De ituHsey. COM
mandlnE. Eleventh u. $. Infantry. isth
4. z. Infantry.
second brigade. Gen. l. II. Carpenter.
commanding First District % Column
/ blai Second New York. Firth Mary
land.
Thiri brigade. Gen. u. u. Han. COM
| mandnr; Third Pennsylvania, ibith
/ Indiana; First Ohio; First Illinois.
! Whether some regiments VIII be
taken from other divisions cannot be
stated definitely.
I division has been looked upon BY the
/ war department as the one best
/ equipped for an immediate start The
| batteries will be designated by Den.
Randolph In command OF the artillery
al Tampa.
n the expedition gets away u will
arrive on Santiago about next satur-
day. Tho trip doubtless will be 10 tho
. eastward around Cap. MayHi along
the same route ~ Gen. Shntt.rs eN-
petition. This viii bring Skaters
force up 20 about 10000 men. made up
~ the 1900 men he took with him.
ward and Yale: Gen. GarrctHon'H com
mund. which viii 80 on the same
steamers; and Gen. Snydcr's Invasion
| from Tampa,
The navy department today posted
/ the following bulletin;
Admiral Sampson reports that tbs
Yale arrived yesterday and discharged
her troops.
Captain SlRabce reports that on
Wednesday afternoon. while on san
Juan de- Porto Rico, he was attacked
hy Spanish unprotected cruiser ana
the Spanish torpedo boat Destroyer
Terror. The Terror made dash.
which was awaited by the g. Paul
The 81. PAU hit the Terror three times,
killing on. officer and two men and
NOundlug several others.
The Terror dropped back under cover
OF the fertilization with difficulty and
was t0wcd into the harbor In "A sinking
condition. whore she II now being re-
palrsd. Later n cruiser and a Funboat
started out but remained under protec-
ton OF the forts.