Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-05
ARMY COMING HON !.
Skaters Troops 10 be Trans
ported 10 Long Island,
Rough Riders 20 be Among the
First TO Embark.
Chinese situation Liable 10 Cause a war
Between England and Russia.
PEACE TALK wGTH SPAIN.

Santiago de- Cuba. Aug. 8 5-From the
moment that Secretary AlgPys cable
message WAS received this morning u..
dering The instant removal ul the arm.
north, everything has been hustle ITH
activity nt heAdQuariprl. Six f.uI
ports here have been ordered 90 dischHIg.
their CargDes aud get really without
Of time Co take Ou board the hrs.
shipments Tor homo. IL b. HXpectg. iHl.
eighteen transports will gJUu .
conveying soldiers back Co the Uuiiet
States. The Yale and Harvard anon.
others are un 'CIsto0d to be- on the wa,
here. The First, Ilird and Sixth reg
ular Cayalry and First volunteer cavalry
| lB0ugh kidersl have been ordered 10 b4
ready 90 ~ aboard ship day after to-mor-
row. For the present the Ninth and
Tenth cavalry will remain In camp.
Only private horses of the officers will be
taken. All tie tents will be- left standing
and an eNta worn clothes and bedding
which may possibly be- infected will be
destroyed. The First brigade, General
LAwt0n's division, under General Chaifee
will 20 next. An the men able 20 ride
will be- put on ponies and taken to the
wharf and The others will be- conveyed
there in wagons All men suffering
from yellow fever or infectious disease
will be- left here The volunteer regi-
meut5 will be- next shipped la the follow.
ing order: First Illinois, First District Ot
Columbia, Seyenty.hrst New York. Ninth
Massachusetts,, Second Massachusetts,,
Eighth Illinois Thirty-third Michigan,
Thirty fourth Michigan.
The warships Massachusetts, and Dixie
arrived at Guantanamo bay last night
and Immediately started c1aliug Com
mandpr Todd. of Che Wilmington, reports
the conditions at Nanztuiilo, as learned
from Gen. Rios. As follows: There are
about 1000 regulars, = 200 volunteers
and 500 framHu or bOmhardoTs there.
! They appear well supplied with cattle
and provisions, but are believed 20 be-
short OF ammunition. Recent events
| in that vicinity have disheartened
| them. IL Is believed that the ap-
pearauce OF an American force, even
| if only thousand men, would result
| In the capiJulation of the place. The
forts amount TO little beyond some Geld
pieres temporarily placed In position and
belonging t0 the army. but II h said that
there are about twenty field guns In the
vicinity.
The general feeling among the Spanish
| forces nc MHuZaulllO aud vicinity Il best
shown by the fact that the insurgeut
leader Rios is enclmpad within q few
miles Of thu placa with 80 csyAlrymeL
ehd occasionally makes raids on the ont.
skirts OF tho town ITSELF in order 10 OBJ.
tain cattle hclonqing 20 the SpRniards,
Rios says that 500 additional men are
now on their way from the interior to
| join him.
Confirmation has been obtained Of a
report that the Florida expedition for
| the reltp OF General Gomez has been
successful July %, Gomez was en-
Camped twenty-five miles northwest of
JuCato, the southern extremity OF the
| Moron Juraro trDcha,
a squadron bulletin says that the
| Spanish f0rr0s generally from Manzan
lilo % Trinidad ara evidently In de-
muTauzsi condition,