The herald., 1898-06-22


VIII include those Of Brigadier-General
Garretson of the Second brigade, First di-
vision. Second army corps. embracing the
Sixth Illinois, the Sixth Massachusetts and
the Eighth and Ninth Ohio regiments
Brlgadier-Gen Guy ". Henry, distin-
guished cavalry officer of the regular army
arrived here today from Tampa, and the
present plans are for General Henry te
command division made up of the brigades
of General Duffield and General Garretson
this division comprising 5000 men, to be fol
the speedy reinforcement of General Shat
ter. 1t will at once swell the American
forces at Santiago de Cuba to about .00C
men. But the expeditions will not stop at
that number. as there is determined pur-
pose to send forward a sufficient force to
crush any Spanish command which can be
concentrated at that point.
Spanish in Santiago
The report from Santiago that about Al ,00c
Spanish troops are in and about the city
do not agree with the reliable estimates in
the possession of the war department. Ac-
cording to the latter there are not to ex-
coed 1900 Spanish troops at Santiago, while
100 miles away to the northwest at Holguin.
the Spanish corps commander, General Pan
do, has 10000 men. The war department is
satisfied that the Cuban forces under Gar
cia can keep Pando from reinforcing San
tiago. Should this not be accomplished, the
Spanish forces at Santiago would be aug
mented to about 25o00 men.
They are all well armed, well disciplined,
used to the climate, know the fighting
grounds of that locality, and are as good an
all-round fighting force as the Spaniards
can bring to bear. There is no purpose on
the part of the authorities here to leave Cen
eral Shafter with inadequate forces to NEE.
these seasoned Spanish soldiers. 1t is for
this reason, in part, that a division, prob
ably under General Henry, will reinforce
General Shafter, followed by such addi-
tional troops as the needs of the situation
seem to demand.
No Details Received
Up to the close of office hours today
neither the war nor the navy department
had received any detailed information as to
the arrival of the troops at Santiago. The
entire information today was contained ir
the one brief dispatch from Captain Allen
Of the signal service to General Greedy,
stating that the troop transports had ar
rived. This was enough, however to start
baseless rumors that the actual landing of
troops was In progress and one report went
to the extent OF stating that the troops were
landing under heavy fire from the Span
ish forces Secretary Alger and Genera,
Miles disposed of these reports, saying that
no such Information was at hand, and Sec
Yetary Long made the same disclaimer for
the navy department. 1t may be true, how.
ever, that the landing is now in progress,
and although 1t is not impossible, officials
consider it improbable that any landing is
going on under a Spanish fire. The landing
itself may take considerably longer than
was anticipated, and officials believe that
at least three days more will be required
before the troops are on shore and in any
sort of organized condition. Some of the
army officials allow even that time, one of
them holding that it will take quite
month to get all the troops off the trans
ports. The purpose however is to get off
the troops first, leaving the stores to be
taken off later. and the siege train last of
all.
Does Not Wrong Them
The officials of the navy department were
not deeply concerned over the report from
that the Chinese authorities had
ordered the United States dispatch boat
Zafiro out of Chinese waters without allow
ing her to take supplies to Dewey. The
reason for this unconcern was the convic-
ton that the cruiser Charleston and the
transports have already reached Manila
carrying large quantity of just such sup
plies as the American fleet there would most
require.
Then too. it was felt that the Zafiro had
been treated with consideration and prob
ably had obtained all the privileges to which |
she was entitled in Chinese waters.
1t was said at the navy department that
1othing had been heard from the admiral |
himself since a dispatch received from |
dcngkong day before yesterday brought to
hat port by the Zafiro. AS the dispatch |
BOAT left Dewey about Thursday last at the |
attest she could of course bring no news of
he arrival of these transports.
Logan Gets Active Duty
Lieut.. G. L. Logan. who had been one of |
he hardest worked in the bureau of naviga-
Jon, has gone to Buffalo and will take there |
/ draft of sailors to man the Buffalo, which |
s now lying at New York. Lieut.. Logan |
will be assigned to duty on the Buffalo un.
Ter command of Capt. Hemphill at present |
u charge of the recruiting service in the |
lavy department. The lieutenant has just |
returned from three years tour of duty
n China and had right to expect a long |
cave and protracted shore duty. How |
,ver, he came Immediately into active |
service when wanted and has. with Lieut. |
Whittlesey, divided the twenty-four hours |
If each day in steady duty at the depart |
nent, sending and receiving the cable |
grams in cipher in which the public has |
been so much interested.