Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-22

cal agencies to supply the public needs.
TIE Attorney General has decided 10
to the Ambassadors OF Frar &c
and Germany as the diplomatic repre-
sentasives OF Spain, the non ccmoatants
aud crews of the prize merchant vessels
captured by ships Of the navy since the
declaration of war. The Department
of Justice having no means of feeding
these prisoners turned them other to
the War Department, but Secretary Al
ger has now declined to continue the
arrangement. The representatives ct
Spain here were communicated with
and their consent secured to receive
the prisoners and ship them back TO
Spain at the expense Of the Spanish
government.
The forwarding OF reinforcements to
General Shafter at Santiago de Cuba
has begun, and at 9 o'clock this morn
ing the first body of troops left Camp
A!ger for Newport News, there to take
transports for Cuba. This was in &C
cordance with orders issued by Major
General Miles last night, directing the
movement to begin to day. The order
was to Msjor General Graham, com
manding the Fad army corps camped at
Falls Church, Va, aud is as follows
With the approval Of the Secretary OF
War, you will detail Brig. Gen. Dntfeid
and one regiment and one battalion OF
another regiment of his command to
proceed tomorrow (this) morning by
rail 10 Newport News, Va, with ten
days' travel rations. Ga his arrival
at Newport News General Duftield
will 90 on board of one of the
auxiliary cruisers now awaiting
TO transport his command to Santiago,
Cuba. Upon arrival at that place they
will be reportt d to Maj. Gen. Shafter,
commanding the United States forces
there. The troops will carry COM
plete camp equipage and full supplies
of ammunition for field service. 1t is
understood not to exceed six horses
can be taken on board the ship"
Other orders in execution of the gen.
era plan OF sending reinforcements
will follow. THIS first move nent is con-
fued to one regiment and one battalion,
as it was fuod necessary to divide
General Duffield's command III Oh
der 10 meet the accommodation
of the transports Harvard and
Yale. the facilities of one beir g
considerably greater than the other.
The 33,d Michigan and one battalion
of the 34.h Michigan were selected to
90 first, com pris n 1850 men and % Of
fears. 1t Is expected that the Harvard
will be the ship first ordered. The ie-
naming regiments aud battalioEs Of
Gen. DuGield's command will leave on
SATURDAY next, taking the Yale. The
entire expedition will then proceed
uuder command OF Gen. Duffield, whose
brigade consists OF the 9.h Msssacbu
sets. the 33-d and 9Th Michigan
| and the SD Virginia regiments.
At noon the War Department was
awaiting report from Gen. Graham as
TO the details of the actual movement
ordered for this morning. The under.
Standing was that the troops under
General Duffield would proceed from
Camp Alger TO Alexandria, Va, and
there take boat; for Newport News.
To ; will land them ct that point some
time during the night. They will then
Immediately board the ships. The i'm
press.ol is growing here that the opera
tion of landing in Cuba is going to be
much more difficult and time consum
10y than was supposed at first. The
soldiers could be quickly disembarked
| but if the conditions are such as to re-
quire artillery support for the camps es-
t4blish' d, as is suspected TO be the case,
considerable delay must intervene be-
IRE gunners can be gotten ashore.
! re doctors say the soldiers should be
landed at the earliest possible moment
aud believe that to effect this the com
uauders would be justified in exposing
the men to some considerable degree OF
risk from attack, rather than 10 cor
tinue their confinement on board the
transports. The fact that the animals
taken along have suffered heavy NOR
tally is an indication that the lot of the
troops cannot be very comfortable. The
appearance of typhoid fever among the
soldiers is also reported from Santiago.
A short time ago Col. William Lamb,
OF Norfolk, requested Gov. Tyler, OF
Virginia, to give authority to his SOD,
Henry Whiting Lamb, and his friend,
Goldsborough Surpell, to raise an artil-
lery company of college boys who pos
sessed a scientific education, with a
view of having company each one OF
whom would understand the mechanical
science of modern seaceast guns and
the chemical constituents Of explosives,
so that each private would know how
10 repair the intricate machinery of the
disappearing guns and to test the quail
tiles of explosives, besides being thor
oughly drilled in light artillery aud in
fanIry in case they should be compelled
TO abandon their post and take the
field. Applications came from the diff
f4rent States, and doubtless they would
have been the peer OF any company in
the U. S. service. Col. Lamb intended
at his expense to have them thorough
y instructed. Gov. Tyler had to reply
that there were only 700 left of the
second call of Virginia's quota, and st
the request of the President of
the United States these were
given to the colored organiza-
tons in the State. Colonel Lamb
then applied to Gov. Russell of n. c.,
to allow the company to be raised as
North Carolina Company, more than
half of the com any to be Carolina boys.
Gov. Russell in the late war command
ed the Lamb artillery, company
which he raised for the formation of the
Both n. O., Artillery Regiment OF which
Col. Lamb was elected colonel, and SO
CALAMITY defended Fort Fisher. Gov.
RnSsel yvould have been Dlaased to haze