The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-04
TO HASTEN ANNOUNCEMENTS
shafter,s Presemt Forces.
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 The combined American and Cuban forces now under General Shafter amount approximately, General Miles said to-day, to 23,000 men, while those available for the Spaniards was prob ably S2,000 soldiers. These included however the men at Holguin, presum- ably about 10000, and the force under another Spanish general amounting to about 5000 men. General Miles did not say whether the two bodies of men last referred to had actually joined General Linares, but the understand ing is here that they have not.
 Withdrawal to Sibomey,
 General Miles in the course of brief talk said to-day that General Shafter might contemplate the withdrawal of his forces to the highlands in the direc- tion of Slboney, where they would be near the sea- The officials hope to rush the achievements to General Shafter so that there will be from 92,O0O to S5,00O men under his control within the next days, and sooner if this can be arrang- ed, This Is exclusive of the insurgents, of whom General Garcia has been able to bring to Shafters command approx imately 4,000 men. There were about 15,00O men and officers in the expedition that set out from Tampa less than 0 month ago. These have since been re- inforced by Brigadier General Duffields s command, amounting to 5000 men and consisting of the Thirty-third and Thirty fourth Michigan and the Ninth Massachusetts. The first 1,300 of Gen eral Duffield's brigade have been with Shafter for week, while the remain der have just embarked.
 Transports Available.
 During the last week a second expe- dition of large proportions was sched- uled to leave Tampa carrying a good portion of General Snyder's division of the Fourth corps as endorsements for Shafter. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn said that eleven transports were avail- able to carry Snyder's troops, and while without any official information on the subject, he assumed that proba ply 5000 of them were now on their way in these transports to join those in Santiago province. The other troops to be sent to the aid of General Shafter will, according to the understanding here be the remaining portions of Gen eral Snyder's division. General Sny- ders lewiston, which was under orders for Santiago, includes the Eleventh and Thirteenth infantry of the regular ar my, the First District of Columbia, the Second New York, the Fifth Maryland, the Third Pennsylvania, the One Hun dred and Sixty-seventh Indiana and the First Ohio. General Garretson's brig ade is under orders for Santiago His brigade is composed of the Sixth Illi- nois, Sixth Massachusetts and the Eighth Ohio volunteer regiments.
 Have Profited by Experience.
 The army officials feel that they have | proflted by the experience in preparing the first expedition and say that better 1 time will be made with those to follow. The Mohawk and the Mississippi, two vessels of the American transport line l just acquired by the government, have | facilities for about 1,S00 men and ami mals, and probably will be used in sending aid to Shafter They are now at New York under orders for Tampa.