Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-06-27

the blockade is ineffective and de-
scribes life in Havana as a sort of
holiday picnic.
The 600 American marines at Guta-
tanamo, aided by Cuban insurgents,
have attacked and captured a Spanish
camp. The bodies of 40 dead Spani-
ards were found and Is were taken
prisoners. Two of the Cubans were
killed and four were wounded The
marines had two wounded
A member of the Spanish cabinet,
| ignorant of Augustus resignation, said
that if he surrendered it would be
as commander of Manila and not as
| governor general of the Philippines,
and that he would then transfer the
seat of government to the Visayas
! islands.
Secretary Alger has decided that
with no foreign army in this counr
try troops yet in the United States
are not operating against an enemy
This decision affects the pay of many
officers, especially those given tempo
rarily higher command than their
grade.
Attorney-General Griggs has de-
cided that officers of volunteers hold
ing civil offices need not resign them
if the people to whom they are res
ponsible are willing to let them be
absent. Regular army officers vacate
their commissions by accepting a civil
Office.
Fifteen hundred Cubans under Gen.
Garcia have Joined the forces of Ad-
miral Sampson. Cuban Gen. Rabi
has captured the city of Acerados.
eight miles from Santiago, where
there are facilities for landing the
siege guns carried on Gen. Skaters
ships.
| Resolutions rendering the thanks
of congress to Lieut. Hobson and
his comrades on the Merrimac have
been introduced in the house and
senate. Their exchange is expected
soon despite contrary rumors from
Madrid and Havana. Both Lieut..
Hobson and Cadet Powell are to be
promoted, Hobson to be transferred
to the line.
A new flying squadron, including the
Oregon, Brooklyn, New Orleans and
other fast fighting ships, under com
mand of Commodore Schley, is to be
concentrated at San Juan, Porto Rico,
to waylay Cameras fleet if it comes
across the Atlantic. Naval officers
think the Spanish warships will not
get further away from Cadiz than the
Canaries or Cape Verd Islands
The second Philippine expedition.
consisting of $500 troops in four
transports under command of Gen.
F. V. Greene left San Francisco. A
| naval convoy will meet them at Hon.
| olulu. In view of rumors of foreign
interference at Manila, they have
orders to seize and hold the islands
at all hazards. The third expedition
is expected to get away June %.
The war ships under Admiral
Sampson bombarded the forts of San
tiago de Cuba again. The gunners
found the range much better than
on former occasions, and the execu.
! ton wrought was serious Ell MORO
Lieutenant Hobson and his compan-
ions, but all the other defenses were
probably rendered useless. The loss
of life on the Spanish side was con-
Siderable
Admiral Camara's squadron really
put to sea, steaming out of Cadiz har-
Dor at three knots speed, on account
of defective boilers. At first they
took southwesterly course, as if
headed for Cuba. But they were
sighted off Ceuta sailing east into
the Mediterranean. Madrid reports say
! that the fleet is bound for the Philip
pines, but the people of Cadiz, who
know the condition Of the vessels, do
not believe 1t.
| Although Gen. Miles has returned
under orders from Tampa to Wash
lngton the president has not received
him in consultation, and army men
predict that hereafter he will not be
| kept in active command of the army
| Adjt.-Gen. H. c. Corbin may be made
major-general. He is now most
relied on by the president in planning
the campaign. Gen. Miles's opposition
to the investment of Havana is said
to be one of the reasons for his alleged
practical retirement.
The president has ordered plan of
campaign prepared for the investment
of Havana by land and sea. The
army will be landed at three places
and concentrated in the rear of
Havana, while the fleets lombard the
harbor forts. Gen. Lee will lead the
army. Gen. Miles is expected to
acquiesce now in this plan, which he
has opposed from the beginning of
the war. If he does not Gen. Brooks
or some other may be placed in com
mand of all the forces in Cuba.
| Gov.Gen. August on June Ii
cabled to Madrid that the situation in
Manila was growing more desperate
for Spain; that native troops were
DESERVING to the Americans, and that
| he had been forced to retire with in