The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-30

Copyrighted, 1898. by Associated Press. J
At tho Front. On the Rio Guayama,
Second Crossing, Tuesday. June 2S. 4
y. m, per Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Dauntiess. via Port Antonio.
"Wednesday. June 80, I u. M. aud via
Kingston. June 20, 9so a. m.--The
preparations for a general advance OF
the American troops on Santiago de
Cuba are being pushed steadily forward
and troops of all branches OF the service
are being hurried TO the front.
General Kent's division. consisting
Of the brigade OF General Hawkins.
Colonel Peterson and Colonel Worth.
has Joined General Lswton's division,
and with the cavalry division OF Gem
eral Wheeler and four batteries OF Light
artillery will now be strung ort In tho
rear of General Lawtons division.
The Front still rests on the second
crossing OF the Guayama river on
the road to Santiago dc Cuba In tho
rear of the crest of the soyilla hills and
"iiit auu nan Dack,
The brigade OF General Bates. thu
Thirty second Michigan regiment and
n battalion OF the Thirty fourth Michi-
gan regiment which were. landed yos-
terday ~ abe auxiliary cruiser Yale.
remain at Juragua or Sboney
The delay in tho general forward
movement X due to the inability 10 get
subsistence stores TO the front ruplaly
enough,
The advance, II is said, Will not be
ordered I'LL every man has ,hree days.
rattons in his knnpsack. This, how
ever. is impossible until the road Ii
passable for wagon trains. Tho pack
trains can only convey one days rations
In day,
The men constructing the bridge and
roads have tho most OF the work conf
pleted and the first wagon train of four
six mule trains viii 20 through In two
or three days. Every man will have
three days rations in Els krapsnck; az
soon as that occurs the army VIII move
upon the enemy.
The day has been utilized TO good aa.
vantage. Although the Cnbans affect
to have thorough knowledge OF the
country and the trails. nothing is taken
for granted
inc whole country is being thor
oughly reconnoitered and nm accurate
I'd -.
Much OF the information thus OBJ.
tanned VIII be Of inestlmable value from
strategic point OF view.
General Mendonca OF General Lao
TOMS stan made reconnaissance ON the
very trenches OF the enemy. their sem
tries talking on picket duty being
plainly heard
Corporal Dewey and nine sharnsboo,-
ers from the Seventh Infantry wen,
out at dark last night with one d,,,.
ratiohs toward the Spanish lines. and
thcy have not yet returned. bur ma ia.
is entertained for their safety. II n
believed they are lying In the bush
waiting for night.
AT daylight this morning Lieutenant
Smith OF the Fourth Infantry, with a
detail OF fifty men from the Seventh
infantry under Lieutenant Dearfoot,
crossed the San Juan and went In
northerly direction as far as Caney or
III Gaumey. a. II is marked on tho
maps. without encountering any Span.
ish troops, and fifty men OF Company
A, Seventh regiment. under Captain
Young. also made reconnaissance Ia
force.
The Spaniards have seemingly retired
TO their Entertainments. as no pickets VI
skirfnishers we're encountered
General I4awton. General Wheeler
and General Chaffec have had riders
out beyond our adyancc post several
times.
Captain Wright OF General Bates
staff today followed the line OF the rail-
way running out OF Juragua toward
Santiago de Cuba 10 within two and
one half miles OF the city. The road
appears within a mile and u half OF our
front and can be utilized to bring UP
supplies and siege guns. the first Of
which we're landed 1t BaiGuiri this
afternoon.
As soon rs the remaining hattalions
OF the Thirty fourth Michigan and the
Eighth Massachusetts,, which arrive on
the Harvard tomorrow and tho 5000 re-
endorsements sent out from lamps.
reach here AguAdores. = town on the
coast. four miles west Of Juragua and
about the same distance east u the
hsrbor entrance. VIII p takes. !,
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