The herald., 1898-04-20
FIRST OF UNCLE SANS RECENT PURCHASES TO BE DELIVERED
tion's honor be upheld even by recourse to

tions honor be upheld even by recourse tt
arms
The Ward line steamer Seneca will also
leave for Havana and Mexican ports to
morrow. She will have on board a guam
tity of supplies believed to be for the Span
ish army. The British steamer Aloedene
which has been chartered by the line, vii
sail for southern ports of Cuba by way d
Nassau on Thursday. Included in her car
go will be $50 tons Of jerked beef. which
was brought here from Montevideo on the
Mernda on April Sd.
| 1t is said at the office of the line that
the shipment of supplies for the Cuban re.
| lief fund had been abandoned as there was
no one in Havana to receive the supplies
since the departure of Consul-General Lee.
Nothing was known at the Office concern
ing the rumors that the government would
stop the sending of provisions to Cuba
from this country and that the Red Cross
Society had arranged for the chartering of
a Ward line vessel to carry supplies to the
reconcentrados.
War Preparations
WASHINGTON, April 19.-The prepara-
tions for action are about completed and
tails. The army is being mobilized and
all that remains is to insure the prompt
supply of all classes of equipments. AS
was stated at the Navy Department today
the market has been cleaned of available
vessels and it now comes to manning them
and perfecting methods of communication
and cooperation.
The O'Higgins was the last desirable ship
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ally announced that all hope of getting her
has been abandoned.
General Greeley, in charge of telegraph
and telephone communications of the sea-
coast fortifications, announces that this
work is in a gratifying state OF forward
ness.
Miles in the Lead
CHICAGO, April ia special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Gen. Miles will go to Cuba He has been
very anxious for this duty and he will take
command of the invading forces. He has
selected some of the members of his field
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been in Charge of the defense works on
Long Island and Sandy Hook and of GER
tain important New York City river and
harbor work, will be the engineer officer.
He is a prominent member of the corps of
engineers and is at present on duty at
New York. Lieut.-Col. Humphrey will be
the quarter master on the staff He is at
present in charge Of the General Quarter
master Department in this city. General
Osgood will be the General Commissary.
He Is at present assistant to the head of
the Subsistence Department in Washing
ton. nHzs
There has been some gossip here In re-
gard to the statutory prohibition of the
departure of General Miles on duty in
Cuba. There is no law and never has been
against the Major-General commanding
leaving the country In command of his
troops. An officer said today: general
Miles could go to China If he wanted to
or rather, II ordered there"
Additional orders have been issued for
the movement of light batteries of four
to six guns. This will have the effect OF
increasing the number of forces and adding
to the enlisted force.
The movement Of troops on Fridays or
ders will necessitate transfers among West
ern stations for various purposes. One
troop of the Eighth cavalry will proceed
from Fort Meade to Fort Robinson, Neb.
two troops of the Seventh cavalry viii
leave Fort Bayard, N. NJ. for Fort Du
chesne; one company of the Fifteenth in
fantry will go from Fort Bayard to For
Logan, Colo, and a detachment of 30 mer
from Fort Grant will go to Fort Sill fol
duty with the Apache Indian prisoners a
| that point.
Grateful Cubans
NEW YORK, April 19.-The following
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resolutions was given out today at th'