Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-29

| Gen. Skaters old regiment, the First in
| fantry. Then came the Twenty fifth in
fantry, the Twenty-second infantry. the
! Tenth infantry, the Seventh and Twelfth
| infantry, the Second Massachusetts regi-
| ment, and detachment of the Ninth cav
| airy.
| The boats rushed forward simultaneous
! ~ from every quarter, in goOd-natured
rivalry to be first, and their occupants
scrambled over one another to leap ashore.
AS the boats tossed about in the surf,
breaking against the pier, getting ashore
was no easy matter, and the soldiers had
to throw their rifles on the dock before
they could climb up themselves and some
hard tumbes resulted, but nobody was
hurt
At the end of the pier the companies and
regiments quickly lined up and were
marched away.
Gen. LaWton threw out a strong de-
tachment for the night about six miles
west on the road to Santiago, and an
other detachment was posted to the north
of the town, among the hills. The rest
OF the troops were quartCred in the town,
some of them being housed IN the build
lngs of the iron company.
After landing III search of lurking foes
and marched into the unknown country
beyond at nightfall. with long, swinging
stride and the alert bearing of the old
frontier army men, Teady 10 fight the
wherever they could be found
The cheers of their comrades still wait
ing. on the transports and of the blue
jackets and the strains of Yankee Doc
die" from the bands Oh the troopships,
saluted them as they disappeared from
view over the hills of Baiquiri.
The landing was accomplished without
loss of life, the only casualty being the
wounding of an insuTgent on the hills by
she'll from one of our warships, He
will lose his arm.
The insurgent troops at Baiquiri are
commanded by Gen. Castillo, and are es-
timated to number 1000 men
Washington. d. c.. June 23.-The mill
tary situation at Santiago 80 far as the
war and navy departments know it. re-
mains precisely as it was ut shutdown
yesterday. Troops are being Landed from
Gen. Skaters corps and this landing has
not yet been completed. Neither Shafter
nor Sampson has reported since the two
cablegrams received last night. St is gath
cred from these, taken in connection with
the press reports, that only landing in
military sense had been made, SyEt nat
uraly with so large Il number os trans
ports to be discharged the troops have
been scattered UP and down the Beach
for several miles.
The cable station is within seven miles
Of the point where the debarkatiOn IsS 60
ing. The officials here say that this work
cannot be completed for several days. al
though, of course, the troops, WitiTetgc
their supplies, may be all ashore befenc
that tinre.
One fact appears namely, that Ge7H
Shafter iB arranging himself the details of
landing, advised by Sampson and perhaps
Garcia, and that the military authorities
here have allowed him TO exercise his dis
creation liz this, for they do not know
whether he will make more than one land
ing, or Just where that landing u.s.
One bene5cent effect from the landing
at Baiquiri will he to distract the atten-i
ton of the Spanish from the harbor ofsi
Guantanamo. The mines having been
commanded the lower harbog having been /
sienced, with the disappearance of the
Spaniards from the country surrounding.
the bay the navy will be IN full posses
sion of what it has Long wished for-an 3:
absolutely safe and land-Iocked harbor
in which all Of SIMPSONS feet and the
transports as we'll can find refuge from
any West Indian cyclones
Gen. Greedy received g dispatch today
from Lieut.-Col.- ALLEN of the signal serv-
ice, in charge Of the cable station estab-
lished at Playa del Este Cuba. 1t did
not relate to military operations, but from
the fact that no. reference was made to.
important developments, 1t was inferred
that the situation has not changed mate
rally since last night, when the landing
of troops, was in progress Col. Allen Will
make Playa del Este the cable base, but
in addition to, this military cable line
will be stretched from that point west
ward along the coast to the headquarters;
of Gen. Shafter:. BY this shore loop Gena.
Shafter will be brought into direct cabls
communication with the war department.
Col Alien Is now hurrying forward prep
arations in this direction. He has all
the material necessary for the shore loo r.
with Instruments and operators ready 60
work the line as soon as the army head
quarters are liked
1t is not quite clear thus far at what
point Gen. Shafter and his main body of
troops have established their base. The
official dispatches to the secretary of war
and secretary of the navy spoke Of land
ing at Baiquiri and a demonstration at
Cabanas. Other official messages stated
that the landing was going on slnauita-
nously at two points, with view to max
ing ar assault Oh Santiago in the front
and rear. The press dispatches also speak.
of lara qua rs Il probable point Of landing.
At whatever one of these points Gen.
Shafter takes up his base the military
telegraph lines will connect with Playa
del Este. and thence to the war depart
ment. Being strictly a military line, the
cable from headquarters to Playa del Is
te will not be open for commercial buSl-
ness although the authorities will be als-
posed to give the press such facilities as
/ are possible under the circumstances.
Most of the unofficial messages, however.
| will have to be handled from Playa del
Este, in order to avoid glutting the mill
| tary loop.
Army officers were intently scanning
the map of the country around Santiago
today, with a view of locating the troops
and fixing their formation on the eve OF
the advance Baiquiri is about fifteen
miles due east from the mouth of Santi,,
ago harbor A small river runs Inland
at that point, affording additional facil-
tiles for landing. The map shows road
Of Santiago harbor, and thence along
the harbor to the city of santi-
ago. Besides this road a railroad starts
few miles west of Baiquiri, circlins
along the coast up to the mouth of San
mentioned III the dispatches, is midway
between Baiquiri and Santiago harbor
It also has q small stream, giving add