The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-13
CAMP M'CELLA.
Place Held By Marines Named For
Marblehead's Captain.

Copyright, 1853, the Associated Press.
On board the Associated Press despatch
boat Dauntless, off Guantanamo sBay.
Sunday noon, by the Associated Press
boat Wanda, via Kingston, Jam. June
IL, 1.30 p. MIN controlling the outer
harbor of Guantanamo where Lieut., Col.
Huntington's battalion of marines landed
on Friday Rear Admiral Sampson secured
possession of the Cuban terminus of the
French cable to Hayti. The apparatus
in the office at the harbor mouth was
wrecked by shell, but the cable steamer
Adria has instruments and operators
aboard and direct communication with
Washington will soon be established.
The distance overland to Santiago,
around the bay, Is about 60 miles and
the roads have been rendered impossible
by the Cubans under Pedro Perez The
first division of the Cuban army claims
to have 1000 men, but these figures are
probably over estimated. The Cubans be-
lleve that there are about $500 soldiers
in the vicinity Of Caimanera, which lies
at the entrance to the inner harbor.
: y guantanamo city Is inland about IS
miles. The two harbors are connected by
9 narrow channel, with dumbbell effect.
IL Is the outer harbor which Admiral
Sampson now holds, with the Marble
mead, the Yosemite and the Vixen and q
battalion of marines on the crest of a
blunt top eminente commanding the en-
trance ON the Eastern side. In the inte-
rlor harbor are two small Spanish gun
boats and at Caimanera there is battery
An expedition of three steam launches,
officered by Lieut. Norman, Ensign Eustis,
son of Mr.. James b. Eustis, former o.
S. Ambassador to France, and Cadet G,
Van Orden, under the general command
OF Lieut.. Anderson, of the cruiser Marble
head, last night dragged for mines. but
found none. Lieut.. Anderson who dis
tingGished himself at Cienfuegos, pulled
a dingy within so yards of the tort with
out being discovered. He found the fort
to consist of masonry with three guns
mounted seaward. Judging from the
panic iu which theSpaniards fled from the
village at Fisherman's Point, thew will
scatter at the first approach.
@They left at Fisherman's Point their
Anticipated Howitzers. several cases Of
ammunition, shells and canister. some
mauser rifles and a regimentai fac Of o the
Infantoria de Principe, No. s. Every
precaub1on has been taken to guard the
men from disease. All the huts in the
locality have been RACED, large casks of
Spanish wine have been smashed, Two
wells have been boarded up aud ali the
drinking water used is supplied from the
feet.
The marines are we'll equipped for the
campaign. The camp will probably be
named Camp McCalla. after the comman-
der of the Marblehead, who is indefatig-
able and has not removed his clothing
since the bombardment.
This morning the British steamer New
Foundland, of Montreal, with general
cargo from Halifax, steamed into the har-
hOr He cOmmaudar was GREATLY GIT rpri ead
at the presence of the Americans, but he
retained enough composure to dip his flag
three times and then started to put
about. A short across his bows from the
Marblehead stopped him and the vessel
was boarded, her papers showing that
she was bound for Jamaica. The captain
explained that he had put in to see if he
could get return cargo of sugar. He
was informed that he could not, and was
then allowed to nrncaad