The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-05-28
WAR PARAGRAPHS.
A Brief Compilation Of Daily
Occurrences,

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south. The Newark will be ready for
service within a week; the Philadel.
phia, at San Francisco, by June LIST,
and the Kearsage and Kentucky as
soon as their gun mounts are finished.
The Central cable Office of the Wes-
tern Union Telegraph Company at
New York has sent out notice that the
Porto Rico government has modified
its order of May 18th and now permits
messages in plain language to and
from the United States, subject to the
sender's risk.
Miss May H. Morgan, dsughter Of
Senator Morgan, christened the Ala
bama at its launching at Cramps ship
yards.
Mail news received at London from
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, says two
Spanish torpedo boats arrived there
covered with salt after long voyage.
Only old men and boys are avail
able at Las Palmas for handling car
goes. All the rest of the men have
been conscripted.
Orders are officially given for the
exchange Of Colonel Cortijo and Sur
geon Julian, prisoners at Fort Nc
Pherson, Ga, for the two newspaper
men, Thrall and Jones, incarcerated
in Moro Castle, Havana.
Bids are asked for 16 torpedo boat
destroyers and IL torpedo boats. The
destroyers are to be formidable war
engines with o displacement OF 400 to
1875 tons; a minimum speed Of "a
knots, to carry two 3-inch guns and
five Founders, with two long torpedo
tubes and complement of 60 men.
The limit of cost for each is $500, 900.
Gen. Joe Wheeler has received or
ders from Washington to assume COM
mand of all the cavalry in and around
Tampa. He has removed his head
quarters from the Tampa Bay hotel to
the camp of the 9th Cavalry. His
command includes the LIST, 3rd, 9th,
9th and 10th Cavalry regent.
President Mckinley has stated that
he will not consider the proposition to
call for more troops until the present
volunteers had been mustered in and
on their way to Cuba.
There is no truth in the report that
the lives of the American residents in
the city of Mexico are in danger from
excited members of the more numer-
GUS Spanish colony. There was much
rejoicing among Spaniards upon the
arrival Of the Cape Verde feet at San
tiago de Cuba,
The Spanish fleet can average 20
knots and ours as now constructed
cannot average over ID knots, therefore,
the movements between the fleets now
in West Indian waters is but game
of chance and dodge in, which the
Spaniards find no great difficulty to
escape the United States vessels.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid has presented
the services of two male trained nurses,
I'graduates of the Belleview school for
nurses, to Gen. Merritt to go with
him to the Philippines to serve during
the war.
The news censorship is so strict that
the employees in the war and naval
departments dare not speak upon the
most simple subjects, or deny the
most absurd rumors, for fear of mad
vertently dropping some fact about the
whereabouts or movements of the
fleets or the army.
The Spanish government was mott
fed by cable from Admiral Cervera
that the Cape de Verde feet arrived
safely at Santiago de Cuba. Spaniards,
everywhere, are greatly rejoicing over
the fact and it is considered another
"yictory" over the American fleet.
The camp of the Georgia volunteers
will be located at Lakeland, Fla, 30
miles north OF Tampa, on the Plant
line of railroad, near the camps of the
famous Seventy.frst regiment of New
York and the Second regiment of
Massachusetts, volunteers. Lakeland
is O village of 1900 people, and the
town has been called the "beauty spot
Of Florida"
General Fitzhugh Lee has left Wash
ington for Tampa, accompanied by his
son, Fitzhugh, Jr., who is one of his
aides.
The Monterey, the largest monitor
in the world, is to be sent to the Phil
ippines. The only difficulty in send
ing her on this long voyage is her
small coal capacity-200 tons--which |
will only last her to Honolulu, one
third of the way. Therefore she must
be towed 1000 miles or coal at sea-
Otherwise she is perfectly seaworthy.
General Masso, president Of the
Cuban republic, has issued proclaim
alton urging the autonomists, guerillas
and all Cubans leaning toward Spain
70 ioin the insurgent ranks. Failing
70 comply they will not be allowed to
enjoy the fruits Of Cuba's freedom.
VIM. Aston Chanler has joined
General Wheeler's staff as assistant
adiutant general with the rank OF cap
tain. He has turnsd his company
over to his brother ". Authrop Chan.
Ter.
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