The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23
STORY OF The LANDING
AN AMERICAN ARMY IN FORCE NOW
On CUBA.
Were Welcomed by the Cbans--t De-
tnchmcnt from the Eighth Infap-
try the First to Land.

Copyrighted, lSsS by Associated Press. }
OF Juraxm. Province Of Santiago de
Cuba, Wednesday Morning. june %. (By
the Associated PrezsA via Port Antonio.
June - The ig9ops under Major General
SKATER t5ls morning began landing at
JurasaA, Ten miles cas-, Of the eutranle to
Santiago h8roo;- Little resistance was Of
,c's3. ~ Immediate advance win be
made and as so7a d. the forces are in
possession CT The hills back of the san
Gage = combined attack by the fleet and
47my VIII oe ordered.
i is thought BY Saturday Santiago with
~ ts foruhoat.ops and tbs strong flee,
puacr Admiral CeIvera WI have fallen.
etner capitulated or destroyed.
tCopyr GIFTED, 1893. by Associated Press.
GA Board the Associatei Press Boat
Wanda of Baiquiri Wednesday afternoon
June .. AS clock ne hour supposed
10 have been fixed Tor commencing the DIS
Z .cuaoarkatun. came and passed, the expedi-
( tiun was IN suspense, bat The squadron las
rocking comp.a emily outside the lictle bay
! About 9.l5 NE b0nbArdment OF the hill:
surrounding lhs village Of Jura Qua, some
I SIX miles away began u distract our a.
Tendon from Guy 3Wa affairs.
Then s.eam pinosces, trailing strings OF
empty poatt. began 10 speed 10 and fire.
among re Transports and gradually, though
impereepu9ly ltl-ng up with troops. Al
vat be luA1 scouts appeared along the
ccas - Beqlirl. aud the New Orleans
asualss Detroit Suwauee and Wasp began
honEuHrCi *. Fogty-five rounds were fired
iuiu tie 5uAh during the first quarter Of
e. agar and many rounds from the quick
Fripg gaas. Not shot was fired In re-
fpease-
Al $50 the first boat load. containing
lie Elen Of the Eighth and First infantry
stared for shore, followed by the Twenty
9Th fcolored), the Tenth aud Twelfth in
t2niry at ll:l0.
Prodigious cheering from the shore
caught up by the nearest ships and nyirg
from vessel to vessel through the squadron
announced the momentous fact thai the
American army had begun a landing On
Cuban soil, the honor OF setting the FIRST
foot on the island falling to a detachment
OF the Eighth infantry that was lowed
ashore by the tug Wampatuck.
The troops on land formed and moved UP
and away to quarters without confusion.
A force OF mounted Cuban,, which had
been under cover during the bomblrlment,
now arrived and congratulations were ex-
changed
Inc lunantdniS or me village assured
! that the worst was over came out col I'd
women and children creeping INTO sight
/ from suhterrancan shelters
At ll.3o attachment II the seeo1d
Messachusetts volunteers started for The
shorc md by noon probably 1900 rrea rad
landed. Other fctachuNn's we're falowt~g
as rapidly as 'hs steam launches coaId be
made available
Tho sea vas agspltiously calm and ths
sky clear col breeze was blowing and
the troops Esre in he highest OF spirits
and the strains q. Yankee Doodle" we're
gFer'ipg every string os boats coming IN
Tho coTrsnona4nt ~ fhe Associated press
On so.nz ashore ~ 1870 o n. found that
NJ STANDARDS had lone MtsIs vaaton mis-
eh'ff r0uad- house tooomotlve several
cars aad re r1ilvav offlees lad been Do
s'rHTei Hut ne tWik 81 tae village was
isff Shading intact
ne sFlas on Iugagga stlH eoniinues as
Otis slHa'ch "a filed hut Il 81 aasuitory.
afi y directed over rhe first limo Of hills
70 eiear he ecnh,ry seyord
tS'aaedl PM Robinson.