The times., 1898-06-14


pedition to Santiago is well on its way.
The transport fleet which left Tampa
Saturday evening met the naval convoy
at the rendezvous point off Key West
yesterday, and the combined fleets sailed
at once for Santiago.
Advices to this effect were received from
Key West by the Government last even
ing.
Major General Shafter, who is in com
mand, sailed on the steamer Seguranca
with 500 men. The entire expedition is COM
posed of nearly Il 900 infantrymen, includ-
ing two regiments of volunteers; two regi-
ments of cavalry from Mobile, two squad
rons of the First Third, Ninth, Sixth and
Tenth Cavalry, eight troops of volunteer
cavalry, known as Roosevelt's Rough
Riders: four batteries of light artillery.
with sixteen guns; two batteries of
heavy artillery, with ten siege guns; one
battalion of engineers. and signal and
hospital corps.
The following official list of the troops
in the expedition was announced by Adjt.
Gen. Corbin yesterday:
Infantry regiments-Sixth, Sixteenth,
Twenty-frst, Second Thirteenth, Ninth.
Twenty-fourth. Eighth. Dwenty-second,
Second Massachusetts Volunteers, Fourth,
FIRST, Twenty-ffth, Twelfth, Seventh.
Seventeenth, Third, Twentieth.
Total infantry-551 officers, 10, ,709 enlisted
men.
Two dismounted squadrons, of four
troops each, from the Third, Sixth.
Ninth, First and Tenth Cavalry Regi-
ments and two dismounted squadrons of
four troops each from the First United
States Volunteer Cavalry, Col. Woods 8
regiment.
Total dismounted cavalry 159 officers
and 2S75 enlisted men.
One squadron Second Cavalry, mounted,
nine officers, two hundred and eighty en-
listed men.
Light Batteries E and K,I First Artil-
lery, A and f, Second Artillery, fourteen
officers, 323 enlisted men. Batteries C and
II, Fourth Artillery, siege, four officers,
1872 enlisted men
Companies and E of Engineers, nine
officers, two hundred enlisted men.
Signal detachments, two officers and 80
enlisted men.
Hospital detachments included in fore
going figures.
Corps staff. fifteen officers.
The expedition is for the most part
composed of the best men in the Ameri-
can army. The regulars arc all seasoned
soldiers, no new recruits having been
taken along.
Thirty-two transports were required
TO embark the armyg and with the six
teen warships and barges and tugs the
combined fleets present formidable ar
mada of fifty-two vessels.
Following is hist of the transports
which has been furnished The Times,
each vessel being officially designated by
number painted on its smokestack:
Miami, Capt. Mcdonald, 1,200 men.
2-Santiago. Capt. leighton. $50 men.
3-Gussie, Capt. Birney, 100 men.
4-Cherokee, Capt. Garvin, 1000 men.
5-seneea, Capt. Decker, 900 men.
6-Alamo, Capt. Hix, $50 men.
7-Comal, Capt. Evans, $50 men, 17e
| horses.
S-Yucatan. Capt Robertson. $50 men
9-Berkshire, Capt. Dizer, 474 men; ia
horses.
1O-whitney, Capt. Staples. 100 men,
u-Olivette, Capt Stevenson. 400 men;
| 15 horses.
12-seguaranca, Capt Hansen, 500 men.
The name of the vessel which has been
styled Number 49, cannot be learned.
| H-Concho, Capt. Rick, 1900 men.
| 15-FIorida, Capt. Miner, 600 men
| 16-City of Washington, Capt. Stevens.
| 800 men.
F-Alleghany, Capt. Nickerson. $50 men
| 100 horses.
1S-san Marcos, Capt. Itzer, 1,10O men;
| 26 horses.
1s-Decatur A. Miller, Capt Peterson,
| $50 men; 800 mules.
| 20-Saratoga. Capt. Johnson. 900 men.
2-Leona, Capt. Wilder, 1850 men,
22-Rio Grande, Capt. Staples. 500 men.
23-Vigilancia, Capt Mcintosh 1.29O
men.
24-Orizaba, Capt. Downs, 200 men.
| 25-Iroquois. Capt. Kimble $50 men.
&c Matteawan, Capt. Lewis, 500 men; 400
! horses.
27-Morgan, Capt Staples
2S-Sdllwater, Capt. Gault
29-Breakwater, Capt. Rivero.
3e-Cumberland
| S1-Knickerbocker, with 500 men.
32-CInton.
| The State of Texas, Capt Young, ac-
| companies the expedition as a hospital
| ship.
| The barges Bessie and Martha and the
| tug Capt. Sam are also with the fleet.
| The convoy vessels are sailing in ad-
vance, in the rear, and on the flanks of
| the transports, which are sailing in the
| center, and as close together as practi-
cable.
The speed is reckoned at eight knots
| per hour, which is sufficient for Santiago
to be reached Wednesday evening. A
| landing will probably be made by Thurs
| day. La Caimanera, on the Bay of Guam
| tanamo, and Hatbonica, town situated
| on a bay on the coast midway between
| Santiago and Guantanamo, are to be used
| for the debarkation of troops. The
| plan of campaign between the time of
| landing on Guantanamo Bay and the final
assault upon the city has not been chang
ed since its first publication In The Times
| about three weeks ago.
In brief it contemplates the division OF
| the army into three marching bodies
| which will advance upon the city by
| three separate routes. The insurgents
| near Guantanamo will form u juncturt
! with the American forces.
The course of the transport fleet from
the place of rendezvous off Key West Il
Santiago cannot be officially learned
OF two courses that may be taken, one
by way of Cape Antonio and the Yucatar
| Channel and the other by way of Cape
| Maysi and the Windward Passage, the
latter is believed to be the one being ira
versed. 1t is considered the better route
1t is also nearer than the Yucatan Chan
mel route.
Mr. P. Ketcham Of Pike City, Cal, saws:
| During my brothers late sickness from
sciatic rheumatism, Chamberlain's Pain