The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-07-21
PORTO RlCOCONRSNEXT
The Advance Guard Has Already
Left Fer the Scene.
GENERAL MILES IN THE VAN.

Thirty Thousand OF Our Troops VIII
Proceed at Once to the New Point
OF Invasion, aud Ten to Twenty
Thousand May Follow.
Washington, July 1a-After three
days consultation between the presi-
dent. Secretary Ager and General
Brooke, during which there was fire.
Quent communication with General
Miles at Sibonev. the details OF the
Porto Rican expedition were perfected
and the expedition itself was gotten
under way. General Miles, with some
artillery and troops. sailing yesterday
for Porto Rico on the converted cruiser
Yale. to be followed quickly by an
army Of about 10000 men.
General Miles leads the way. He had
been promised by the president that
ne should &C TO Porto Rico and tn.
promise was redeemed when the Yale
headed yesterday from Siboney for
Porto Rico, 500 miles distant. General
Brooke will be the senior officer in
Miles command, and upon him will
fall the responsibility for the execution
Va Wv eSeohc Va hsc supCEioI . piduS.
1t Is estimated that General Miles
should arrive by tomorrow night at the
point selected for the landing. and will
hoist the American flag at once over
Porto Rican soil. The point chosen for
his landing is kept secret, as the Gen
eral will land before the full body of
the expedition is Mt hand, and 1t 1.
consequently not desirable that the
enemy should be able to assemble q
superior force to meet him. The dis.
tance from Charleston. where the frs,
body Of troops 10 Miles, expedition will
start today. is more than double the
distance from Santiago to Porto Rico
80 that the transports which sail from
the former city can scarcely reach Gen
eral Miles before the early part OF
next week. Included in the troops which
will sail from Charleston today is tn,
Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment. Tn,
$4,000 men at Tampa will probably II
soon. These include the Third Pennsyl
vania, the Fifth Aa1oAsad and the Sec
ond New York regiments. Genera
Brooke Will take from Chickamaugf
Park most Of the Second and Thirc
brtgades. including the First ant
J Fourth Pennsylvania and the Secont
and Sixth Ohio.
The purpose Of Secretary Alser is I,
make the Porto Rcan campaign
short one. An overwhelming force will
be thrown upon the island, and Il Il
possible that bioodIess victory win b.
achieved when the Spanish becom
convinced that they have no reasonab bl
chance to resist successfully. The ex
pedition Is 20 comprise $4,000 men a
the start. and II will be soon swelIe,
to 10000 men, and II necessary TO 60.
600 men.
The part which the navy is TO TAX
in the assault against Porto Rico hal
been fully matured. The several trans
port fleets will have with them one O
two auxiliary craft carrying secondar,
batteries OF six or eight FOUNDERS
Secretary Long said yesterday after
noon that no time had beeen fixed 10
the departure OF Admiral Sampson
fleet for San Juan. As to the nava
plans. he would cooperate In ever,
way with the movements OF the army
1t is the general understanding. how
ever. that the navy will rely mainl,
on armored ships for the bomba~dmen
OF San Juan. as the big battleships an,
monitors afford the best means OF OF
fensive warfare, while their armo
belts protect them from such Are a
the San Juan batteries can bring 1
bear. The Notifications there are muc
like those Of Santiago, with a Morr
Castle at the entrance Of the harbo
and number Of lesser fertilization
leading up to the city. These, how
ever, are viewed with less awe since Al
examination Of the Moro batteries a
Santiago has shown them to be an
tiquated and capable OF little efYectiv
resistance.
The movement II the ships from San
tiago to their new fields OF action vii
begin at once. and 1t Ia probable tha
some Of Admiral Sampson's ships wer
detached yesterday and proceeded wit
General Niles first expedition towar
Porto Rico. They Will be needed L
cover the debarkation OF the troops OF
Porto Rican soil. The others will fol
low as soon as the full army expedi
tion is ready to make a landing, whel
the attack will begin Simultaneous
from land and sea.