The Somerset reporter., 1898-06-09
WAR NOTES.

ElNN lhohSaib NlpVPo VII AN"'N 80.
Francisco, for the Philippines, this week.
The naval officials now calculate that
Hawaii has become an ally of the United
states with the present war with Spain
and at this moment our government is
responsible for the protection of the
Hawaiian islands.
Col. Leonard Woods volunteer regi-
ment of cavalry, better known as
"Roosevelt's Rough Riders arrived at
Tampa. Thursday and bivouacked in the
city. This regiment has been officially
designated as the First [. 5. Volunteer
Cavalry.
The war department gave assurance,
Friday, that General Mattocks of Port
land will shortly be appointed briga
der general of volunteers, but refused
to grant the request of Maine congress
men that the State be allowed to recruit
an additional regiment.
The promotion in store for Lieutenant
Hobson, the hero of santiago, is under
consideration by the navy department.
The department is DESTROYS of knowing
what would be the most acceptable to
Hobson himself, and when this is learn.
ed, recommendation will be made to
Congress, which that body will doubt
less carry into effect without delay.
The last cable strands binding Cuba
to the outside world were cut Saturday,
by cable vessel conveyed to Santiago,
by the United States dispatch gunboat
Dolphin. This black sea-crab delved all
day along the coast, hour by hour, and
its powerful claws at length brought up
the barnacle-clustered cable strands and
snapped them, and Cuba is wholly
isolated.
Admiral Sampson has given orders
that Ell Moro, where the heroes of the
Merrimac are imprisoned, should be
spared in the firing. Admiral Cerveras
polite assurances were accompanied by
the statement that Lieut.. Hobson and
his men were confined there. This plac-
ing of prisoners in the direct line of fire
is denounced by the American officers
as 18th century defense, an act of in
carnate cruelty.
A special from Kingston, Jamaica,
reports that 5000 United States troops
have landed near Punta Cabrera, little
to the west of Santiago de Cuba, where
junction was effected with Gen. Gar
cia's army of 5000 insurgents. 1t is
added that the landing was effected I'M
der cover of fire from Admiral Samp-
sons fleet. With the troops were sew
eral heavy seige guns.
The British gunboat, Swift, which
arrived at Hong Kong, Monday, from
Manila, reports that the insurgents have
cut the railways outside the town and
advanced to within four miles of the
city. A Spanish regiment has mutinied
and shot its officers. Fighting between
the insurgents and the Spanish troops is
frequent, and the former have brought
lUOO pllSOHoiS W tdNlle. He AmeIl-
cans, it is reported at Manila, assist the
insurgents with boats and machine guns.
Thursday the U. 5. House of Represen-
tatives passed the urgent deficiency bill
carrying SIT, 945 900 embodying many of
the items of the cuban, Philippine and
Porto Rico campaigns as submitted by
Secretary Alger. The secretary of war
Thursday, sent to Congress request for
appropriations amou lting to $50, S79, 358.
These appropriations will be used for
the equipment and maintenance until
January l, 1899, of the 70, 600 volunteers
recently called for by the President,
Thursday, the President sent the
following nominations to the Senate:
The nominees are all Manila heroes.
Navy-For advancement for conspicuous
conduct in battle: Captain Frank
Wilde, to,be advanced numbers; Cap
tain Joseph b. Coghlan to be advanced
8 numbers; Captain Charles V. Gridley
to be advanced numbers; Captain N.
NJ. Dyer to be advanced 7 numbers;
Captain Benjamin p. Lamberton to be
advanced numbers; Commodore Asa
Walker to be advanced 0 numbers;
Commodore Edward p. Wood to be
advanced 10 numbers.
The Spanish government has made a
protest to the British authorities
against the shipping of Canadian coal
from British North America to San
Francisco for the relief of Admiral Dew
eys fleet at Manila, and also against
the shipping of coal from Nova Scotia
to Atlantic ports for use by United
States warships operating in the West
Indies. But as these coal sales were
made by private parties to private par
ties the British authorities held that
interference was outside their prov
ince, even If the coal finally passed into
the hands of the United States govern
ment.
Col. l.. H. Kendall of the Maine vol
unteers has been given command of the
brigade at Chickamauga, This brigade
is the third brigade of the third division
of the third corps, which is under the
command of Major General Wade, an
old campaigner. The other two regi-
ments to form the triple alliance with