Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-17
INVADERS bOUND FOR CUBA.
Sailed From Key West at the Break
Of Day.
General shlfter VIII Lead $1,000 Boys ia
Blue TO Viet0ry-The Invading Army
Chiefly Composed of Regular
Infantry Regiments.

Washington, June 1.-THE frst
army of invasion 10 Cuba Is now well
on its way, 81 transport steamships,
bearing 900 officers and men, con.
voyed by battleships, cruisers, gun
boats and auxiliary craft, sixteen in
number, having actually sailed from
Key West at day break Monday morn
ing. An authoritiye statement to this
effect was made at the war department
yesterday, setting at rest all reports
that the expedition was on its way or
had landed last week.
by Thursday at the late t, the trans
ports will be off antiago, and large
American army will make its landing
on Cuban soil. Admiral Sampson has
cleared the way for this undertaking,
and little danger is apprehended in
getting ashore. IL will be after that,
when the.advance is made, that the
actual development may be looked
for.
The United States regular troops
make up the greater part of the force,
there being only three volunteer organ
izations on the ships. These are the
Seventy-frst New York infantry vol
unteers, the Second Massachusetts in
fantry volunteers, and two dismount-
ed squadrons of four troops each from
the first United States volunteer cav
airy, the regiment which Colonel Wood
commands, and Of which Theodore
Roosevelt is lieutenant colonel.
Whether any OF these officers are with
the two squadrons named is not yet
known at the war department. 1t was
difficult to prevail upon the mounted
rifemen to leave their mounts behind,
but this was was a matter of necessity |
It is said, owing TO lack of accommo-
dations for the horse on shipboard.
The full list of the troops that made
up this expedition, as reported to the
war department by General Shafter,
Is rs follows:
Infantry regiments Sixth, Sixteenth,
Seventy-first New York voluntee rs;
Tenth, Twenty-6rst, Eighth, Twenty
fourth Twenty second, Second Massa-
chusetts volunteers; First, Fifteenth,
Seventh, Seventeenth,
Third, Twentieth Total infantry,
SIC officers. AID 10, roo enlisted men.
Cavalry-Two dismounted squadrons
Of four troops each from the Third,
Sixth, Ninth, First and Tenth cavalry,
and two dismounted squadrons os four
.roops each from the First United
states volunteer cavalry. Total dis
mounted cavalry, 1856 officers, 2S75 en- .
listed men, mounted cavalry, one
quadron Of the Second, officers and ,
80 enlisted men.
Artillery-Light batteries e and X,
first artillery, A and Il Second artil 6
cry, IA officers and 323 enlisted men. ,
and IL Fourth artillery; 4 :
Ulcers and 1872 enlisted men. .
Engineers Companies c and e, 9 Of
GERS and 200 enlisted men. \
Signal Corps-One detachment, 2 Of
GERS and As enlisted men. q
Hospital detaohments are included n
the above figures The staff corps a
umbers Is officers. The grand total
the expedition is 773 officers and a. q
4 enlisted men. D.
Aside from the men and officers .,
aking up the expedition, the boats .,
rried a vast quantity of supplies, Ii
aud war equipment, nee =;
sRry to maintain an organization of q,
is size for at least 60 days y,
Rough Riders For Porto Rico. Oh