Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1898, Page 1

SS THE EVENING STAR. ae PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, J1€) Fennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by i Co: The ree to yams res many —s New York Oftice, 49 Potter Buildiny. ath ame (~<cann ‘The Evenirg Star served to subscribers in the ety by crrriers, on thetic cwn account, at 10 cents per week ocr 44 cents © mont! Copies at the geunter 2 certs each. By mail—anywhere In the United States « Canada—postage prepaid—50 cenis per month, Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $2.08. (Entered at the Po t Offi as second-class ma’l matter.| TF All mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on applicetior. Che Zvening Star. No 14,136, WASHINGTON, D. ©., TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1898-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering {t at this office, in person or by letter, Terms- 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in advance. Sub- scribers chanzing their address from one Post-offie to another should five the last address as well as the new one. SAFE AT SANTIAGO Fifteen Thousand Troops Arrive Off the Fated City. od COMMUNICATION DIRECT © CABLE > Admiral Sampson Now in Electric Touch With Washington. GENERAL SATISFACTION —— The President was officially in- formed of the safe arrival of Gen. Shafter’s invading army off Santiago de Cuba. Direct cable communication has been established with Admiral Samp- son's fleet. General Shafter’s troops have ar- rived off Santiago, and he has con- sulted with Admiral Sampson as to the time and place of a landing. A terrible accident occurred in the launching of the new British battle ship Albion, in which it is estimated fifty people were drowned. The third expedition to Manila is expected to sail next Saturday. There was important news at the White Heuse and War Department this morning. First the President and officials knew that the transports, with 15,000 troops, had ar- rived safely off Santiago, and second, ough no less important, was the infor- fon that di cable communication been established between the United States and Guantanamo, where the United Ss nes now hold po: ect na: Thus not only is Cz lanco cut off from any communi- h the outside world,save through y West cables,within our control, but authorities in Washington have been Piaced in close connection with our forces hé army and navy which are conduct- ing the invasion of Cuba. to Gen. Greely and his signa feng the honor of To him was intru task of oh corps be- chieving this last feat. ed some weeks ago the ing cable and t ation with Cuba. Under superv Lieut. Col. Allen of Gen. Miles’ staff, with officers and men of the nal corps, have been busily engaged in The French Company w cable runs from iago to Guantanamo bay, and chence to Cape Haitien, where a direct cox is obtained with New York, was ac- ed the privilege of restoring this com- ation with Guantanamo and Santi- with permission to send commercial dispatches under a strict mili- sitated by war con- ne nose eee The cable steamer Mancel was yed for the work, and o; ing on nes communication was restored be- tween abcut 3 o'clock y Cape Haitien and Guantanamo It is erday afternoon. Communication in Progress. The first messa, over this restored ca- ble was one from Lieut. Col. Alien to Gen. Gree munication. Gen. Greely immediately di- rected the officer to « nd forward the S as to the a tes troop pplied , in command of the utanamo bay. The out a boat to ren off Sar the news that al transport in turn Sampson's turned with had arrived squa and at . Shafter, Hi expedition, was on board the flags with Admiral S. ing of the t larly gratifying besides his offic hip New York consulting ting the land: ws was particu- to Secretary Alger, who, al interest in the safe ar- Fival of the expedition, has a natural con- cern for the welfare of his son, an inspect- or on Gen. Shafter’s staff. More a News. Ws was promptly communicated to Department, where there was a atisfaction at the no- will be able here- e directly with Samp- of good news that came ‘um of the pther pie throug. m, in Marseill nation had stating that p been received there that u ‘adiz fleet had returned to Cadiz after Its preter ieparture, with one of the idzble of the ships, Vittoria, dis- and in tow by one of the other ships. The Vittoria is one of the broadside ships of the Spanish navy, being very similar respect to the Numancia, another . has no turrets, but, like the squadron. St the old siyle of ironclad, has her guns mounted broadside behind a citadel of heavy fron. She has lain neglected for years at Cadiz, and it is presumed at the hasty repairs made upon her to prepare for active service were not exten- sive enough to make good the damage sus- tained to her machinery through neglect. The Restored Cablé. It took just about fifteen minutes for the cable message which told of the arrival of General Shafter with his troops at Santia- go to reach the War Department yesterday from Captain Allen of the Signal Corps, who is on duty with the cable-cutting ship, employed off the southern coast of Cuba. The dispatch was sent with one end of the cable bouyed on board ship, and came to the United States over the French cable, via Haitl, reaching the War De- partment about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Since that time and up to about 2 o'clock this afternoon the department had not sent any messages in reply to the officials on the ship, for the reason that they were en- gaged in transferring the cable to some point on shore near Guantanamo bay. It is not probable that this work will consume very much time, and before long the offi- cialis here will be able to communicate freely with the officials at the cable sta- tion, and in the case of a hurry message a telegram ought to be sent and a reply re- ceived in half an hour's time.* The dig- tance from Gueztanamo bay to Aguadores by water is probably three hours’ travel. Aguadores is the place where the United States troops are destined to land. If the means of communication by steamer are too slow to sujt the officials then the Signal Cui,s detachment accompanying General Shafter’s expedition will lay a cable along the shore or string a telegraph line be- tween the two points, facilities for doing either of which are at hand. GOOD WORK OF THE CI NS. Admiral Sampson Praises Their Ef- fective Co-Operation. The Navy Department continues to hear frequently from Admiral Sampson relative to the general condition of affairs with the fleet off Santiago. These advices have not, up to a late hour today, brought news of the landing of the troops under General Shafter, but the department is hourly ex- pecting that the cable communication now restored will permit Admiral Sampson to send full information of the steps taken io that end. The reports last received sp of the satisfactory condition of affairs, and particularly draw attention to the contin- ned good work being done by the Cubans. The admiral says that he now has about 1,000 Cubans fully armed engaged in the bushwhacking work, which has proved so effective in protecting the marines, and in preparing the way for the American troops. This force of Cubans is quite apart from the regular force under Genera!s Rabbi and Garcia, and is a detached body of guerrillas, which is co-operating with our naval forces rather than with the army. The extent to which the Cubans have been exposed to action is shown by the report reaching the Navy Department that thirty wounded Cubans have been placed on the Solace. This is believed to be considerably more the wounded among the American es. Surgeon General Van Reypen cf has directed the chief surgeon of the Solace to receive Cuban wounded and give them the same treatment and facili- ties accorded to our own men. ‘Later, the hospital ship Relief will receive the Cuban wounded, as the Relief is an army ship, and the work of the Cubans is looked upon as more properly coming under their direc- tion. Pending the arrival of the Relief no distinction will be made between Ameri- cans or Cubans, army or navy, in the relief which the Solace is able to extend. She will wait for a full load of sick and wound- ed before coming north, as the desire of the department is to take away all. of the disabled before the most severe period of summer heat comes on. _— RANK AND STATUS OF OFFICERS. than Decisions of Importance Made by Sec- retary Alger. The Secretary of War has made a de- cision that relative rank as between offi- cers of the same grade commissioned by the governor of a state or territory is to be determined according to the date of mus- ter into the United States service. When such officers have commissions bearing the same date aid were mustered in the same date their relative rank will be determined, first, by previous iength of service in the United States army, regular or volunte or Marine Corps, under commission, and, secondly, in the absence of any such serv- ice, by lot. In the cases of officers who were on a status of “temporary duty” prior to the declaration of war that status, according to a decision rendered by Secretary Alger, ceased, and changed to one of duty (not mporary), in the cases of al! officers on duty with troops in the field on April the date from which war was declared to exist by act of Congress approved April 25, 1898. —___-e-______ ANOTHER ARMY CORPS. Gen. Otis Will Command It When Gen. Merritt is Military Governor. An additional army corps to be known as the 8th is to be created. It will«be composed of the troops assigned to the Philippine Islands and will be in command of Major General Wesley Merritt. Upon his arrival at the Philippine Islands Gen. Merritt will transfer the active com- mand of the 8th corps to Major General E. S. Otis, now his second in command. As military governor of the Philippines, Gen. Merritt will have so many duties of an administrative character to perform that it would be impracticable for him to retain the active command of the troops on the islands. He will be, of course, the supreme military authority in the Philip- pines, but the direct command of the United States forces there will devolve upon Gen. Otis. ——_—___ 6. CONFERENCE REPORTS. The Strect Parking, Highway ana Eckington Railway Bills. The conference report on House bill 5880, vesting in the District Commissioners full curtrol of street parking, was called up in the House this afternoon by Mr. Cowherd of Missouri. He*said the parks of the Dis- triet are to be placed under the chief of engineers uf the army, and the street park- ings under the Commissioners. Hereafter the parks will include only those reserva- tions marked in the map of 1894. The tri- angles and trapezoids at street interséc- tions will be considered street parking, and under the jurisdiction of the Commission- ers, except those which were included in the map of 1804. Mr. Cannon of Illinois gave notice that when the next District appropriation bill comes up he proposes to place all these street reservations on the District, to be cared for on the same basis with other District works. The conference report was adopted. The Highway Act. In the House this afternoon Mr. Bab- cock brovght up the conference report on the highway bill, in which the House re- cedes from its non-concurrence in the Sen- ate amendments and agrees to the same. The conference report was adopted without debate. . Eckington Railway Bill. The Hcvse today adopted the conference report on the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home railway Dill. This leaves the road without the power to buy intersecting dines, a power which is now only held by the Capital Trac- tion Company. % ———--e+____. Bond Bid Force Completed. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip said today that he had placed nearly 200 extra clerks on the work of the bond Issue. The mos: of this force is at work in the new city pest office. Mr. Vanderlip said that he had mede all the appointments necessary and would make no more. The appointments are temporary and will hold until the bond {ssue ts closed up. ——__e+___ Senator Roach Against Annexation. By an inadvertence yesterday The Star misquoted Senatcr Roach as being in favor of the annexation of Hawaii. A large num- ber of interviews with senators had been secured, and in transcribing them Senator Reach was credited with the sentiments of another senator. UNCLE SAM: “It takes an unconscionable lot of Spaniards to balance one American.” * THE INVASION OF CUBA Occupation of Santiago Only a Part of the Plan. An Authoritative Review of the Fu- ture Operations Preceding the Fall of Havana. Now that the army is about to set foot cn Cuban soil, the purpose of this move, as part of a general campaign, was pointed out today by an army official fully ac- quainted with the general plans of action. He said Santiago de Cuba was not to be made a military base of operations, as it Was not adapted for such use. Being far removed from the rich and populous por- tion of the island, without railroads or or- dinary highways for transporting munitions of war westward, the town would be prac tically useless as a base of military sup- plies. For that reason, he said, there had never been an idea of occupying this place as the first base and then gradually extend- ing military operations westward. On the contrary, this occupation of Santiago was but an incident of the general plan of oc- cupying several points, and in due time there would be a landing at the west end of Cuba, just as there had been at the east end. When that occurred each point of landing would serve for the time being as a base for the surrounding country, and Santiago could no more be used as a base for reaching Havana than could Havana for reaching Santiago. Desirable Ends Attained. The immediate purpose in occupying San- tiago, he pointed out, accomplished several incidental but very desirable ends. First of these was the capture of Admiral Cervera’s fleet, which would always remain a menace end an uncertain factor until entirely dis- posed of. Another point which had come up was the relief of Hobson and his brave band of associates. While this might seem a minor matter, yet the government had always been most solicitous in relieving and protecting its citizens, and just now there was added reason why the strongest efforts of the government should be put forth for the rescue of this heroic band. It was sug- gested that Great Britain had sent an expe- dition into the heart of Africa to rescue one of its imprisoned heroes, General Gordon, at Khartoum. Then, too, the raising of the American flag on Cuban soil, whether at the east or the west end, would have a powerful moral influence, alike stimulating to our own people and our fighting forces and disheartening to Spain. Humiliating to Spain, The humiliation to Spain was in having our men and our flag planted on her soil, whether the particular point was to be vsed as a base of operations or not. It would also notify the world at large that the United States was intrenched on the Island of Cuba as well as in the Philip- Pines. Next to Havana, it was pointed out, Santiago is the largest city in Cuba. Its possession means the possession of practi- cally the eastern end of the isiand, includ- ing all of the two eastern provinces and well up to the famous trocha. It embraces also the river Cauto, the largest river in Cuba and the one used by Spaniards and insurgents alike for their most effeotive naval incursions inland. Although shallow, it can be navigated by light-draught gun- boats, launches, eto., and it provides a wa- ter highway, much better than roads, for tapping a great stretch of the interior of the island. With Santiago occupied, there- fore, there will be the advantage of a local base of operations, the elimination of the Spanish fleet as a factor in the war, the re- lease of Hobson and his band, and the es- tablishment of an American force under the American flag on Spanish soll. Steamship Arrivals, At New York—Europe, from London; Ethiopia, from Glasgow; Aller, from Na- ples; Southwark, from Antwerp, THE COMING STORMS oe A Desire to Give Our Naval Com- manders Warning, A CONFERENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE Proposition to Establish Signal Stations in South America. —— TO ASK APPROPRIATIONS ————_»———_— J é President McKinley, Secretary Long, Sec- retary Wilson and Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, have had a long conference on the question of estab- lishing signal stations on the coast of South America to give werning of the ap- proach of tornadoes and hurricanes. The heve united in a recommendation that Con- gress at once make an appropriation for this work. “We fear hurricanes and tornadoes more than Spanish fleets,” said Secretary Long to a Star reporter this morning. Then the Secretary said that he and other members of the administration had given the ques- tion of the approaching storms in the West Indies serious study. They realized, he said, the great dangers to the*navy, and were anxious to do something to minimize these dang, More Destructive Than Ships. Secretary Wilson also said this morning that all the ships Spain could send against our navy in open conflict were not to be feared as much as the terrible storms which will soon sweep through the waters now occupied by American ships. At present there is no way of getting warning to the American commanders of these terrible wreck-producing storms. In addition, there are yet no ports in our full possession in which the ships can quickly take refuge when a storm appears. “When Congress makes the appropria- tion,” said Secretary Wilson today, “we will establish signal stations at all points along the Caribbean sea and on a@ portion of the coast of South America. These sta- tions would observe the appfoach of storms and get word to the American fleet many hours before the “arrival of these @readed destroyers.” Come From South Ameriecr. Secretary Long said that the most de- structive of these storms sweep around the coast of South America, into the Carib- bean sea and then go through the West Indies, increasing in violence*as they go. From the signal stations on the Caribbean the employes of the United @tates would note the movements of thé™storms and would cable to Admiral Sampson, Com- modore Schley and others. “They would then arrange for the safety of their ves- sels and crews. . Someth: must be done vs goon, how- oni and administration ly realizes @ main reason for the invasion of Porto Rico is that the eavy tropical storms begin there after the middle of July. GOING TO SANTIAGO. Gen. Duffeld’s Brigaée Ordered to Move at Once, ‘The War Department has issued orders to Brigadier General Henry M, Duffield to proceed with his.entire brigade from Camp Alger to Fort Monroe, where they will take transports for Santiago. The brigade comprises the 9th Massachusetts and 33d and 3ith Michigan, about-8,000 men in all, fe TO SAIL SATURDAY Troops Who Will Comprise the Third Expe- dition to Manila. Transports Are Almost Ready—Work on the Cruiser Philadelphia Nearly Completed. SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.—With late additions of recruits the force at Camp Merritt has been increased to 12,200, and over 1,000 more are expected soon. Work on the third fleet of transports has progressed so favorably that they will probably all be ready to sail by Saturday. The monitor Monadnock and collier Nero are expected to start for Manila at the same time. After the departure of the next expedition the remaining troops will be re- brigaded by Major. Gen. Otis. The Pacifi fail Steamship Company has furnished so many transports to the gov- ernment that new arrangements regarding the carrying of the freight and passengers have become necessary. There is a report current at the Pacific Mail dock that the steamers of the Jap- anese Toyo Company, may be u: as suostitutes for the ships chartered by the United States government from CG. P. Huntington. There is a traffic agreement between the Toyo Company and the Pacitic Mail for the operation of new steamers now being built for the former company. Every effort is being madesto recruit the 3d Artillery, four of whose batteries are designaied for Manila for the next expedi- tion, up to war strength of 200 men. The work on the cruiser Philadelphia at the Mare Island navy yard is nearly com- pleted. The ship’s main batteries of six- inch rifles has been swung aboard and set in position. The ship has been painted in war color. She will be taken out of the dock the first of next week. The new deck of the U. S. 8. Adams has been about completed and that ship will soon be ready for commission. The old iron cruiser Ranger will be haul- ed into the quay walls shortly and con- verted as rapidly as possible into a mod- ern gunboat. © Work on the Yorktown is being expedited as much as possible, and as fast as the men get throu&h with the Philadelphia they will be transferred to the Yorktown, The development of diphtheria and cere- bro-spinal meningitis at Camp Merritt is causing considerable alarm. There ure also a number of case of pneumonia in the hos- pital. Arrangements are being made to send a 600-bed field hospital to the Philip- Pines, under charge of Major W. O. Owens. The board of supervisors has adopted a resolution calling upon Secretary of War Alger to provide an adequate water supply and sewer facilities for the Presidio reser- vation. —— TAKE TROOPS ON LAST. Plan Recommended in Connectio: With Loading Transports. ~* CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK, Tenn., June 21.—Today is another day of activity at Chickamauga, officers and men one and all are hard at work. The equip- ping work is now progressing rapidly, and if the present rate keeps up the whole army will be armed and equipped in a short time. Recruits continue to come in by the hun- dreds. It is stated on very good authority that General Brooke, General Wade and others at Chickamauga Park have recommended to the War Department that no troops be removed from Chickamauga until the date of the departure of an invading expedition is fixed. Transports, they think, can be loaded with supplies and ammunition in ad- vance. Then, with just time enough to make the journey, the troops can be moved direct- ly from the camp to the ports and march- $4 at once fully equipped on shipboard. The generals suggest that this is a better way than to move the troops to the gulf, camp them again and hold them until the expedition is ready to start. They believe a higher degree of efficiency can be main- tained by their plan and that much of the confusion and delay encountered in the de- parture fr>m Tampa can be avoided. — ZAFIRO FORCED TO MOVE. Dewey's Supply Ship Ordered Away by the Chinese. NEW YORK, June 21.—A special cable to the Evening Journal from Hong Kong says: “The American supply ship Zafiro, which was sent here from Manila by Admiral Dewey to prdcure provisions and other necessaries for the fleet, and which an- chered a few miles from here in Chinese waters, has been compelled to leave by the Chinese authorities, “The Chinese notified United States Con- sul Wildman, at Hong Kong, to take the Zafiro out of the jurisdiction of the em- peror at once, and refused to allow her even the customary twenty-four hours’ stay, or a pound of coal or provisions. “She has accordingly been moved, and now is in British waters at Hong Kong. The Chinese order is believed to be due to the representations of Spai — ON THE HAVANA BLOCKADE. Little of Interest Save an Occasional Shot From Morro. KEY WEST, Fla, June 21.—A vessel which arrived here this morning from the bicckading fleet off Havana, reports that there have been no incidents worth not- ing excepting occasional shooting from Merro Castle and the land batteries. Three searchlights have been mounted on the fortifications, one at Cojimar, one at the Morro and one at the Reina battery. On Friday last three Spanish gunboats and some larger vessels, apparently mer- chantmen, left Havana harbor and proceed- ea eastward, close in shore. The auxiliary gunboat Maple tired upon the Spanish ships and they returned to port and have not Since attempted a sorti es QUESTION OF PEACE. CONSIDERi France and Russia, It is Said, Hi ‘Taken the initiative. LONDON, June 21.—The correspondent at Paris of the Veli Mall Gazette telegraphs Ums afternoon tnat he learns from an au- thoritauve source, in spite of denials, that the question of negotaung peace between the Luited States and Spain has been tor some Gays tne subject of lively correspon- aeuce belWeen Lhe chanceilories. He adds laai some of the ambassadors in Paris Were insirucied yesterday to remain on the avert and in readiness. Tne correspondent turther says it is said that an event of im- portance in opening negouations with tue United States and Spain will occur within a tew days. Mr. Hanatoux, the French minister for ioreign amairs in the Meline cabinet, back- ed by tne czar, has, it seems, been the principal promoter of the peace negoua- ulens, “hence President Faure’s desire to retain M, hanatoua iu the for eign office.”” Sane ae AN ALLEGED AMERICAN SPY. Said to Have Gone to Corunna on a Briush Snip. CORUNNA, June —The Spanish com- mandant here has taken measures to ar- rest an alleged American spy, who arriy- ed here on the Briush steamer Hornac. Up tothe present the commandant has been unable to nnd the man he is looking for, but the suspect is believed to be hidden on board, The identity of the British steamer Hor- nac could not be established by reference to the diferent maritime registers avail- able here, —— CORTES TO SUSPEXD NEXT WEEK. Rumored at Madrid That the Cabinet May Resign Then. MADRID, June —There are rumors current here today that the cortes may sus- pend its session during the coming week, when Senor Puigcerver, the minister of finance, will resign, in which event it is thought the premier, Senor Sagasta, will be compelled to submit to the queen regent a question of confidence in the ministry. It is possible, therefore, that Senor Sagasta will resign, in which case, it is said, a national government pledged to the most energetic course will succeed his ministry. —_——_ WILL NOT BE HONORED, Queer Proceeding of a Colored Coal Denier at Jamaica. The heavy demand for coal is inducing a number of thrifty individuals to secure large stocks of this necessity of naval war- fare, on the presumption that the govern- rent will purchase it rath2r than allow it to fall m the hands of the enemy. Today the State Department received a draft for a large amount, drawn by a colored man at Jamaica, who had stocked up on coal, and without contract or negotiations, drew on the department for the full stock, at $12 per ton. As this grade of coal is selling for less than $2 at points where the navy can secure it In this country the draft was considered Dut of reason, even had any ar- rangement ben made for purchase. The navy officials, when inquiry was made of them, said they knew nothing of this stock of coal. As a result the draft is not likely to be honored, and this particular stock of Jamaica coal will be left on the owner's hands. HOBSON'S PROMOTION. He Will Be Made a Lieutenant Com- mander Without Delay. Lieutenant Hobson, the hero of the Mer- rimac, will be transferred from the con- struction corps to the line of the navy and raised to the grade of Meutenant com- mander. This action has been definitely de- elded by the administration and legislation empowering this action will be pressed in both houses and its execution will almost immediately follow the affixing of the ex- ecutive approval of the measure. This de- termination was reached after a short and informal consultation as to the Spanish at- titude as te the exchange of prisoners and the likelihood that there will be no early release of the gallant lieutenant and his crew. SRE Maes M. Sarrien Fails to Form Cabinet, PARIS, June 21.—Owing to the refusal of former Premier Dupuy to accept the for- eign office portfolio and of M. Delambre to become minister of finance, M. Sarrien has decided to relinquish the task of attempt- ing to form a cabinet, and will so inf President Faure this afternoon. goss —_.__. Luther Benson Dead. Benson, the noted lecturer, diod $i Doshville: 100. at 8’ o'clock this. morn _—_—_—_ TROOPS REACH CUBA Shafter’s Expedition Forms a Juno- tion With Sampson's Fleet. ee, SAILORS GREET THE SOLDIERS eS ns Landing Will Probably Be Effected in Short Time. LIST OF THE SHIPS >—_— (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) On Board the Associated Press Dispatch Beat Dandy, Off Santiago de Cuba, Mon- day, June 20° via the Mole St. Nicholas, Haiti, Tuesday, June 21.—The United States army for the invasion of Cube, 16,000 strong, commanded by General Shafter, ar- rived off Santlago de Cuba at noon today. The time of its disembarkation has not yet been decided upon, but it will probably be within the next three days, When the fleet of thirty-seven transports, with its freight of fighting men, swept up the southern coast today and slowed up within sight of the doomed city of San- tlago de Cuba, the anxiously awaited sol- diers were greeted with ringing cheers, which feintly re-echoed to the transports from the decks of the blockading warships far in shore. They were answered by the troops most heartily and in kind. Army and Navy Joined at Last. The weeks of anxious waiting on one side and of impatient chafing on the other were over, and the army and navy had at last joined forces and all felt that the final blow at Santiago was at hand. It was 10 o'clock this morning when the lookout on board the armored cruiser Brooklyn reported seeing the smoke of several steamers away to the southeast, and a moment or so later he announced that e dozen transports were in sight. Then signals were exchanged from ship to ship, gladdening the hearts of the weary blockaders, Then the United States aux- iliary cruiser Gloucester, formerly J. Pier- pont Morgan’s yacht Corsair, dashed away to meet and welcome the troops. In about half an hour later a grim forest of masts had sprung up apparently from the sea, and a most impressive scene was presented as the armada swept gracefully up from the horizon toward the shores where the great struggle is to take place. The transports were ranged in three ehifting lines, with the battle ship Indiana on the extreme right and the other men- of-war on the outskirts of the fleet. In this order ths transports and their escorts Steamed slowly in toward the hills where Morro’s red walls gleamed in the sunlight. Kept Away From the Line. It was intended to take the entire fleet to the linss of Rear Admiral Sampson's fleet of warships, but an order from the admiral stopped the advance of the ships about fif- teen miles to the southeast, and, escorted by the Gloucester, Gensral Shafter went forward on the Seguranea to confer with the adiniral. The transports lay on the smooth sea while the plans were discussed by the lead- ers on board the flagship. Not the faintest information of their intentions regarding the landing has been ailowed to Undoubtedly, however, some of the troops will be landed at Guantanamo bay in order to relieve the marines there, but it is gen- erally believed the main body of the troops will be landed much nearer to Santiago. The long and trying journey from Tampa has left the men in a much better condition than anticipated., There are fourteen mild cases of typhoid on the hospital ship, among them being Major Horton of the h Infantry, and several cases of measles. There are, however, no serious cases of sickness. Soldiers Were Not Seasick. Owing to the smoothness of the passage the soldiers were not generally affected by seasickness. They are all wildly anxious to get ashore and begin fighting. The dispatch boat of the Associated Press as she stesmed among the transports was eagerly besieged on all sides for news of Admiral Sampson's operations, officers and men clamoring for a word from the block- aders. Much satisfaction was expressed among the troops when it became known that the actual capture of Santiago is to be left to the army. The horses and mules on board the trans- ports have suffered severely, many of them dying. ‘The American fleet off Santiago has been materially strengthened by the addition of the warships which escorted the trans- ports here, consisting of the Indiana, De- trot, Montgomery, Bancroft, Helena, Erics- son and Foote. Make-Up of the Ficet. ‘The fleet of transports which sailed from Tampa, Fla., at noon on June 14 for Cuba was understood to have on board a United States army of about 20,000 men, com- manded by Gen. Shafter. The fleet consist- ed of thirty-five vessels, escorted by four- teen warsiips, headed by the battle ship Indiana. This army was estimated to be the largest Invading force that any single country has ever sent such @ distance, and it was also sald to be the largest expedi- tion organized by any nation since the Crimean war. The following is a list of the United States transports and the troops they car- ried: Miami—Ninth Cavalry, one battalion 6th Infantry, one battalion 10th Infantry. Santiago—Ninth Infantry, Hospital Corps, General Kent's headquarters. Gussie—Three hundred mules, fifty pack- ers and teamsters. Cherokee—One battalion 12th Infantry, one battalion 7th Infantry, one Gatling bat- talion. Seneca—Eighth Infantry. Alamo—Battalion of engineers, one bat- talion of 10th Infantry, two troops of 10th Cavalry. Comal—Two light batteries of ist Artil- lJery, one field hospital, one squadron of 10th Cavalry, sixty horses. Yucatan—One battalion of 24 Infantry, eight troops of Roosevelt's rough riders, Berkshire—Two light batteries of 24 Ar- tillery. Whitney--Three hundred and fifty mules, fifty packers and teamsters. Olivette—Hospital ship, 24 Hospital Corps, newspaper men. Seguranca—Gen. Shafter’s headquarters, 1st Infantry. ~ Knickerbocker—26 ete Volun- teer Infantry. _ Allegheny = 1 a