The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1898, Page 1

g ———— SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ADMIRAL CERVERA SAILS HIS FLEET INTO SANTIAGO DE CUBA SAMPSON ELLBi= Fleets Are Now Eight Hundred Miles All the Advantages Are Said to Be With the Apart. Enemy. ENTRANCE TO THE HARBOR OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. The Approaches to Santiago de Cuba Are Both by Nature and Engineering Skill Stronger Than Any Other Port in Cuba. D R R R R R DR E-E-EN-E AN Cervera. MADRID, May 19.— The sguadron has arrived at Santiago de Cuba without accident. The Spanish ffleet, on arriving at Santiago de Cuba, American warships, with all speed. The QOueen Regenthas : cabled congratulations to Admiral :1 1 Spanish : 1 L s found there two : | which retired g | . | §-E-BEEEEEDHEEENEEEENEENEEEEENENEENE Herald says: 1 learn to- night that the Navy De- partment has received| semi - official information | patches from Madrid an- nouncing the arrival of the Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba. The source of this informa- | tion is not revealed by the| Navy Department. The state- | ment to me was that it was considered reasonably relia- | ble though not official. Al- though unusually skeptical about the movements of the Spanish as reported from Madrid it has been pointed out that the two last reports regarding the movements of | the Spanish fleet emanating | from that source have proved correct. The announcement of the | rived at Martinique and again at Curacoa were promptly confirmed by official dis- | 't . e | patches from Madrid. This| fact, taken in connection with | the semi-official information | received by the Navy De- | partment to-night, has caused the authorities to believe that | the fleet is really at Santiago de Cuba and the Naval War Board, | am told, is consid- ering strategic movements based upon this bilief. NEW YORK, May 19.—A| If the fleet arrived to-day!tremely difficult matter to Washington special to the| ¢ Santiago de Cuba no doubt | lock it up in that harbor. exists in the minds of naval experts that it coaled off the |clads are at Key West, about f Venezuela from the |8oo miles away, and they confirmatory of the dis-|colliers sent there by the cannot reach Santiago under coast o Spanish Government. As the Herald stated some days ago it was the belief of some of the naval officers that Cervera remained at Curacoa until he learned de- finitely the position of the colliers. Receiving this in- formation on Sunday he sailed at 6 o’clock that even- ing for the point where they lay. Five days have elapsed since that time. Two days at least were undoubtedly spent .in coaling‘and the: re« maining three in cruising. The distance from the coast of Venezuela to Santiago de Cuba is 6oo miles and two | Herald that the fleet had ar- | days at least must have been | occupied by the enemy’s men-of-war in making the Cuban port. The authorities say that the Spanish made a decidedly good move and that her agents have been keeping Admiral Cervera very well| advised on the position of | Rear Admiral squadron. Now that the fleet is safely ensconced in San- tiago it would be an ex- Sampson’s | | In the first case the armor- |sixty hours. By that time it| | would be possible for Admiral | Cervera to approach Cien- | fuegos and to destroy the | blockading vessels there, pro- | viding Captain-General Blan- | co warned him of the depar- ture of the American ships in an easterly direction. If the Spanish fleet is at Santiago another point of advantage is that Admiral Cervera is in constant communication with Captain-General Blanco, not- withstanding the American men-of-war cut the cables {at Cienfuegos. Furthermore the Spanish fleet is at a base |of supplies, where it can se- cure both coal and provisions and make any repairs that its voyage may have made neces- sary. All that the authorities have done up to this time in the matter of operating lagainst the Spanish fleet ha been to send scouts to San- [tiago de Cuba to watch for its exit | Cumberland Conference, MARSHALL, Mo., May 1%.—The general | conference of the Cvmberland Presbyte- | rian Church organized here to-day. Gen- | eral H. H. Norman, ruling elder of Mur | freesboro, Tenn., was elected moderato | over Rey. S. K. Holtsinger, D.D., of San | Diego, Cal., the vote being 129 to 79. To-night '~ welcoming addresses werc dellvered by members of the local clergy. | with the rank of major—Cap ing west in double column. Their American warships were lying off The ships did not reply to the fire lars and volunteers in Santiago we: feared. Captain Walker states that he twenty torpedoes and he noticed th erected above town. He looked to by American warships to the forti cruiser Reina Mercedes is anchores enfilade. A merchant cruiser of lona, is anchored close to the town MADRID, May 19.—An official Havana says that some American age was inflictgd. The dispatch ad was damaged. R AR R PR R R PSR P TEE T T VTS R RS FIRE DRAWN FROM SANTIAGO FORTS. KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 19.—The Atlas line steamship Adula, which has arrived were from Santiago de Cuba, reports ™ that be- tween Jamaica and Cuba she passed seven ships. noon, and drew the fire of the forts. harbor, but apparently the Americans had not fired on them. reported recent bombardment of Santiago de Cuba, but that no dam- de Cuba replied to the fire of the ships and that one of the latter R e ah R R R R R e e e e e g Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. They were steer- nationality is unknown. Two Santiago harbor yesterday after- The firing lasted from 12 to 1. of the fortifications, but the regu- re called out, as an attack was saw in the harbor of Santiago at several blockhouses had been see if any damage had been done fications at the entrance to the The d close to the harbor, so as to four guns, the Mexlco of Barce- dispatch received here to-day from ships fired thirty shots during the ds that the batteries at Santiago AR AR R e R R R R R R R R R E RS0t dhdh dh g R R R R MANY CONFIRMED ! BY THE SENATE. Long List of Army Officers and Civil ians Who Now Get Staff Positions. WASHINGTON, May 19.—The follow- ing army confirmations were made to- day by the Senate: To be assistant adjutants-general, ns Wi ter S. Schuyler, Louis V. C: ar, Wi liam McCamon, James Pettit, Alfred Sharpe, Hugh L. Scott, Edward Dav! First Lieutenants Frederick Strong, Herbert Sargent, Clarence R. Edwards, Samuel D. Sturgls, Samuel Reber; Messrs. Campbell E. McMichael of Pennsylvania, G. H. Hopkins of Michi- igan, and John A. Logan Jr. of Illi- nols. To be assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain—First Lieu- tenants Erasmus M. Weaver Jr., Fran- cis P. Fremont, De Rosey C. Cabell, Charles M. Truitt, Edward Saint Gre- ble, John H. Beacom, Harvey C. Car- baugh, John B. McDonald, Albert L. Mills, Charles G. Treat, John A. Da- pray, William F. Hancock, William H. Smith, John F. Morrison, Benjamin Al- vord, Henry C. Cabell, Godfrey H. Mc- Donald, William H. Johnston, John L. Sehon, Crole Hutchinson, James K. Thompson, Carl R.. Rechmann, Cornel- ius Dewie Wilson, William A. Hol- brooke, Robert E. T. Mitchie, Daniel B. Devoe, Lucien C. Berry, John T. Mc- Mahon, T. Bentley Mott, Samuel Seay Jr., Robert G. Paxton, Robert Howse, George B. Duncan, Walter A. Bethel, Edmund T. Betts, Charles W. Fenton, Louis G. Scherrer; Second | Lieutenants Douglas Zettle, Walter C. | Short, Robert Sewell, Henry H. Whit- ney, Edward B. Cassat and John G. Gilmore Jr. | Among the civilians confirmed as as- sistant adjutants-general, with the | rank of captain, were William McKitt- | rich of California and Joseph B. Fora- ker Jr. of Ohio. To be inspectors-general, with rank »f captain—George Lee, George S. An- derson, Earl D. Thomas, Alexander Rogers, John M. K. David, Philip Read, | Thomas M. Woodruff, Benjamin H. Chever, Stephen W. Seyburn, Stephen G. Mills, Herbert J. Sturm, Harry C. Benson, William P. Duval; Messrs. G. ‘reighton Webb of New York and Rus- sell B. Harrison of Indiana. To be quartermasters, with the rank +f major—Captains Charles G. Dennis, John W. Sumner Hayes, Samuel R. Jones, M. C. Martin, Oscar F. Long, Guy Howard, Frederick Von Schraeder, J. E. Sawyer, Frederick D. Hodgson, james B. Aleshire, Thomas Cruse; Tirst Lieutenant Eugene F. Ladd and vMr. William A. Wadsworth of New Tork. To be assistant quartermasters, with | 4 | . |NINE LARGE VESSELS the rank of captain—First Lieutenants Chaunc Wolcott Jr., Julius Penn | M. Alexander. Among the | firmed with this rank wers M McMitchell of Oregon, Benja- min J. Johnson of California and Anda | E. Pearson of Utah. | To be commissaries of subsistence, | with the rank of capteain—First Lieu- | tenants D. Heritt, Parker West, Omar | Bundy, Elmore F, Tagge, Alex Hooper and Second Lieutenant Harold E. Cloke. S St AMONG THOSE NAMED FOR STAFF PLACES| U. S. Grant’s Grandson and R. E. Lee’s Grandnephew to Be Engineer Lieutenants. WASHINGTON, May 19.—The Presi- dent to-day sent these nominations to the Senate: ‘War—First Regiment Volunteer En- gineers, Colonel Eugene Griffin of New York; first lieutenants, Algernon Sar- toris of the District of Columbia, Fitz- hugh Lee Jr. of Virginia, Carlos Car- bonel of Troy, N. Y., Thomas J. Sul- livan of Colorado, Karl Fisher Han- sen of New York. To be commissary of subsistence with rank of major—William M. Aber- nethy of Missouri. To be engineer officer with rank of major—Charles Lincoln Woodbury of Vermont; Captains William D. Beach, Third alry; George H. Sands, Sixth William A. Shunk, PR e g R R R R ¥ =33 -3 -FoF-F-F-F-F-F-F F-FoR-R-F-Fog-Fog-F-RoP =T =] Eighth Cavalry. Treasury—Edward Elias of Califor- nia, assayer of the Mint at San Fran- cisco. To be assistant quartermaster with rank of captain—First Lieutenant George S. Cartwright, Fourth Infan- try. To be commissary of subsistence with rank of captain—Frederick A. Hyde of New York, Willlam H. An- derson of Ohio, George B. McCullom of Tennessee. To be assistant paymaster—William H. Schofield of San Francisco. To be assistant adjutant-general with rank of captain—Putnam Brad- ley Strong of New York. e G STEAMING SOUTHWARD BRIDGEWATER, N. S, May 19.—This ‘morning about § o’clock the smoke of sev- eral steamers was seen off the coast near Cape I.a Haye. Several persons went around the hill at Getsons Cove, and from that eminence saw distinctly nine large vessels, under steam, heading in a south- erly direction. Thelr nationality could not be discerned. This information was received from Reinbart Bros., who vouch for the correctness of the story. The ships when seen were near Indian Island, about five miles from the coast. No fur- ther information has been reoeived up to time. this JUNCTION FORMED AT KEY WEST Rear Admiral Sampson’s Fleet Augmented by Schley. It Is Proposed to Clean the Battle-Ships Before Encoun- tering the Spaniards. egraphs: with a division of squadron. under his orders the second-class and the armored Spanish fleet, Rear-Admiral Sampson, I wunder- stand, has been given authority to em- ploy divers to clean the bottoms of the men-of-war which were with him be- fore San Juan, Porto Rico, and he deems ihe opportunity a good one. If it proves true that the Spanish fleet is at Santiago de Cuba, he will, doubt- less, defer this action. The hulls of these vessels are reported to be very foul, notwithstanding the cleaning by divers whicl} they sustained three months ago. Of two-fold importance is such action. By removing the ma- rine growth from the hulls of his ships their speed will be increased by one or two knots at least, which will permit an improvement in the squadron’s speed. In the second place the amount of energy that will have to.be expended to drive the ships through the water NEW YORK, May 19.—The Her- ald’s Washington correspondent tel- Rear Admiral Sampson, Squadron under his command, which attacked San Juan, Porto Rico, has returned to Key West, where he has effected a junction with the flying This means that he has lowa, Indiana and Massachusetts, and New York, which makes him superior by two armor-clads to the §=3-3%"1 the North Atlantic the battle-ships battle-ship Texas cruisers Brooklyn 008 198 10K 10K 60 08 08 108 508 2% 40 08 108 108 406 16 K 0K 08 K08 K 00 08 6 X X A MUK X are removed, and coal can therefore be saved, resulting in increasing the ves= sels’ radii of action. One official with whom I talked to day told me the information he had! showed that the bottoms of the Span- ish men-of-war were fouler than hag hitherto been believed. “I do mot think,” he said, “that they can make ‘from eighteen to twenty knots an hour, notwithstanding that they made that record on trial. The Vizcaya and Almirante Oquendo have not been docked for four months at least. This we know opositively, be- cause the Vizcaya visited New York! about the time the Maine was destroved, and the Oquendo followed her not long afterward. Before leaving for tha. United States the two ships were at- tached to the home station and laten| will not be so great when the barnacles )'ww:hgd at the Canaries, and fisvw&fl