The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1898. PREPARING TO BATTER SANTIAGO Formidable Guns for the Heights Above the The Defenses of Manila Are Also City. Receiving Careful Attention. . Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, June 3. g i The Call correspondent to-night is able to present im- g & portant additional: details with regard to the expedition % nst Santiago, which was described in these dispatches :; ight. The military force will constitute a well-balanced g anization specially: selectec ¢+ vessels within a range of four ¢ will be sixteen siege guns. m sixty field pieces served by tt arm of the military service. These powerful guns, will be support- of light artillery y, the former a “artillery- men to each may unt of ammunition has yared for the batte- > guns, and the transgorts for the Gon The worl serve supplies. be in the hands of an lion, whieh will ‘have at and a modern pontoon . outfit in transporting guns to the shore,.and for s as may be nding place antiago. n-obtainable: in- expedition witl be land- Santiago than was originally landing- -in the ntanamo- Bay, ~ast of Santiage, for 1son’ that good-roads were said to from this int -through -the in. r to the hills behind’ the city: is understood that the department cided that the -engineer corps is > to construct a sérviceable road point .on the beach to the n the rear ‘of Santiago. and that »e, in any event, a road would have to be built from the main highways to ats of vantage for the location of teries, the route of the expedition be materially shortened without greatly increasing the difficulties to be encountered. Owing to the strict cénsorship. now in force at all Guif ports it cannot be definitely stated whether the advance ;ard of the Santiago expedition has left for Cuba or not, but it is known at the artillery, the:pontoon outfit General Roy Stone's road mak- chinery were embarked on six ports at least forty-eight hours to be used both v-five hundred infantry - will ny the expedition, and.their Jarkation will probably immediate- ansports for the Windward Passage, hich it is now understood will he the route followed in reaching Santiago; It is not likely that any news.will' be received from the Santiago. expedition within the next seven days. : Assum- ing that the transports leave immed- jately it would requirs four days to reach the landing place, and: at’least two days to disembark the artillery and for the troops to scale the hills and establish the batteries. Even should an immediate and decisive engagement | take place it will be seen news can hardly reach Washington before the end of next week. The Navy Department to-day re- cefved the first official information re- garding the operations against the bat- teries of Santiago. Commodore Schley's terse report of that affajr closes with the statement that he is quite satis- fied the Spanish fleet is in Santiago. In view of Schley’s report and the in- structions forwarded to Admiral Samp- son, who is now in command of -the vessels before Santiage, it is expected that preparations will be made for a naval attack coincidently with the as- ult by the American land batteries. onfirmation is given by the depart- ment to the report that preparatory to this work the Vesuvius will be sent in to explode the triple line of mines in the mouth of the harbor with charges of dynamite fired from her fifteen.pneu- matic guns. Charges of gun cotton weighing 500 pounds, capable of ex- ploding a wide area of mines, can be fired from this unique vessel at a dis- tance of two miles, and it is assumed that in executing this maneuver the heaviest rifles in the fleet will be em- ployed to protect the Vesuvius from the fire of the land batteries. For the first time since the war be- gan the administration is endeavoring to prepare and observe a schedule of future operations. 1In this programme the capture of Santiago and the de- struction of Cervera's fleet are sched- uled for accomplishment prior to June 15. Contemporaneously, or immediately afterward, San Juan, Porto Rico, will be bombarded and invested with a land force sufficient to hold it against any Spanish fleet that may cross the At- lantic to retake it. These .operations, together with the reinforcement of Dewey in the Philip- pines, the administration believes, are likely to bring Spain to her senses with- out the necessity of bombarding the The most formidable feature of the artillery equipment 3 orting -and. mounting | precede the departure of the artillery | 1 for sharp and effective work, § 1 in.an assault upon a fortified town and an attack upon g miles. [ nanned by double crews, and he best experts in the artillery ] s | should not be reallzed, General Miles’ original plan of landing 100,000 troops west of Havana will be rapidly develop- ed and Spain’s last stronghold in the western hemisphere speedily destroyed. A Paris cable announcing positively that Cervera's fleet had proceeded to the Phillppines from Cape Verde in- | stead of to the West Indies, and that | Admiral Villamil's squadron is the one | bottled up in Santiago harbor, was ridi- | culed at the Navy Department even be- fore Schley’s official report came to- ‘ day. | - The administration has no fear that | Spain will make an effort to regain the | Philippines, as the attempt would be | hopeless. In addition to the Monterey |and Monadnock, the gunboat Benning- | ton, now at Honolulu, will be sent to | | Manila: Orders to that effect were to- | day sent to Admiral Miller, command- | ing the Pacific station. It is said that | the Bennington will' convoy the third | Philippine expedition. With the arrival | of .these vessels, Admiral Dewey will | have one of the most formidable fleets | afloat. It will consist of twelve ves- | sels—the Olympta, Monterey, Monad- nock, Boston, Baltimore, Raleigh, Charleston, Concord, Petrel, Benning- ton, McCulloch and the transport Za- firo. guns. There will be in the fleet two twelve-inch, four ten-inch, twelve eight-inch, twenty-two five-inch rapid- fire guns, a large number of six and four inch, one, two and three pounders, and fourteen terrible Gatling guns. But even with this powerful squad- ron, other measures will be taken to render the harbor of Manila absolutely impregnable against assault. A large number of mines each containing fifty pounds of guncotton are being con- veyed to Manila on the City of Peking. This is a fact vouched for by a prom- inent War Department official. mines are of the kind sent to the North Atlantic squadron at the Rear Admiral Sampson. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars will also be | expended for. torpedoes for Manila har- | bor. These elaborate preparations for the defense .of the Philippines would seem to indicate that this Government is:preparing to ‘occupy the island for a considerable length of time, if not per- manently. Assistant. Secretary- Meiklejohn said to. & Call. correspondent to-night that no definite time had been fixed for the départure-of the Colon, China, Zealan- dia, Centennial and Ohio, comprising the second Manila expedition, with 5000 troops aboard, but he believed it would sail .on Monday or Tuesday; at any rate, not later than the middle of next week. SPAIN'S EXPEDITION | ' TO. THE PHILIPPINES. Minister Correa Says Troops Will Be Prepared to Start at any Moment. MADRID, June 3.—In the Chamber of Deputles to-day Lieutenant General Correa, Minister of War, in reply to an’inquiry as to whether a Spanish ex- pedition woiild be sent to the Philip- pines, said the Government was delib- érating on the matter, and that troops would- ‘be ready to depart the moment they were required. Senor Azcarrate, Republican, spoke against the proposal that the House should order a prosecution of Senor Castelar, the distinguished Republican statesman, for his article attacking the Queen Regent. He contended that the Queen Regent was not inviolable, like a monarch, and he recalled the con- duct of previous regents, which had SGTH criticized without causing scan- al. Senor Sagasta replied: “Parliamen- tary immunity is worthy of respect; but the inviolability of the crown ought to be defended with the utmost ener- | gy. Parliamentary immunity does not | extend to acts outside the chambers of Parlifament and it is a pity that pre- cious time should be wasted in such a discussion.” The House then decided to pass the order of the day and a discussion of the budget was resumed. Senor Castelar, who is now at Ali- cante, has declared to an interviewer that he will not come to Madrid to de- fend “himself, observing at the same time that the article in question “does not attack the Queen Regent, but the courtiers; and this has been permitted under absolute monarchs.” English Correspondents Released. HAVANA, June 3.—The English newspaper correspondents, . Whigham and Robirson, recently captured after having been landed on the coast, have been released, owing to the represent- ations made in their behalf by Alex- ity of Hayang, put it that expectation | ande Gollin, the British Consul. SCHLEY MAKES SHORT REPORT Tells of Reconnaissances at Santiago. SHOOTING AT LONG RANGE SPANISHSQUADRON FIRES OVER A HILL AT RANDOM. Captain Sigsbee With the St. Paul | Returns to New York and Will Carry Official Dispatches to Washington. Spec.al Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, June 3.—The Navy Department has bulletined the following report from Com- modore Schley: “Secretary of the Navy, Wash- These vessels will, together, mount192 | These | request of | ington: Made reconnaissance this afternoon, May 81, with the Massachusetts, Iowa and New Orleans to develop fortifications with their character. The fire was returned without delay by the heavy batteries to the east and to the west, large caliber, long ranges. The range was 7000 yards. Reconnaissance de- veloped the presence of the Spanish squadron lying behind the island near the upper fort, as they fired over the hill at ran- dom. Quite satisfied the Span- ish fleet is here. SCHLEY.” 00006006000000000000000 CcCoOCCCOoO00COOC0000C0C00000 | | | NEW YORK, June 3.—The L'mted‘1 States auxiliary cruiser St. Pau!, Cap- | tain Sigsbee commanding, came into port eur] to-day. Captain Sigsbee | ashore and thence procseded to | He refused to be 1n-| wed regarding the recent service | “«‘r his skip in the vicinity of Santiago | | de Cuba, at which port, it has | =aid, ‘tain Sigsbee ran th2 St. well into-the mouth of the harbor and obtained the first definite informaton | of the presence there of Admiral Cer- | vera's squadron. After v ing Com- | | modore Bunce atsthe navy-yard, (‘ap-‘ | (- @ o | tain Sigsbee relaxed from his service sufficiently to say to a reporter: “I had target practice right along | from the f day I arrived at Santi- | ago, on May and while none of my | men have be in the service long, I am well tisfled with their wark at the gu We have mnot been in any fight so far, but my men will give a good account of themselves. It was on the 2ith that we captured the Res- tormel. I knew that the Spaniards needed coal very badly and I made | effort to see that they did not| get While off Santiago with Schley | I saw two more Spanish cruisers, and | Schley saw two torpedo-boats. ~There | is no question that they are bottled up | as tight as can be in Santiago harbor. I went in so close that I made sketches | tifications, which I am send- | | “Their guns easily have | reached me, but the batteries made no | attempt to fire, for what reason I do‘i not know. It may be the Spaniards | | did not want to reveal the strength and | location of their guns. I am going to | | Washington with dispatches from the | | fieet, and as soon as we have coaled and provisioned we shall put to sea again. This probably will not be for three or four days. | “As soon as I arrived outside the | harbor of Santiago there were indica- | tions of the presence of Cervera's fleet | on the inside beyond the hills. I hugged | | the mouth of the harbor so closely that | | it would have been impossible for any- | thing afloat to sneak out without our | seeing them. It was on the third nr1 fourth day after our arrival that I saw two Spanish vessels, which I was sure | were the Vizcaya and the Cristobal Colon. They crept cautiously into the stream and got to the middle of the| channel. As soon as they caught sight of me they scampered back as rapidly as they could steam. ““As soon as we arrived off the harbor I announced my presence by the cour- | tesy of a salute, taking as a target one of the Spanish forts. The fort evidently did not intend to accord me the cour- tesy due in return, for its guns re- mained silent. When I was satisfied | with the practice my men had had, I| | steamed the St. Paul out of range and resumed scout duty outside the mouth of the harbor. “It was directly under the guns of a | fort and within easy range that I took | the Restormel, with 2400 tons of ccal aboard. This coal was evidently in- tended for the Spanish fleet, and for | the Restornrel to run our blockade and enter Santiago harbor would of itself | have been good evidence that the Span- ish were there. We had to fire several shots at her before she hove to. T put | a prize crew aboard and sent the col- lier to Key West. “During the period I was at Santiago Schley came and went several time: cruising a little to the westward, b the St. Paul remained off Santiago har- | bor for all of the eight days. It was on | May 29 that I saw heavy lines of smoke | { from what I at first thought was the | Spanish squadron coming to the relfef | of Cervera. There was great excite- ment on board the St. Paul, and I im- mediately put out after the fleet. I soon found that the smoke was com- ing from Schley’s ships returning to | the entrance of the harbor. On this day both Schley and myself saw again positive evidences that the Spanish fleet was still bottled up in Santiago harbor.” CARDINAL VAUGHAN WRITES ON ALLIANCE., Rejoices at the Prospect of Closer Friendsnip Between English- Speaking Races. NEW YORK, June 3.—A dispatch from London says: Cardinal Vaughan, in'a letter to K. T. Stead, on Anglo- American relations, rejoices at the prospect of a closer friendship of those who are one with Englishmen {n blood, | language and ideas. The letter closes: “Personally 1 deplore the fact that the United States has chosen war with a weak power like Spain instead of ar- bitration, which was the alternative. But I would not allow such disapproval to stand in the way of the great bene- fit that may result from an entente cordiale between England and Amer- ica. If the two peoples eombine and encourage each other to make justice and the moral law international and universal, so far as their influence shall extend, they will end by reinstat- ing in the world the standard which the Christianized eivilization of mod- ern BEurope has laid low.” e Watsonville in Line. WATSONVILLE, June 3.—A local branch of the Red Cross Society has been organized in Watsonville with a membership of thirty. Work will be- l&in in earnest at once, & ] TROUBLES OF THE TEMERARIO0 Must Put to Sea or Be Dismantled. DEMAND MADE ON PARAGUAY THAT GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO OBEY THE DICTUM. The Spanish Torpedo Gun Vessel Has Outstayed Its Welcome in a Neutral Port Under the International Law. Spectal Dispateh to The Call. NEW YORK, June 3—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald sends the following: Spain’s torpedo gun ves- sel, the Temerario, will be dismantled, her guns removed and be put in as in- effective condition as possible or else leave the waters of Paraguay at once. This is the dictum of the United States, and Paraguay is expected to obey it to the letter. . Instructions to this effect have been cabled to Minister William R. Finch, the representative of this Government in Paraguay, and he will lay it at once before the Paraguayan Government. No doubt exists in the minds of the officials that the commanding officers of the Temerario will comply with the de- mand of this Government. Paraguay requested him to proceed to sea, prom- ising to give him enough supplies to take him to the nearest friendly port. The Temerario’s commander, however, replied that the condition of his ves- sel was such that he could not put to sea; she was unseaworthy, and before he could proceed on a voyage he would have to make considerable repairs. This statement was laid before the representative of this Government, who forwarded it to Washington, and as a result of a conference to-day between Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen and Secretary of State Day a demand that the Temerario be immediately dis- mantled if Paraguay permitted the ves- sel to remain within her boundaries EITHER MERRIAM OR OTIS RESPONSIBLE. It Seems the War Department Did Not Move Troops From the Presidio to Richmond. WASHINGTON, June 3.—Members of the California delegation were to-day in receipt of telegrams from the Cham- ber of Commerce of San Francisco, rep- resenting that the water supply, sew- erage, etc., at the Presidio were inad- equate, and that, inasmuch as other cities and towns in California were anxious to furnish camping grounds for the troops, the Presidio should be put in condition. The Senators and Representatives failed to see the advantage that might accrue from this improvement, now that most of the troops have been transferred from the Presidio to Camp | Richmond. The Call correspondent in- quired at the War Department to-day why this change wa® made and by whose orders. Each one of the offi- cials seen affected entire ignorance of the matter. Finally Assistant ‘Secre- tary Meiklejohn said that orders for | certain | the temporary occupation of grounds for camping purposes are not issued from the War Department, but that such matters are left to the dis- cretion of the general in command. The | inference was, therefore, that either General Otis or General Merriam had given orders for the change. But whether or not, it is certain that Sec- retary Alger Is aware that San Fran- cisco people have criticized the removal of the troops from the best and most natural camp in the Presidio to the Bay District track, for a California Congressman interviewed him to-day. | INSURGENTS BEGIN FORWARD MOVEMENT. Spaniards Report That the Cubans Were Defeated, But This May Safely Be Doubted. NEW YORK, June 3.—A dispatch from London says: A Havana dis- patch says the insurgents have com- menced a forward movement against the Spanish outposts. A force of 500 insurgents under Garcia attacked a hill fort near Holguin, but the garrison, composed of fifty volunteers, made a determined resistance and mowed down the Cubans at short range. Garcia retired, leaving sixty-eight killed and wounded, exclusive of many that were carried off. £ A dispatch from Key West says: Blanco has withdrawn large bodies of troops from the coast line to Cardenas, Matanzas, Havana and Cienfuegos, leaving only a light patrol at the va- | cated points. - . Gilroy’s Red Cross Work. GILROY, June 3.—The ladies of this city have organized a Red Cross So- ciety, with Mrs. R. C. Storey, president; Mrs. M. A. Farrar, vice president; Miss ‘Wilson, corresponding secretary; Mrs. ‘W. Franklin, recording secretary; Miss Carrie Rea, treasurer. The Ladies’ Mite Society and Guild have cut out about | 500 emergency bandages, and Miss Ann | Ousley, who started the good work, has made over 100 bandages. These will be sent to the Red Cross headquarters in San Francisco. .|REPORTED NEARIN HAS SAILED FROM CADIZ Spanish Squadron Said to Have Departed. STORIES AS TO DESTINATION ONE IS THAT THE SHIPS ARE GOING TO AID CERVERA. Assertions at Madrid That the Ad- | miral Is Nou at Santiago, but Is on the Way to the Philippines. Special Dispatch to The Call. GIBRALTAR, June 3—It is an- nounced here that the Spanish squad- ron has sailed, but the date of its sail- ing was not mentioned, nor was the destination of the warships given. PARIS, June 3.—There is a persist- ent belief here and at Madrid that Ad- miral Cervera is not at Santidgo de Cuba. The correspondent of the Gau- lois at Madrid telegraphs from there, saying he has learned from the high- est authority that Admiral Cervera has never been in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and that the Spanish ships there belong to Captain Villami's tor- pedo squadron. It appears from the information gath- ered by the Gaulois correspondent that Admiral Cervera, after leaving the Cape Verde Islands, “maneuvered so as to deceive the Americans and then started at full speed for the Philip- pines, where the fleet is to arrive on Saturday or Sunday. His orders are to destroy Admiral Dewey’s fleet and then to intercept, capture or destroy the American transports on their way to the Philippine Islands from San Fran- cisco.” MADRID, June 3.—The Pais, a prom inent republican organ, says it is ru mored that the United States fleet has | made a second attack upon Santiago de Cuba, and that the Americans forced an entrance into the harbor. In Spanish circles here the report is not believed to be true. The Madrid newspapers maintain that Admiral Cer- vera's fleet is sailing in the direction of the Philippines. g WEST INDIAN WATERS. | Here Is a Story That the Ships From | Cadiz Are Going to Cervera’s | Relief. | KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 2 (de- layed in transmission).—The corre- spondent here of the Associated Press has been informed from an apparently authentic source at Port Antonio, this island, that a Spanish fleet from Cadiz is nearing West Indian waters, and should be off Santiago de Cuba to-mor- row, in order to reinforce the fleet of | Admiral Cervera. The Spanish fleet | is said to consist of sixteen warships, battle-ships and three torpedo-hoats. The British second-class cruiser In- defatigible, Captain George A. Prim- rose, has sailed for Santiago with sev- eral doctors on board, In order to watch the impending battle and to aid the wounded. The information that the Cadiz squadron has sailed comes from Eng- lish sources and seems trustworthy. On the other hand, Senor de Castro, the Spanish Consul, declares that he does not think the Cadiz squadron has | sailed for the West Indies, as he be- | lieves Admiral Cervera can defend him- ‘ self alone. { DO NOT BELIEVE THE I CADIZ FLEET HAS SAILED. Navy Department Officials Refuse tci Be Frightened at What They 1 Declare to Be a Bugaboo. | June 3.—Notwith- | standing the rather positive state- | ment coming from Jamaica to the effect that the second Span- ish fleet from Cadiz has crossed the Atlantic and is about to join Cer- vera to-day at Santiago, the officers of | the Navy Department refuse to be frightened at what they declare to be a | bugaboo. | It appears that the basis of their confidence is a telegraphic report of as | late date as yesterday declaring that the Cadiz fleet is still at Cadiz. More- over, they know that there are not as many as sixteen ships in that fleet. RED CROSS WORK HERE TO BE AIDED. Chairman Barton Says a Member of | the American National Associa- | tion Will Go to California. | NEW YORK, June 3.—Chairman | Stephen E. Barton, vice-president of the American National Red Cross So- ciety and chairman of the Central Cu- ban Relief Committee, said to-day it | was probablé that some member of the American National Red Cross will pro- ceed to California in the immedjate fu- ture to assist and advise in the work inaugurated there. Miss Barton, too, he said, would doubtless make appli- | cation for a commissicn from the Pres- | ident for providing the Pacific with a relief ship in the event of such under- taking being deemed advisable or WASHINGTON, necessary. disease. truth is this:, been guilty of folly. are the sufferer now. lles. BLOO] moifth, cure” efrculars. Hudson Medi Is indicated by heavy eyes Liver troubles are due to excesses. eat; you love to lle at ease; you do what you ought not to do." 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