The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1898, Page 5

» crossed the THHE SAN FRANCIBCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1898. MORE VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TIMELY AID FROM UBAN Belief That the Marines at Guantanamo @Are Out of Danger. Santiago’s From Relief a the City WASHINGTON, .June 15.—Like the | elief of the beleaguered at Lucknow welcome news to the Navy who had and were f Ameri I flag on ( d night nd day against were not only safe but were enfo; d t 1500 Cubans of Garcia and Rabi g enough to more marines feared is Cuban co-op- h stated e marines was wh assur- ars they had ‘ t probably the most signifi- | cant feature of the admiral’s dis- patch was the statement that the Cuban General Rabi had oc- | cupied Aserradero, only eight| miles from Santiago and practi- | cally a suburb of that Spanish|g nghold. with ( Garcia and the western and more orthwest of tch shows ing up the | states that | with the s means also but it is felt » the Spaniards ve e our forces to get a much needed Y In making his march Rabi has line of communi- cation between the Spanish commander, General Pando, at Holguin and the Spanish forces at Santiago de Cuba, This fact makes it clear that Santiago is not likely to get re-enforcements from General Pando. In circling around Santiago to reach Aser- radero Rabl, it Is believed here, has also established it as a fact that the lines of communication and relief to Santiago are inter- rupted and practically cut off in 1l directions. ;er has just received the al board, headed by | vas charged with could Fer- 1 Savannah, C The L military camp ndir This point the main line of which makes ate the camp | 1 affords for, 20,000 a es one of s in the country. f the site flowing > of twenty mil- board reported piped all over y Alger, with a .w of having everything in readiness, ered that the piping be laid at indicating the depgrtment’s ites. no intention to break up the camps unless disease. should r, necessitating the changing. scretary Alger's purpose in sending out the Hopkins board was to prepare & camp not for immediate occupation Defenders | of water. | to correct their original estimate that | re Cut Off nd Penned in Proper. but for the instant reception of troops who might necessarily be removed from other camps where contagious diseases appear. Although Tampa dispatches say that the transport fleet which sailed yester- day was going to double Cape Antonio, the western extremity of Cuba, in pro- ceeding to Santiago, the naval officials do not believe that this is the case, for the reason that the western route is fully 200 miles longer than the route by | way of Cape Maysi, and the transports would have to fight the gulf stream until they got clear around Cape An- tonio. On the eastern course the ships would have the full benefit of the’ fa- vorable current until they reached Cape Maysi, about twa-thirds of the distance to be traveled. It is believed here that the idea that the ships were westward bound grew out of the circumstances that they headed for the Tortugas, the point selected for the fleet of transports to pick up the heavier vessels of the convoy squadron, such as the Indiana, which has not been able to get within ten miles of Key West because of lack The officials see no reason the troops will be off Santiago Friday. Some of the Congressional visitors at the War Department have questioned the officials as to the exact purpose of the military expedition to Santiago. The idea has got abroad that San- 20 was to be made the base of oper- against Havana. It is learned, however, that the Department's plans do not contemplate this. The sole pur- nose of landing troops at Santiago and apturing the town is to destroy or capture the Spanish fleet. Therefore, it is said, that as soon as tiago is reduced and the Spanish disposed United States troops will be dispatched to some other point, either Porto Rico or Havana, leaving the insurgents in Eastern Cuba to prevent the Spaniards from re-oc- cupying Santiago.. If the insurgents cannot be “depended upon to do this some of the United States troops, per- haps will be left in the vicinity of ago under the protection of some of tHe American cruisers which by that time will have effected an entrance into Santiago I KINGSTON A MECCA FOR BLOCKADE-RUNNERS Has Become 2 Rendezvous for Vessels Carrying Supplies for Span- iards in Cuba. NEW YORK, June 15—A special from Kingston, Jamaica, quotes an of- ficer of the British cruiser Talbot as having said that supplies in small ities were reaching Havana s the island from Batabano, and, rently, from Jamaica. The Persima Concepcion changed on Saturday to the English flag and com- pleted her cargo of 8000 packages of flour, rice and corn. She will sail for Cuba. She endeavored to obtain an English captain. Consul Dent formal- ly protested, the ultimate destination of the cargo being a blockaded port. He maintained it was a direct violation of b lity and that the Armerican Gov- t ‘would set up this claim prob- ith the evidence now in the pos- of the G er has er fla vernment. The Benito also succeeded in chang- and will load a cargo for . Spanish steamer Manuel Raoul ved at Montegro Bay on Friday, en- voring to obtain a cargo of sup- for Manzanillo. A Spanish com- s on board and s are destined for ss immediate action is taken by the Ame: vernment, the Kings- ton d says, the blockade will be | practically nuilified by supplies reach- ing the blockaded towns from Jamaica. Merchants here are looking for Span- ish purchasers at fancy prices and are specuiating vily in foodstuffs. Much suspicion has been aroused at Kingston, the correspondent says, by the character of the cargo of the City of Kingston, which has arrived from New York. The cargo consists of 400 cases of pork, 125 bags of corn, 577 bales of tobacco, 1060 bags of rice, 1200 bar- and 1800 bags of flour. The cargo seems much too large for a single firm to handle in ordinary trade, and it is | believed to be destined for trans-ship- ment to Cuba for the Spanish troops. BOTH- ORDERED TO LEAVE CANADA Spain’s Foreign Minister Instructs Carranza and Dubosc to Re- turn to Madrid. MADRID, June 15.—Duke Almodovar de Rio, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has ordered Senor Dubose, former Spanish charge d'affaires at Washington, and Lieutenant Carranza, former Spamsh naval attache there, to leave Canada. ONTREAL, June 15.—Lieutenant Carranza emphatically denies the statement from Madrid that he and Senor Dubosc have been directed to leave Canada. oA TS e Surgeon Ladd a Benedick. STOCKTON, June 15.—Captain Ira B. Ladd, staff surgeon of the Seventh Regiment, California Volunteers, was married this afternoon to Mrs. Mollie Cross of this city. The bride accom- panied her husband to San Francisco and will remain there until he sails with his regiment for Manila. The bride is a woman of wealth and the groom & rising young physician. —————————— - Days. Issued Within a Few General Brooke Ordered to Orgahize an Army for the Immediate Inva- sion of Porto Rico. QOOO000000V0ODOVO0D0 Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, June 15. General Brooke, commanding | Fort Thomas, Chickamauga, has been ordered to select the twelve best drilled and equipped regi- ments encamped there for service in Porto Rico. The War Depart- ment is awakening to the fact that the army has some desperate ands of men will be needed where it was thought hundreds would be sufficient. It would .not be sur= prising if President Mc- Kinley issued a third call for troops within a few days. In fact, Rep- resentative Hull of Iowa, chairman of 'the Mili- tary Affairs Committee of the House, stated in positive terms to-day that the President would soon issue a call for 50,000 more volun- teers. The latest plans for the expe- dition to Porto Rico contemplate having the expedition ready for service in two weeks, but those who know something of army methods say it will not be ready in that time, as there are many details yet to be arranged. More transports may have to be char- tered, as it is said only eleven steamships are now available for this expedition. It will take prob- ably fifteen more to accommo- date the force of 20,000 men which it is now proposed to send. In the meantime it appears probable that the camp at Jack- sonville will be abandoned in favor of another point along the coast, where the water is deeper and which will be made the port of departure. The departure of under General Rabi. fighting before it and that thous- : WASHINGTON, June 15.—The Navy Department to-day posted the following bulletin: . : “Admiral Sampson reports that he has been re- “enforced by several hundred Cubans, and that our force at Guantanamo is in a very satisfactory condition. The town of Aserradero has been occupied by the troops The men under General Garcia are co-operating with the American forces.” (4] CQCO00CCO00000C0000000CC00O000C00000000000C00000000000002D the Shafter force™ from Tampa left there under General Cop- | pinger a force of 15000 men, | | mostly volunteers, probably 3000 | | of the total strength being regu- | lars. General Coppinger is said | to favor Jacksonville as a' port of departure, where General Lee| soon will be in command of 8000 | men. While Admiral Samp- son’s telegram to-day | temporarily relieved the | anxiety felt for the ma-| rines at Guantanamo,‘{ it is by no means reas-| suring, and, despite his confidence that with the re - enforcements they | will be able to maintain | their position until Gen- eral Shafter arrives, grave fear for their safety is yet felt. Naval officers are inclined to lay all the blame on the army for | its slowness, while army officers | declare that a great blunder was committed by the naval force at Santiago in landing a handful of marines and exposing them to the merciless fire of a big force of guerrilla Spaniards. I The belief in official circles is that some European power is striving covertly to incite ill will between the United States and Germany with a view to its com- mercial advantage. In no other way can the State Department explain the persistent rumors of | an intention on the part of Ger- many to interfere with the plans | of the United States regarding the Philippine Islands. It was said at the State Department to- day that the United States Government has accepted unhesitatingly Q0000000000000000 and without question the expression by the German Government of its steadfast determin- ation to adhere strictly to the observance of neutrality in the pres= ent war, and there is no reason to look for any change in the German policy in that respect. Officers of the administration regard the recent statement of Emperor William on that subject as final and conclusive. War Department officials were much pleased to-day when Gen- eral Merritt telegraphed that the second Philippine expedition had sailed. They say that if Manila is not already in Admiral Dew-. ey's possession it will be before many days. The capture of the other ports in the Philippine Islands is merely a work of send- ing a vessel and taking posession. That will be the case with the La- drone and Caroline Islands also. As things now look all| theSpanish possessions of the Pacific and all of those in the West Indies, with the exception of a part of Cuba, will be in the possession of the United States within six weeks. Private advices received here from trustworthy foreign sources lead to the belief that Spain will keep up the war as long as she possibly can. If the United States refuses to allow her to re- tain Porto Rico and the Philip- pine Islands there will be no peace until it is “forced down the throat of Spain,” as a State De- partment official remarked to- day. SENATOR PERKINS’ SON NOMINATED After Passing Due Examinations the Young Man Is Chosen As- sistant Paymaster. WASHINGTON, June 15.—Fred J. Perkins of California, who was to-day appointed an assistant paymaster in the navy, is a son of Senator Perkins. The young man i now in Washington. In January last he took the regular naval examination, which is as rigid as a regular civil service examination. Out of a class of forty he stood number fourteen on the list. Consequently when his name. was reached in the reg- ular order he was nominated. He se- cured the position on merit after co petitive examination, and the appoin ment is not in any way due to Sena- torial or other Influence. Perkins is a bright young man about 24 years of age. His assignment will be given him in a few days. GERMANY’S ATTITUDE IN THE PHILIPPINES The Berlin Press Asserts it Is Solely One of Surveillance of German Interests. LONDON, June 16.—The Berlin cor- respondent of the Daily Mail says: The Berlin press is unanimous in asserting that Germany's attitude in the Philip- pines is solely one of surveillance of German interests, and that the pres- ence of the German fleet at Manila is a guarantee that, if the Philippines are lost to Spain, they will not come into the possession of any single power in- made on furniture and planos, with | terested in East Asia. Advances ]! The Berliner Post says that if the Spanish regime comes to an end intel- ll‘;ent and energetic half-breeds, mixed with Chinese and Malays, will be called upon to take part in the destiny of their country, or to take it altogether into their own hands. MYSTERIOUS MOVES OF SPANISH CRAFT Copyrighted, 188, by James Gordon Bennett. CADIZ, June 15—A squadron consist- ing of two ironclads, one torpedo boat, one cruiser and two destroyers sailed at dawn yesterday from Cadiz, but returned in the evening, These mysterious move- ments are doubtless intended to mislead. Any alleged sailing of the fieet should be received with the greatest caution. Gen- eral Valdez has arrived with more ammu- nition. Two trans-Atlantic steamers have arrived and are being transformed into armored cruisers. It has been de- cided to send further reinforcements to the Balearics, Canaries and Ceuta. There 4s great excitement throughout the country owing to the fear that the American fleet may be coming toward Spain. American Consul Protests. Copyrighted, 1838, by James Gordon Bennett. GIBRALTAR, June 15.—The Spanish steamer San Augustine of the Trans- atlantica line has arrived in ballast from Cadiz. She is loading coal, pre- sumably for Cadiz and Camara’s squad- ron. The American Consul has lodged a protest. —_————— “With Dewey at Manila,” and pic- tures taken from photographs of the great mnaval battle, by Joseph L. Stickney, the special war correspond- ent of The Call, who stood on the bridge of the flagship Olympia dur- + | ing the 8ght.—In nexs Sunday’s Call. MANY APPLICATIONS FOR ARMY COMMISSIONS Ex-Congressman Caminetti and Dr. George A. Shiels May Go to the Philippines. WASHINGTON, June 15.—Members of the California delegation are fairly besieged by applications from all parts of California. Hundreds of telegrams from candidates are daily received, and the Senators and Representatives are kept constantly running to the depart- ments In quest of office for friends. The delegation is united in its recom- mendation of ex-Congressman Camin- etti, who is anxious to serve on the staff of some general and accompany the Philippine expedition. It seems al- together likely that Dr. George. A. Shiels will be appointed a surgeon to serve on the staff of Brigadier General H. G. Otis,. in the Philippine campaign, as he is highly recommended by the California delegation and by the medi- cal profession and prominent citizens of San Francisco. Zeal of the Marietta’s Men. WASHINGTON, June 15.—Secretary Long has written a lettér to Captain F. M. Symonds, commanding the gun- boat Marietta, expressing to him arnd the officers and men under his com- mand appreciation of the department for the zeal and spirit manifested by them In successfully bringing the Mari- etta from California to Keys West. Read “A Busy Day With Secretary of War Alger at the White House,” in next Sunday’s Call. Third Call Probably Will Be FAMINE e MENACES SANTIAGO Beleaguered City Cut Off From All Sources of Supplies. Spies Provide Schley With a Map Showing the Positions of the Spanish Warships. OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 11, by the Assoclated Press dispatch-boat Wanda, via Kingston, Jamaica, June 12.—Rear Admiral Sampson and Com- modore Schley, with their combined forces, are slowly but surely placing a network about Santiago de Cuba, and are cutting off so effectually every source of outside ald that within a short time starvation’s tapping will give way to death’s solid knock for ad- mittance at the doors of the ill-fated | place. ‘Within three days three separate | sources of supply and re-enforeement have been cut off, and Santiago Ce Cuba is now isolated from the world and is down to famine rations. ‘When Admiral Cervera arrived at Santiago de Cuba with his fleet, the people there welcomed him for the 1e- lief they though he would bring, but in- stead of food he brought 7060 more men to feed.. The only aid he had to cifep was the tons of ammunition ‘n hig ships’ magazines. A map of the harbor supplied to-day by spies shows that after the bombard- | ment of the harbor forts by Commo- dore Schley on May 31, the Spanish | cruiser Reina Mercedes, which was dis- abled, was towed into the bay behind the Socapa battery, where she lies with | two torpedo-boats. Half a mile far- ther up, under the lee of Cayo Smith and the mortar batteries, is the Viz- caya, commanding with her broadside the two narrow entrances to the east and west of Cayo Smith. Half a mile north, and at the gate of the third nar- row entrance lies the Almirante Oquendo, and half a mile to the north- east are the Cristobal Colon and the Maria Teresa. The ships are about a mile and a half from the city proper, shallow water for- bidding them to go much closer. The sunken collier Merrimac is directly in | the narrow part of the channel. RED CROSS BENEFIT. Foresters at San Rafael to Aid in a Good Cause. SAN RAFAEL, June 15.—Next Fri- day evening Court Raphael, No. 62, Foresters of America, will give an en- tertainment in celebration of the anni- versary of the Battle of Bunker Hill: The price of admission will be fifty cents and: the proceeds will be donated to the San Rafael Red Cross Society. A choice programme has been prepared for the occasion, including as a leading | feature a performance by the Buena| Vista Lady Minstrels. TULARE, June 15.—A Red Cross So- ciety of ninety members was organ- ized here to-day. The officers are: Mrs. Rachel Bartholomew, president; Miss K. B. Beckwith, vice president; Mrs. Nettie Erwin, secretary; Mrs. Alice Ralliffe, treasurer; Mrs. Joseph- ine Ham, Mrs. Agnes Nicewonger and Miss Ida Downing, executive commit- tee. SUISUN, June 15.—Suisun has a flourishing Red Cross Society with a membership which has increased in two weeks from 40 to 70. The officers are: Honorary president, Mrs. F. Hilborn; president, Mrs. A. J. Buck les; vice president, Mrs. Lena Di spiel; treasurer, Mrs. B. Dent N secretary and assistant, Mrs. W. H. Bryan and Miss Eilla Cohn; = corre- spondent, Mrs. Belle Abernethy. otic workers, who are contributing their share toward the relief of the soldiers. They have already sent to the headquarters at San Francisco large consignments of wearing apparel and provisions, and the cash receipts to date amount to $11840. A benefit en- tertainment will be given on June 22. The ladies of Scandia—about four miles east of Suisun—will give a benefit en- tertainment some t. this month. SANTA CRUZ, June 15—The Red Crogs Society to-day presented 100 bouquets to the soldiers of Camp Mer- riam at the powder works. The sol- diers are allowed to leave camp only during the afternoon. Scouting par- ties are sent out daily to become fa- millar with roads leading to the powder works. soldiers in San Francisco. READY TO BACK UP BROTHER JONATHAN London Journals Declare That John Bull Will Check the Germans. LONDON, June 16.—Germany’s atti- tude at Manila is regarded as the most interesting phase of the war for the moment. The Daily Mail says editori- ally: B inors of proposed seizures: by Ger- many in_the Philippines and for one very good reason—England would have to be reckoned with. John Bull will back up Brother Jonathan if any at- The | headquarters are crowded with patri- | The Native Daughters to-day | sent three boxes of magazines to the | “We do not quite believe the | tempt is made to defraud him of his rights.” The Daily Mail says: “If a new Eu- ropean concert is hatched up against the United States we must not delay to declare ourselves on the America. It is to bée hoped that, if Germany attempts a demonstration at Manila, the British admiral will be on hand with one or two of his fine ships to make the demonstration nugatory and ridiculous.” Germany, the Daily Mall suggests, | probably has designs on the Sulu Isl- ands, which she vainly attempted to acquire in 1885, The Daily Chronicle, referring to the report that the United States will send a fleet against Cadiz and Barcelona, says: “That could not fail to eéx- cite European sensibilities, which the United States would do better to let | sleep. It will be time enough to think | of anything of that kind when Santiago de Cuba and San Juan de Porto Rico | have fallen.” |SAMPSON'S SHIPS WILL | BOMBARD GUANTANAMO | Navy Department Hourly Expecting News That the City Has Been Shelled. NEW YORK, June 15.—The Herald's Washington correspondent telegraphs: The authorities are hourly expecting a | dispatch from Rear-Admiral Sampson announcing the shelling of Guanta- namo. This expectaticn is due to a report which has reached them that | the channel has been dredged to locate or countermine any mines that may have been planted there, and the ab- | sence of these explosives has led the officials to believe there will be no de- lay in destroying the Spanish base of supplies. Its destruction will make more difficult the operations of the | Spaniards against the American force and cause them to stay nearer Santiago de Cuba. | In official circles the opinion is ex- pressed that the force of Santiago has been drawn upon to drive the American marines from Ctuban soil, on account of the belief of the Spaniards that the cobject of the =ear-admiral in taking possession of that point was to estab- lish a landing place for the army now on the way. 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