The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1898, Page 1

all '_—,.*I_! r not en from ry. ++44 This Pape ‘to be tak " the Libra VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO. 55. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JULY . 25, 1898, PRICE FIVE CENTS. MILES HAS REACHED THE BUT CANNOT REPORT FOR ing Bases /ill First Establish Land- on Porto Rico. Under the Guns of the Naval Convoy Considerable Can Be Done Before Reinforce- ments /' YOR Major General Miles tion decided Corbin, to h woul howev n him f ing men w fic nt he will be able to accomp e arrival of reinforcements. accompanied him. Arrive. 4.—A Washington special to the Her- , commanding the Porto Rico ed to have arrived at the port of debarka- ipon on the coast of Porto Rico. Adjutant General er, said to-day the administration did not expect r several day send to reach a cable station. yugh General Miles has less than 5000 effective fight- ith him, the officials of the War Department are con- lish all he expected to do before He under the protection of the guns of the naval convoy that s, owing to the distance that he will establish his landing The point of landing is so far from San Juan-that it will be Brooke, who is to transports and is ready to start. General Shafter is sending than half this number more {USHING TO THE FRGNT ! FROM CAMP THOMAS CHICKAMAUGA, Tenn.,, July 24— s F. Wade as- Thomas yes- of General E for his headqyarter vade's staff, 5g far as made Major W. E. Almy, | ; Lieutenant Colonel enant 'Colonel John rgeon; Lieutenant Ch: advocate; Captain tant adjutant gen tenant Colonel F. D. Baldwin, in- | Lieutenant Colonel 3éorge Squires, chief signal officer; “aptain Lloyd C. Griscon, assistant aster and aide-de-camp; Cap- ook, third rommissary; Lieu- 3. W. Reed, aid-de-camp.and ordnance officer; Lieutenant J. de, a.d-de-ca : Major Charles . Allison, enginegr officer. 1 Wade will carry forward the the park without making any changes in the plans as they ly movement to-day in connec- fon with the Porto Ricen expedition vas the departure for Newport News if four batteries of light, artillery, as Battery A of Missouri, Bat- A of Illinois, Battery B. of Penn- he Twenty-seventh Indi- . These batteries broke ock this mornine march- , where they took trains ews.~ Each, of the: four| es had six guns, 100 horses and nules and from 140 to 175 .officers and v A of Illinols was com- ptain- Phil Yeager, Twen- seventh Indiana Battery by Captain Burtis, Battery B of Pennsvlvania | 1go to Tampa to carry 6000 men. ¥ 'y Captaln A. E. Hunt, and Battery.A 'f Missouri by Captain F. M. Rum- | for the Spanish commander to concentrate enough 1ake much resistance, uan General Miles would be reinforced by the the War Department is sending after him as rap- and before troops could be be in command at Porto Rico, A 1 at Newport News, and it will be Wednesday irliest béfore General Haines' brigade is all loaded on the His brigade will be followed as s possible by.General Fred Grant's brigade. enough transports from Santi- It is not probable, however; will go to Porto ‘Rico from pa; as three regiments from there are to go to Santiago. boldt. Major General B. Rodney was in command of this detachment. The Third Brigade of the First Divis- ion, First Corps, will be the next to leave Camp Thomds and will probably get away to-morrow or Tuesday. Gen- eral Wade, it was authoritatively stat- ed to-night, received orders at a late hour this evening to rush this brigade to Newport News as promptly as pos- sible. The brigade conslists of the First an’d Third Kentucky and the Fifth Tlli- nois. It is the understanding that the First drigade of the Second gl\'lsmn will be next to. follow. ent plan regiments will continue to .go out as fast as practicable until the first corps is exhausted. It was raining most of to-day at | Camp Thomas and: the regiments spent the day quietly. The usual divine ser- vices by the chaplains and by the evan- s were-conducted throughout the One hundred and sixty-two patients nging to the volunteer army were ay removed from Leiter Hospital to a special train_and. taken to Mec- Ph n Barracks Hospital at Atlanta: % to the limited supply of surgeons :.;md medical assistants at this point it s been deemed best to send those who h: So far recovered as to be able to be safely maved to other - points where they can be cared for and at the same time make room {n the Leiter Hospital for the sick who are now in “l‘te ‘dlvlslon and regimental fleld hos- pitals, : — GERMAN VESSEL FIRED UPON BY A CRUISER ST. THBOMAS, July 2.—The Germaj steamer Croatfa, which arrived here tor: day,reports that'she was fired upon threa times last night about elght miles from San Juan de .Porto Rico by a ship safd | t! to form rafr of the American . invadi squadron, The Croatia was Board o 8% an officer understood:‘to. be from. the United States cruiser Néw York. She was ailowed to proceed to St. Thomas. The Croatia had no intentions of enter- ing San Juan. ment as foljows : » » ) ) ) ) ) ) » ) ) ) ) 4 ) “The Americans are ) ) Ll 20000000000000000C0 Grave events are impending.” * * ;,0400000OG0000O0'0‘90000000000000000000‘9 “AMERICANS ABOUT TO‘ ATTACK AMANILA,” LONDON, July 25.—A special &iépatch from Madrid says that General Augusti, Captain General of the Philippines, has telegraphed to'the Covern- - about to attack Manila. 000000CNHC00E0000 According to the pres- |. 8ho00000000000000 R far again as is shown in the picture. PUERTO DE GUANIC@, On the southwest coast of Porto Rico, fifteen miles west of the city of Ponce, where General Miles’ expedition was expected to land some time yesterday. This port affords a good, well- protected harbor, with an average depth of twenty-five feet. quarter of a mile wide and the bay is about a mile and a half long, extending west as A lighthouse stands on the Punta de la Meseta on the right, going in, and the Plaza de Guanica, the port of the city of Yanco, eight miles inland, is shown at the back of the bay. Outside of the port is a well-protected anchorage, large enough to accommodate a hundred or more ships-of-war. The entrance is about a ’ Neutrality and P NEW YORK, July 24.—The Washing- ton cojnespondent of the Herald Sends the foklowing: Two important develop- menu; are_responsible for the post- ponernent by the President of the date of de¢parture of the Bastern squadron— the jreiteration by Germany of her strict neufrality and the desire of the nawval war board to place the vessels under command of Commodore Watson in \the best possible condition before seriding them abroad. The authorities now declare that there is no reason for haste in sending the ships abroad, and t while the vessels are in fighting trim, it is advisadle to put them in first-class cruising condition and that the: President would determine the date when they will leave. It was -confi- dently announced to-day-that the next ten days will reveal the " ships which wiill be attached to Commodore Wat- sgn’'s command. Much depends upon thefr condition, and the developments irh Cuba, the Philippines and Europe. / So far as the authorities can now see, the political situation in Burope is ore favorable to the United States gga.n it has been at any time since the ommencément of the war. The collec- fon of such a large number of war- ships in the vicinity of Spain by the /Buropean powers is not considered a jmenace to the United States. Undoubt- edly, the officials say, they have gone to that point for observation purposes and to protect their many interests afloat and ashore. They give it as their opinion that no power will interfere with the operations of Commodore Watson's squadron, and that ‘the squadron will not cause a wanton de- WHY WATSON'S DEPARTURE HAs ' BEEN POSTPONED Reiteration by Germany of Strict Desire to Place Ships in the Best Condition. struction of life and property bygbom- barding the coast cities, but its first work, as has been stated, will-be to de- stroy the Spanish fleet.and with it the last vestige of Spanish sea power. Robbed of its entire navy; the au- thorities believe that the Madrid Gov- | ernment will be willing to sue for peace, and a long and dahgerous cam- paign_ to accomplish the reduction of Havana will thereby be avoided. SHAFTER EXPLAINS THE BANISHMENT SANTIAGO, July 24.—General Shaf- ter gave me a cordial reception when I called upon him to-day. He sald the expulsion of correspondents was caused not because of any feeling toward the newspapers_represented, but owing to the conduct of the reporters personally. “One correspondent was a nuisance to every one during the entire cam- paign and was guilty,” he said, “of in- _solence to a member of my staff and in- solent to me personally and struck at me. This made him liable to be shot without trial. I did not desire to take an extreme measure, though his action richly desetrved it. “The. other correspondents were found ‘posting most inflammatory pla- cards throughout the town. There are so many discordant elements that it is most desizable for public reasons that not* the slightest ill-feeling should be created. These correspondents were ar- rested and sent home on the first trans- port. This is all I have to say about the incideht.”, BANISHMENT OF YELLOW FELLOWS FROM SANTIAGO Punishment Meted Out by General Shafter Considered Too Merci- ful by Army Officials. NEW YORK, July 24.—The Wash-| they be torn down, fearing they ington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs: Secretary Alger received to-day from Major General Shafter an official report regarding the ban- ishment from Santiago de Cuba of Sylvester Scovel, New York World, and the corre- spondents and artists of the New | York Journal. Thé Secretary de- clined to make public the text of the | dispatch, but I learned the nature of its contents. General Shafter report- ed that Scovel attempted to partici- pate in the ceremony of hoisting the flag over the Governor's palace in the city, but was ordered down by the guard. He then sought General Shafter. Words passed between the two and Scovel struck at General Shafter, his blow fortunately falling short. He was immediately placed under arrest. General Shafter stated he had not ordered the man’s trial for the reason that he did not wish to give him that much notoriety, and bad simply ordered his expulsion from the district under his com- mand. The banishment of the correspond- ents and artists of the New York | Journal was due to their action in posting in conspicuous places throughout Santiago a large poster bearing the words, “Remember the Maine.” General Shafter ordered that representing the | might have a bad effect upon the residents of the city and the Spanish prisoners, and as a measure of pub- lic s::e?fli directed the expulsion cf the offenders. . War Department officials say that in both ‘Gene Shafter acted with y and discretion, but they L the case of Scovel N fi‘famuca, July 24.— Scovel is the only World man ex- pelled from antiago de Cuba. It is decreed in Bis case that he shall not the military lines or 2 ships. The three Jour- nal men “fillad were McNichol, Mesher ana Musgrave. They landed in Santiago Monday night to open a business office with 20,000 Journals and colored posters showing the wreck of the Maine with dead sailors floating past. The inscription at the top was “Remember the Maine,” and at the bottom “Buy' the Journal.” As soon as Shafter saw the poster he sent a detail of soldiers to arres the Journal men and seize their para- phernalia. The correspondents were placed under guard over night in the Theatre Royal. The next day Shafter himself saw them placed aboard the Arkansas with Scovel. In sending them into exile Shafter shouted, “The Journal is ex-communicated from Santiago.” ~ POINT OF DEBARKATION FINAL PLAN FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS Havana to Be Taken in the Fall. |FIFTH CORPS WILL REST NONE OF ITS MEN TO BE SENT TO PORTO RICO. After the Capture of the ILatter Island the Two Forces Will Combine in the Attack on Cuba’s Capital. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, July 24—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs as follows: “General Shafter with the Fifth Corps will take the field against Havana in the fall. Until then the corps will rest in the United States. As soon as the Spanish prisoners are well out of the way Genmeral Shafter with the whole Fifth Corps will be or- dered back to the United States, per- haps to Montauk Point, Long Island, or some such suitable place, where they will rest and recuperate, so as to be ready for the campaign in the fall against Havana.” This statement was made to me by one of the trusted counselors of the President. The further statement was made that not one oI the regiments now in Santiago would be sent to Porto Rico; that it was thought by the administration that in all of them there was some danger of fever infec- tion. General Shafter will remain until the Spanish prisoners are disposed of, according to the present plans of the Government. Many northerly camp sites are being considered by the Government, Sea Girt, N. J., among them. It may be necessary to bring more Southern trogps north, but they will not be brought unless it is necessary. The Fifth Corps of hardened veter- ans is to be put into shape for the Havana campaign. The Porto Rican army also will be by fall hardened to fleld and fire, and, with the Fifth Corps, which will then join it, about 50,000 sea- soned men will move upon Havana. This now the plan of the adminis- tration. These 50,000 men will form the nucleus about which 100,000 more vol- unteers now in this country will be formed. By fall these volunteers, it is expected, will be in prime condition, both as to equipment, arms and uni- forms. If the Porto Rican campaign is to be a deliberate one, the campaign against Havana is to be a more delib- erate one. General Miles will be commander-in- chief of the Havana cempaign and will start in with two trained major gen- erals in Generals Shgfter and Brooke. Lee will follow with another division and Graham with the Camp Alger troops and 2000 men left in Chicka- mauga will help to make up a grand total of 150,000 men. Ministers Call on the Queen Regent. MADRID, July 24, $ p. m.—The mem- bers of the cabinet to-day visited the Queen Regent, it being her natal day. Senor Sagasta, the premier, says that not all the troops included in the capitu- lation of Santiago agreed to surrender. ADVERTISEMENTS. There is no %~ sadder sight than that of the orphan-child bereft of the loving care of a mother. 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