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ANMIRAL, SAMPSON’S REPORT

A Graphic Bel—triplin of the
Greatest Naval Battle
to Modern Times

Washington, July 27. --The cabinet
discussed the report of Admiral Samp-
son and Commodore Schley on the de-
struction of Cervera’ s fleet anl decided
that it should be made public this
morning.

The combined report, as stated here-
tofore, includes those of Captain Evans,

 

 

.‘that the rush of the
;would put her between two fires, ran
goutside of our column and

Captain Taylor and Captain Clark, ,

making about 7,000 words and telling
an intensely interesting story of the
great naval battle. Parts of the re-
port, especially that of Commodore
Schley, are thrilling in their descrip-
tion, and the remarkable part of all of
them is that they show no friction

 

U. S. Flagship New York, First Rate.
Off Santiago de Cuba. July 15.
The Secretary of the Navy:

Sir: I have the honor to make the
following report upon the battle WlIh
and the destruction of the Spanish
squadron commanded by Admiral Cer-
vera off Santiago de Cuba, on Sunday,
ally 3, 1898:

2. The enemy’s vessels came out of
the harbor between 9.35 and 10 a. m.,
the head cf the column and appear-
Smith at 9.31 and
emerging from the channel five or six
m. nutes later.

3. The positions of the vessels of my
command off Santiago at that moment
were as follows: The flagship New

' York was four miles east of her block-

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ading station, and about seven miles
from the harbor entrance. She had
started from Siboney, where I intended
to land. accompanied by several of my
staff, and go to the front and consult
with General Shafter. A discussion of
the situation and a. more definite un-
derstanding between us of hte opera—
tions proposed had been rendered nec-
essary by the unexpectedly strong re-
sistance of the Spanish garrison of San—
tiago. I had sent my chief of staff on
shore the day before to arrange an in-
terview with General Shatter, who had
been suffering from heat prostration.
I made arrangements to go to his head-
quarters and my flagship was in the
position mentioned above when the
Spanish squadron appeared in. the
channel. The remaining vessels were
in or near their usual blockading posi-
tions, distributed in a semi-clrcleabout
the harbor entrance, counting from the
eastward to the westward inv'the fol-
lowi'n gorder: The Indiana about a
mile and a hilQIrom shore; the Oregon
the New Yor place between the two;
the Iowa, Texas and Brooklyn, the lat-
ter two miles: from the shore west of
Santiago. The distance of the vessels
from the harbor entrance was from
two and one-half to four miles, the lat-
ter being the limit of day blockading
distance. The length of the arc form-
ed by the ships was about eight miles.
The Massachusetts had left at a. m.
for Guantanamo for coal. Her tation
was between tht Iowa and Texas. The
auxiliaries Gloucester and Viven lay
close to the land and nearer the harbor
entrance than the large vessels, the
Gloucester to the eastward and the
Vixen to the westward. The torpedo
boat Ericsson'was in company with the
fiagShip and remained with her during
the chase until ordered to discontinue,
when she rendered very efficient ser-
vice in rescuing prisoners from the
burningJVizcaya. I inclose a diagram
showing approximately the positions
of the vessels as described above.

 

 

‘_ SAMPSON.

4. The Spanish vessels came rapidly
out of the harbor at a speed estimated
at frorr eight to ten knots, and in the
followirg order: Infanta Maria Teresa,
flagship, Vizcaya, Cristobal Colon and

ADMIRAL

the Alnirante Oquendo. The distance
betweei these ships was about 800
yards, vhich means that, from the time

. the firs one became visible in the up-

per reach of the channel until the last
one was out of the harbor, an interval
of only about twelve minutes elapsed.
Followiig the Oquendo, at"a distance
frabout 1,200 yards, came the torpedo
oat destroyer Pluton and after her the
uror. ' The armored cruisers, as rap-
ly as they could bring their guns to
‘ear, opened a vigorous fire upon the
blockadng vessels and emerged from
the channel shrouded in the smoke of
their gins.

5. Tie men of our ships in front of

the port. were at Sunday “quarters for
instruction.” The signal was male sim-
ultaneously from several vessels, “The
Enemy’a Ships Escaping,” and general
quarters
ch--

were "sounded. The men
. as t ey sprang to their guns,
. was opened probably within
inutes by the vesels whose
mmanded the entrance. The
rk turned about and steamed
escaping fleet, flying the signal
11 toward harbor entrances and
essels,” and gradually increas-
ed, until toward the end of the
he was making sixteen and one-
ots and was rapidly closing in
Cristobal Colon. She was not,
time, within range of the heavy
ships, and her only part in the
as to receive the undivided fire
.he forts in passing the harbor
cc and to fire a few shots at one
destroyers, thought at that mo-
0 be atlvrutfvig to escape fr..m
oucester.
he Spanish vessels upOn clearing
rbor, turned to the westward in

1, increasing their speed to the

\ver of their engines. , The heavy
ing vessels which had closed in
the Morro at the instant of the
~ appearance, and at their best
elivered a rapid fire, well sus-

nd destructive, which speedily

‘ Spanish vessels, was the occasion of

and Furor, the Gloucester was slowed,
thereby gaining-more rapidly in high

stroyers came out
them at full speed and was able to close
at short range, where her fire was ac-
curate, deadly and of great volume.
During this fight the Gloucester was

they emerged from Santiago harbor the
careers of the Pluton and Furor were

sunk in the surf; the Pluton sank in
deep water a few minutes later.

jury from the fire of the secondary
batteries of the battleships Iowa, Indi-
Ina and Texas, yet I think a very con-
siderable factor
struction was the fire, at c1059 range,
of the Gloucester’s battery. After res--

Infanta Maria. Teresa.

ties and made plain the duty of every
United States vessel to closie in, imme-
diately engage and pursue.
promptly and effectively done.
ready stand the first rush of the Spa-
nish squadron carried it past a number
of the blockading ships, which could
not immediately work up t‘o their best
speed. But they suffered heavily in

Oquenlo were probably set on fire by

of smoke arising from their lower decks

ing fiercely, and With‘ her reserves of

spurt was finished and the American
ships were now gaining upon her. Be-

New York that all the American ships
were gradually overhauling the chase,
and that she had no chance of escape. I

—and at 1.20 she gave up without fir-

 

overwhelmed and, silenced the Spanish
fire. .The initial Speed of the Spaniards
carried them rapidly past the blockad-
ing vessels, and the battle developed
into a chase in which the Brooklyn and
the Texas had at the start the advan-
tage of position. The Brooklyn main-
tained this lead. The Oregon, steam-
ing at amazing speed from the com-
mencement of the action, took first
place. The Iowa and the Indiana, hav-
ing done good work, and not having
the speed of the other ships, were di—
rected by me, in succession, at about
the time the Vizcaya was beached, to
drop out of the chase and resume bloc-
kading station. These vessels rescued
many prisoners. The Vixen, finding
Spanish‘ ships

remained
there during the battle and chase.

7. The skillful handling and gallant
lighting of the Gloucester excited the
admiration of everyone who witnessed
It, and merits the commendation of the
navy department. She is a fast and
entirely unprotected auxiliary vessel--
the yacht Corsair--and has a good bat-
tery of light rapid fire guns. She was
lying about two miles from the harbor
entrance, to the southward anl east-
ward and immediately steamed in, op-
ening fire upon the large ships; An-
ticipating the appearance of the Pluton

pressure of steam, and when the de-
she steamed for

under the fire of the Socapa battery.
Within twenty minutes from the time

ended, and two-thirds of their people
killed. The Furor was beached and

The
destroyers probably suffered much in-

in their speedy de-

c-uing the survivors of the destroyers,
the Gloucester did excellent service in
landing and securing the crew of the

8. The method of escape attempted
by the Spaniards--all steering in the
same direction and in formation--re-
moved all tactical doubts of difficul-

This was
As al-

passing, and the Maria Teresa and the

shells fired during the first fifteen min-
utes of the engagement. It was after-
wards learned that the Maria Teresa’s
fir-emain had been cut by one of our
first shots, and that she was unable
to extinguish fire. With large volumes

aft these vessels gave up both fight and
flight and ran in on the beach--the Ma-
ria Teresa about 10.15 a. m., at Nima,
six and one-half miles from Santiago
harbor entrance, and the Oqu-enlo
auou't 10.30 a. m.. at Juan Gonzales,
seven miles from the port.

9. The Vizcaya was still under the
fire of the leading'vessels; the Cristo-
bal Colon had drawn ahead. leading
the chase, and soon passed beyond the
range of the guns of the leading Am-,
erican ships. The Vizcaya was soon
set on fire, and-gal; 11.15 she turnel in
shore and was beached at Ascerrade-
ros fifteen miles .fro‘m Santiagp, burn.

ammunition on deck alfeady beginning
to explode.
west of Santiago, the Indiana had been
signalled to go back to the harbor en-
trance, and at Ascerraderos the Iowa

was signalled to “Resume blockading *
station.”

The Iowa, assisted by the
Ericsson and the Hist, took off the crew
of the Vizcaya, while the Harvard and
the Gloucester rescued those of the In-
fanta Maria Teresa and the Almirante

When about ten miles E

 

Oquendo. This rescue of prisoners, in-
cluding the wounded from the burning 1

some of the most daring and gallant
conduct of the day. The'ships were
burning fore and aft, their guns and
reserve ammunition were exploding,
and it was not known at what moment
the fire would reach the main maga-
zines. In. addition to this a heavy surf
was running just inside of the Spanish
ships. But no risk“deterred our ofll-
cers and men until their work of hu-
manity was complete.

.10. There remained now of the Spa-
nish ships only the Cristobal Colon; but
she was their best and fastest vessel.
Forced by the situation to hug the Cu—
ban coast, her only chance of escape
was by superior and sustained speed.
Who: the Vizcaya went ashore the
Colon was about six miles ahead of
the Brooklyn and the Oregon, but her

 

hind the Broklyn and the Oregon came
the Texas, Vixen and New York. It
was evidentfr omthe bridge of the

At 12.50 the Brooklyn and Oregon op-
ened fire and got her range—the Ore-
gon s heavy shell striking beyond her

ing another shot, hauled down her col-

ors and ran ashore at Rio Torquino, 48

miles from Santiago. Captain Cook of
the Brooklyn went on board to receive
the surrender. While the boat was

alongside I came up in the New York,

received his re 101' and laced the Or. I
'1 t, p ‘ Major General Fitzhuch Lee and

egon in charge of the wreck to save
her if possible, and directed the pris-

oners to be transferred to the Resolute

which had followed ‘the chase. Com- |
modore Schley, whOSe chief of staff 1
had gone on board to receive the sur-
render; had directed that all their per-
sonal effects should be retained by the
officer's. This Oider I did not modify.
The object of’the blockade of Cer-
vera’s squadron was fully accomplish-
ed, and each individual bore well his
part in it, the commodore in command
of the second division, the captains of |
the ships, their officers and men. I
W. T. SAMPSON,

Rear Admiral U. S. Navy, Comman-

der-in-Cuief II S. Naval Force,l

 

ANOTHER STABEADTR

Spanish Army at Holgu'm About
. Ready 00 Yield.

 

AFFAIRS AT GUANTANAMO

Miany Spanish Soldiers Ill. Our Shipsjn '

Guantanamo Harbor. Effect of Shells at

the Bombardment at Santiago. Th

Terrns of Surrender Violated by -Sp uni
ards Who Sunk a Spanish Gunboat An

Uncommon Promotion.

Guantanamo Bay, Santiago de Cuba,
July 26.--It is difficult to see how the
large body of Spanish troops at Hol-
guin can fail to surrender very soon,
although reinforced by the Spanish
forces from Gibara. Holguin is one of
the commanding points in eastern
Cuba, and the surrender of its garrison
will be an important event of the war.
News from there is expected soon, and
upon it will depend some of the plans
of our commanders.

The Vixen and Suwanee returned it)
Santiago yesterday morning, convoy-
ing the prize hips brought here for
disinfection. he main body of the
fleet is here, coaling and cleaning, as
well as the facilities of the bay will
permit.

The movements of the other ships un-
der Rear Admiral Sampson's com-
mand, except those engaged in the

Porto Rico expedition, depend upen'

the decision of the authorities at Wash-
ington, and the impression is growing
among the naml officers of high rank
in these waters that it is not advisable
to send a fleet to Spain without pre-
viously enabling the ships to undergo
thorough preparation, including going
into dry dock in several cases.

The list of vessels in Guantanamo
bay up to yesterday morning included
the flagship New York, the Brooklyn,
Iowa, Indiana, Oregon, Marblehead.
Detroit, Newark, Yankton, Hornet.
Ericsson, Rogers, Wampatuck, Samo-
set, Vesuvius, Celtic, Vulcan, Alvara-
do,- five colliers and one transport.

A Boston fruit steamer arrived here
yesterday morninr loaded with fruit.
in consequence of a request upon the
part of Rear Admiral Sampson, but the
steamer refused to sell anything, and
to each ship was given a supply of
fruit, which was much appreciated.

No news has been received here from '

Porto Rico.

Colonel Ewers, who was sent by Gen-
eral Shatter to receive the surrender
of the 5,000 Spanish troops at Guanta-
namo, arrived here on Sunday night,
with two of General Toral's officers.
and proceeded to Caimanera and Gu-
antanamo yesterday. The colonel ex-
pected to return last night. It is said
that 1,700 of the Spanish troops of the
Guantanamo district are on the sick
list. After they have surrendered the
work of tending the sick, feeding the
healthy and maintaining order among
the prisoners will probably devolve up-
on the navy.

The Nipe bay engagement was quite
hot, but there were no casualtiescon the
American side. The Spanish gunboat
Jorge Juan was riddled by our shells.
It is believed that about 200 men de~
serted from her after opening the
Kingston ,valves. . '

A fleet bulletin just issued in regard
to the investigation of the effect of
the navy’s shells at the bombardment
of Santiago de Cuba says: “TWelve
houses were completely wrecked in-
side and one house was burned. Six-
teen eight- inch shells struck within
three blocks on the Calle de Marina.
These excavated the ground to a depth
of about four feet and to a length of
about ten feet. The street was mac-
adamized. It is judged “from the 'fact
that many of them struck near the wa-
ter’s ’edge that a, number of the shells
must have gone into the bay. Army
officers have stated that thirty or forty
went beyond the northern edge of the
bay into the Spanish lines.

“A dozen or more of the shells had
not exploded. In four of them the base
had been simply blown out. In one
case, a four-inch shell which was prob—
ably a stray shell fired during the de-
monstration at Aguadores on July 1,
had gone through a tree and had ex-
ploded in the ground beyond.

“When the severe effect of the eight-
inch shells is considered, it is a matter
for congratulation that it was not nec-
essary to continue the bombardment
longer and fire thirteen- inch shells, as
the squadron had prepared to do. The
effect of these latter would undoubted-
ly have been of a most disastrous char-
acter to the town.

“The board has completed its investi-
g tion and will make a detailed re-

,t later. ”
The Spaniards last night sunk the

Spanish gunboat Sandoval, which has.

been lying near Caimanera. This is
looked upon as being a gross breach of
the terms of the surrender, which the
Spaniards then had knowledge of, es—
pecially considering the fact that food
has been sent by the United States navy
into Caimanera.

First Sergeant of Marines Kinnie of
the New York, went North yesterday
evening on the Texas, to get his com-
mission as second lieutenant of ma.
rines. This is almost the only case of
such promotion on record in this branch
of the service.

 

Orders to Gen. Lee.

Washington, July 27.--Orders have
been issued for the equipment of the
Seventh army corps with arms and all
nectssary material for active‘service,
and it is understood that the corps will
be sent to Porto Rico.

The Seventh corps is commanded by
encamped at Jacksonville. It consists
-of about 10,000 men. '

 

Safe Conduct for Spanish Steamers
Gibraltar, July 27.--In accordance

with instructions received" from Wash- ‘

ington, the United ,States consular
agent dere has issued'safe conducts to
the Spanish steamers Isla de Luzon
and Isla de Panay, now at Cadiz, to
proceed to Santiago de Cuba and re-
turn to Spain with the surrendered
Spanish troops.

 

To Visit Our Military Hospltals.

washingt-on, July 27. --At the request
of the German embassy the seeretary

American military 11030121..

is.

of war has granted permission to medi- '-
. cal- officers of the imperial army to visit:

 
 

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The Next Expedition Will Be Led
by Gen. Charles King.

 

MERRITT NEEDS 50.000 MEN

Gen. King Thinks a Large Army Wlll 150

A Required to Settle the Philippine

, Quesnon. Illness Among the Troops at

1 Camp Merritt Will Cause Their Re-

moval.

San Francisco, July 26. --It is undei-
lstood that Brigadier General Charles
King will be in command of the next
Manila expedition. He will probably
‘ go eitheron the Arizona or Scandi-a,
'while Brigadier General Miller, now
commander of the Presidio, probably
will remain for the present, at the ex-
pressed desire of General Merriam.

Referring to the troops destined to
Manila, General King said: “It is my
personal opinion that every man of the
expeditionary force will be wanted in
the Philippines and will go there. Even
should Manila be taken from the Span-
ish and the war settled in the Orient,
as far as Spain is concerned, with the
forces now there or already ordered to
depart, it is still not to be doubted that
General Merritt will be glad to have
50,000 men before he is through with
Aguinaldo. The men at Camp Merritt
land the Presidio may rest contented

that they will see all of the Philip-
pines that they desire.”

Active preparations for moving the
. troops at Camp Merritt to the Presidio
A will begin to-day, and in three days the
lnew grounds will be ready for the re-

ception of at least a part of them. It

is the intention of Generals Merriam
land Miller to move only those troops
that are not soon to be assigned to
I transports. Those troops, therefore,
that receive orders to change camp will
know that they are destined to remain

here for some weeks more.

Sickness among the soldiers here is
increasing. In the division . hospital
there are 208 patients, and in the Pre-
sidio barracks hospital 253 soldiers,
while perhaps a hundred less severe
cases are in the regimental hospitals.
More soldiers are sick now than during
the bad weather, when about 14,000 were
in Camp Merritt, where to-day there
are only a little over half the number.

De Witt L.4_Tucker, a private in Com-
lpany L,'Fifty-first Iowa. volunteers,

died on Sunday of pneumonia. The re-

mains will be taken back to Council

Bluffs for burial. Joseph Baker, a pri-
fvate in Company B. First Tennessee,

died at the division hospital 'of dysen-

.tery, and several men in the hospitals

are in a critical condition.

 

 

 

BRIG. GEN. CHARLES KING.
Willi-am Drum, the crack runner of
the University of California, who was
to have been track captain nextyear,
has enlisted as a private in Company L
of the Second United States volunteer

engineers. Eleven recruits of the Four-
enworth, Kansas, who have just ar-
rived at Camp Merritt, have been as-
signed to the Third battalion of the
Twenty-third infantry for rations,
quarters and equipment until they can
be'forwarded to their regiment, now
on its way to the Philippines.

According to the Chronicle several
privates in the Kansas regiment, act-
ing as correspondents of their home
papers, have been sending out complai-
- ning letters and in some cases severe
criticisms of their officers. Colonel
Funston ordered the more flagrant of-
fenders to be brought before him and
gave them a scathing rebuke. with the
warning that they might expect severe
punishment should they again offend in
this manner.

The transport St._Paul has come off
the dry dock at the Union Iron Works
and is now being prepared for the re-
ception of troops. She will probably
be ready to sail by the end of the week

 

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and the Arizona and Seandia will be ,

in condition for the voyage to Manila
about the same time.
ations are being made on the steamer
Centennial, and she may yet be ac-
cepted by the government.

 

To Snperlntend Deportation.

l
I New York, July 26.--Lieutenant S. F.

Massey, U. S. A. of Sandusky, 0., who
Awas placed on the retired list a few
years ago on account of failing health
sailed from New York last night for
Santiago on the Olivette.

He has been appointed agent by the
war department to superintend the
transportation to Spain of the prison-
ers ofvwar recently surrendered to Gen:-
eral Shafter.

Lieutenant Massey speaks Spanish
fluently and he will see that the con-

tract with the transportation company

ls rigidly carried out.

No Verdict Yet.’

Washington, July 26.--The jury in
the case of Senator R. P. Kenney,
charged with aiding and abetting fore
mer Teller Boggs in the looting of the
First National bank of Dover, had not
reached an agreement up to two o’clock
yesterdayiafternoon. The jury has been

out since a quarter to one o'clock Fri-.

day afternoon.

It was not believed that.
ford would discharge the? te’lve men,
and they. will therefore have to re-"
main out another twenty-four hours.

meantime.

teenth infantry, enlisted at Fort Leav- .

Extensive alter- 1

udge Brads -

unless they agree upon a. verdict in the >

 

GAZETTE.

ON PORTO RICAN 80A.

Our I'lag DoubtleSs Floats Over
5.7., Another West Indian Isle.

MILES T0 DEBARK SUNDAY

Porto Rico Troops That Have Gone- and

Are Going. The Krag Jorgensen Rifles ‘

and Smokeless Powder to Be Supplied.
The Invmling Army Wlll Be Largo.
Troops Sighted off Haytlen;-Coast«.

Washington, -July 25.-—Major General. ,
Miles has not reported to the war de- ,

partment his arrival at Porto Rico. The
ofiicials expect, however, that he reach-
ed his destination some time Sunday.

' Miles’s army was expected toiarrive
off the coast Saturday night. The orig-
inal plan was that he should leave Gu-
antanamo at 3 p. m. on Thursday.
which would bring him off Porto Rico
Saturday at 3 p. m. He was delayed,
hoWever, at Mole St. Nicholas, by the
non-arrival there of his tugs, lighters,
barges and snag boats. He Waited
there to get news ofthem and from the
fact that the war vessels passed Cape
Haytien only Friday night, it is calcu-
lated that he was delayed about four
hours‘~ at Mole St. Nicholas. ,

One of the navigation bureau officials
stated that if General Miles intended
to land so small a force as 3,400 men,
he had selected a place where very lit-
tle opposition was anticipated. In that
event he would not be embarrassed by
the absence of tugs and lighters. He
could at least land‘his infantry in the
barges of the convoy, as was partly
done at Baiquiri.

The plan‘appears to contemplate a
bombardment by the monitors and Mas-
sachusetts of San Juan at the approxi-
mate time of Miles’s landing and a feint
at one or more places, as was done at
Aguadores and Cabanites when Shaf«
ter was landing. The places named for
the landing are Guanica on the south
coast and Fajardo on the east coast,
and also at Vieques.

Troops A and C of the New York
volunteer cavalry and three troops of
the Pennsylvania cavalry left Camp
Alger shortly. after two o 'clock Friday
morning for Newport News. These
troops left for Porto’ Rico last .even-
ing with Major General Brooke and
the brigade commanded by General
Haines. -

The troops now under orders for Por-
to Rico or en route to that island form
what is known as the first detachment
of the Porto Rican expedition. There
will be oneiand possibly two more ex-
peditions.

The soldiers who are with General
Miles arethe Sixth Illinois, Sixth Mas-
sachuSetts, Battier es C and F of the
Third artillery. B and F of the Fourth,
B of the Fifth and 275 recruits.

The troops embarked from Tampa are
the Nineteenth and Eleventh regular
infantryq. Troop B of the Second Uni-
ted States cavalry and Batteries C and
M of the Seventh artillery.

The remainder of the first detachment
consists of Troop H of the Sixth Uni-
ted States cavalry, Company F of the
Eighth infantry, General Ernst‘s bri-
gade, which is made" up of the Second
and Third Missouri and the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania: General Haln's’s brigade,
consisting of the Fourth Ohio. Fourth
Pennsylvania and Third 'Illinois; Gen-
eral Grant's brigade, organized to have
the First and Third Kentucky, and the.
Fifth Illinois; the five troops ordered
from Camp Alger, which are A and C
of New York and three troops from
Pennsylvania.

These troops are All either on their‘

way to Porto Rico or undervorders to
proceed as soon as transportation can
be furnished.

An official of the war department who

stands high in authority says that the
entire Porto Rican army of infantry
would be supplied with ng-Jorgene
sen rifles and smokeless powder These
rifles will be sent to Porto Rico imme—
diately.
, owing to the wish of every regiment
to go to the front, the president will
send a larger army to Porto Rico'than
is considered absolutely necessary. He
is desirous to give every regiment ser-
vice at the front.

Orders have been sent to Major Gen-
eral Shatter directing him to immedi-
ately send to Tampa. transport ships
sufficient in number to carry 6, 000 men.
He was further directed to send all- oth-
er transports under his command to
large body of troops will embark from
New York for Portd Rico.

New York city. Thi 5 indicates that a

It was stated in the dispatch to Gen-
eral Shaffer that the government in-
tended to bring the entire Fifth army
corps from Santiago to.- the'United
States for rest as so on as it was con-
sidered s-.afe

Major General Coppinger. command-
ing the Fourth army corps, has been
directed to send the Fifth Maryland,
First Florida and the Second Georgi a
regiments to Santiago de Cuba. These
regiments will a5sist the immunes in
keeping order in the territory surren«
dered by General Toral.

General ”Shaffer has cabled Secre-
tary Alger that he can send three
transports each day to the United
States. ,This was inanswer to the or-

' der directing General Shatter to send

all the transports under his command
to Tampa and New York city.

 

Seen Passing to the North of Haytl

Washington, July 25.--General Miles

and his troops are now of! the coast of
Porto Rico, unless the shins convey-
ing them have met with delay. This
cablegram from Cape Haytien, Hayti
dated yesterday,- shoWs that the fleet
of transports was making good time
when last signalled.
' “Ecur large American warships were
sighted off the harbor at six o’clock
last evening. They were going in the
direction of Portfi Rico.

“The German bark Carl, Captain
Vols, arrived here to- day. Her com-
mandcr reports that he saw eight Am-
erican warships
o 'clock off the coast of Hayti.

“He had a searchlight on his ship
And tried to make out the names of
the Americans, but the,"- were too far
away "

The following table of distances
shows upon what basis the statement
that the :fleet is off PortolRico is made:
Santiago de Cuba to San Juan,
/ Porto Rico .._;:.......
Key: West Fla. ., to
. Porto .Rico ' '

. . . .1 5.75
San ,— Juan, "

 
 

 
 

 

last night at, nine.

Tampa, Fla., to San Juan, For to.

Rico .. ........... .7 15200
Charleston, S. C., to San Juan, “‘

Porto Rico ....................... 1,190
Newport News, Va., to San ‘Juan,

Porto Rico . ,1,280
New York to San Juan, Porto-

Rico ....‘. ............ 11,420

character of materials called for by him
strongly suggest the kind of campaign
'that will be carried out in: Porto
Rico. ,

It is to be an artillery fight, and the
plan outlined by'the war department
is that the artillery be put on the many
hills commanding the city, the) fortifi-
cations ‘and the harbor. This will be
done at leisure and effectively:

 

Miles Has Begun Blockade.

German steamer Croatia, which arriv-
ed here to-day, reports that she was
fired upon thrice last night, about eight
miles from San Juan de Porto Rico, by
0. ship said to form part of theA-meri-
can invading squadron.

The Croatia was boarded by an ofii-
cer, understood to be from the United
States cruiser New York. She was al-
lowed to proceed to St. Thomas.

The Croatia had no intention of en-
tering San Juan, her captain says.

 

Oarsmen at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, July 25.--The second
and last day of the annual regatta of
the National Association of Amateur
Oarsmen saw what were probably the
finest series of races, ever seen at a na-
tional regatta. In three of the events
only a few feet separated the first and
second crews. The most sensational
race of Saturday, the closing day, was
the eight-oared shell race whichthe
Pennsylvania Barge Club’s champion
eight captured from the Argonauts of
Toronto by a few feet, after a grand
struggle.

1 Between 30, 000 and 40, 000 persons c021—
gregated along the river to watch the
races. Two of the championships were-
captured by Philadelphia crews. Terr
Eyck won the senior singles champi.~
onshi'p, while the Western Rowing Club
of St. Louis carried off the honors in
the intermediate four-cared shell race.
The Argonauts captured the senior in-
ternational four-cared shell event, and
Amos Kubic of Springfield, Mass, won
'the intermediate single scull race. In

[the intermediate four-oared shell race
the Seawanhaka crew of New Yerk
was ruled out for not properly turning
the threeoquarter flag.

The President Take; an Outing.

Washington, July 25.--Secretary Long
gave an excursion Saturday evening
to the president and several of his offi-
cial associates and members of their
families.

They left the Washington navy yard
on the United States tug Triton, ran
down the Potomac to Mount Vernon
and. returned to the yard at 7.30, when
dinner was served in the house of Ad-
_miral C. S. Norton. the commandant.

 

1 Object of Robson’s Visit.
‘ Washington, July 25.—-Lieutenant
Hobson’s visit is expected to bring
about an enlargement of the plans fOr
saving the wrecked Spanish cruiser
Cristobal Colon and some of the other
stranded ships of the Cervera svad-
ron.

The department already hadact‘ed
on the recommendations of Admiral
Sampson, but these- coming by ‘mail
and telegraph. necessarilywere limited,
while the complete information brought
by Lieutenant Hobson, based onr’per-
sonal observations and. an expert
knowledge of conditions,» enables the
department to get a much more thor-
ough idea of the scope of this wrecking
project-and the noesibilities of saving
the ships. '

...

 

To Pay for His Son’s Plunge.

‘ Chicago, July- 25.--Seven mortgages,
aggregating $2,000,000, were filed for
record Saturday by Levi Z; Leiter.
They run to the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company, for ten years,
wit-h 4 per cent. interest.
erties mortgaged “are in the heart of
the doWn- town udistrict, among them
the Grand Pacific hotel. Revenue
stamps to the amount of 8996 were on
,the papers.

This is to secure the heavy loan con-
summated by Mr. Leiter in order to
carry his son, Joseph Leiter, through
his disastrous wheat speculation. ‘

 

Jimmy Michael Redeems Himself. _

New York, July 25.-Jimmy Michael,
the little Welch cyclist, met Tom Lin-
ton of Wales on the Manhattan Beach
cycle track Saturday afternoon in a
twenty—five mile paced race andhre-
deemed himself by beating his oppo-
nent in the presence of. more than 15, -
000 people.

'_—"'—T,. .
Pola'vieja Sees endgame... ,
Madrid, July 25. «General Polavieja
had' a long conference yesterday with
the queen regent. The strictest reserve
is maintained as to its purport. '

 

1, Tampa Troops Sail. .
Tampa, July 25.-7The Porto Rico ex.
pedition sailed Saturday. .Itconsisted.
of five troopships ,and, carried about
4,000 men and immense quantities of all
kinds of stores. It .is doubtful if the
expedition would have sailed for sev-
eral days had i't,;not been for the-per-
emptory orders'lreceived from Wash-
ington Friday [night to start at . once.
The long delay 5111 the preparatiom of
the expedition seems to have exasper-
ated the officials at the capital.

 

 

Americans About to Begin Attacks. ‘ 4

London, July 25. --A special dispatch
from Madrid says that General Au-
gustin, captain general of the Philip-
pines, has telegraphed to the govern-
ment as follows:

“The Americans are about to attack
Manila. Grave events are'impending."

Although the dispatch is indefinite
and comes in a round about-way, there
is probably some truth in it.- The last
advices‘ from Dewey were that our
troops had taken the field, some hav-
ing moved to Peranaque,
from the citadel. General Greene1 was
,in command. . . .

 

Will Be Tho-re 90 s". 3-
Tangier,- July 25 «It is expected that

 

 

.ments of Admiral Watson; American

 

The quantity of artillery taken to ’
Porto Rico by General Miles and the '»

St. Thomas, D. W. 1., July 25.'--The'

The props

two miles ,

warships of- the various :natlons- will ,
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