St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 22, 1898

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ND THAT FLEETS ARE NEAR EACH OTHER IS CERTAIN. j Cables From Hayti Bring Unconfirmed Reports of the Destruction of the Spanish — Squadron by American Warships. It Is Known That Sampson and Schley Are Closely Pursuing the Spaniards. SCARCITY OF ARMS FOR THE TROOPS. Reports From Tampa Say That the Volunteers Are Not Properly Fitted Out. Special to the Post-Dispatch. TAMPA, Fla., May 21.—There is a strong undercurrent of feeling in army cir- cles here that the department is not properly fitting out the volunteers. It was reported last night that a regiment of volunteers was en route here with not a weapon in the regiment. There are no arms here to furnish them. Some time ago the Government issued fo the Florida Home Guards 1000 stands of Springfield guns and 100 rounds of ammunition. A few days ago one of the State officers received a telegram from here, asking that these arms be turned over to the military at this point. He replied declining, stating that these arms had been Issued to the State for their home guards and not for other purposes. “Please waive your rights and send us the arms. Will account to the depart- ment for them, giving you credit,” was the urgent reply from the Tampa office, “we need them_badly and hope you can send them.” “We are not in the waiving business at present,” State officer. The State Guards retain their arms. Lieut. J. Rodler, naval attache of the Austro-Hungarian Legation, declined here last night from Hampton Roads. Two Turkish officers, a General and a Major, are txpected to-night. Two Japan army officers from somemturopean station will arrive the first of the week. Plans are being made to establish camps at several points near Tampa. Water being the principal requisite, wells are being bored at Seffner, at Dade City and at several other points that are high and dry and convenient to railroad lines. GEN. MERRITT HAS FINAL INSTRUCTIONS. He Is to Take Immediate Ri of the Philippine ; Islands ‘Under Martial Law. i. came the tart reply from the that beciey may be in need of re-inforce- ments. The Monterey and Charleston will ey re-inforce him. Later the Phila- elphia will be sent. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, May 21.—Gen. Merritt completed the arrangements for the mill- tary occupation of the Philippines to-day. The policy which he will pursue was laid down at a conference with the President, and he will take charge of military and civil affairs without unnecessary restric- tion. He will have all the power which re- »oses In the official who maintains martia) aw. Gen. Otis will be the second oer in au- thority. The report that Gen. J. M. Scho- field was to havea oo as in the Philippines is erroneous, rst expedi- tion will leave at onae A ‘in all proba- bility the Pekin and Sydney will comprise the first transports on this duty. will go without convoy. Secretary Long this afternoon designated the monitor Monterey, Lieutenant-Com- mander J. M. Carlin commanding officer, for duty at Manila. The ship will proceed at-once to the Philippines and will form an important adjunct to the force Admiral] Dewey has. The Monterey has a speed of 13.6 Knots. The sending of the Monterey indicates that, the department recognizes hey Additional officers were detailed to-day for duty with the Philippine expedition. Among them Lieutenant-Colone! Henry senpencott, one of the senior officers of the ical Department, and three assistant surgeons who will form the medical staff of the command. Gen, Otis will leave with the first com- mand, which will embrace eight troops of the 4th Cavalry, six companies of the l4th Infantry and two heavy batteries of the third artillery. The 18th and 23d Regiments of Infantry, recently relieved from duty at New Orleans and assigned to the Philip- pines expedition, will leave in the second party under Gen. Merritt. These two regi- ments will be recruited to their full war strenth of 106 men to a company and 12 companies to a regiment: The recruiting will one f be done at San Franciso. Two additional transports will be chartered or purchased, making seven now at the dis- position of the War Department, for the carrying of troops and supplies to Manila. Orders have been given to send the Cen- tennial to San Francisco, from which port she will leave instead of Seattle. THE CORDON AROUND CUBA. a. - >. - Battleships, Cruisers, Monitors, Torpedo Craft, Scout Boats and Tugs in the United States Squadrons. From Key West around the Island of Cuba the United States has 60 warships, battleships, “dynamite cruisers and tugs. great naval battle. cruisers (armored and protected), It will be impossible for Admiral Cervera to esc ape a The number and location of American ships is from the best gunboats, monitors, scout boats, available information which the censors have allowed to pass. REAR ADMIBAL SAMPSON’S FLEET. NEW YORK, cruiser. IOWA, battleship. ORDGON, battieship. INDIANA, battlesh!p PURITAN, monitor, AMPHITRITER, monttor. TERROR, monitor. BUFFALA, crulser (dynamite). DETROIT, cruiser. CASTINE, gunboat. WHEEL ING, gunboat, NEW PORT, ‘gunboat. CUSHING, ‘torpedo boat. DOLPHIN, dispatch boat. NASHVILLE, gunboat. LEYDEN tug. WILMINGTON, gunboat. MACHIASB, gunboat MAR IETTA, gunboat. MARBLEHEAD, MONTGOMERY, crutser. POOTE, torp edo boat, PORTER, torpedo boat. DUPONT, torpedo boat. HARV ARD, oruiser, MAY FLAW PR, scout bwat, YALE, cruiser. ST. LOUIS, chrulser. cruiser. COMMODORE WATSON’S DIVISION. ANNAUOLIS, gunboat. VICKSBU RG. gundoat. BANCROFT, gunboat. ERICCSON,. torpedo boat. VESUVIUS, dynamite gunboat. RODGERS, torpedo boat. a" RN "dispatch boat. Lt ENA fon et: GLO CES PR, scout boat. CINCINNATI, crultser. COMMODORE SCHLEY’S FLYING SQUADRON. LYN, cruiser. ane tie! ALAM) tu WA PATUCK. the Take pid ** ‘. ne ai Pad ¥ ” « 7 ware Lv - ‘ al 4% “gf . ONO “ BIRDSEYE VIEW OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. ’ Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, May 21.—The Associated Press correspondent at Cape Haytien, Hayti, cabled this evening: CAPE HAYTIEN, May 2I.—Passengers arriving here to-day from Port de Paix report a battle off Mole St. Nicholas in which twelve Spanish ships were sunk and two American shi ips disabled. Not confirmed. It is reported here from a vague source that cannonading was heard! off the Mole to the northward yesterday, ceasing at nightfall, and that the firing was renewed early to-day and continued until noon. The report of a battle near Mole St. Nicholas is’received by navy officials with credence. It is known that Rear Admiral Sampson is in that vicinity and the Cape Verde fleet is not far away. Secretary Long predicted to-day that a fight would take place in 24 hours. Navy officials do not ex- pect anything official before to-morrow morning. __Mole § St. Nicholas is on the northwest coast of Hayti, separated from Cuba by the Windward passage. Port de Paix is 35 miles from the Mole. CERVERA CANNOT ESCAPE THE AMERICAN SQUADRONS. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, May 21.—Ifa battle between the American and Spanish fleets has not already taken place, it will surely be not long delayed. Rear Admiral Sampson has cabled Secretary Long that he was on the way to Santiago, and would arrive there to-morrow. Secretary Long expects a battle certainly by to-morrow afternoon. In the event that Admiral Cervera sails out of Santiago before the arrival of Admiral Sampson, the sea scouts will watch his course and report it to the Admiral. Should the fleet proceed westerly Admiral Sampson will follow closely on its heels. Admiral Cervera cannot sail far to the West without encountering Commodore Schley with the Flying Squadron. No matter what direction Cervera may take, he will either meet Admiral Sampson or Commo- dore Schley. It looks now as if the Cape Verde fleet was cornered in its own trap, Commodore Schley was to-day west of Havana, sailing down the coast of Cuba. He will not permit the Spanish fleet to en- ter another Cuban port. It is believed that Admiral Cervera, if he gets out of Santiago, will either try to make Cienfue- gos or Havana. Admiral Sampson has with him one protected cruiser, two, if not three, battleships and a num- ber of smaller ships with rapid firing guns, which will be used to destroy the torpedo boat destroy- ers in the Cape Verde fleet. Commodore Schley has in his squadron two battleships, the cruiser Brooklyn and a number of protected cruisers, which will play their six-inch rapid-firing guns on the enemy’s torpedo boats. Naval officials are indignant over the stories printed that Admiral Sampson was ordered to bring all his squadron back to Key West and leave the Cape Verde fleet to pursue its own course. ‘Ile, it is alleged, is in the W indward Passage, and his ships have been stationed there to prevent the Cape Verde fleet coming North. } SPANISH GOVERNMENT SILENT AS TO THE FLEET. MADRID, May 21.—The information received here as to the whereabouts of the Spanish Cape Verde squadron is contradictory. The’Government maintains absolute secrecy on the subject. But ‘t is officially declared that if the Americans cut the Cuban cable the Spaniards will retaliate by cutting the Galveston cable, so as to interrupt Southern Pacific communication. THE UNITED STATES FORCES ON LAND AND SEA. WASHINGTON, May 21.—Admiral Sampson now has under his command in Cuban waters 60 war ships, including 5 battleships, 2 armored cruisers, 10 protected cruisers, 8 torpedo vessels, 18 gunboats and 17 armored auxiliary cruisers. The United States Army now consists of 143,000 men, of whom 103,000 are volunteers, regu- larly mustered into service. Assista..t Secretary of War Meiklejohn says that 30 transport ships capable of carrying 25,000 on the first trip, are now waiting at Florida ports to transport this army to Cuba. Gen, Miles le. nat. ret, reek). ta center te advance, President McKinley, waits on the navy} Place To-Day. Secretary of the Navy Long Predicts That an Engagement Will THE MINNEAPOLIS HAD TO SAIL. Spanish Consul at St. Thomas Sees Fhat Neutral- ity Laws Are Enforced. Special Cable te the Post-Dispatch. Copyright by the Press Publishing Company, 1898. CHARLOTTE, Amalie, Island of St. Thomas, May 21.—The Spanish Consul at St. Thomas is very active. He entered a protest after the United States cruiser Sticishaialia had remained here longer than 24 hours. She was coaling. The Governor of the Danish West Indies, Mr. C. E. De Hedemann, thereupon requested the American Consul, Mr. Mahlon Van Horne, to order the Minneapolis to sea. and the cruiser sailed at midnight. She had taken on 700 tons of coal. Consul Van Horne did so The Danish neutrality regulations were published here yesterday. They are the same as those of other nations. News has been received here of the arrival at Santiago, Cuba, of the Spanish squadron in command of Admiral Cervera. WILLIAM SHAW BOWEN, PRESIDENT REVIEWS VOLUNTEER TROOPS. — —_ rRegiments on the Way to the Front March Executive Mansion, While Mrs. McKinley Waves Her Handkerchief. : = —- Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 21.—For the first time in more than thirty years vol- unteer troops on their way to the front were reviewed by a President of the United States. The force to receive this honor from President McKinley was the ist Regt- ment of the District of Columbia, volunteers, under command of Col. Harries. The occasion was a gala one at the Executive Mansion. Secretary Alger occupied positions of prominence. George H. President McKinley and They stood side by side on the north portico and the troops marched past them in columns of fours. Rack of the President and Secretary Alger stood Adjt. Gen. Corbin, Col. T. A. Bingham, Senators Hawley, Carter and Shoupe, Comptroller of Currency Dawes and a number of other distinguished civilians and army officers. The ist Regiment reached Washington from Camp Alger shortly after noon. ‘They marched from the depot to the lot In the rear of the Executive Mansion and there re- mained until the hour set for their review by the President. The Adjutant of the regiment galloped to the executive mansion at 4 o'clock and informed the President that the troops were approaching. The sound of mar- tial music could be heard, and as the President walked out upon the portico the regiment turned into the gate and, with swinging step, marched by the President, every head uncovered. The sight of the flag aroused the greatest enthusiasm, and even President Mo- Kinley became affected, and it looked as though he hesitated whether or not he also would cheer. Mrs. McKinley, who witnessed the parade from one of the upper | windows, waved her handkerchief to the passing soldiers, and in return was hearti- ly cheered. The men composing this regiment have been in camp for the last two. weeks and all were sunburned and tanned. The troops marched down Pennsylvania avenue to the railroad station. As they neared the station many of the women who witnegged the parade were crying and several became hysterical and were gent to the hospital. The troops left the city to-night for Chickamauga. MONITOR MONTEREY | A HOST IN ITSELF. Her Orders to Go to Manila Show That No Chances of Losing the Phillipines Are to Be Taken. WASHINGTON, May 21.—The news ovat s of the day at the Navy Department was the dispatch of the order to the Monterey to proceed to Manila to reinforce Admiral Dewey's @quadron. The Monterey is a tower of strength in herself and her addition to Admiral Dewey’s force, together with the dispatch of thousands of troops to Manila ts ample evidence that the administration has assumed no half-hearted attitude to- ward the Philippines question and is deter- mined to take no chance of dispossession- ment until] such time as the United States itself has arranged for the disposition of the island, The Monterey is probably the most for- midable monitor in the world, yet she com- bines with the enormous offensive and de- fensive qualities of the monitor type, a sea- worthiness that is almost phenomenal. The Monterey is described technically as a bar- bette turret, low free board, monitor of 40 tons displacement. She is 356 feet long by 58 beam and 14 feet 6 inches draft. She carries two turrets surrounded by barbettes | ji“ 12-inch and two 10-inch ’ ne. while on her superstructure between the turrets are mounted six 6-pounders, four l-pounder and two Gatlings. The turrets are 7% and 8 inches thick and the surrorunding barbettes are 4 inches and 11 inches of steel and against this are mor all the batteries in Manila might thune- der away without effecting an entrance. ° onterey’s personnel tis ° and 172 men, and once she is safely in entrance of Manila harbor nothing ip Spanish navy would be likely to budge nee) from her st. Her dispatch, there may ha -e important bearing upon the of the Spanish Government so openly lished - sending reinforcements to The only doubt as to the feasibility o ing the She has bunker room for only BO tons coal, and though more might be stored her decks, it is "boubttal ether she a the ners earry more than enough © take her to Honolulu, one-third of ab to the Age gy ft is probable the Monterey in convoy, and after exhausting the coal that she will ry ee in Honolulu she must either be towed 2000 miles of her trip or perform the diffe cult operation of coaling at sea. BLANCO REPORTS AMERICANS REPULSED MADRID, May 21.—Capt.-Gen. Blanco cabled from Havana that “In order to de- ceive the garrison of Guantanama”™ the American warships hoisted Spanish Saga, but were immediately recognized and repulsed. The Captain-Gieneral also reports that insurgent bands have been defeated in the Provinces of Matansas and Havana, — have been killed. and that several insurgents Prices on the Bourse here to-day rose in expectation of favorable news. SPAIN ADMITS FAILURE OF BROS PARIS, Mey 2—A Glepatch to the Tumge from Moria save that. the & pares oven, tateas,| > oe én ~ ae «x, ange: i Re — ' i ~ onterey is her small coal capacity, |