IT a SEllE PORTO RGO I This Expedition Will Be Commanded I By General Brooke THIRTY THOUSAND l > IBN TEOOPS WILL START WTT TEN DAYS General Erookes Corps Will Be Sent First to Santiago Which Will ReUsed Used a a Ease General Miles Will Command the Main Expedition Expedi-tion Against Havana I New York July 1A special to the Times from Washington says The Porto Rican expedition which is the next number on the war programme after th6 surrender of Santiago is to be led by Major General John R Brooke now commanding the first army corps at Chickamauga who wll b made military governor of the island after its capture Having provided for the forwarding of sufficient reinforcements reinforce-ments to General Shafter to Insure his being able to take Santiago when he gets ready to move his full army against It the administration again is turning Its attention to the details of the invasion of Spains other valuable island possessions in the West Indies with a view to being prepared to fall upon it the moment Linares and Cer r have capitulated The plans have so far progressed that General Brooke has been selected to I command the army of invasion and has been ordered to get his corps composed com-posed of 27 regiments of volunteers ready to moveto Tampa within a week or ten days < From there they will be sent to Santiago preparatory to the movement on San Juan which will be made from southeastern Cuba as abase a-base The designation of General Brooke for the Porto Rican enterprise is in Accordance with his own wishes While General Brooles corps including includ-ing SOOOO is destined for Porto Rico it will be sent first to Santiago A revealed in part from official sources of the highest authenticity the plan is to make the Porto Rican campaign a continuation so to speak of the Santiago San-tiago enterprise instead of a independent inde-pendent and separate undertaking The troops frcn Chickamauga will be sent aboar transports at Tampa and shipped I ship-ped t < The base of operations in the vicinity vi-cinity of Santiago There under the I supervision i of General Miles commanding command-ing the army and of General Brooke and Shafter I Is proposed to organize the force for the attack on Porto Rico I by the time General Brookes force arrives at Santiago General Shaf I ter has not succeeded in taking the town as many men as are neL d will Ue landed to reinforce him In case r the undertaking promises to consume some time the entire expedition may be disembarked and Linares and Cervera crushed with overwhelming force of numbers I however as is thought i more likely General Shafer has practically prac-tically If not actually completed his task when General Brooke arrives the arrves plan is to land a portion only of the volunteers t help form the army > f occupation for the province of Santiago take on board he bulk of the regulars I now under General Shafters command I and proceed to Porto Rico With the American army in possession of I Santiago It will b made a sort of abase a-base for the movement on Porto Rico Being but a little out of the way om the direct route from Florida to tto Rico It is admirably suited army authorities I au-thorities say for a half way station between be-tween Tampa an 3 San Juan With Genera rrltt In the Philippines and Generr ooke in Porto Rico It will remain l the other ranking major j I I general of the regular army General I i Miles to lead the main expedition I against Havana when the time comes for the final movement to drive the I Spaniards out of Cuba I Unless Spain surrenders sooner it Is I believed that General Miles will be instructed I in-structed with this notable service in deference to his place as commanding I general of the army and in recognition as well of his fine record a an Indian I fighter in days gone by j I I