Show sTifflY Of EMBARKATION J f WAS AN OffiCIAL HOAX Invasion No Invasion Started and No Indications of Any Movement of Troops ANOTHER PERIOD OF INACTION ACCORDING TO ALL INDICATIONS Spanish Admirals tour Imprisoned Ships Still Used As An Excuse For Indefinite Delay Washlmton June Assistant Secretary Sec-retary Meiklejohn of the war department depart-ment today secured additional transports trans-ports of the capacity of approximately 5000 men for the Cuban army of invasion In-vasion This swells the total number of available vessels to over 30 with a carrying capacity of nearly 30000 menThe men-The ships secured today will be sent to Floridaports chiefly Tampa as fast as practicable and prepared for service The procuring of these additional I ships at this time is taken as an Indication I Indi-cation of the promptness with which the war department proposes to take the offensive operations against the Spanish in the West Indies The statement has been made repeatedly at the war department that additional transports for the West Indian campaign cam-paign were not sought as it already had an ample number for the purposes indicated The understanding at the war department de-partment is that up to this time none of the troops of the regular army which it was announced would sail this week have actually left the United States and the officials express their Ignorance of the time when embarkation em-barkation is to take place The latest Information received here is that General Gen-eral Miles Is still at Tampa and several sev-eral telegrams reaching here from him bear the name of that place |