| Show RECRUITS SAIL SATURDAY i utah ulah boys will then start on their I 1 journey to banila I 1 san francisco july ZI 21 an afternoon after nonn 1 paper assorts asserts on the authority ot of an aji I 1 I 1 unnamed army officer that troops will be sent to the philippines front roni his city the assertion ass eillon la 13 based on he surmise that the in arg nta will give lie hie I 1 united states trouble tio 1 uble and a that it will require it at least united states slates soldiers to preserve order in the philippines preparation a aro ce aci g made ae to 11 4 h the available I 1 transports ra and c of 1111 neaily IY 1 00 so diets will be dispatched in two weeks weel on the 1 I ilo 10 lo naich will fall saturday fifty oin cers sig enlisted men end and ten civilians chiv I 1 long a total ot of SOS will take passage of these comprise two battalions ot of the south dakota reaf mon flit fifty three are men ot of the signal corps and recruits rec rulla for or the utah I 1 light ar armillei tillei y illg oen aen IL II 11 G otis n M ITS be in command 1 S SS SHIPS malta Tere teresa sall will probably IB be raised by sunday washington july 21 the fol ollow lowin lne g report has been received from admiral sampson united states flagship new nei york playa del este july 20 0 secretary I 1 navy washington in frecking the alaila bomball tomball Tere iiO very SM gat iF factory ry the c mcany comi any thinks tile thi ship lip 10 probably I 1 ip raised by sunday next no information inform aaion regarding the other oth e r ships hoard board 0 of ollice ra ing fric rellia mercedes today slie she will probably also be raised eliout commander Command cr pillsbury commanding tile the vesuvius has been supervising the NAVAL virino VICTO sw RY R Y AT ai A I 1 five spanish i gunboats Gun boats ats destroyed by american warships spaniards killed no casualties to americans playa del erstes guantanamo bay july 21 Capy copyrighted rIghted ISM 1808 by the associated socia ted the follow fol loning in Is tile the official account ot of the latest late it naval victory that at morl modestly estly told by commodore commodora todd of 0 the united states gunboat wilmington in his report to admiral sampson kt at 7 on the july esth S I 1 t the lie vessels vess fela on blockade duty in this vicinity the wilmington alel ena cna colion co pIon I 1 1 I list 11 11 hornet ornet and osceola ccola approached pro ached the harbor r of 16 manzanillo olettie r ro the westward at halt half past 7 th the wilmington and Il helena tlona entered the northern nort heri ch chappel arinel toward the city the he scorpion and osceola Oa ceola and the hist hornet and wampatuck patuck th the e south I 1 ella channel the movements of 0 the vessels bel being a so I 1 inns d as to bring brine them althin effective range of 0 the snipping shipping at about the same moment nio ment at lire fire was opened on the shipping and after a deliberate fire re lasting about to and ant a halt half hours three spanish transports 11 gloria jose garcia Gir cla still and la concep clon von were burned and destroyed tho the pontoon P nelch was the harbor g glaid u aid still and probably lor for ammunition was waa burned and blonn up pu three thice gunboats eun gun boats were destroyed one other was brhen ashore and sunk and a third was dran ashore and Is believed to have been disabled the airing was maintained at a r range ange which Is believed to be beyond the r rans ting e ot of the shore artillery it was continued until atler after a gradual closing I 1 in n the shore batteries opened lire fire at a comparatively short range ranee when the I 1 ships were vote recalled uio object of the expedition having been accomplished a and r I 1 tile the ideas ot of the commander ln jil ahlet h 1 of carried out z as I 1 understood thorn them that Is to destroy the c shipping but riot not to engage the field batteries or op the torts borts no casualties occurred on board any c four vessels gre great it care was taken lit in directing the ire fire that as little damage a go as aa possible should be done to thi the city itself and so sa far as could be ob served little L H any was done all of our vessels were n ere handled with sound III discretion find and excellent judgment by the tha several commanding boffl cers chich was to have been expected from tho the men commanding the ipanis b loss to have is apen een in the lie n neighborhood e ol of killed tho the gunboats gun boats destroyed or driven drive it a shorts ashore were the delgado Gu antan a mo me 1 astralla Os Con tinola and guardian guarda d air |
