| Show DELAYED BY SAWN SAMPSON admiral tho ilia man who held porto rican expedition i PRESIDENT READS RIOT ACT issues personal orders through the sears secretary tary of 0 the navy to the commander ot of tho the naval Squad squadron ion at santiago imperative to a 0 degree seldom employed except in cases ot of emergency no further delay belay would id be tolerated Fe result sult less force sills sails convoyed by warships washington july 21 1 l the war department part ment lies lias posted ilie ilia following playa del este july 21 Bec received elved in washington p ni J july tl ay 1 l accie tary of war washington washing io n A massachi pelts dixie gloucester cincinnati leyden leguen and wasp so go with the yale and Cul columbi la 11 we expect to sail pat at 3 p m MILES MILE S president mckenley Is thoroughly around over the delay which I ilch haa ha g occurred in starting gen miles lines ind and the I 1 expedition under his command for or porto rico for several days gen ailles and his iro troops have been board aboard their transports at playa del este awaiting the natal convoy to be furnished by admiral sampson the troops have been sweltering in ili the ships un under der thre the broiling heat ot of a tropical sun ahll while gen miles iles has been cirill dialing ng under what he be believes 11 cv as t to 0 be in inexcusable e ac us delay and Is bombarding the war department with mth dispatches urging in the strongest terms that the navy be hurtled hunted in ili its preparations tor for the expedition tion SAMPSON CAUSED DEL DELAY ky instructions 0 of the roost most positive nature tu re 11 haic ane been cabled to admiral sampson to supply the necessary convoys for gen Ai liess transports transport 3 out but notwithstanding these instructions admiral sampson has proceeded with hla big preparations tor for tle ilia expedition with mill TL a deliberation that Is exasperating boffl ceals alais livic liete the president who has been giving the porto rican mean expedition his perso personal lial attention finally became deeply concerned lest leat the part oc a the porto rican mean expedition that has already sailed irom from this country should arrive at the point of 0 rendezvous in advance of gen lilies allies and the elie navy it Is feared it i gen garl wilsons Wll Wil sons command which sailed yesterday from flora charlston charleston should arrive in advance of 0 gen miles anil and tile the naval navai convoys danger and possibly disaster night result as gen wilsons vill Wil sons ships are absolutely m without protection the distance from charleston to porto rico Is over 1300 miles ollile w alle from playa dul del este to POI boito to rico it Is about miles allies tile the comparative distances which gen wilson and gen miles havo have to to reach elie point of rend rendezvous n on are tendered rendered the more nearly equal however by reason of the fact that the former has more than a rua full days start ADMIRAL CALLED D DOWN DOIN 14 fully these facts and realizing the necessity tor for prompt action in getting geu cell miles allies and his cuban expedit loa started president mi me kanley tills this mo mailling illing issued personal il orders through the secretary or of the that admiral sampson should I immediately to porto rico with mith gen i the PreA presidents dents orders are busce of 0 no misconstrue ua lion they ire are imperative to 0 a degree seldom employed except in c cases ases 0 of f ex tieme emergency they are of the sort that will brook no delay in their execution admiral sampson must start at once or tile the president himself mill know the reason i why fly WHAT COMPOSES THE CONVOY sampson was told 10 lo bend a battleship s and a cruiser as a convoy but it mas left to him to select the from among tile tl vessels of ills his fleet the navy was disposed to reward regard it as unnecessary to 0 o send a special convoy on the ground that the columbia and the yale were both aimed ly to serve at a 7 protection for the fleet of transports transport 8 according to tile information in the possession of the navy kavy department there are no spanish warships anywhere in ili the neighborhood of the west indies that might be expected to molest tho the expedition however acting on the presidents resolve to run no unnecessary risks of disaster to this expedition the decision m was reached last night to send the convoy by tile the war depart department nent it is said at the W war department that some of tile soldiers including Carret sonS brigade have been eighteen days aboard filipp sin since c e they embarked at newport news most of the time bint on off santiago in sight night of bhore lut but unable to land they arrived orthe arthe just before I 1 the he surrender ot of santiago ila go and it having been decided to use ue thera in the porto rican expedition tho the troops were kept aboard ship to exposure to yellow fever it Is not contemplated t that Is t 1110 navy shall initiate the attack on ill the e island further than may inay be necessary to protect the lending landing ot or the united states ti el nals its part w m ill begin m hen the american am alcan forces draw near the toll town n of san juan from the rear SAMPSON IS 13 ARD FROM I 1 ii denies there thera was relay in furnishing convoys washington july 21 concerning Concern lne the naval convoys of gen expedition tion from cuba to porto rico the navy department tonight made public tho the fol following loning statement admiral sampson telegraphs this afternoon to the secretary of ills nay that there has been no delay in furnishing amplo convoy to gen miles A day or two live ago the cincinnati all and new neve orleans were both placed at his disposal tile tho coburn columbia bla and yale tale carrying troops are both powerfully armed says the admirals telegram anil and this Is 13 a an n ample L M ale conloy oy for his bis expedition a and I 1 to effect his landing tho the anna annapolis po its wasp and leyden have bee been a 0 ordred ord red from the gloucester also added and the three monitors ordered front from key west under these theae circumstances there certainly has lag been no lack of naval it if gen miles allies preferred to wait the delay nas nag file own however r in further answer to big request the nod and dixie aure also added adde d this morning find and lie he has probably started this statement shows that gon gen allies will bo be backed in effecting bis big landing on oil porto rico sell by a a strong of the navy in addition to the vessels veel named in th the a sta statement it 1 Is a officially admitted tor for tho the flarnt time that the powerful monitors terror and puritan which have been at ney key ecat are under tinder orders to proceed to polito rico to assist in the reduction of the forts there it la Is known also to bo be riot not unlikely indeed it its probable still other I 1 vessels ot of Samp sampson lions alt t will ill participate in fix tire bombardment of san all juan this was chown clearly by lonks longs act concerning the aa majl ilia or of commodore watsons eastern squadron to tn spain in ili the course of that sta statement temen I 1 tile the secretary said bald tile the zest e rn squadron would bo be sent to 1 1 a liter te r M iten 0 11 1 the he porto rican campal 1 ln 1 I 1 iier mils I 1 jt 1 seeing clear clar cl ar that pone ahmoi at least of 0 those e cabela aels will be an pinked in tile hie be nt bar dment ot of the ratifications of 0 poi to ricos mews city |
