| Show IhTTlNO Mold TIIANSPOIITB nut Shore Shoe ablates tea lOne Hint It It l Uard t Nr Jt Ir Whln too June Assistant Secretary Sec-retary llelklejohn of the war department depart-ment today secured additional transports trans-ports of the capacity nf approximately 6Q00 men for the Cotton onny 01 In aslon This swells the total mimlir of nvulolIvcl IK to over thirty with a carrying capacity of nenrly 30000 men The chips secured today will be is fast an practicable t and prepared fur lorilco The procurlnr of thee additional I ihlpg at this time I > tnkcn asnn Indl ration of the rotnptnosi With which the war department proposes to take the offensive oporntlani nRalnst the Spaniards In the West Indies The ilatemint Ins been made repeatedly at the war department that additional Irnnroort fur tho Wt mIlan cam palgn were not sought as It had al > ady an ample for tho purposes Indl MIAd The understanding at the war de artmrnt Is I that up to this time none ot the troops of the regular nrmy whIch It Is I announced would sail this weok have actually left the TJntted I talcs and the officials enprers their Ignorance I of the time when embarkation I embarka-tion Is I to take place The latest In 1 formation received here Is that den lilies Is I alibI at Tampa and eera telegram reaohlnt here from him boar the name of tht placo 88Itont Becretal 1lkljoha 10 day announcd wills conIlerahlo cut Isfnction that the troopship Centennial Centen-nial designed for the second Philip pine expedition would arrIve nt Sal Tranclsco probably tomorrow Bho hoe been nt one of Iho laclUe coat ports and Is J fully enulnped and ready for her work At the came Urn Ills I said the Ohio also to go with the second sec-ond expedition will reach San Iran nlsco on Saturday or Sunday coaled for her long voyage but not yet I equipped |
