| Show MOVE ON PORTO POMO RICO FIRST expedition GEN ERAL MILES HAS SAILED hilety 11 houiland troops will be ba thrown into port fort alco allro will 1 will is III soon be folio TI by alor bibro army to ti be b a ba I 1 on una ct Washingto 3 july 10 19 after throe three jays days consultation between secretory Secie tory algar and general beneral brooke during which there was frequent alon with general miles nt siboney the details of the porto rican expedition were ere perfect el and the eipl it belt gotten beneral miles vi ith some soine it u tillery and troops ate aie hailing for porto rito RILO on the yale to bt bi followed quickly by an ail hi my of about roen men there are some notable different differences asu in the plans for this thin expedition and those for tile the stately naval L int that sailed balled away from lanion under otheral Sh command to attack santiago hant lago I 1 arst there will be practically no naval convoys the navy department has declared that they are that there Is not a spanish warship in the west indies that dare thrust its ita low out of port in the second place the expedition ep edition tion does not stat stait t from froin one point but will be divided among amoia sev ev eral ports thus preventing the bremen dous congestion that vas encountered at camps tamps in the eilot t to slait t the big bi fleet lastly there will be no effort made to get the ships away together but the transports will be ba allol allowed ed to tind ind their own v amy ay to their teiei r destination without concerted conter ted movements Ge general at res leads the way lie II 11 had been promise 1 by tho the president that lie he should go to porto rico and the promise was wan redeemed when the lale ale headed bioni bigoney for porto rico miles distant general brooke will be the senior officer in ill general miles command and upon him will fall all the responsibility for the e of 0 the details detail i of his eli BU parlors plans it la is estimated that general miles should arrive on the night might of july 20 at the point selected forthe for tho landing and that he will hoist the american rag flag at once over oner porto rican nican soil the point chosen for his landing is kept secret facret as the gene general ial will land before the full body of the expedition is at ilan haud and itis consequently not dot amr a able ble that the enemy should be enabled enable ell to send a superior Ru fui foice cc to meet him |
