Show t j HJ r 31 1 S d 1 INV I ROUND r o fOR cun Sailed From Key West at the Break Brea k of Day General Shifter Shatter Will Lead Boys Days In Blue to The Victory Victory Invading Army Chiefly Composed of ot Keg alar Infantry Regiments Washington June 14 The The first army of invasion to Cuba is now wellon well wellon on on its way 32 transport steamships bearing officers and men convoyed convoyed convoyed con con- voyed by battleships cruisers gunboats gunboats gunboats gun gun- boats and auxiliary craft sixteen in number having actually sailed from Key West at daybreak Monday morning morn morn- ing An statement to this effect was made at the war department yesterday setting at rest all ll reports that the expedition was on its way or had landed last week i By Thursday at the he t late t the transports transports transports trans trans- ports will be off San Santiago tiago and a 8 large American army will make its landing on Cuban soil Admiral Sampson has cleared the way for this undertaking and little danger is apprehended in getting ashore It will be after that when when the advance is made that the actual development may ay be looked for The United States regular troops make up the greater part of the force there being only three volunteer organizations organizations organizations organ organ- on the ships These are the Seventy-first Seventy New York infantry volunteers volunteers volunteers vol vol- the Second Massachusetts in infantry infantry in- in fantry fJ volunteers and two dismounted dismount dismount- ed squadrons of four troops each from the first United States volunteer cavalry cavalry cavalry alry the regiment which Colonel Wood commands and of which Theodore Roosevelt is lieutenant colonel Whether any of these officers are with the two squadrons named is not yet known at the war department It was difficult to prevail upon the mounted riflemen to leave their mounts behind but this was was vas was a matter of necessity it is said owing to lack of accommodations accommodations accommodations for the horse on shipboard The full list of the troops that made up this expedition as reported to the war department by General Shafter is as follows Infantry try Sixth regiments-Sixth Sixteenth Sixteen th Seventy-first Seventy New York volunteers I I i I Tenth Twenty-first Twenty Eighth Twenty- Twenty fourth Twenty-second Twenty Second Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- cb se nA volun volunteers tee teer era F First A r t i 1 b. b thirteenth thirteenth Seventh Seventeenth Third Twentieth Total infantry officers a ad d enlisted men Two Cavalry Cavalry Two dismounted squadrons of four troops each from the Third Sixth Ninth First and Tenth cavalry and two dismounted squadrons of four I troops each from the First United States volunteer cavalry Total dismounted dismounted dismounted dis dis- mounted cavalry 1156 officers 2875 enlisted enlisted enlisted en en- listed men mounted cavalry one squadron of the Second 9 officers and enlisted men Artillery Light Artillery Light batteries E and K Ki First artillery A and F Second artillery artillery artillery artil artil- lery 14 officers and enlisted men Batteries G and H II F Fourth artillery 4 officers and enlisted men Engineers Engineers Companies Companies C and E 9 officers officers officers of of- and enlisted men Signal Corps One Corps One detachment 2 officers officers officers of of- and 45 5 enlisted men Hospital detachments are included In the above figures The staff corps numbers 15 officers The grand total of the expedition is officers and 14 14 enlisted men Aside from the men and officers making up the expedition the boats carried a vast quantity of supplies ammunition and aad war equipment necessary necessary necessary essary to maintain an organization of this size for at least 60 days |