Show TROOPS fOR SANTIAGO First Formidable Expedition Has Haa Left Key West General e eral Shatter In Command Will Lan Land Soldiers The Pick of the theY Y Army Somewhere Near I f n r Sa Santiago Key fey ey West June 13 The The long long long-de de ay invasion of Cuba has begun The flower of the army under command of General Shafter has sailed for Santiago Santia Santia- go in two thirty-two transports with a strong convoy of warships warship The expedition expedition expedition was made up of nearly twenty regiments of infantry of from 1 00 to men including besides four re regiments regi regi- l- l ments menta of th this thu Fifth army corps four regiments of artillery The total force of regular infantry was TaS about abou men There wore vere al also o two regiments regiments reg reg- invents of volunteer infantry about 2000 men and two squadrons squadron each from the First Third Sixth Ninth and Tenth cavalry a about out 2000 men eight troops of volunteer cavalry taken from Roosvelt's rough riders men four batteries of light artillery men and sixteen guns two batteries of heavy artillery men and sixteen guns the battalion of engineers men signal and hospital corps etc about men total of about men The re regulars ulars were practically picked men as not a a. single recruit was taken the regiments carrying only the old seasoned troops Following is the list of transports with the number of men carried by each 1 Miami I-Miami Miami 1200 men 2 Santiago 2 men 3 Oussie 8 S 1000 men Z 4 Cherokee 4 1000 men 5 Seneca 5 Seneca DOO men 6 Alamo 6 Alamo men r- r XI 1 7 7 Cammal 50 men and horses r t Yucatan 8 8 men T 9 Berkshire 9 men and horses borses l' l 10 Whitney lo-Whitney Whitney men 11 Olivette 11 Olivette men and 15 horses 12 12 00 men 13 13 Blank 14 Concho 14 14 Concho 1300 men 15 Florida IS-Florida Florida m men n. n 0 16 16 City City of Washington men Allegheny 17 Allegheny 17 4 0 men and HIO z horses s. s t 1 San l lS S San n Marcos Marcell 1100 men and 28 26 i. i r t borses horses r 19 19 H. H. H men an and mules 20 Saratoga 20 Saratoga men 21 Leona 21 Leona 1250 men 22 Rio 22 Rio Grande 1100 men 25 25 Iroquois Iroquois men 26 26 men and horses 27 27 Morgan 2 23 Stillwater 23 29 Breakwater 29 30 30 Cumberland 31 Knickerbocker 31 men 32 32 Clinton State of Texas hospital On the sides and on the smokestack smokestacks of every everyone one of tho the transports which formed the fleet were painted large white numbers and by these numbers the boats were officially known their original names being discarded This Thin was for the purpose of facilitating signalling by the flagships and other boats of the fleet The troops should arrive off Santiago I by Wednesday night supposing the fleet proceeds at eight knots speed and landing operations should begin by Thursday for General Shatter Shafter will vill not keen his men cooped up on shipboard a a. moment longer than is necessary ItIs Itis It li liis is not believed that they will willbe be landed at the point on ma bay where the American flag no now flies over the heads of Sampsons Sampson's marines marines ma ma- rines as th that t place while well adapted adapt adapt- ed to serve as a naval basis and as a D harbor of refuge for the American Ameri an warships is not particularly well suited for the beginning of military operations |