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Show MOVE ON L'OIITO JUC0 FIBST EXPEDITION, UNDEH GENERAL GEN-ERAL MILES, HAS SAILED. tll'tf Thoun,l Troops Will t Ttiroti Inln I'orln II loo, Whlrh Will K,Ma Lt 1'olloffe.l hr MorArmr lobeanlnllnrlklellar. i Washington, July 10. After threo day' contultatton between Heeretary .tlrer and (leneral llrooke, during which there wat freijuant communion lion with (leneral Mlliiant Hlbnney, the detail of the I'orlo Illesn expedition were perfeeted nnd the expedition It-telf It-telf gotten under way. (leneral Mllpt.wlthaomenrlilleryand troop, are tailing for l'orto lllco on the Yale, to be followed quickly by an army of about 30,0ou men. There are tome notabledlffercncealn the plana for this expedition nnd those for the stately naval pageant that tilled away from Tuni under (leneral hhafter' command to attack Hantlago. I'lrst, there will lie praetlcnlly no naval convoy. The navy department ha declared that they are unnecessary! that there It not a Hpanlth warihlp In tho West Indie that dare thrust Itt bow out of porL In the second place, Ihn expedition doe not start from one point, but will bo divided among several sev-eral ports, thus preventing the treuien-lout treuien-lout congcttlon that wat encountered it Tampa In the effort to start the big drcL Lastly, there will be no effort mndo to got tho ships away together, but the transports will be allowed to Rtid their own way to their destination without concerted movement. (leneral Mile leads the way. He hsA l-ecn promised br the president that lie should go to l'orto lllco. and the promise was redeemed, when the Yale lirsded from Sllioury for l'orto lllco, oo miles distant (leneral llrooke will bo the senior officer In (leneral Miles' command, and upon him will fall thr responsibility for the execution of tho detail of his superior's su-perior's plans. It la estimated that (leneral Miles ihnuld arrive on the night of July SO j tt tho point selected for tho landing, tnd that ho will hoist tho American ' lag at once ovci l'orto Itlctn toll. The ' point chosen for his landing It kept ireret, aa tho general will land before Ilia full body nf the expedition Is at land, and It la consoiueutly not deslr-tblo deslr-tblo that the enemy should be enabled to send a superior force to meet him. |
