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VOL. XXVI.
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THE C. G. FENNELL COMPANY. PROPRIETORS THE OT.ORF, STORF
ENTIRE ARMY LANDS SAFELY.
New Yoitk, CS. —A special dated
at Playa Del Esre, Cuba, today, says
that at 1 o’clock this morning the last
of General Shatter’s army of invasion
had landed at Baiquiri.
Time and sea and weather were pro
pitious for the army of invasion. The
navy and army co-operated splendidly,
and as the big warships closed in on the
shore to pave the way for the approach
of the transports and then went back
again, three cheers for the navy went
up from 10,000 throats on the troopships
and three cheers for the army rose from
ahip after ship as the troopships moved
in to take their share in the hazardous
game. It was war, and it was magnifi
cent.
The Caban insurgents, too, bore their
•hare in the enterprise honorably and
well. Fire thousand of them, in moun
tain fastnesses and dark thickets of
ravines, lay all night on their guns,
watching every road and mountain
path leading from Santiago de Cuba to
Guantanamo. A thousand of them
were within sight of B&iquiri, making
the approach of the Spaniards under
cover of the darkness an impossibility.
At 4 a. m. yesterday, as the As
sociated Press dispatch boat approached
Baiquiri, the entire island of Cuba
seemed wrapped in soft mist like that
of the dog days in northern latitudes.
Dull and thick clouds lay on the eastern
horizon, an 4 the sky reflected in the
gray waters of the ocean, which gently
undulated in the lazy breezes. Distant
objects loomed up dimly, but it was
seen that many of the troopships that
- had been lying several miles in the
offing had drawn in towards shore,
while three or four warships lay men
acingly near the harbor approach. All
around transports, steam launches and
some boats were bobbing about like
gorks, the .first indication of the true
BVa di?j o n pg.
JACKSON, BUTTS COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1898.
THE
object of the undertaking ahead.
Soldiers Kager to Laud.
An honr later the sun was rising in the
eastern sky, touching the mountain tops
with patches of light green and reveal
ing the great semicircle of troopships,
some close to the coast line, others a
mile distant, with their decks crowded
with eager, expectant men, impatient
to begin the great movement of destiny,
to make anew chapter in the history of
America, the first invasion of our army
of a foreign country in half a century.
As the dispatch boat of the Associ
ated Press ran closer in, near where the
New Orleans was lying, with her great
Armstrong guns trained on Baiquiri,
tongues of lurid flame and black smoke
were seen rising from the town, the in
evitable consequence of war and a sure
sign that the Spaniards had gone, leav
ing ruin behind them.
The captain of the New Orleans
shouted the news to the dispatch boat,
adding:
“Yon had better keep off a little. You
are in range. They have a rifle on the
•astern side of Baiquiri.” *
There is a steep, rocky hill known as
Punta Baiquiri rising almost perpendic
ularly at the place indicated. It is a
veritable Gibraltar in possibilities of de
fense. From the staff at its summit the
Spanish flag was defiantly floating at
sunset last night, but it was gone this
morning and with it the small Spanish
guard which had maintained the signal
station. Between nightfall and dawn
the Spaniards had taken the alarm and
fled from the place, firing the town as
they left. The flames were watched
with interest from the ships. Two sharp
explosions were heard. At first they
were thought to be the report of guns
from Spanish masked batteries, but they
proved to be the explosion of ammuni
tion in the burning building.
Three hours waiting made the men of
the transports impatient to get ashore
and in action, and every move of the
warships was closely watched by the
soldiers.
Feint by Our Warships.
A little before 5 o’clock the bombard
ment of the batteries of Jaragua waj
begun by the ships of Rear Admiral
Sampson’s fleet. This was evidently a
feint to cover the real point of attack,
Jaragua being about half way between
Baiquiri and Santiago de Cuba. The
bombardment lasted about 20 minutes.
The scene was quickly shifted back
again to the great semicircle of the
transport fleet before Baiquiri.
At 9:40 o’clock the New Orleans
opened fire with a gun that sent a shell
rumbling and crashing against the hill
side. The Detroit, Wasp, Machias and
Suwanee followed suit, and soon the
hillsides and the valleys seemed to be
ablaze, as shot followed shot in swift
succession amid the wildest and excited
cheering of the soldiers on the trans
ports.
In five minntes the sea was alive with
flotillas of small boats, headed by
launches, speeding for Baiquiri dock.
Borne of the boats were manned by
crews of sailors, while others were
rowed by the soldiers themselves. Eaoh
boat contained 16 men, every one in
fighting trim and carrying three day’s
rations, a shelter tent, a gun and 200
cartridges, ready to take the field on
touching the shore, should they be called
upon to do so.
The firing of the warships, however,
proved to be a needless precaution, as
their shots were not returned and no
Spaniards were visible.
Two correspondents of the Associated
Press, in a small boat, joined the first
flotilla that went ashore and witnessed
the inspiring sight of the landing.
General Shatter, on board the Segu
ranca, closely watched the landing of
the troops.
Lawton at the Head.
Brigdaier General Lawton, who had
been detailed to command the landing
party, led the way in a launch, accom
panied by his staff, and directed the
formation of the line of operation.
A detachment of 80 regular infantry
soldiers was the first to land, followed
by General Shafter’s old regiment, the
First infantry. Then came the Twenty
fifth, the Twenty-second infantry, the
Tenth infantry, the Seventh and
Twelfth infantry, the Second Massa
chusetts regiment and a detachment of
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the Ninth cavalry.
The boats rushed forward simultane
ously from every quarter, in good Ma
tured rivalry to be first, and their occu
pants scrambled over one another to
leap ashore.
As the boats tossed about in |h© surf,
breaking against the pier, getting ashore
was no easy matter and the soldiers had
to throw their rifles on the doc& before
they could climb up themselves, and
some hard tumbles resulted, but noboby
was hurt.
At the end of the pier the companies
and regiments quickly lined up and
were marched away.
General Lawton threw a strong de
tachment about 6 miles west, on the
road to Santiago, and another detach
ment was posted to the north of the
town among the hills. The rest of the
troops were quartered in the town, some
of them being housed in the buildings
of the iron company.
The others of the troops were quar
tered in deserted houses, while others
still preferred the shelter of their tents
in the adjoining fields.
Work of the Shells.
The morning’s fire, it was seen, de
stroyed the roundhouse, the repair
shops and several small dwellings.
The town was deserted when the
troops landed, but women and children
soon appeared from the surrounding
thickets and returned to their homes.
The sun bronzed soldiers, in their
slouch hats and service uniforms,
quickly searched the buildings and beat
up the thickets after landing in search
of the lurking foes and marched in the
unknown country beyond at nightfall,
with long, swinging stride, and the
alert bearing of the old frontier army
men, ready to fight the Spaniards Sioux
fashion, or in the open, wherever they
could be found.
The cheers of their comrades still
waiting on the transports and of the
bluejackets and the strains of Yankee
Doodle from the bands on the troopships
saluted them as they disappeared from
view over the hills of Baiquiri.
The landing was accomplished with
out loss of.life, the only casualty being
the wounding of an insurgent on the
hills by a shell from one of our war
ships. He will lose an arm.
The insurgent troops at Baiquiri are
commanded by General Castillo and ara
estimated to number 1,000 men.
ALLEGED SPIES IN PRISON.
Two Suspicious Characters Are Cap
tured on Tybee Island.
Savannah, June 28.—Two suspicious
characters, supposed to be Spanish spies,
have been arrested at Tybee and turned
over to Captain H. K. Bailey, in com
mand of the government reservation on
the north end of the island.
They. were put in the guard tent in
Captain BaileyVs camp, and will be de
tained for two or three days. One of
them says he has been in America seven
years, and has become a citizen. Hit
papers, he said, were in Charleston, and
he was told to send there for them to
establish his identity.
The other man claims to have been
employed around Savannah for some
time. The two men are under guard,
and are being fed as the soldiers.
Drop In Spanish Fours.
London, June 23.— Spanish 4s opened
at 32% and later declined to *2%. Yes
terday’s closing price was 33%. On the
Paris bourse Spanish 4s opened at
32 13-16, 5-16 lower than yesterday ’*
closing.
Governor Filigree at Tampa.
Tampa, Fla., June 23.—Governor Pin.
gree arrived here today. The entire
Michigan regiment and band escorted
him to the military headquarters.
Lewis Named For Congress.
?-IiDDLKBBORO, Ky., June 23.— L. D.
Lewis of Hyden, is nominated Demo
cratic candidate for congress, Eleventh
Kentucky district.
Jne Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is what it was made lor.
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