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Newspaper Page Text/ When You Want \ } NEWS < C The Facts of the Case C ✓ The Naval Events ( ) The Cuban r C Happenings 7 C We Aimlsh ft from the i j llvest correspondents C Z that chase the fleets of } Uncle Barn, f J DEWEY, > C SAMPSON* X ) SCHLEY, f \ Get ft all for a whole \ 1 year for \ Only One Dollar! VOL. XXXT. NO. 24. ARMY OF INVASION NOW EMBARKED DO FLEET OF SWIFT TRANSPORTS The Soldiers Are Hurriedly Rushed From Tampa Io lhe Port On Special Trains at Midnight MEN ENTER UPON THE ADVANCE WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM Scene at the Eirhafkation Will Never Be Fwgotten bj the Many Thousands of Americans Who Were Present. ILL VESSELS WERE PROFUSELY DECORATED WITH THE NITIOIIL COLORS Patriotic Songs Echoed Over the Waters, Sung by Men From the South and the North as They Stood Shoulder to Shoulder Advancing Upon a Common Enemy. Work Was Quickly and Success- fully Accomplished. Tampa. Fla.. June 11.—(Special.)—Last Tuesday was a grand day here, It being the date set for the first invasion of a foreign shore that an American ermy has ever made. It is an event that will go down in history and those who witnessed it will never forget the glorious sight. All Monday the a.ir was filled with rumors. At 6 o’clock orders were sent out to the camps to move at once. The way in wtiici the tents came down was a caution. The soldiers cheered and shouted as they pulled down their canvas houses and at some camps -within fif teen minutes the troops were ready to march. The Ninth Infantry and tho Seventy-first New York volunteers have the palm for the first io «et away. ■ '<W too nijjbe ooi.rv.'» to the rvvirb, depot, the loading on trains ana the long all-night journey to the port, nine miles off. At headquarters all was excitement and stir. The general officers, with General Shafter, were at the tciegraph office, being in constant touch with Was! Ington. An order sent the aids rushing off here mid there to some duty. The brigade commanders gathered in early to get their orders and soon they left. General Wheeler, alert and active in his field uniform, appeared as if sniffing the affray from afar and seemed only too glad to bo off. Gallant General Sumner, of his corps, head of the First brigade, was also present dressed In his fighting costume. Wheeler Pleased With the Orders. ‘"Fils looks like business," remarked General Wheeler to his aids. “I only hope wo will out at once.’* Colonel Wood and Lieutenant Colonel Rooseve.lt, of the Rough Riders, were present, both looking pleased at the for ward movement indications. "The Rough Riders are all right,” said Colonel Roosevelt in reply to a ques tion. "They’!! make a name for themselves, or my name Isn’t Roosevelt." And so the night wore on. 1 At midnight there was scarcely an officer in the hotel rotunda. At 2:30 o'clock a special train had been ordered for General Mlles and staff. General Shafter and staff, tho newspaper correspondents, some fifty-eight in number, and eight or nine foreign attaches who were to go with the army. At 5 o’clock a., m. Tuesday the train pulled out with a shriek for Fort Tampa. Ad down the road sal.-tra'-ked trains filled with enthusiastic soldiers were passed. They shout-.-<1 and civ' red as tiny caught sight of General Shafter and General Mil'", and cheer'd vociferously for their commanders, mingled with shouts of ’’Remember tin Maine.” At tho port a busy scene met the eye , fen transports were lying in the canal being loaded up In the bay were tho others walling their turn. The trains rolled In on the dock tricks, the troop" disembarked and marched on board. Arms being stack'-d, they returned 'to get the camp equipage and provisions from the cars. Hasty work was made of this, tho soldiers working with a vim and energy seldom seen. 1 Grand, Patriotic Sight. It was a grand, patriotic and inspiring sight. From all the vessels flew many flags and streamers and Old Glory was everywhere. As fast ns one of the steam ers received her lead she was towed out into the bay and others took her place at once. The soldiers jammed ’he upper decks. flocked up on tho shrouds, perched themselves up in the ' rows’ nests and amongst the rigging until eash ship looked like an. a.r.lr.-t .: ted human tree. They shouted and cheered each other and many were the facetious greetings exchanged as to meeting in Cuba. Scores started the lines of ‘‘The Star Spangled Hanner,” and as tho grand strains rolled out across the water the military bands joined in until one vast vol ume of music, of the most inspiring kind was wafted across the waters, loud enough to be heard almost by Blanco in Havana. After this “Columbia," "Dixie" and other tunes varied that putt of the entertainment. Then some wag started a song of "We Will Hang Old Blanco to a Sour Orange Tree,” with variations. Soon thousands of voices joined in that. The men were iso full of patriotic ardor that they did not know what to do with themselves, and so it was as the day wore on. Everything was bustle and activity. It was a scene of surpassing grandeur. “My Country ’Tis of Thee.” Til" day was warm, but a cool breeze blew off the bay and this rendered the work less arduous. Artillery and other branches of the army and the horses hur riedly embarked. Tiie pictur.. presented on th" water was a grand one. The large hulls of tho ti .- .-ports i mg up out of water, the .i'-cks and rigging crowded with troops, and !1. --. cmi outs lying about, tn-.-'.r sted-cov'-red hulls faintly showing, while tn. rm.jt- : t",is and lhe grim looking guns peering over the sides, completed the ph t-ire. I: was one long to b- r'-membe rod. ,i . tli'- sua w-nt down th<- ".cops throughout tho squadron Joined in singing: "My -i .ntry 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty.’’ Tl: . .mds "f •- - < kept s .>< d time and the effect was indescribably grand. ’l’ ..- rapidity with whi'.’.i the army was got ready, tho quickness with whl. li the men broke <-.im;> and tiie rare good time in loading them onto the trans ports 1. an event for tiie military authorities to be well proud of and the. country at large will fee) a proud satisfaction. It was a grand achievement well worthy of the country, its army, the commanders and the powers at Washington. The Atlanta Constitution. '.V-Cr | .j'• B- J' JS| *: v n 43W V ' . -—73- A" '‘Y O- V ' / - ■ v • ,j ,-;dXr —y- ; - -- r*7”i ' A ?v it » I . ' ' ’ ' Zy * ■ > c-ikT'"! - -a • ' THE INDIANA. WHICH IS CONVOYINC THE TROOPS TO CUBA. The first-class twin-screw battleship Indiana l>a, .a dlspla.- mar t of lO.LSS tons, and engine-- of 9,738 indicated horse power, which will drive her nt th" rate of 15.55 knots an hour. Her dimensiors are: Length. Ms fe-t; brca.lth, fif.2s feet; mean draft. 24 feet. In the main battery are four llt-ineh, eight h-in -h and four 6-inch bree< i-loadlng rifles; tn the second ary battery are thirty rapid-fire guns of small caliber, intended chiefly for repelling torpedo boats and raking an antag onist during action. There are six tubes for launching torpedoes. The hull is entirely of steel, and tho protective armor is- Sides, IS inches, turrets, from li to 15 inc-ln.-i barb'-tI• ■■■, from 6 to 17 inches, rhe liwl ana s keel was laid in 1 '■ am. her co. t when completed was $:!.02ll,0()0. She has a complemint of 38 ■officers and 427 rm-n. SCHLEY BAS A MAP I OF SANTIAGO BAY; He Knows Names and Location of the i Spanish Warships. — HIS INFORMATION IS RELIABLE Insur«’euts Secure Knowledge the i American Commander Values. i SPAIN’S BEST SHIPS ARE THERE Only n Matter of Time When the American Squadron Will lake Possession of Them. Kingston, J.mini' a, June 9.- Since the last Sunday in May. now imu'c than a w.-ik ago, when <"0111111 loin- Schley 'ound Ad miral Cerw la's lie’t trying to quietly I, avo tiie harbor and hettd'-d off tiie attempt, thlus probably solving the war probl'-m, it has been the ixillcy t • surround the city and harbor that 110 asMstmce either in supplying aim. or ammunition could r- aeh there. After driving tho Spanish fl'-ct into a more protected p.e-aion in tiie liarbor I»y the bombardment of 'I aesday, < omni"- doi'vi Sdih-y op'-m-d i-(>nimuni< i'i n witli the ini'uri'.' 'll. i-u-iitci-n milts fr-un Santia go t'» til- ■ 'St. Th- yW' ' at ' • i to :■- ' 'tl if possible the names and number ol tiie r es.vls of tiie licet inside tiie liarl'-r, as Hie contour ot’ tin- land at th-- ,-n Irn 11 0 made it imp >ssil it to aeeur ite y -I- ter mine by a view from tie American 11-et just how many vt sscis of tin-. Spanish squadron were Ihr re. On Friday aft'-rnoon Lieutenant Sh:ir;>, of Hie Vixen, w-nt to the pia - r :nlc.-;- vo-'u.s and received I rom tin- im 111 nt.-' a map of tiie liarbor showing th-- entire ' at-e Vt rde fleet with th< - xct ption of tli stroyer Terror, inside ami close, up to tiie ■ city, limit r tin- protection <-i the gm-is mounted on •' ■ ■ ern extremity of tiie liatl'or. '1 lie :-li;p:< J there, according to this chart, are it"- < ris t-oba.l Colon, tiie. Viscaya, tile Aimirante ; Oquendo, tiie Maria Teresa ami tiie Reina Mercedes, ainee destroyed by tho American j warships, all cruisers of the liist-class j ami heavily armed, together with three torpcalo boats. Gave Schley Satisfaction. The definiteness of tills Information nat urally g;ev< Commodon S I , ’ - ■ faction. Although m- had known tii.it sev eral ships of th ■ enemy w< re there he. was I not certain that same of them had n t I succo-tleil in getting iway or had not been . sent in another direction. Jus-, how ion-, .Santiago can stand be sieging is a matter 01 conjecture. Thfe weeks ago it uas claimed at Jamaica lli.it food in Santiago was very p or ami that it was also very s- ant. ’1 lie country a; mt tiie city i> unproductive and mountainous and the insurgent eamps are so close that there is little or no eoniinuni- itiou :- - tween the city and its suricun.lings. The railway service i.. not carried to a dis tance mu- n beyond ten miles from the tow n. Since Sunday last, when <"■ rvera’s --quad ron was boa;--.! up by tin flying ■-i ■.i-lr-m under Comniodoi S ■ . gone in ami tiie ,1 u:.i, 11 i.v erm - rSt. Tiul 1 captured about 4,000 :->m- of coal eonsigm <i 1 10 th'- p 11. is t hot "light:, b'T- v.l that only j short time will t>e needed :o bring Santiago 10 a starvation basis. Natural... I the fleet has . ■ for two months, but the Spanish soldiery eanmn ' be sustained on this. line inn-.rt mt 1-t was l-arne-1 today from tiie insurgents ot •• with whom communication nas been opened up ’J’.iere I are not 20,000 soldiers, as has been staled. I In this i>art ot the provin -■ of Santiago de Cuba, but only about ii,nio. l-'.ven tti- so are bad ’ fed and mu a • iisn-.-art■-ned. Spaniards Profit hy Delay. It has lie--n tiie intention to s -id tho cruiser Marldehe id ami th' cable .tenner east to Guantanamo to cut the cable at that point, word hav.'ng been brought teat tiie Spanish fleet evidently was in eommu nieat «>n with M.idriil. The ships were to leave at midnight, but a sub eqticnt order delayed in the matter, in tin- meantime the the Spanish seemed to be profiting greatly by delay. Active work is being prosecute,) oil the earthworks and new guns are being mounted. ATLANTA, GA., MONPAV, JUNE 13, 1898. I GEORGIANS STAND I BY EACH OTHER j Tampa Policeman Arrests a Drunken Negro Soldier. j OFFICER WAS A GEORGIAN I i I ■ ITegrii’s Comrades J. - .- :ttcd the Prisoner t and Then Fun tSegan. ' GEORGIANS WANTED TO HELP Hard Work To Prevent a Battle in Which the Negroes Would Have Been Worsted. Tampa, Fla., June 7 (Special■) In the In il:t ry Iles's which are en '-trnpi <1 in this vicinity none are mere loyal to state com r.'id- .s than tin' < i■■•jr::ians. T-> attii'-k one of them would be similar to stirring up a beehive. An Instum-.- of this spiri: . nne to the surface a. few d .vs ago. when Cap tain .1. S. Jern-s, of tile local poli -e force, became involved in a difficulty witli some of tins col-iC'-d troops. Captain Jones is a thoroughbred Georgian and by no means com eals ills pride in be ing a son of tiie good "id state. For years 'is b'---n .mm - t- 'l witli til. pollee force and lias a record for fearlessness and so briety. \\ I out in Y ■>r < 'ity a f' w day Since ill; attention w.m called to an < ■ ’ j intoxicated neuro a-'d e-ion had good I grounds to arrest him. He had to use phy sical force before th.- unruly negro realized t!. -t lie was i'.-'- ting th..- wrong m in. Jom-s ■ re -cited Hie policy telegraph ami sent in a i ci 1 for the patrol wagon. ' The uniformed neg: > in • tiie clutches of ono of th- city’s guardians soon attracted 1 "th- r negro s- 'dicr - _■::-) befo." the patrol arrived a full liundr--i or more <>f th.-m ; had gathered aliout th. fflcoi and prisoner. : Tho indications were threatening and soon : tiie storm burst. Som-- ono of th'- blacks I mode a move tow -td the ..ill. er, who was | soon ov.erpowert <4 and the prisoner released. The news of this affair drifted <nto the I . Georgia camp some time l iter and nearly ' ail of tli - regiment volunteered for police duty, in fact, it was wit,h difficulty' that some of them w-"- .fbomided from an at tempt at annllillaf ing the negro troops. Captain Jones p.-rsonaily urged his most immediate friends to -b-slst. Mixed witli Michiganders. This little epi > re--tils another which j put the Georgians -ii th' ir mettle. It is a fr. quent ooeurr.-m e for detachments from ' the differmit regime:-: to meet when .ut | of tiie jurisdiction of their eamps. It was | tf:ns that a few of the Georgians and i M i'-higanders met. The latter In a spirit of mischief began Ing “M ireh riirough Gcorj " This j m ide tile 11. m- boys wim-e n lltt'u-, but they | apparently paid no -djent'.on to it. While I at! Os them appeared to be perfectly cool, i tli' y W'-re really "hot in the collar, ' for i t’i'-y felt ili.it the song was Intended for I tli-- r especial benefit. I Tiie Michigan I>.becoming more bold. '. wide! directly into trouble when .hey ■ struck up "H mg Jeff D ivls on a S-n.tr Ap- I ply Tree.” The discretionary pow.- a of tli" , ‘ Georgians were tin own to the v finds ami 1 they .-ailed In with thetr bar.- knocks. Th» I scrimmage was of short duration and no I serious da mag' was d but ingsters ! ri liz> d that they hud stirred a hornet’s nest. i ~ /J : < •"• . YY.. ’ . : . - - ; POSITION OF GUANTANAMO. FLEET BOMBARDS CAMERA FORTS Five American Warships Open Rot Fire on tiie Fortifications. SPANIARDS REPLY PROMPTLY I- - - Work Was Well t.r.d Carefully Directed and Proved Quite Effective. ' NATIVES FLED FROM POSITIONS I Commander Has Issued Orders to Burn the Town. Before Leaving It for Americans. Cape Haytien, Hayti, June R —lt is re ported her-- that a gr--at battle his t. k'-n place at Caimanera, m the bay of Guanata namo. At half-past 5 o'clock Tue.day morning live ships of the American squad ron op'-n'-d a li- avy bombardment of th" fortifications of the town. There was a perfect hail of bombs in the bay, striking and demolishing many houses beyond the fortifications. <.m the Spanish side the artillery replied vigorously, maintaining for some time a. stout resistance. The fire from the war- I ships, however, never slack- md f->r an in stant. It was regular and carefully dir'-i-t --i. i :.. 1a ■ at in a jo i rot t lie sho ■ >r o ved ! efl'e- The St.in. Were fore -I to i a i in don f!i« if positioi s on the shore .'ml retreat to Fm- town . <' ■ mniu’ra pr-per. I: is ppo.s. .1 that later th. fled from that position ai.-o witli the inhabitants-. Information has reached here that the Spanish at Santiago and Caimanera are preparing for a final desperate struggle, and are determined to resist i the assaults of the Americans to the last extremity. Tiie commander of the district issued or ders yesterd.iy to burn <’alm im-ra. before I yielding It into tiie hands of the Americans. The latter ’’orcerl th- entr.im'C of the bay of Guantan imo and according to th.- latest I advi-'.-s from (’aiinanera it was fe.it--.1 that tiie Americans would make an effort to lam! forces there this (Wednesday) afternoon Mvasures to prevent this, if possible, have been taken by the Spaniards. Th" Anu ri can fleet was .■■. till maintaining its posh on. Calile comm uni.-11 fi.’ii with Cuba, which has been interrupt'd for many hours, was partially restor-'l this afternoon, but it is still difficult ami precarious. The report of th" bombardment at Caimanera c.ime by cable Tim bombardm.-nt destroyed a little house which sheltered the shore connection of tiie French cable al Caimanera. though wheth er by tiie t-xifiosion of bombs from the water or by explosives used by a party sen: for that purpose Is not known. The cables uniting the main cable witli the office at Caimanera .-.nd the town of Caimanera with Santiago w.-re cut, thus accounting for tiie prolonged absence of intelligence here as to operations in that vicinity. It is also believed that the cable nt Santiago Is cut. as no direct news from Santiago has yet been received al Cape Haytlen since Monday at midnight. Harvey Is Paymaster. Washington. June s. The seinate confirm ed the nomination of S. S. Harvey, of Flor ida. to lie an additional paymaster in the army. iFIHM FORCES ON MN SOIL Stars and Stripes Are Unfurled to the Balmy Breezes. smims would not fight. Battleship Oregon Sends Forty Marines Ashore at Gmtonamo, FOBTIFIMOiIS ABE EASILV TAKEN Spanish Batteries Are Easily Silence! and the Soldiers Retreat Before the Small Band of U. S. Marines, Which Is Re-enforced. Port Antonio. Jamaica, Juno 11.—Tho in vasion "f Ctii>.t by tile American fores began today. Six hundred marines have pitched their tents about the smoking ruins of the outer fortifications of Guanta namo, and the stats and stripes for tiie first time float from a Spanish flagstaff in Cuba. To Captain Cl.ike, of tho battleship Oregon, belongs tin honor of accomplishing the first successful landing of the war. Forty marines from that battleship went ashore this morning ami occupied tiie left .nt:-'r.e-- to bey until the troop- lop Panther arrived with €OO marines. Th'-se, tint!- r .- unman l of Lieutenant Colonel R. W. Huntington, arrived at ,1 o'clock, and within half an hour they had burned tho buildings "f tho Spanish camp and had sot. fire to tiie miserable little village which oronch's on the beach under tlio hilltop of Gua nt anamo. The whole operation of silencing the guns and landing tiie forces was as easy as placing a Sunday school picnic. Tin- Marhleln- id. I' icked by tho Vlx'-n and Dolphin, opened tire on the earthworks Thursday. Tho shore to tiie right of the entrance was lined with guns and rille pits, but the Spaniards stampeded after firing a few shots. '1'!)" city of Guantanamo I: a a few miles up th" bay, and a little Spanish gunboat camo down to help tho shore bat teries, but she stayed just long enough to turn around. Numerous shots were fired by the Spaniards, but not one land"!, and no Americans wore injured. Main Fort To Be Reduced. Tho main fort Iles within the city limits, and is still to 1"- reduced, but it is not. in a diffli-ult position, and the American officers say it can be taken in fifteen minutes when The Marblehead, Dolphin. Vixen and two colliers have be. n off the entrance of the inn ■"if for several days, ::tul ’1 uur "lay morning they sailed into tli- channel. A mile further up t i -y lired. sending fitly shots at the fortifications on the left. The hill,, on tl"- right the entr meo v sorted. There tire no defenses on the rigid side of -the liarbor. No attempt w is made to land mill! tit" Oregon steamed In early Friday morning. Captain Clarke imim-di itcly sent forty ma rines ashore, anil twenty from tin- Marble head followed. They found evidence of a very hasty departure by the Spaniards. Watches, hammocks and ammuni tion were scattered about the earth works, and a Spanish flag was found in one of the rifle pits. The little d. taehrnont of marines held tho place until the I’antlier arrived, whim they w re r'-c.tiled and tiie work of di. ■ ni!>tri- t ti'.n began. The lit t beatlo. d had si• ireely landed when the vill ige burst into ilam- s. Company B, under Lieutenant Ila!!, wis the first ashore, and without the loss of a moment, tin column start.-d up tin- st ep, rocky hillside to tiie cartliworks. For an hour a brown coluniti of marines ill"] up tin- narrow path, . v niually taking up a position at the lop ol' the hill. As soon as the American flag was swung out to the breeze from the flagstaff of the Spanish cunp, tbe "re,gon steamed a-.wiy to r. Join tin- licet off Santiago. The marines will hold the position until th'- arrival of tiie i-xpc.-ted troops, .in tins meantime scouting In tin- vicinity, witli the Marblehead, Vixen and Dolphin lying by to protect them. Rear Admiral Sampson now has a harbor and a base of supplies on the south side of the island, and troops can be landed at will. The troopship I’anther reached Ute fleet off Santiago early l-'riday. On iter way over tin Yosemite fired a dozen shells into tin port of Bai Quirl, but received no response. < iuaiit.'tn in. > is but forty miles from San tiago de Cuba, and Is a splendid location for a base of supplies for the blockading fleet. It is understood that Cuba is entirely cut off from calil'- communication with lhe out side world. R< port h< re has t: that tho cableship Adria cut tiie cable at Santiago on Munday, am! that Hie same <lay tiie St. Louis cut tiie cable running from Guan tanamo to tiie Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti. She was Interrupted in tho work by shells from 'the shore, but the Marblehead sent several sells at the soldiers and scattered them. / We Give the \ C V/ARINEWSS v Promptly, Y \ Regularly, \ C Accurately, > r Anti have reached the J Z people with earliest r* - f V Tii'.rde news so fur dur- X ih ■: ■ progress of the Z ) WAR WITH SPAIN ? \ No ex’ras, no fake f f scnreH, but the whole k C sweep of events lor a week in each issue. C « One Ihillii r per \ rar / PRICE FIVE CENTS FLYING SdIMN MY CO TO CADIZ Fomaiionof a New Fleel at Hamp ton Hoads Induces Belief. SPAIN MAY SEE REAL IR Unless Peace Comes Will) Caphne of Cuba and rorto Bloc. TRAMBTS ABE OS THEIR WAT Fear of That Phantom Spani.-h Squadron Has Subsided and the Army Is Said To Have Started Across to the Island. ' By Jos: Ohl. Washington, Ji.n. 11. ■ Sp.-cial.)-The de lay in sending the true, p-.r'e forward end ed. in a.i pr< babillty, today and the ■ bearing soldiers aro now well on their Way ti. ward ill" M .ndward p '.- -i" • Officially nothing is said or. thia subject at the war department, but under tiie surface there is every in dication that the movement of trans ports from Key West has been re sinned, and that they are to meet fTieir escorts on the way instead cf wai ;n;; another day or two for thei • airival. The formation of tiie new V’ti", squadron at Haniplon .!t"i' ponsible tor a I'.newal ot i ie ■ •- the war is to be carried at iot ■ t water. How mu- h there I : ' ' possible to say with any <l-g > ' " 1 If, ifter Santiago and Porto I taken. Spain r< - isi ■« tli- i friends anil refuse to sw 1 >r I d 1 vi-ry probaljli it.it i .-•qul 1 " across to Cadiz. This will, it i < b< lievt d, bring Spain to h< i put -in ind to the war. it ii 'i-'li' t ■•' v -• The. authorities refn-i- t- • iy .t . : ’- about the propabli: eaptiir- ui :. rotif-s, but it would - it':- ■ n - ' d. v ’■ know that the flag t Spanish poss'-ssion and t!':"i be h-Mst'-d cv'-r th-- <' t-'lit" '• '■ < j a: to vulnerable qiot and these last - possessions in the T’.h’:!'' Th,, yellow fever situation i. ! ’ authorities and the w: ■ ■ nt ' cials. Tli" n"'-‘S-it.v of taklu-r tic it eonsideralion in the l- ' iti 'i: "I f camps seems to b ■ r aliz' i by t: ■ ■ t The nt ws ti." first J 11 lam C Secretary Long wa : t>d y in ' ’ by c iblc, with tiie r.'su known officially that t w \■.ucrl'-.in tl.t; flouts over ''ub.i. v.'tis - t ■ The marines who have thus glori fied themselves were 800 io num iter They were oblige.! to ti.jC in 1 I’’'’ lives, and in tho course of that t'.gbt to burn down the town chosen as ti-< site for debarkation. All i< ready it < i oa:" 'na!■'" now for th landing of tiie I'nited St:i ■■ t- troi ;- holdii ■: tho ground that won As Old Glory ri-.-u-h >1 m • t■>!> fl:u cut:. oil 11. 11. II I - ,‘ ' 1 It. Wil’ never go d"a m'd ■':■ -■ 1 d> ;v- : force- r Hom Oil A subj" d for a n citllei a I rill with tiie hull "! tli - M ’ a,"". \v :l t lie ft ankn ■ of candiir p' t man. Admiral from Hobson for ■ ■ ’ pro.!', ction of a well-work-■■!- m ■ • ’• which tho constructor v t he lias clear'd itself among n few of t h Uno mil' cause of the eh ' ■ ' ' ■' th, person of Hobs' pi rate enterprise. Hobson Will Be Promoted. I:- ft rence was ma m nt to tl:o li'.-pirtti l- tt- > ’at ■ basis f>r the req t f"t son’s proniot With th • ■: : rotary 1 ,'n‘g. tie- |a " : i: r ' ■ letter Io which Admiral Snap n ref' r'-v is now made pu’ :Ic. it r> ■--' : "Hsieh man engag-.-d in tho work of 11: fn-shore squadron s'noti! stuff out ot which io mak - p ' -■ ' Ing, and if the man win . In r >r given him shall b gri-tt ver Cushing, s > far as t ' . • bring this about.' JOHN I'. I ■>. 1. “S- ry. H"1 "n won and if 11" ■ a 'I ..... thrald m I’m na will redeem its prom: ■ A > ■’:■ .! t the records of tl- navy m 'irie nt <:"W that t h" r .''-oyniti"n i'i'-'l < v, :o- his advatieemi-nt one full to.it I'rom lhe rank "f la-utena nt. >v' -a li. le k when Ik- took bi.- 'i tl< b"I up to to, Al bemarle. I" th" rank ot 1.-nt- ii'nt com mander. In ad'lit 011. I-' w..-' v v- u :i voti ol thanks by congri I f 1 1 >i> mis ■ ward ed in the same m -tire !:-■ w li. if k- u ir Ins corps, b'- rais 'd to t’> rank of lieuten ant commander at least and n-.-i Io a lull constructor Inst'ad of the u islant in structor, which he now is.

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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, June 13, 1898, Image 1