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INVASION OF CUB.
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS.
NATIONAL GUARD
WILL TAKE PLACE
The Government Has Chartered Eight Large Steamers to
Transfer Troops No More Ships Will Be Purchased at
Present as the War Fnnd Is Exhausted New Battle
ships in Course of Construction at Newport News,
France Announces Decree of Neutrality.
Washington, April 2S The shelling
of the Mntanzas batteries was the topic
of absorbing- interest throughout naval
and official circles generally today. It
was discussed on the basis of the press
reports from Key West, as the navy
department received no information
whatever on the subject. Secietary
Long said at 4 o'clock this afternoon,
ns he closed ud his office work of the
day, that no report had been received
from Admiral Sampson, nor -was the
navy department advised in any way
of the shelling of Matanzas.
Mr. Lone added that he felt no dis
position to keep from the public any
news concerning such an important
event as a natal engagement or a
battle. While it was essential that
future strategic moves be guarded w 1th
the greatest care, yet Mr. Long made
It clear that this did not apply to events
after they had actually occurred, for
ns to battles and their attendant casu
alties he recognized that the public was
entitled to know what had ocruircd.
The secretaiy said that In the absence
of all official information he was in
clined to bel!oo that the shelling was
confined to tho exchange of a few shots,
and did not assume tho proportions of
a regular bombaidmcnt. When his at
tention was directed to reports th.it the
shelling was the result of direct or
ders from the president, the secretaiy
said this wan not so, as the president
wan giving no direct orders on any of
theso movements.
WAR FUND (EXHAUSTED.
The navy department has completely
ceased its purchaso of ships, for con
version Into war vessels, owing to the
exhaustion of the $30,000,000 war fund.
It Is confidently expected that congress
will tome to the relief, as the depait
ment Is .still In need of auxiliary ves
sels. The news of tho safe arrival at Liv
erpool of the big American sailing ship
Shenandoah was gladly received at the
department.
The board of bureau chiefs met t5
day to begin tho consideration of the
plans for the three new battleships
authorized by tho naval appropriation
bill, and progressed so far that clicu
Iars will be sent out tomorrow inviting
bids from the ship builders. The ves
sels will be In the main ver similar to
the battleship Illinois, now building at
Newport News. They will bo about 12,
G00 displacement, 75 feet beam, J3'-'.
feet depth, 10 knots speed, will be
covered with heavy armor, and armed
with 13 and C Inch guns in addition to
numerous secondary batteries.
It can be stated authoritatively that
thcie is no present piospeet of a
change in the head of the navigation
bureau The present efficient chief.
Captain Crowninshield, though unxl
oub to take his place in the righting
line, has yielded his personal ambitions
to the urgent demands of Secretary
Long and the president, and will re
main at his post.
IMMINENCE OF Tim INVASION
A striking sign of the imminence of
the Invasion of Cuba was contained In
the chartering today by the war de
partment of eight large steamers of
an aveiage capacity of about 1! 000
tons and able to carry from 00 to 1.200
passengers each. These on to be ustd
as transports for the convejnnee of
the first military expedition to Cuba.
Iht boats aie tho Olivette and the
Kloilda, of the Plant line, the South
ern Pacific company's steamer Arkan
sas the New York and TexuH com
pany's vessel Comal, and the Malamo,
anil three fine ships of the lloston Mer
chant and Minors line, the Allegheny,
the Berkbhlrc and the Decatur Miller.
The price paid for these vessels Is
f'orn $10 000 to $15 000 for the thirty
days for which thev are engaged. They
will be taken charge of by the quarter
master's department at the curliest
posiible moment.
General Shatter. In command of the
X n'tea States troops now concentrat
ed at New Orleans, was In consulta
tion with the officials toelni as to the
o.ecutlon of plans of inn c rnpaign,
lu- tho orders given him cat not be
irudo public.
The president nnd cabinet will con
sider tomorrow tho huge number of
applications that have been mude for
appointment to tho posts of major
general, and there Is some expectation
that he will nominate a fow tomor
row GEN. LEE AT HEADQUARTERS.
General Fltzhuch Lee arrived here
late today, after a ten days' visit to
JiIh family In Virginia. With him came
Miss Clsneros, the joung Cuban girl
tescued from Cabanas, who has been
the guest of Miss Lee The general
shared the keen public Interest In the
report of the shelling of Matniuas He
had visited that city frequently nnd
was familiar with the lay of the land
and the defenses. He said the bat
teries were antiquated and not likely
to offer any formidable resistance
Oeneral Lee will call at the state de
partment tomorrow morning. Helng
still an official, ho asks to bo excused
from discussing tho war situation, and
was very reticent concerning his pros
pective kppolntmont as major general.
He bays e bus not yet received a dial--e
to fight a duel sent by Lieuten
ant do Carranza, late naval attache at
Washington. It is understood that
three or four people have offered to ac
commodate Lieutenant Carranza If he
desires a meeting.
The French embassy has received a
cable dispatch from the foreign office
at Paris announcing that a decree of
neutrality has been Issued and that a
detailed copy will bo forwarded by
mall. On the receipt of the dispatch,
the Trench ambassador wrote to the
state department informing them of
France's neutrality. The cable notice
Is brief, stating only that the decree
follows the treaty of Paris of 1S3C. The
state department has also been In
formed that Mexico, Argentine repirb
11c, Korea nnd Belgium have pro
claimed neutrality. Koiea's neutrality
Is consldeied important, owing to her
proximity to the Philippines.
GERMANY IS SILENT.
The state depaitmont has heard
nothing from Germnny, but this causes
no apprehension, because of tho strong
assurances Germany has given that she
will obseive strict neutrality. This as-
suiance was conveyed to Ambassador
White, and is looked upon as practic
ally equivalent to a formal declaration.
Geimany, Austria and Poitugal are tho
last of the Important Europe nations f
declare their attitude. The apprehen
sion as to PorUn ill's course was con
siderably removed today by a call at
I he state department of Viscount do
feanlo-Thyrso, the Portugese minister,
who gave strong assurances that Por
tugal would remain strictly neutral.
He expects the official declaration ul.
n.ist hour'y Although Portugal ex
plains her oelay on the ground that the
declaration of war was not made until
the 21th Instant, jet Great Britain de
clared neutrality with unusual prompt
ncss The effect of Great Britain's
speedy action was to force the United
States fleet to leave Hong Kong, while
the effect of Portugal's delay has been
to peimlt the Spanish lleet to remain
at the Cape Verde Islands. Thus speedy
action In tho first case was harmful to
American Intel ests, while delused ac
tion In the second caso was equally
hat mful Id -nerlean interests
Attenti now being centered on
the com Austria. Her delay In
declailng in uuallty causes no material
Inconvenience, as Austria has no ports
in which Spanish ships can take ref
uge, btit discloses that Austria's strong
tendencies are with Spain, because of
the dynastic relations between tho
thrones of Austria and Spain.
TUB TARIFF BILL.
Foreign governments through lepre
sentatlves In Washington are begin
ning to show much concern over that
feature of t'ie war tariff bill now before
congress which Increases the tonnage
tax on trans-Atlantic shipping to 20
cents per ton. It is said this incieasa
is about SOO per cent., tho present rate
being about 3 cents per ton, and that
ntailv the entile burden of the 800 per
cent, lncieaso falls on tho trans-Atlnn-tle
bhlplpng of Great Britain, Germany,
France and one oi two other commer
cial nations. A leading diplomatic offic
ial stilted today that, roughly speaking.
me Atlantic tiade was carried on by
about one hundred steamships and
nbout 4,000 British, Fiench, German
nnd other foreign steamships, so that
the heavy tonrage tax would be prac
tically Insignificant ns against Ameri
can hteumships, while It would be very
onerous ngainst foielgn shipping. A
trans-Atlantic linei of 10 000 tons, he
said, would pay, at 20 per cent, per ton.
$2,000 every time it entered an Ameri
can port. There are Intimations that
it may have the effect of diverting
shipping away from American i nns to
Halifax, Montreal and other Canadian
ports.
In other respects the war tariff bill
attracts little attention in foreign quar
ters, as the main Increase of taxation
is on articles of domestic consumption,
while duties on foreign Imports remain
practically unchanged.
JAPAN'S FRIENDLINESS.
'Iho l'tet Urges Consent to Our Us
ing llnr minora.
Yokohama, April 2S Tho leading
Journals uige Japan to consent to
America using Jnpan's two cruisers,
now being built In tho United States.
Hnjtl Will Fulfill Irrrn ol Treaty.
Port au Prlnco, Haiti, April US The
Haitian government today officially In
formed I'nlted States Minister, Mr. W. F.
Powell, that Haiti will fulfill all tho
terms of her treaty with the United
States la regard to privateering, etc , dur
ing tho war between Spain uud the United
States.
llnuliHhinnn Arrrntnd nn Splm.
London, April 29. Owing to arrebt of
several Englishmen In Cuba, accused of
being American spies, negctlatlons huvo
been opened for taking oft IJrltUh sub
jects by Dritltth men of war
Mr. Hurt In I'nstinimlcr.
Washington. April 2b Theodoro Hurt
was todaj appointed postmaster at Pitts
tun Pn
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WEATHER FORECAST.
- Washington. April 28. Forecast
- for Friday: For eimtein Fcrrnsil-
vanla, thrertenlng weather nud
-f showers, warmer; north to east
f winds. For western Pennsylvania.
f cloudy weather nnd showers;
warmer; ugnt southerly winds
Spanish spy arrested at Poit Eade, La.
Spain will make another appeal to the poweis.
Militiamen suffer from the storms at Mt. Gretna.
The National Guard may be sent south in ten days.
Englishmen at Havana are arrested as American spies.
Monitor Terror captures Spanish steamship Guido, worth $400,000.
General Lee's appointment as major general of volunteers is assured.
Hayti, France, Belgium, Mexico, Argentine, Portugal and Korea will be neutral.
Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria, contributes $100,000 to the Spanish naval fund.
President will appoint Minister Woodford a major general and Colonel Fred Grant a
brigadier.
American ship Shenandoah, falsely reported captured by Spanish, arrives safely at
Liverpool.
Atlantic powder mills at Moiris, N. J., wrecked by explosion and much government
powder destroyed.
The National Guard will be accepted by the government in a way that will preserve
identity of regiments.
In heavy storm off F01 tress Monroe the Brooklyn and Massachusetts have narrow
escapes from collision, but are saved by superior seamanship.
War department charters eight big transports capable of carrying 6,000 to 8,000 tioops.
They aie hiied for 50 days, which indicates an early advance on Cuba.
Spaniards officially admit seven men were killed in Admiral Sampson's bombardment of
Matanzas. The bombardment lasted 18 minutes and silenced all the battel ies.
RICHEST PRIZE
YET CAPTURED
Tbe Terror and Machlas Secured tbe
nig Spanish Steamer (luklo.
AFTi:il TIII3 FIRST SHOT FROM THH
TERROR Tim SPANIbH STEAMF.R
MAKi:S A DESPERATE ATTEMPT
TO KSCAPi:, RUT IS SOON COM
FELLED TO SLRRENDER-TWO OF
THF.TERROR S SHOTS GO THROUGH
THE PILOT HOUSE-ONE SAILOR
ON BOARD OF TUB GUIDO LS BAD
LY WOUNDED.
Key West. Fia , April 2S Aside fiom
the news of tho Matanzas bombard
ment, which set tho 'town wild with
joj, the event of today, practically
marking the end of tho first week of
the war, was the arrival of a big prize,
tho steamer Guido, She was captured
by tho Terror and tho gunboat Ma
chlas ten miles off Cardenas at 4
o'clock yesterday morning, but not un
til nfter a stern chase. Flvo shots weie
fired, four by the monitor and one by
the gunboat, though tho shot from the
Machlas did not take c'fert Two of
the Terror's shots went through the
pilot house and one struck a long boat
and the upper ivorks
Manuel Rlvas, a sailor, was In the
pilot house of the Guido and tho living
splinters penetrated his breast, indict
ing wounds which inav cause his death.
He was brought ashore and tnken to
UK' Hospital llllS nUemOOll. Captain
Kichiondo received a flesh wound In , the weailnesjj Tho mvstcry regard
tho wrist from a splinter when the shot in,; the movements of the Spanish men
went through the pilot house. , 0f war Is still unexplained The seere.
The Guido was bound from Corunna ' tarles at the Spanish embassy, inter
to Havana, with a cargo of provision viewed on the subje-ct. ridicule the
thought to ho for the Spanish troops. I statement that the squ ulron at Capo
The Terror first sighted her and began erde is delaved bv lack of coil, first
the pursuit by sending a blank shot
across her bows. Tho Spaniards
promptly put out all her lights nnd
started In a desperate attempt to run
away.
The monitor then biought her slx
pounders Into play and sent three more
shots directly at her, all finding the
mark. She also trained her big twelve
Inch guns on the Guido, prepared to
sink her after the Spaniards did not
heave to
Meanwhile tho Machlas had come up
and sent a shot from a four-Inch rlllo
at the fugitive. Captain Kichiondo,
seeing that he had two such powerful
enemies to combat, burtenueiod. Lieu
tenant E. r. Qualthough, Ensign J F.
Hubbard and two marines were put
aboard ns a prize crow and brought the
stenmer Into Key 'West. As soon ns
Captain KIcklondo and his crew learn
ed of the conditions existing In Cuba
they asked to be landed there.
Tho Guluo Is n stei'l. screw steamer,
of 3.M1 tons She Is owned by La
flecha, Is SCO feet long and 11 feet wide.
She carried a crew of thirty-six.
PRIZES IN THE HARBOR
All of tho prlos still lie in the har
bor and, according to Instructions re
ceived by United States Dlsttlct At
torney Stripling todu from the de
partment of Justice, will remain there
Indefinitely. Theso Instructions were
to the effect that tho crew and pas
Fengers of the Panama, which carried
four H-pound guns and which was
captuied by tho Mnngiove, should be
held as prisoners of war. The crews of
the other prizes are also to be detained
aboaid until further oiders and will
be allowed no communication with the
bhore.
It Is conceded that whatever the re
sult of tho president's proclamation
will be, It will not affect tho Panama,
which wns an nuxlllary cruiser.
Mr. J. 13. Patterson, who resigned as
head of the ptlze court of Inquiry, villi
niiiiiitiniir t 11 ft -m na ff lui miHrrAnu
represent tho owners of the cargoes
and various ships nnd not the Spanish
government, ns at flist stated
It was reported today that n box
thought to bo from one of tho maga
zines of the Mniue had been found off
boutheast point, 23 miles from here,
but nothing is known of the circum
stance at tho naval station.
The steamer City of Key West, which
nrrlved here this afternoon, lepottcd
that she sighted today the missing
Spanish schooner Saco, captured by
tho monitor Terror nnd carrying a
prlzo ciow under Paymaster G. Simp
son. The Suco then was at Rodriguez
Key, off Key Largo, seventy miles from
here. She had been blown out of her
rourso while making for Key AVest.
All on board were safe, and tho re
ceipt of tho news here has nfforded
much relief.
v niinnnilter to lie n Colonel.
Philadelphia, April 2S. Govorno Hast
Ins will probably lommnwlon John Wan
amaker u colonel in th') Nation a Guard,
to bo formed after tho present organlza
tnu is rr ustered Into the Unit'l MtatcS
service. Over 5 000 men have voluutoorrd
to go In hi regiment.
SYMPATHETIC AUSTRIA.
rrancla Joseph I ontrlbutr $1(10 OOO
In the Spuiliull NllTl I'llllll.
London. April 20 The Vienna corre
spondent of tho Morning Post savs.
' Empetor Francis Joseph privutely
rant! United $100 000 to tho national
naval subscription In Spain, and has
fuithcr shown his sjmpathy by per
mitting a numbei of Austro-Hungailan
ofllcers to Join the Spanish flag The
Archduke Eugene has gone to Madrid
to stay with the queen regent during
this critical period
"Austria maintains tho strictest neu
trallt. but I am Informed from the
best source that In the event of a revo
lution In Madrid the Austrian forces
will be at tho disposal of the queen re
gent The emperor Is determined that
her majesty shall have the benefit of
his fullest protection."
FLEET MUST SAIL.
Portugal' DecUruCion of ftetitrnlit)
Will Cause Aitiyity nt Cnpc
i-rde Islands.
Ixmdoti April 111 The bombardment
of the Mntanzas fortifications is re
garded here as preliminary to the land
ing of Amcrlc in troops und makltur
Mutanzas the "base of American opera
tions In Cuba It Is also supposed that
Rear Aclmiial Sampou desires to Judge
the quality of tho Spanish gunners and
fr ,.-Hn hi. in.n sniiiptlllnfr In r-nlleve
becausp fm a long time tho Spanish
veshcl have been partleulnily well Jlt
t rl out not only with coil, but with
food and all kinds of warlike mater
ial, second, because St Vincent could
s-upply any required quantity of coal.
It Is believed that tho squndron nt
Cape Verde Iflunds has really been
waiting for the in rival of tho Pelavo
nnd the Alfonso XIII nnd other men
of war, but nou that Portugal has de
rlired neutrality, the tleet will lio com
pelled to sail without delay, whether
reinforced or not.
GERMANY'S NCUTRALITY.
Emperor I SrttiII il Hint the I'nltrd
tnti. Doe t '1 nut t libit
London. April 21 The L'etltn corres
pondent of the Standard says:
"I hear fiom good souice that Em
pror vvilllam. who is deeply Interest
ed in the Cuban question, has repeated
ly taken occasion to explain his views
as to German 's neutrality Ills majesty
is all tho moie entitled to pursue his
present policy, as he pososses absolute
proof that the Unltd States do not In
tend over to annex Cuba. They are
prepared to sulfer defent from the
KnnnUrds at rlrst. but thev will not
end the war until Spain renounces her
soverelgntv ov er Cuba, which can then,
and not till then, gradually be restored
to older"
FlibSH NEWS FROM BLANCO.
MorrmrulK ol tho MiinUrou from a
"puiiUli lanitpoinl.
Madrid, Apill 2S An ofllclal dis
patch fiom Geneial Blanco savs:
"Part of tho enemy's bquadion has
gone eastward. Ono of the American
Ironclads has grounded opposite Dle-
mas. piovlnce or I'inar uei Rio, ana
three other hhlps are working to refloat
hei Spanish volunteers aro watching
on H),l0
I
A dispatch to El Imparclal from
Hnvana, says the Insurgents attacked
Artemlsa, province of Plnar del Rio,
but were repulsed
WILL F0KCG TIIR BLOCKADU.
( nptiiius of Slcnmshlpa ol Compnnin
I rum- Vllniit Irn to Try It.
Madrid, April 2S 11 p. m It is an
nounced this oienlng that the captains
of the steamships of the Companla
Trims Atluntlui villi under tnko to cany
the Spanish malls to Cuba. They de
dal e they nn cor tain they can force
tint blockudo Instituted by the United
States lk
Spanish residents In Mexico have
cabled tho govoinment offering to send
th necessaries of llfo to tho Cubans.
Muter ol Hi rcy n Nurirn.
Dubuque, la., April Sk Rev. Mother
Annex, of Morcy hospital, announces in it
tho Sisters of Mercy hero will enlist us
nurses to go south or to Cuba us the gov
ernment muy direct.
THAT BOMBARDMENT
OF MATANZAS CITY
The First Engagement of War
Spain Takes Place.
wit!
CRUISERS NEW YORK AND CINCI.N
NAT! AND MONITOR PURITAN SI
LENCE THE RATTERIES OF SPAN
1ARDS NEAR MATAN.AS-TIU
AMERICAN SHIPS UNHARMED in
Tin: Finn from Tim spanisi
batteries-an oiuect lehso.
IN EFFECTIVE AMERICAN il
NERY.
New York, April 28. Tho New Yorl
Herald was tho first paper In Ameilc.
to get a report of tho bombardment ol
Matanzas, which took place under Ad
miral Sampson's orders shortly afte
noon on Wednesday Tho afternoor
edition of the Herald, the Evening Tele
gram, today contained more than i
page of descriptions of this first reu
engagement of the Spanlsh-Amerlcai
var. It printed four accounts; two b.
Its own repicsentatlves on board It
dispatch boat. Somers N Smith, on
by Richard Harding Davis, who wa
on board the llng,1hlp Brooklyn, repre
sentlng the Herald and the Lundo
Tlmf-s, and one bv R J. Mac-Hugh, th
Joint correspondent of the Herald am
the London Telegraph. Mr. MacIIugh'
description is us follows, being date
Wednesday
The first engagement of the war wi
concluded at J o clock ih.s afternoon. A
hour before that tho cruisers New Yoi
and Cincinnati nnd the monitoi Piulia
steamed Into tho ba oft ilit.mzas dre
tne flru ot the foils at CaiUenus an
Pnnta Gcrda and returned it with wh
appeared at kast to be disastrous resuli
to tho latter llu-io were no casualtlc
on board the American ships, and non
of Hum i is hit vlth projectiles
For some d i: s tho Cincinnati, whic
has been blocl-.idlng tho poit noticed th
men were ei gaged to erecting new bu
ttries on a low, ard point th it rims ou
near tho entr-rce to tho poit A lepoi
of this clicunistance wus sint to Ad
mlral Simpson, together with u notified
tlon that the torpedo beat Uupout hm
been (lied on by n concealed battm
whose location had not been discovered
Todaj s action shows that the admlr.i
resolved to diaw tho lire ot the bitlere
so as to dlscour their whereabouts unc
to demolish the new works that wuie In
construction
HERALD S DISPATCH BOAT
Tho dispatch boat Somcis N. Smith, or
board of which 1 was, picked up unci
spul o the flagship nbout ten miles eas
of Havana earl this niuimng. blm wu
theii In companv with a torpedo boat, bui
soon lett tho latter und steamed oast
waicl ut a rapid speed We followed, and
utter u inn of about thirty miles wo sight
ed tho Cincinnati and the Purltnii, Ijlng
oil Mutunzas. and the three veisels im
mediate!) stood close In shoic ut halt
Hpeed, lino ahead, tho New York leading
und the Cincinnati In the rear.
Matanzas Itself is a town of about fort
thousand Inhabitants-, lvlng ou the west
cm sldb of a river where It empties Into
tho bay. 'Ihe entrance to tho huibor Is
about four miles wide, and on both sld"s
tho Spanish havo erected batteries una
btr'l e-aithwork fortifications
tbe ex-
cict location ot which wns not known to
the blockading squadron
Tho New Yoik and her consorts stood
Htiaight In until the flihsh!p was almost
betwieii the points of Puntu Uorda. and
Curd' nas en the opposite shore. She
then headed westward und ran slowly
along the shore about three or four thou
sand vurds dlstunt from It. It was pos
sible to make out every point with the
utmost clearness, und we could teo tho
new soil of tho new eurlhworks with
croups of men stundlng watching the
ships
g ruisrr onur i ueiii tui; iuiST.
ic nut ic ueEiuiuui uiieruouu, unci llie
palmclid slopes of thoJhills, with the tall
peaks of the Cnmunnco Pass In the back
giouiul, could bo seen with greet distinct
ness The onlj vessels In H.ght were the
war ships und the Somers N Smith. Suil
denh tho New ork checked her cpecd
Nearlv four miles nwuy a blue Jet ro40
out of a patch of red enrth and presently
a projectile struck tho water about n nillo
short ou tho monitor's poit beum. Tho
1'uiluiu then stopped, with her stun
pointing directly Into tho huibor and sent
u few shells against the Cardenas but
tery thnt had opined lire They, too, fell
short, und fIio then find two or three 1J
Inch projectiles, which took effect closo
to tho bat fry, but did it no d imago us
far as I could see with mj gl is
A shell which I did not think wns more
than u 1-Inch ono fell nbout one hundred
arils ustern ot tho New York, and a
second Inter a second gun In a dlfleiutit
battery sent one screaming over the flag
ship, to full with u short dtstuuco of my
cmsel
As toon us the battel les opened flic tho
New York slgrnlled to tho Cincinnati,
and tho latter ran forward and placed
herxclf about a tliontaiid mds to the
w est u aid of tho New Yoi lc. Roth vessels
lay port sldo to tho land, between three
Continued on Pngo 2.
TO BE
The Pennsylvania Soldiers Are Expected to Leave Mt, Gretna
in About Ten Days A Recruiting Squad Will Secure
and Drill a Sufficient Number of Men to Bring Com
panies Up to the Standard of Membership Terrible
Sufferings of the Guardsmen Yesterday from the Storms.
The Regiments Will Remain Intact,
Trom The Tribunes Special Corresponl
ent Mt. Gretna, Pa., April 28. Colonel
Com sen will today send home a lc
crultlng squad to secure and drill suf
ficient men to bring tho membership
of the various companies up to tho re
quired standard of 81. I learned nt
midnight from a reliable source that I
cannot quote that the Ponnsvlvnnla
soldiers will go south In ten (10) days.
T. J. Duffy.
SUFFERING'S OF CAMP LIFE.
xprrieiicenl tho Guard nt lit. Grotnn
One to Up Itrmemliori d.
Mt Gretna, Pa, April 28 Governor
Hustings Is n very happy man to
night. I saw him on his special car us
'ie w is leaving Hnrrlsburg after ho
lad had un Interview with his stuff.
Vdjutnnt General Stewart, Attorney
jenetal .Ic Cot mlck und David Martin
i ere with him. He said everything
mis now satisfactorily arranged. The
luce brigadier generals were Informed
if the result of his visit to Secietary
Vigor and they expressed glee at tho
uccess which attended his eftoits.
"That foimer ariangerncnt would
ever do," bald the governor. It meant
he reduction of two of the colonels
'P jour way, Couisen nnd Dougheity.
uppity eveiythlng Is now so arrang-
d that the regiments will lemulu lu-
ct " The news of the now arinngo-
lents were received by the men with
rent favor. It means that the entlie
late guard will go Into the national
'i i Ice as It stands.
When General Sheiman made his
arnous utterance, "War is Hell," it
lust have been after Just such a day
s the Nntlona Guard of Penubvlvanla
vperlenced today. I have heard ti
ore of civil war veterans declare nt
'lfferent times this evening In the
otel lobbies that they lever In their
i my career put up with so much hatd
hlp as they did on this the first day
f service In the Spanlsh-Ameilcan
.u The expei ienees of the Thlr
eenth Is a fair sample of what all tho
jldleis suffered for stiff ei. t.uher
inn experienced, Is the word. Lcav
ng a little before midnight after a
)iisy and tiresome day of preparation,
hey rode for eight hours In crowded
ars taking turns sitting down nnd
ctufllng themselves with liquor those
)f them who were fortunate enough
lot to bu totnl abstainers to keep
themselves warm Arriving nt Mt.
Gretna- they found themselves In it bliz
zard, and learning that theie was the
ask of putting up their canvas and
lolng tho other duties of a first day In
amp which usually requires the best
part of a day The cold driving snow
gave vvnv to the meanest kind of chil
ly, drizzling rain which continued In
cessantly nil day long and Is still fall
ing at this wilting, 11 o'clock p. m.
With nothing but the remains of the
one day's cooked rations to subsist on
they walked through tho day, with thu
wet canvas on the muddy grounds In
tho cold, clammy tain. At supper time
they enjoyed their lit Ht cup of not cof
fee slnie leaving home. The coffee
was about ull they had that was warm,
tho cooks not being nblo to securo ra
tions, owing to some hitch in the com
missary arrangements due to the poor
railroad facilities.
NO PLACE TO 'SLEEP.
All this might be bearable, if it wns
THU SEWS THIS MOilMiN'U
Weather Indications Today.
Shoneri; Warmer,
1 Tcleginph Government Getting Ready
to lniado ''ubi
National Guaid Will Go South
Tho Ilombaidment of Matanzas.
Monitor Terror Captuies Another Rich
Prize.
2 Teileiaph noinbaidment of Matanzas
(Concluded).
& Local-West Scrnnton nnd Siihuib'in.
i Editorial.
P.nof of American Appreciation of
Uritlfh Frlenclrhlp.
5 Locnl Criminal Court Proceedings.
Jurors for Court lleglnrflng May Jit
0 Locnl Ambulance Fund Steadily
Plowing
Patrolman Hnwl.s Retlgns.
T Loral Illc tie Ordinance in Councils.
Many Appointments Condi tned,
8 Tho News Round About Suantoit.
9 AdiertlH'ments,
10 Tctegruph Sad Plight of Porto Rico,
Atlantic Powder Mills Completely De
st roved.
SENT SOUTH
all, but It was not. There were- no
lumber for flooring, no straw und tho
ground was so soggy that sleeping on
blankets wns not to bo thought of.
How to get nny rest was a problem to
bo solved by each Individual, The ma
Jot Ity of the olllceis and hundieds of
soldiers nro In Lebanon besieging tho
hotels and boarding houses for uccom
modatlons. Two hours Is no uncom
mon wait for nn oyster stow, and sleep
ing on a cot in a. hotel coirldor Is not
beneath tho dignity of the biggest of
soldieis. Privates aie content to sit
about tho stove In an all-night saloon,
snatching w hat sleep a straight-backed
chair affords.
Said one Thlitecnth regiment man nt
the depot ns ho was waiting for tho
train to Lebanon: "I would rather sit
up with a sninll-pox patient than sleep
In my tent tonight." If tho division
olllceis' intention, ns they say, was to
glvo the bon a tusto of real army ex
perience, they have got their wish. In
ono day they have experienced about
everything in the way of haulshlp that
a soldier utleld could expeilence, with
the exception of a long march, nnd If
an eight hour maiih Is much more of
a hardship thnn the eight-hour ride,
tho Thliteenth had, It is to be hoped
they villi never havo an eight-hour
maich.
Colonel Coursen said: "In all my ex
peilence In the fcdeial army and my
twenty years' service in the mllltla I
never put In Hindi u day -as this. I
hope I may never put In another like
it " It is a happy llnnle, however, to
the ubove story to bay that theio was
not ii single man ut tho hospital today.
About the only happenings of the day
outblde of the endurance ot hardships
was the urilviil of Chaplain N. F. St.ihl
from Pilnceton nnd tho i mining awtty
of Colonel Com sen's huddle hot so. The
nnlmal broke from tho colonel's valt
and dashed nine miles over the moun
tain betoio retaken.
T. J. Duffi.
TEST OF fcNDURANCB.
Evidence That Poiiiih) inuiii .Uilltln
Are .Not I'ulr Weather Soldieis.
Mount Clietnil, Pa.. April 2" Th
I'c nnsylvnnla mllltla today received th
first test of Its grit and enduiance oi
tho pie-ent campaign, vhon the c-ntm
division assembled at Mount Gietrm as
a icsult of the president's request upon
Governor Hastings lor voluntatis
Snow, hall and tain were the distin
guished features of the soldlers'acfv t nt
and tonlcht tho inert sleep under can
vaa and on ground nnklc deep In mud
Long belore dav break the clouds be
gun to nsume a threatening aspect and
the first of tho regiments had h.iidlv
arrived before snow bejrun to fnll and
a cold north wind swept across the val
ley. Hv S o'clock the stoim huJ In
creased In seveiity and those regiments
of tho I'hltcl btlg.ielo nlieady aulviiic
sufleiiHl Inteiisol.v fiom tho cold wind
The snow was wet and as tho big sup
ply tc-ams begin dmgglng tho camp
cquippage across the painde grounds,
the wheels sank deep In tho ground. IK
noon hull had begun to fall, and tin
into the faces of the men, making lite,
especially In the Held, generally dis
agreeable ind to a i onslderablo cvtc nt
ntdnu. There was not a murmur tmrn
the ranks Each man bore? himself n
steadily und obeyed orders ns promntlv
as if the most pleasant weather pre
vailed. Rain lolloweel tho hull and In pc
falling until tho middle of tho nftei
noon Olllceis and men nliko Hound, i
ed around In tho mud as best tlnv
could, all showing a stlm determina
tion to piove to tho state that Its mili
tia nio not fair w either soldiers, but
can manifest the same o1itltily quail
ties under stress of difficulties.
REGIMENTS ARRIVE.
The leglrnents began urrlvlng ns cur
ly us C o'clock In the morning, when
tho Ninth, under Colonel ('. Row
Doughertv. reached the cntnp with
tvor man In the Links. The leglmeni
left Wllkes-Barie nt 9 10 o'clock last
night. Immediately after tho Ninth
came the Thirteenth. Colonel Com sen
commanding, and the Twelfth fiom
Wllllnmspot t. with Colonel Coryell in
command. Then followed tho remain
ing commands of the Third brlgiid
General Gobln nnd the Third btlgade
staff arrived shuitly before noon and
at onco took possession of bilguie
healquiu ter s. General Wiley and tin
staff otlleers ot the Serond hllgudt
enrno Into lamp while the hall stoun
was at Its win st. The regiments eif
this bilgado followed soon nftei in
quick succession. It hud almost ceas
ed raining whin the Hist of the Phil
adelphia tioops arrived und It was well
on In the after noon before tho laBt of
them reached camp. As column after
column of tho troops marched ncross
tho Held 'to quaiters, the men went
ankle deep In mud nt ench step. Major
General Snow dun nnd stuff arrived
about 4 o'clock. Owing to the late ui
rlvnl of many of tho commands, It whs
decided to postpone the foimul opening
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