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RALEIGH, KOKTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUN E 16, 1898.
0ur; Mem Hold the.
Thus Far at Guantanamo Bay They have had the Best of the Fight
ing, and Say they Will Hold Old Glory There Until the
Troops Arrive if it Takes Until Next Winter
Situation is Very Grave
The Camp is Surrounded by a Deadly Ring and the Crack
of Spanish Mausers in Ambush'at Night Forbids Re
poseWere it Not for the Protecting Guns of
. the Fleet the Gallant Little Band Would
be Annihilated by the Spaniards
in Overpowering Numbers.
A NIGHT ATTACK
AT GUANTANAMO
Assailed by a Large Force of Spiniards Af;er
Midnight, th First BattJion of Marines, Un
der ti-ut. R. W. Huntington Behaved" with
the Usuil American Intrepidity Driving the
Spaniards Bick with Heavy Loss -Our
Troopi' Ussts in th Engagement were Four
Killed and Two Wounded -In the Morning
the Attick was Resumed by the Spaniards,
.but Ih 3 Spirited Fire that Met Them Soon
Forced Them to Rttreat.
Copyright 1MW by Associate! Press.)
United States Camp, Eutrance of
Gtiautanamo Hay. Sunday. June 1
I Via Kingston. Jamaica, Minday, June
3.) S:IU a. in. The Spaniards last
night attacked the camp of the First
Imitation of marines muter Lieut. R.
W. Huntington and won repulsed with
heavy Ions. .Four Americana were kill
ed, namely: ,
Surgeon J.- It. Gihhs. New 'York City:
Serjreant Smith. Company I); Private
MoCalUan. Company 1. and Private
Iunnri.hy, Company I).
The wounded were: I'rivate Mc-(JoH-an,
Company iV, hand shatteretl,
and the pilot on the United Static
eruWr Marblehe:ul. shot throu:!i ttie
leg. Tlie firing lpn ft'" midnisht.
utnl lastinl until day-break. At times
there was a heavy fusilade ou both
Ides.
Lieutenants Neville and Shaw, of Com
pany I. with" men. were tm picket
iluty all nijrht. and wen attacked by n
heavy force of Spaniards. All the men
killed were in this detachment, except
lr. (Jihtis. who was idiot while in caui'i.
The pickets held the Spaniards off until
el-ased this morning.
Reinforcements were landed from the
Texas and Marblehcad this .morning.
They consisted of sixty men and two
rapid fire jnins. The men are snffering
srrvatlr from heat and thirst: but they
are ail liehariiiR splendidly iu and out
of fire. .
After McCallsan and Dnnnnshy were
killed, their heads were shockingly mu
tilated with machetes. Iatc this morn
iiiK tjie Spaniards oiH'neil firt from two
.Minn placed on the west side of the
harlnr. The shots flew wild. The
Texas, Yankee and torpedo uxt or'
ter. which v4re lyins in tin harbor.
..Hnel tire and in a idiort time silenced
the Spanish -Tuns. The latter fi ml only
oikv after the hips openetl on them.
There were no casualties on the Ameri
can side. .
It was decided by Col. Huntington
this morning to abandon the posit
first iccupiel as a camp, as there were
no signs of reinforcements of troops.
and it was known that n force of
Spaniards six time more numerous than
the marine battalion, was in the vicinity.
Therefore the crest hill which the troops
held last nijrht was given up: the bat
teries and rifle pits and the tents were
pitched on the side of the hill near the
h:irl-r. which- is protected hy the war
jdiips. . ;
SKCOND Sl'ANISn ATTACK.
The Texas Arrives. Bringing Rein
forcements for Our Boys..
(Copyright 1 by Associated Tress.)
Off United States Camp. uautanamo
liur. Sunday, June 12. noon, vm King
ston. Jamaica. June 13,-When the Am-s-.iri.-itM
Press dispatch Urtt Dauntless
left (Juantanamo Bay early this ; morn
ing, after the thirteen hours' .idiirnmn
ltween the United States marines un
.i.v r :.ionint fJonfl II. . Hunt
ington, and the Spanish gticrilla and 1 reg-1
iilars. it was expecieu umi ie ""
would be renewed. The Marblehead
wa landing reinforcements and nothing
had been heard from the advance pickets
paniards at
under Lieut. Wendell C. Neville, and
Lieut. Melville J. Shaw.
At I) o'clock the firing was again re
newed'by the Spaniards, who appeared
off the camp i" the edge of a small
island alout a mile to the northeast.
It was promptly returned by thirteen
rides and a three-inch field gun, and in
a. short time all signs of the enemy had
disapiearvd. Col. Huntington then sent
to the landing 'for a second three-inch
gun, which was dragged up the hill and
placed in positon at the summit. Tin
skirmish lines thrown around the camp
kept up a i topping1 all the morning, but
with not so much result to show for it.
Meanwhile the Marblehead left the ha r
Itor and threw a few shells into the
woods.
To the great delight of the marines in
camp. Lieutenants Neville and Shaw,
with thirty men of Company D, return
ed in good shaK, but much exhausted
by eighteen hours of picket .duty. One
man. Sergeant Smith, of Company K.J
had ttceti shot through the alxlomen And
instantly killed. For most of the day
and night Lients. Neville and Shaw
ha1 lteen surrounded by a much supe
rior force, but men and officers Itchavod
-sitienuuiiy ami, aiiuongn ine nnng or
the Spaniards was constant and heavy,
Lieut. Neville's detachment bvld its own.
inflicting much more damage than it sus
tained. At least five Spaniards are
known to have lteen killed, aiid as Lieut.
Neville's men kept up a steady fire
throughout the night and the enemy was
not at a great distance, it is believed
thaVthe Spaniards casualties were con
siderable. .
The battleship. Texas arrived this
morning and sent ashore, forty marine
and two automatic Colt guns as rein
forcements. The Marblehead also sent an addi
tional small detachment. Private Bar
tholomew McCowan. of Company 1.
will lose his hand, which was shattered
by a bullet. Amputation will be neces
sary. The Marblerhead's pilot, who
whs shot through the leg. while guiding
the cruiser out of the harltor this morn
ing, holds the rank of a Colonel in the
Cuban service.
NEVILLE ATTACKS
A STONE FORT
(Copyright LS'W by Asochtfed Tress.)
(.'amp of the United States marines
outer Harltor of (tuantanamo, Monday
June IU (inton) hy the Asociated Tress
dispatch Iwtat Vanda via Kingston, Ja
maica. June 11. 7 A. M.) After two
nights of hard fighting the American flag
still floats nltove Cuban soil over the
encampment of the marine battalion, and
our boys say they will keep it there
until the l.elated troops arrive, if it takes
till winter.
Thus far the marines have had the
best of the fighting, but the situation is
grave, ami they are exhausted with re
pelling almost incessant attacks. They
have little chance to rest or sleep, and
the time of the arrival of the relieving
trops is uncertain. Were it not for the
protecting guns of the fleet, the gallant
little band would be annihilated by the
Spanish troops, in overpowering numbers
from Santiago de Cuba. As it is they
probably can hold their ftosition, but
they cannot move forward . until re-in-furced.
by troops.
What first.- with the white tents on
a Itold eminence against the tropic back
ground, looketfnike a holiday camp, is
now grim reality. The tents have been
struck and rolled into breastworks, sup
plemented by trenches around the crest
of the hills. The sjMt is lamentably cx
iKtsed. while surrounding it on all sides
is heavy brush, the least movement in
the camp is the signal for instant target
practice upon the part of the Spanish
sharpshooters, whose rifles carry much
further than ours, though their owners
rarely hit anything' they aim at.
It is imiossible to accurately estimate
the Spanish, attacking force, but it is
numerous enough. About two-thirds of
thi force surround the camp nightly
with a deadly ring, and the
Mansers makes things quite lively, for
Bay
the Spaniards are daring enough to
crawl up and take a jtop shot at the
marines, from the bushes altout 30 yards
from the camp. At night the boseigers
tight like Indians and our old Apache
lighters will feel in their element. Every,
yard of ehapparal is an ambuscade, and
picket duty is flipping coins with death.
After the first attack on Saturday
night. Col. Huntington decided that an
other attempt would be made on Sun
day night, and he caused entrenchments
to le throwntup on all sides of the camK
and in the trenches the main part of the
battalion last night waited for the at
tack that the Colonel was certain would
come. It arrived within a short time
after dark and from that time until day
break the firing was incessant and at
times very heavy.
On the American side two men were
killed and four injured. The dead are:
Sergeant Major (JMtde. of the marines,
shot J h rough' the right breast t Private
Tauman, wounded and fell off the cliff
and was instantly killed.
The injured are: Private Wallace, fell!
off the cliff and sustained a fracture of
the leg; Private Martin, shot through the
leg: Private Iioxbury shot through the
arm.
The above men are all privates, be
longing to Company P. '
Private Burke, was shot through the
arm. . (
The first attack of the Spaniards was
made at 8 o'clock and the last shot
was fired by them about 3 o'clock in
the morning.
During the night the Spaniards at
tacked the camp of the marines on
shore, and the Marblehead. believing the
Americans had been driven out threw
several shells into the place. The at
tack, however, was repulsed by the
sniaJliletaebmeMt of marines in crfrrj
without ' trouble. The shells of the
Marblehead struck among the marines.
The fight was the first of t lie war, in
which the Cubans co-operated with the
American forces, and their co-iK1 ra
tion was not a glittering success. At
one tinie during the afternoon when
the marines were firing on a small d
tachmcut of Spaniards that made their
u pi tea ranee a short distance from the
camp, the Cubans began firing without,
orders and sent a volley right among!
the Americans. There were several very
narrow escapes, but no one was injured.
Lieutenant Neville, of Company I.
was sent out on stout duty, and as on
the day previous, he attacked a small
stone fort. A hot fight followed and
the Spaniards Mere driven off with
loss. It was during this fight that Wal
lace and Taumann fell over the cliff.
Fifteen dead Spaniards, including one
lieutenant, were found in the fort.
During the attack several shots struek
the ships in the harbor, one penetrating
the pilot house of the Associated Press
dispatch ltoat Dandy. No one was in
jured on board of her.
The Dolphin this morning located the
Sp:mish water station on the ocean side
of the harbor entrance, which supplied
the water for the attacking force. The!
well was situated in a blockhouse wind-,
null, having a small garrison. It w:is
shelled at two thousand yards. Excel
lent practice was made, the station was
wrecked, and caunister followed the re
treating Spaniards up the steep ravine.
Each shell disclosed the spot where it!
alighted by raising a cloud of dust.
They were all well placed. The arrival
of the fleet to complete the bombardment
of the town and its defences is expected
this afternoon.
POINT FOB EMBARKING. -Board
Examine Different Harlnirs in
View of Second Expedition. j
Washington, June 14. The board ap-j
pointed by Secretary Alger to select a
suitable concentration point ou the At
lantic or Gulf, coast, with a view of es-
tablishing a point of embarkation for ?
future expeditions, returned to-day and
immediately set about for the prepara- j
tion of its report. The board consists of .
Col. Greenleaf, Major Ilodson. Major
Hopkins, and Lieut. Jadwin. They visi-(
ted Columbia and Charleston, South
Carolina: Savannah, Brunswick and Au
gusta, Georgia: and Fernandina and
Jacksonville, Florida. It was a rush
tour of insiection all through, and travel
ing by night and inspecting by day, the
board made its rounds in eight days. J
The depth of water in the harltor is
felt to lie a very essential point, for
the transports, as well as the convoys .
would have difficulty in threading some
of the narrow. tortuous and shallow
harbors leading to the points of inspec
tion. Jacksonville is well thought of. j
but the depth of the water at the en-!
trance of St. Johns river, .which is- not
much more than fifteen feet between,' the 1
jetties, is something of a drawback.. At
Fernandina there is fifteen feet "at the
entrance, deepening to three and one
quarter fathoms further up the channel.,
Savannah has from eighteen to twenty j
feet at low water. Members of the
feet at low waters. Members of the!
Itoard will give no information as to the.
point they regard .most desirable. '
THE BATTLE AT MAKl LA BAY.
Admiral Dewey Sends to Ndvy .Depart
ment Detailed Account.
Washington, June 13. The Navy De
partment to-day made public the follow
ing letter received from Admiral Dewey
this afternoon, being its first mail ad
vices from, him since he reached Manila:
Flagship Olympia, Cavite, May 4.
IS98. The, squadron left Mirs-Bay on
April 27. arrived at Bolino on the morn
ing of April 30, and finding no vessels
there proceeded down the coast and ar-H
riYed off the entrance to Manila Bay on
the same afternoon. The Boston and
Concord were sent to reconnoiter.
"At Port Snbic a: thorough search of
the port was made by the Boston and tlie
Concord, but the Spanish fleet was not
found.
"Entered the south channel at 11:30
p. in., steaming in column at eight, knots.
After half the squadron had passed, a
battery on south "side of the channel
opened fire, none of the shots taking ef
fect. The Boston and the MeColloeh
returned the fire. Squadron proceeded
across the bay at slow speed and arrived
off Manila at daybreak; was fired upon
at r:lJ a. m.. by three batteries at Ma
nila and two near Cavite, and "by the
Spanish fleet anchored -in an approxi
mately east and west line across .the
mouth of Baker Bay with their left in
shoal 'water in Canacao Bay. The
squadron then proceeded" to the attack,
the. flagship Olympia; under my personal
direction, leading, followed at- a distance
by the Baltimore, Raleigh, Petrel, Con
cord and Boston, in the order named,
which formation was v maintained
throughout the action. The squadron
opened tire at .r:41 a. m. While advanc
ing to the attack two mines were ex
ploded ahead of the flagship, too far to be
effective. The squadron maintained a
continuous and precise fire at ranges va
rying from five thousand to two thousand
yards, countermarching in a line approxi
nately parallel to that of the Spanish
fleet. The enemy's fire was vigorous but
generally ineffective. Early in the' en
gagement -xt wo launches put out toward
the Olympia with the apparent intention
of using torpedoes. One was sunk and
'the other disabled by our fire' and beach
ed before an--opportunity occurred to fire
torjtedoes. At 7 a. in. the Spanish flag
ship lleina Christina made a desperate
attempt to leave the line and come out
to engage at short range, but was re
ceived with such galling fire,-; the entire
battery of. the Olympia being concen
trated upon her, that she was barely
able to return to the shelter of the forts.
The three batteries at Manila had kept
iip a continuous fire. The first of these
terNerfrw was situated on the south mole
head, at the entrance to the Pasig -River;
the second on the south bastion of the
walled city of Manila, and the third at
Malate, about one-half mile further
south. At this point I sent a message
to the Governor General to the effect
that if the batteries did not cease the.
city would be shelled; this had;. tlie ef
fect of silencing them. At 7:3fT a. m. I
ceased firing and withdrew the '-'squadron
for breakfast. At 11:10 a. m. .returned
to the attack. By this time the Spanish
flagship and almost the entire Spanish
fleet, were in flames. At 12:30 p. m., the
squadron ceased firing, the batteries be
ing silenced, and the ships sunk, burnt
and deserted. At 12:40 p. ni the
squadron returned and anchored off Ma
nila, the Petrel being left behind to com
plete the destruction of the smaller gun
boats, which were lchind the point of
Cavite. This duty was performed by
Commander E. P. Wood, in the most
exieditious and complete manner possi
ble. The Spanish lost the following
vessels:
"Sunk Relna. Cristina, Castilla, Don
Antonia De TJloa.
,;"Burnt Don Juan De Austria. Isla
De Luzon and Isla De Mindanao trans
port.) "Captured Rapido and Hercules (tugs)
and several small launches. I am unable
to obtain complete account of the ene
my's killed and wounded, but it is be
lieved to be very heavy. The Reina
Christina alone had one hundred and
fifty killed, including the captain, and
ninety wounded. I am happy to report
that the damage done to the squadron
under my command was inconsiderable.
There was none killed and only seven
men in the squadron were slightly
wounded.
"Several of the vessels were struck
and even penetrated, but the damage
was of the slightest character, and the
squadron is in as good condition now as
before the battle. I beg to state to the
Department that I doubt , If any commander-in-chief
was ever, served by
more loyal, efficient and gallant captains
than those of the squadron now rnider
my command. Captain Frank Wildes,
commanding the Boston, volunteered to
remain in command of his ivessel, . al
though his relief arrived before leaving
Hong-Kong. Assistant Surgeon Kindle
berger, of the Olympia, and Gunner J.
O. Evans, of the Boston, also volun
teered to remain after orders detaching
them had arrived. The conduct, of my
personal staff was excellent. Commander t
B. P. Lamberton, chief of staf, vwas J
a volunteer for that position and gave
me most efficient aid. Lieut. Brumby,
flag lieutenant, and Ensign W. P. Scott,
aide, performed their duties as signal j
officers in highly creditable manner. The J
Olympia being short of officers for the j
battery, Ensign li. II. C-awweii, nag
secretary, volunteered f or and was as
signed to a sub-division of the. five-inch
bat'tery. ' '-
"Mr. J. L: Stickney, formerly an offi
cer in the United States Navy, and now
correspondent for the New York Her
alds volunteered for duty as my aide and
rendered valuable services. I desire spe
cially to mention the coolness' of L?eut.
C. G. Calkins, the navigator of the Olym
pia, who came under my personal cdi
servation, being on the bridge with me
throughout the entire action, and giv-
ing the ranges to the guns with an ac
curacy that was proven liy the excel
lency of the firing. On May 2nd, the-day
following the engagement, the squadron
again went to Cavite. where it remains.
On the third the military forces evacua
ted the Cavite arsenal, which was taken
possession of by a landing party..
"On the morning of May 4th,the trans
port Manila, which had been aground
in Baker Bay. was towed off and made
a prize.
TROOPS WILL LAND IN CUBA
Not Before
the Latter
Week.
Part of the
Washington, June 14. Without refer
ence to the 'exact hour - at which the
United States army left Florida for
Cuba. ; it may be safely said that lte
fore the end of the week General Shaff
er jv ill have landed with his 15,000 troops
on Cuba u soil, and that the investment
of Santiago by land, swill have Itegun.
There was some confusion iu the offi
cial mind here to-day on the time of de
parture of the transports, though as
surance was given that they had all got
ten away. The confusion on this '.point
is easily accounted or by .persons who
know anything of the difficulties' of 'mov
ing simultaneously a numerous fleet com
posed of vessels of all sizes and classes.
No less than three times, beginning Sun
day, was .a definite hour selected for the
start, and the .War Department so noti
fied. Yet in each case some untold ob
stacle was en counted that required noti
fication to the department that a post
''lonement had. lteen forced. Sailors say
such 'delays are inevitable, and that
rarely does a fleet get off by the first in
tention. However, the department offi
cials stated this afternoon-'that they be
lieved the very lastof the transjtorts had
at last started for Cuba. After all the,
delay of a-day or two in the stnrt is
not calculated to make any material
difference in the phius, and the only per
sons who will suffer from it will be
Sampson's marines, camped on the tropi
cal bay of Guantanamo. and obliged to
maintain the greatest vigilance in re
pelling the bushwhacking Spanish irreg
ulars "who swarm in the thickets. This
foe gives no trouble during the daylight
ihonrs. owing to the presence of the
Marblehead within easy range, lmt at
night when, the warships ure unable to
distinguish their own men from the ene
my, the lot 'of the marines is a very ex
citing one.
Having started the Santiago expedi
tion the War Department has now con
centrated all its. -energies on the prepara
tion of additional forces to be sent to
Porto Rico. Active movements in that
line have been made on a scale so ex
tensive as to ead to the supposition in
some quarters that the attack is to be
made direct upon Havana, butt if this
is so. there is no indication of it. The,
volunteers collected at Chattanooga
42.000 in number, are reaching a degree
of excellence under the magnificent man
agement, of General Brooke that would
warrant the government in ordering then
immediately into active service, but un-
fortunately, there is still considerable
lack of equipment that will not itermit
of this.
General Merritt has brought the -second
installment of his force into readiness,
and it sails for Manila to-morrow. It
is believed that the advance guard, the
three transports which followed the
Charleston to llonolulu, met the cruiser
there), and sailed .in her company for thf
Philippines about the 12th" of this
mouth." In this case, it is reasonable to
expect 'them .to arrive at Manila within
a week.
The only bulletin posted at the Navy
De'itartment to-day from Sampson con
tained the satisfactory news that an
American naval officer. Lieutenant Vic
tor Blue, of South Carolina, at the risk
of his life, had succeeded in encircling
the bay off Santiago and sighting the
Spanish vessels with the result of es
tablishing the fact that all of jLVrvera's
fleet were bottled up. An- unexftected
complication has arisen as to the ability
of Admiral Sampson at Santiago, and
Admiral Dewey, at Manila, to use the
cables which each has -secured with-a'
view to -bringing-j them into -"tercet tele
graphic communication with the authori
ties here. It is Understood by officials
here that Admiral Dewey secured the
shore end of the cable leading froui
Manila to- Hong Kong, some lime ago,!
and buoyed it with 7a view to sending,
dispatches. The same condition is under-j
stood to exist at Santiago, where Ad-j
miral Sampsbn has buoyed the shore
end of the cable, with a view to repairing,
and
using it. iu no messages ne,
been sent, and the question has arisen as
!o whether it is allowable under the de
cree of neutrality for the French nndn
British companies owning" these lines to
permit them to Ik used for strictly mili
tary punoses. The coin panics control
the points of exit, and are able to refuse
to itass dispatches along, so that -the
holding of the shore en'ds. by Admirals
Dewey and 'Sampson does not permit
them to carry on communication except
through the assent of the companies.
' These are private concerns, but they
are obliged to observe the .neutrality -of
their respective government'. There i
some anxiety, therefore, as trt the corae
of the ojerations of the French company
at Hayti, when they -receive private
messages from Admiral ampson.noui.i
they refuse to handle them over neutral
lines, touching neutral territory,, an in-:
teresting international question might
arise. The same condition- exists as fp
the Manila cable, and the failure of the j
British operators at Hong Kong to take
the messages. It was stated that ne-
gotiations were now progressing which j
gave promise 'of a satisfactory - under-1
standing with, the companies, and the
forwarding of such messages an j. the
American Admiral sendn. I
CHANGE OF .ORDERS.
uasnmgton. J nne 14. Order havej
iw-t-ii iwum ni m,- i imi onirjia voinn-j siioumi lue lown surrettoer, ami not ai
teer infantry to rendezvonsat Chicka-;Iow the city to fall into the handn of the
manga, and directing that the Second,
a a- " 1-1-
Georgm volunteer . nriginally. onlereil ,lo
Tamna stop at Jacksonville. The- See-1
ond Mississippi regiment will rendezTona
at jacKsonviiie. t ,
PLEIITY VDLUHTEERS
For Grin.; Merritt's Manila
Signal Corps.
TAR HEEL OPERATORS r
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i . 1
DESIRE TO G6 .TO THE PHILIP
PINE?. .
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A NEW CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS EXPECTED
Seven Addstional Colored Companies will be
Ordered to Fort Macon-Thrce New
White Fegimenis for North f
Carolina. " .:
Adjutant (Jeneral CowfeK received tel
egrams from a large number of young
North. Carolina telegraph' oiterarors yes
terday who desire to join (Jenernl Mer
ritts signal jeorps and embark with him
for the Philippines.' Among those vol un
tiring were J. 1 Rettiel, .of Greens
boro; R. J.I Welsh and Ed McDouald,
Jr., Charlotte; E. Carter, of Winston; K.
D. Page and II." C. Davis, of Fayette
ville; H. R j Young, of Wadcsltoro; L. S. t
A lira nr. of Wilson; C. L. Perry, of Elm
Citj i and Mr. Fowler, - of ' Littleton.
They are all young, active men. says
(Jeneral Cowles, "and will no doubt lw
accepted by (Jeneral Merritt."
General. C. II. ..Arnold, Lieutenant
Commander U. S. NT at Charleston.-,
writes (Jeneral Cowles that just as stcu
as. he "is. authorized by the Department
at Washington he will advise with him
as to the place' to mobilize the North
.Carolina, naval militia. He concurs in
the suggestion of Col. . Cow lew that the
reserves be: mobilized at Wilmington.
The Governor and his counsel, includ
ing the Adjutant General, have reason
to believe that there would In' a third
call for volunteers within the next JI
days and that the call will lie for 1.ri0.XK.
This gives North Carol inn '-three addition
al, regiments and it is confidently' expect
ed that within the next thirty days the
organization of these throe new regi
ments will, be going on. In view of this
the Governor had a conference with
General Cowles ltefore leaving for Wll
mincton yesterday, and it' was derided i
to fill Out the State's quota under the see
ond call with colored volunteer and t
make the "colored battalion now nt Fort '
Macon a regiment of ten companies,
and t is expected that colored companies
from Durham,. Charlotte, Ashevi.le,
Stntesville. Henderson, Orcensltoro and
Fayetfeville will be nrdcnd. to camp
within a few days. Captain (resliam
says tb.it onljvtwo additional companies
can be comfortably stationed nt Fort
Macon, so the other five companies will
j.robably go into camp at Morehead
City.
Governor Russell hns requested the'
War -Department to detail for duty in
the Adjutant General's office Major
Ch.is. L. Davis.' P. S. A., of Charlotte,
vice MajL E. M. Hayes, detached.
NO STEP FOR PEACE.
Spanish Minister Denies That Spain
Anxious to End War.
Madrid, June 14. 1. P. M. The MinJ
ter of Foreign Affairs, Duke AlmodovaT
del Rio, told the -newspaper men 'to-day
that the Spanish government had not
taken any step iu the direction of tence
negotiations.
The Minister also said he had not
received any confirmation of the rci0rted
third attack on Santiago.
The Minister of War, Gen. Correa, de
clared the situation at Manila as better
than was supposed. lie said Captain
General Augusti had concentrated twen
ty thousand men for the defense of the
city and his batteries of nrtilllery are as
serted to comprise lift) long range guns.
It was officially announced to-day that
Senor Dultosc, the former Spanish,
charger! 'Affairs at Washington. anJ
Jjicut, ( arranza.
trii' fnrmcF. Un.nii.1,
NnV;ll AttlHW.j .lt Washington have
u,.,. "in itoo" .ri. -,,,.... ..!...
to the "CanadiMii authorities having in
tercepted a letter which Lieut. Carranza
addressed to the Minister of Marine, giv
ing an account of the condition of the
fortifications." : . J
, . ! j i 'j.
LIEUTENANT RLUE'S HKPOItT.
........ ..... .niiiriiiiiu OOTIH Ulllii
Spaniards Vigorous Attack Mutilation
of the Dead. - . " -.
''- : 'L ' '-r" ' . i:- I
I .Washington. ID. C. June 14. Tl
Navy Department to-day pouted the fol
lowing bulletin: -
MoIe St. Nicholas, June 13.-Lieut.
Itlne jiiKt returned after a detour of
seventy' statute miles of observation of
the harltor of Santiago de Cuba. He re-
port sSpanish fleet is still there. Tlie
Spanish attacked vigorously the camp at
(Juantanamo. Four marines were killed
and their bodies mutilated barbarously.'
Surgeon Gihbs was killed.
(Signed)
I
SAMlSjN
WANTS US TO OCCUPV MANILA,
i jl i . .,..-
Spain I 're f era Uncle Sam
to Tlie ,Jn-
' 1 1
$urgentv
Vienna, June
14. The Neue Freie
Presse to-day says Spain has requested
the powers' to uree the United Sff;t
occupy Manila: with American! troomr.
insurgents.
i i '
The man who Is bound to Vet marrlefl
is seldom satiidied with the binding be
teis.
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