Identifier: illustratedhist00russ (find matches)
Title: An illustrated history of our war with Spain : its causes, incidents, and results
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Russell, Henry Benajah, 1859- Thurston, John Mellen, 1847-1916 Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Hartford, Conn : A. D. Worthington
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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commander, hadlittle effect, because of the general belief that the craftySpanish strategists deliberately misrepresented everything,and owing to the close watch kept in Spanish ports it was im-possible, apparently, to verify the reports from Cadiz. Eo onein Madrid knew or, knowing, dared to saj whether the fleetwas really in home waters or not, but the opinion was generalthat the government was seeking in every way to delay opera-tions so that the troops of the United States would not makea landing in Cuba till the summer should be well advancedand the dangers of sickness increased many fold. Relying, apparently, upon the news from London that theSpanish fleet had wholly deserted the western side of theAtlantic, the government formed the opinion that there wasno longer reason for delay in proceeding to occupy Cuba witha large force of men. A few days previously the plan hadbeen to begin occupation with a small advance guard to co-operate with General Gomez and other Cuban commanders,
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A CHANGE OF PLANS 591 to whom it was also intended to send a large quantity of re-peating rifles and ammunition, so that they might be preparedfor rendering assistance when the real invasion should come; But in view of the improbability of naval interference fromSpain, preparations were at once begun for moving the regu-lars and the available volunteer troops to convenient placesfor embarking. Chickamauga was abandoned as a place forreceiving the greater part of the army, and instructionswere given on the 10th for mustering in the volunteers asrapidly as possible and sending them to Tampa and other pointson the Gulf for speedy transportation to Cuba. It was an-nounced that General Miles would himself go to Cuba, Gen-eral Wesley Merritt, Avho, it had been supposed, would be theleader of the forces in Cuba^ having been selected to lead theexpeditions to the Philippines. It was proposed to send Gen-eral Shafter with a force of regulars in his command to securea base on the Cuban coast, w

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