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the standing army of the United States.

With coloniul possessions thousands of

miles from the seaboard, the necessity

of a well-equipped military establish?

ment, both at home and in the colo?

nies, will doubtless be urge! by a

strong faction in Congress and by tbe

War Department.

WAR NOTES.

A dispatch from Port au Prince to a

New York paper states that the

American ships renewed tho attack

upon Santiago yesterday and the in

aurgents made a land attack upon tbe

city. This was denied in an Associated

Pres3 dispatch.

Secretary Long intimated last night

that a naval engagement probably took

place bptween the Spanish and Ameri?

can fleets at Santiago de Cuba yester?

day. It was stated that both American

commuudor.s were aulhoriz-jd to use

every means to secure the speedy cap?

ture or destruction of Cervera's vessels

and that ii it were possible to get at

tbe ships witlout too great danger of

serious disaster befalling some of the

United States ships an attempt would

be made.

Captuin Aunon, the Spanish minister

of Marine, denies reports that Admiral

Cervera was not present at Tuesday's

engagement at Santiago. He .-ays tha1

Cervera directed tbe Spanish defense

ft\>m the cruiser Cristobal Colon.

The latest indications in Washington

are that the firs: invasion of Spanish

territory by American troop3 will be

directed at Porto Rico. There is prac?

tically no objection to the invasion ot

Porto Rico on the score of health, as

the climatic conditions there are favor?

able. Any landing of troops at San?

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Alexandria gazette. (1898). Alexandria, D.C., 1898-06-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025007/1898-06-03/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Alexandria gazette, 1898-06-03.