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Albuquerque Daily Citizen
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
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Gen. Shafter expects to move headquarters from Baiquiri to Juragua this evening. Transports are landing final supplies of forage and ammunition. Light artillery batteries are advancing by road, while siege guns are deemed impracticable due to road and landing issues. Pack trains are being organized for rations, with troops having five days' supplies but needing ten for precautions.
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Pack Trains and Light Batteries Being Pushed to the Front.
(Copyright Associated Press.)
On Board Associated Press Dispatch Boat Dauntless, off Baiquiri, June 26, via Kingston, June 27.—Gen. Shafter expects to move headquarters from Baiquiri to Juragua this evening. The transports are rapidly landing the last supplies of forage and ammunition. The last of the four batteries of light artillery started this afternoon for Juragua by road.
Ordnance officers found the road impracticable for siege guns and the landing facilities for them inadequate. About five hundred mules are still corralled here. The military authorities are rapidly making up a pack train to take forward rations. The men ashore have five days' supplies, but supplies for ten days are needed as a precaution against a sudden move.
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Baiquiri, Juragua
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June 26, Via Kingston, June 27
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Gen. Shafter expects to move headquarters from Baiquiri to Juragua this evening. The transports are rapidly landing the last supplies of forage and ammunition. The last of the four batteries of light artillery started this afternoon for Juragua by road. Ordnance officers found the road impracticable for siege guns and the landing facilities for them inadequate. About five hundred mules are still corralled here. The military authorities are rapidly making up a pack train to take forward rations. The men ashore have five days' supplies, but supplies for ten days are needed as a precaution against a sudden move.