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The Salt Lake Herald
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
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US War Department shifts focus to preparing forces for Puerto Rico invasion after Santiago, with 42,000 well-trained volunteers at Chattanooga under Gen. Brooke ready but hindered by equipment shortages. Speculation of Havana attack unconfirmed.
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Having started the Santiago expedition, the war department has now concentrated all its energies on the preparation of the force to be sent to Puerto Rico. Active movements in that line have been made on a scale so extensive as to lead to the supposition in some quarters that the attack is to be directed upon Havana, but if this is so, there is no open indication of it. The volunteers collected at Chattanooga, 42,000 in number, are reaching a degree of excellence, under the magnificent management of General Brooke, that would warrant the government in ordering them immediately into service, but, unfortunately, there is still a considerable lack of equipment that will not permit this.
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Puerto Rico
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volunteers ready but delayed by lack of equipment
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The war department is concentrating energies on preparing a force for Puerto Rico after starting the Santiago expedition. Extensive preparations lead to speculation of an attack on Havana, though no indication. 42,000 volunteers at Chattanooga under General Brooke are excellent but lack equipment preventing immediate service.