. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. LANDING AMERICAN TROOPS AT BAIQUIRI, CUBA. warships left the bar, or Egmont key, at theentrance of Tampa bay, just before sundownof last Tuesday, June 14. The fleet stretchedout on its course almost due south in threelines of ships, the battleship Indiana lead-ing the right line, the gunboat Castine thecenter and the gunboat Annapolis the to the right and left, at times so far fromthe main body as to be below thehorizon, were the scout ships or flankers,as the army officers call them. Th
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. LANDING AMERICAN TROOPS AT BAIQUIRI, CUBA. warships left the bar, or Egmont key, at theentrance of Tampa bay, just before sundownof last Tuesday, June 14. The fleet stretchedout on its course almost due south in threelines of ships, the battleship Indiana lead-ing the right line, the gunboat Castine thecenter and the gunboat Annapolis the to the right and left, at times so far fromthe main body as to be below thehorizon, were the scout ships or flankers,as the army officers call them. The scoutsnot only flanked the moving column of troop-ships, but they steamed far ahead, and fol-lowed behind the triple line of transports. The soldiers noted their formation and re-marked its close resemblance to Col. Wag-ners model formation and organization of amoving body of troops in a hostile and un-known country, known as the formation ofsecurity and information. Each transportwas assigned its place in the column andwas expected to keep that place, with theIndiana setting the pace, and a
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