Arizona republican., 1898-08-22
CHRONOLOGY sA''I
 OF THE WAR.

1895. --4.---.---
 February 24-Insurrection breaks out in three of Cuba's sx provinces. <v MAFch 1-Fourteen hundred addi- t3onsl troops sent to Cuba MAEch -General Antonio Maceo prpelAimed- eommander of the insur- sei1f aruy. .,.ssl4sssS$->~ !, Aprn Il Flor Crombet insurgent lender, killed at Paimerite. s Aprn Captain General Caiella diapAeed byi Campos.
 H4y BAttls of Guantanamo; 400 spe1li.h1 .1 killed by insursents under
 Ma 15 -Insursents make important caDtlres at Bayamo. |z--Aay 19 9-Ipsurgent leader, Jose Mart, ], killed ct Doa Roe. :. [s. My 21+G General Gomez and 7ee cav Aaryrepulsed at Rlps. Noyember ,17-General Maceo' near santa Clara sArat goo men defeats 7,See Spanieh troops.
 December 23-Campos (10,0O0 men) meats Gomez (7,000 men) and is re- pulsed with great losses. y s<a is issf1 a: 1896. .e.. February 1o-Weyler. displacs Cap tain General Campos. i:3g-
 February 12-Eighteen thousand nsw Spanish troops cent lnto the; field. February 17-Weyler issues his re- concentrado proclamations. March 1-The trocha is established. April. .11-Maceo crosses the trocna with 3.0e0 men. and drives back the Spanish.
 July s-11-Gomez wins, tho battle of Na5asa after fifty hours' fighting ,
 October 1-The rebellion up to this time has cost Spain 250 million dol lArs. .
 December 4-G General Antonio Maceo killed by treachery.
 December. 10General Ruiz Rivera succeeds, Macec. a., 1.--..
 August .sEPremier Canovas Of Spain assassinated
 October 2-Weyler recalled by the Sagasta liberal ministry on pressure from the United States. November 27-Decree from govern ment at Madrid granting autonomy to Cuba
 1898. January 24-United States battle ship Maine ordered, to Havana on a peaceful mission. :. February 10-De Lome, Spanish minister, recalled for unwarranted personalities refecting on President Mckinley. a
 February 15-The United States hattleship Maine blown up in Havana i harbor and 266 lives lost. Eohr11orv 1T-TJnitod hnord nt inquiry on the loss of the Maine ap- pointed.
 February 20-Spanisb cruiser Viz i caya anchors off Staten Island, N Y
 February 22-Spanish board of in- quiry reports the destruction of the Maine an accident of internal origin March 9-Emergency bill, 50 million 1. dollars, for United States coast de , lenses passed.
 March 2S-The president sends 2 message with the Maine report to congress.
 April 9-General Fitzhugh Lee ant other consuls leave Cuba.
 April 1.-The president sends mss sage to congress recommending armet ! intervention in Cuba.
 April 15-War department orders regular troops to the coast.
 April ,16-The intervention resolu tions passed by the senate. r April 19-The house passes the in tervention resolutions. The presiden prepares an ultimatum to Spain de manding the evacuation of Cuba with in three days.
 April 20-The Cuban resolutions i signed by the president. Spanish min ister, Polo y Bernabe, asks for h. passports.
 April 21-The United States minis ter, General Woodford, is given h.! passports Tn Madrid. Spain's, sever ance of diplomatic relations held t, be a declaration of war. l April ,22-North Atlantic squadron sails to blockade Cuban ports. Firs April 23-The presidents call issue for 125,000 volunteers.
 shot fired, when the United StAe sunboat Nashville captured the Span ish coast trader Buena Ventura Pres ident's proclamation to all nations de claring the blockade of Cuban ports April 24-Spain's first shot at Unite. States from masked batteries at Ma tanzas on the United gunboat Foote Capture of the Catalina by the Detroit