St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-12-28
SPANISH WAR.

IS. The u. s. battleship Maine wrecked
by explosion in Havana harbor; 266 of
the officers and crew killed.
MARCH
10 The s5o,OOO.oOo defense bill became
law.
49, Senator Proctor addressed the senate
on the situation In Cuba
2S President submitted he.report of the
Maine board of inquiry to congress.
APRIL,
7. Joint note from Great Britain. France,
Germany. Russia and Italy presented
TO the president
8. Gen. Fitz-Hugh Lee left Havana.
II. The presidents message on asking for
power to intervene in Cuba submitted
to congress.
Gen Lee testified before the senate for
egn relations committee
10. The Cuban Intervention resolutions
passed congress
Ultmatum sent to Spain
90. Senior Bernabe. the Spanish minister,
received his passports and left Wash
ington.
q. Minister Woodford handed his pass
ports by the Spanish government.
SIMPSONS U. S. squadron blockaded
Cuba.
First marine capture of the war, the
Spanish ship Buena Ventura. in the
gulf of Mexico.
a. The president called for 10000 volun-
teer troops.
25 Declaration by congress and the pres
ident that a state of war began on the
2lst.
26. England proclaimed her neutrality
and declared that the Spanish Ameri-
can war began April q. when Spain
gave the u. S. minister his passports.
28. Part Of Admiral Sampson fleet bonn
barded the Spanish works at Matan-
zas, Cuba.
Spanish steamer Guido. from Spain with
money and supplies for the troops in
Cuba. captured by the U. s. monitor
Terror.
90 Spanish squadron under Cervera sail
ed westward from st. Vincent.
MAY.
l. Deweys battle at Manila.
g. The French steamer Lafayette cap
tured while attempting to run the
Havana blockade.
H. First engagement in Cuban waters;
gunboats Wilmington and Hudson and
torpedo boat Winslow against forts at
Cardenas Ensign Worth Bagley of
the Winslow killed.
H. Admiral Simpsons fleet bombarded
San Juan. Porto Rico.
49, Spanish feet reached Martinique.
The flying squadron sailed from Hamp-
ton Roads for Cuban waters
10. Cervera's squadron reached Santiago.
25 President Mckinley issued a second
call for troops. asking for $1,000 volun-
teers
rs. Steamer Florida landed on Cuban soil
the largest secret expedition of the
war
81. Commodore Schleys fleet bombarded
the forts at the entrance to Santiago
harbor.
JUNE.
3. Lieut.. r. p. Hobson, u s. NJ. ran the
collier Merrimac into the channel Of
Santiago harbor and sank her,
8. Bombardment of Caimanero. on Guam
tanamo bay.
10. 600 u. S marines under Col Hunting
ton landed at Guantanamo bay and
hoisted the stars and stripes on Cuban
soil.
II. Col. Huntington's marines attacked by
Spaniards at Guantanamo: 6 killed.
among them DR.. John Blair Gibbs a
noted surgeon of New York city.
10. Gen. Skaters expedition from Key
West sailed for Santiago.
IA. U. s. marine corps defeated the Span
iards in battle at Guantanamo bay:
Spanish loss 200 killed and wounded
II. Sampson again bombarded the forte
at Santiago. with the exception OF
MORO Castle.
20. Skaters troops and armament landed
at Daiquiri, near Santiago
| a. Heavy skirmish of Roosevelts rough
riders with Spaniards at Savilla. near
| Santiago.
JULY
l. Desperate fighting by Gen. Shafter's
army at Santiago
Battles at Ell Caney and San Juan hill,
Cuba.
g. Cervera's fleet destroyed off Santiago
after escaping from the harbor by the
fleet under Commodore Schley; Span
ish lost heavily In killed and prisoners
Gen. Shafter demanded the surrender OF
Santiago: truce declared between
the armies.
TO- Bombardment of Santiago by the guns
of the army and SIMPSONS warships.
II. Santiago surrendered to Gen. ShafteI
by Gen. Tora; about $4,000 Spaniards
grounded arms
Is. Gen. Miles force landed at Port Ponce
Porto Rico.
Gen Merritt reached Manila harbor
81. Spanish attack on American lines al
, Malate, near Manila, repulsed
AUGUST.
2, Terms Of peace officially announced
l. Gen Shafter reported over 1000 sick
5000 of them fever cases; ordered tc
move his army to Montauk Point.
T. Spain accepted American terms oil
peace.
H. Spanish attack at San Juan. Porte
Rico repulsed
H. Peace protocol formally signed a
Washington,
l3 Manila surrendered to Dewey after
bombardment by the American fleet
followed by an army attack upon th
Spanish trenches.
SEPTEMBER
Q, American peace commission complet
ed. consisting of Senators Gray o
Delaware, Frye Of Maine and Davi
of Minnesota, Secretary of State w
r. Day and Whitelaw Reid.
OCTOBER.
l, First joint conference of the Ameri
can and Spanish peace commissioners
IS. Stars and stripes raised over fort
and public buildings at San Juan
Porto Rico
Peace jubilee opened In Chicago,
a. Last Spanish troops sailed from Port
Rico for Spain
NOVEMBER
q. United States ultimatum on the Phil
ippnes delivered TO the Spanish com
missioners. demanding treaty cessio
OF the archipelago for 500 900 900
g. Gen Francis Vnton Greene s v
with the vanguard Of the Amerca
garrison for Havana landed at Mari
ano wharf.
g. Spain announced through her pcac
commissioners the acceptance, unde