Passaic City record., 1898-08-13
The United States Has Spent
$I4o,5oo,ooo.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Twenty five spanish Warships, Valued at
$26,4O0.0OO, Have Been Destroyed,
Without the Loss of An American Ship
spanish Had 1000 Killed and $3.50
Wounded.

The first shot OF the Spanish-American
war was fired on April %, when the gun
boat Nashville brought the Spanish mer-
chairman Buena Ventura to time. 1t was
on the day after President Mckinley ordered
the Key West fleet to proceed to Cuba.
On the following day the President issued
a call for 1876 900 volunteers and on April II
Spain declared war. Hostilities had been
actually in progress two days before the
declaration was made.
The war has continued 105 days. There
have been briefer wars in history, but II Is
doubtful if there has been one in which the
loss of life was less considering the length
Of hostilities. The figures show that zoo
Americans were killed in battle with l,4O0
wounded, The Spanish losses were 200O
killed and 2,630 wounded. Those who have
died since as a result OF wounds or pestil-
ence are not included.
Cost of the War.
The cost of the war to the United States
is estimated at $40, 100000, Of which S2O,-
000 COO was expended to increase the navy.
The army has been increased to 278, 500 men,
including 100000 men in the volunteer reg
iments.
Twenty-Five warships, valued at S26 ,4OO,-
600, have been destroyed, without the loss
of an American ship.
Dewey, with orders to capture or destroy
the Spanish fleet in the Philippines, set sail
from Hong Kong, April "a, the day war was
declared by Spain. On the following day
the Spanish forts opened fire upon the
American feet off Havana. On the same
day Congress declared that war had been
in existence since April 81, when Minister
Woodford + ad received his passports from
the Spanish government.
Events came rapidly, and on May Dewey
destroyed the Spanish feet OF eleven war
ships in the bay of Manila and subsequently
took possession OF Cavite. No one was
killed on the American side. Matanzas was
bombarded on May 7.
First American Killed.
The torpedo boat Winslow fought three
spanish gunboats and the batteries ashore,
and as a result Ensign Worth Bagley and
five seamen were killed, the first casualties
reported on the American side. The Cape
Verde fleet was reported at Santigo May 19,
the day after the safe arrival of the Oregon
was announced. The President called for
$4,000 additional troops on May 25.
On the same day the first expedition OF
$500 men left San Francisco for Manila and
Sampson opened upon the Notifications OF
Santiago.
Hobson Sinks the Merrimac.
On June 3, Lieutenant Hobson, with
seven volunteers. sank the Merrimack in
the entrance of Santiago harbor, one of the
most thrilling acts of the war. General
Skaters troops arrived off Santiago June
81 and landed at Sibony June %. On June
"a, sixteen Americans were killed, including
six of Roosevelts Rough Riders, and fifty
more were wounded III driving the Spanish
back toward Santiago.
Two days later General Shafter occupid
Sevia and on June 80 he had 1900 troops
in front OF Santiago. The assault upon San
tiago began July /, when Ell Caney and San
Juan were taken, with heavy losses. Ger
veras fleet was destroyed July 3, while
making dash from Santiago harbor and
the arrival of the first Manila expedition
was reported. The President signed the
resolutions for the annexation of Hawaii
and General Toral surrendered Santiago
city July IA. On July IT, the American flag
was raised over the city.