Griggs courier., 1898-06-24
WEEKLY War HISTORY.
Conplete Record Of Events Told IN
Few Llaes Covering ALI
Important News.
TUESDAY. JUNE Il.

advocated At Washington.
Recruiting for the companies OF the vol.
unteer regiments is general in the states
and fast work is being done.
Thirty-two transports. carrying upwards
Of II. 900 soldiers and conveyed by warships,
sailed for Cuba from Key West.
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. commander OF
the Seventh army corps. with headQuar-
ters at Jacksonville. received orders to pre-
| pare an army Of 10000 men to move on Ha-
vana.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE Is
Admiral Sampson made an official report
to Washington that all of Cervera's fleet
are in Santiago harbor.
The last Of the transports carrying troops
to Cuba sailed from Tampa. Fla. and the
entire expedition is now en- route.
A general order has been issued to the
effect that no native Of the Philippines
| shall be enlisted in the army Of the United
States.
The seven men who served under Naval
Constructor Hobson in the Merrimac ex-
pedition have been promoted by the navy
department.
The defenses at Havana have been
strengthened by double rampant and 50.-
COO Spanish troops are said to be within the
walls of the city.
In the second night attack of the Spanish
on the marines at Guantanamo two Of the
| Americans were killed and several others
| were wounded. The marines are deter
| mined to hold the ground until the troops
arrive.
THURSDAY. JUNE 16.
-Four thousand United States soldiers
left San Francisco on four transports
headed for the Philippine islands.
News comes from Havana by way of
| Jamaica that the people are starving and
that many Americans are imprisoned.
According to advices from Madrid Gen.
Blanco has been authorized to exchange
Lieut.. Hobson and the Merrimac prisoners.
Assurances have been received from Ber-
| lin that the German government has no in
tention Of interfering in the Philippine
question.
Admiral Sampson reported to Washing
ton that the Cuban general, Rabbi, had oc-
| cupied Acerraderos, only eight miles from
| Santiago. and practically suburb of that
Spanish stronghold.
The dynamite cruiser vesuvius fired
| three shells at a Santiago fort. practically
destroying it. The cruiser New Orleans
battered down new defenses which the
| Spaniards were erecting.
The secretary of war sent to congress es-
| Inmates for appropriations for the army
| up to January next amounting to sl3.2O0.-
600. The amount so far asked on account
| Of the war is approximately 1891 zoo, 900.
American marines routed a large force
of Spaniards in camp near Guantanamo
bay and killed 40 Of the guerrilla band. One
| American was wounded. A force OF Cubans
cooperated with the attacking party.
FRIDAY. JUNE II.
1t is expected that the third Manila ex-
pedition will leave San Francisco in about
| ten days.
1t was again announced at Madrid that
the Spanish reserve squadron had sailed
from Cadiz.
merly the Nictheroy, Of the Brazilian navy,
| arrived in New York
The Spaniards are being driven from
their outposts in the Philippines. and their
condition is becoming critical.
The president has decided to send at once
| a second expedition of 6.000 men from
Tampa to reinforce Gen. Shafter.
The fort and earthworks at Caimanera,
near Guantanamo. were destroyed by
bombardment from the Texas. Marblehead
| and Suwanee.
Three thousand horses and mules broke
| loose in the camp at Tampa and caused q
wild panic. 1t is feared several soldiers
! were killed in the stampede.
Advices from Key West say that more
than 5000 Spanish volunteers and many
| regulars from Puerto Principe and Neu-
vitas garrisons have deserted to the pa
triot army.
The warships under Admiral Sampson
| bombarded the forts of Santiago de Cuba
for the third time. Ell Moro was spared.
owing to the presence of Lieut. Hobson and
his companions. but all the other defenses
were probably rendered useless. The loss
Of life on the Spanish side was &C nsider-
able.
SATURDAY, JUNE 49,
Capt. Gen. Blanco has refused to enter
tain a proposition to exchange the Merri-
mac prisoners.
The Cadiz fleet was sighted off Ceuta on
the north coast Of Africa. sailing eastward
into the Mediterranean.
Dispatches from Shanghai to London say
the American troops have reached Manila,
The news Is not confirmed from other
sources.
Admiral Dewey reported to the navy
department that he was still maintaining
the blockade at Manila and that the iusur-
gents entirely surrounded the city.
The council general Of Catalonia. repre-
senting the mercantile intelligence Of
Spain. has called on the Madrid govern-
ment to sue for peace on any terms.
Maj. Gen. Miles arrived in Washington
to consult Secretary of War Alger. He re-
ported that Garcia's army, in pursuance of
his request. was closing in upon Santiago
de Cuba.
The insurgents in the Philippines are
making remarkable progress and are said
| to have captured the family of Capt Gen.
Augusu and the governors of the provinces
of Cavtte. Balucan and Bataan.
SUNDAY. JUNE 10.
1t is said that Gen. Miles will personally
lead the expedition to Puerto Rico
One Of the German war vessels at Manila
has been ordered away. indicating that the
kaiser lntenOS no menaclnS act to Amer.
ican domination.
The rebels hold Manila at their mercy,
but Admiral Dewey is anxious that the
American troops should have the honor
Of receiving the Spanish capitulation.
In an interview in Madrid Capt. Aunon.
the Spanish minister of marine. said that
Spain would ultimately send fleet to
Philippine waters regardless of cost or the
result.
At council Of war at the white house
It was decided that the original plans Of
campaign for the conduct Of the war shall
be adhered to and pushed with vigor and
energy.
MONDAY. JUNE 20.
Spanish infantry made hasty retreat
for cover at Guantanamo under heavy fire
from American warships.
The inhabitants Of Caimanera, Cuba,
have strewn the streets with straw and oil
with the intention of destroying the city
and fleeing to the hills.
James T. Gatewood. Of Ashland Va,
private secretary to Mai. Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, Of the Seventh army corps. was struck
by lightning and killed at Pablo Beach.
Fla.
Admiral Sampson has decided to reduce
Moro castle at Santiago. He has learned
that Hobson and his men are no longer held