Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-05

8reSS was made April 20, but the reSOlu-
ton e%mbodying it stated that war had ex-
listed since April 81, when the Nashville,
a gunboat Of the American navy, COM
manded by Lieut.. Washburn, captured a
Spanish ship, the Buena Ventura. On
the same day, April 81, President Nc
Kinley ordered the North Atlantic squad
ron, commanded by Acting Rear Admiral
Sampson, to sail from Key West and
blockade certain ports of Cuba. April
% President Mckinley issued a call for
125,OOO volunteers, to re-enforce the regu-
lar standing army, and sent orders to the
then Commodore George Dewey, COM
handing the Asiatic squadron of the
American navy, to find and destroy the
Spanish feet" Immediately the work Of
mobilizing an army of citizen soldiers Of
the United States began. Spain declared
war April q, and within two days after
camps of soldiers were forming in every
State. April %, three of Admiral Samp-
sons ships shelled Matanzas. and on the
same day Admiral Cervera of the Spanish
navy. with a feet of warships, left Spain
for West Indian waters.
Battle In Manfln Bay.
Sunday, May /, the first and greatest
sea battle of the war was fought. Com
modore George Dewey made himself Rear
Admiral Dewey and won undying glory
for the nav by leading his fleet in to the
mined harbor Of Manila and destroying
the entire Asiatic feet of Spain. The
Olympia was his flagship and his remain
ing vessels were the Baltimore, the BOs-
ton and the Raleigh, protected cruisers;
the Concord and Petrol, g%unboats, and the
AfoT,,1I~-l WITH AIs- Ro.11 10 1,,r1r
burned or blew up eight Spanish cruisers,
six gunboats and three transports. In the
engagement not an American life was
lost, while in killed and drowned the
Spanish loss has been placed between 500
and 500.
In the first week in May the definite di-
in Atlantic and Cuban waters into squad
rons and fleets was made. The flying
squadron, Commodore Schley in COM
mand, was formed at Hampton Roads,
the vessels being the Brooklyn, flagship;
the Massachusetts,, the Texas, the Co.
lumbia and the Minneapolis. Admiral
Sampson, in the blockade line ut Havana,
had with him besides his flagship, the
New York, the battleships Iowa and In
diana, the cruisers Cincinnati and Mar
blehead, and q dozen torpedo craft and
gunboats. Matanzas was shelled for the
second time on May Z.
Admiral Sampson appeared before San
Juan, Porto Rico, May IL, and lombard
ed the forts for three hours. Moro was
partly reduced. Sampson was in search
of Cervera's feet when he bore down upon
San Juan. On the following day the
flying squadron put to sea to aid in finding
Ceryera. The two fleets cut off Cervera
and. Nav IS. it was reported that the
Spanish admiral had taken refuge in San
tiago bay. Commodore Schley. with the
flying squadron, reached Santiago lust in
time to prevent q dash by Ceryera for
Cienfuegos or Havana. Later Admiral
Sampson arrived and the combined fleets
begun their long wait for their prey.
Army of Invasion.
Tho invasion of tho RIM IN ,o-oro,,.
with tho Aeat ut sort;ooo Vac nlonpea as
soon ms Ceryero,s whereohnmts ,,as
Anown President McKinley issued . sco.
md cali for ~ volunteers Nav Ok nh
damand was Instantly mot nv Tho mon
who Ind failed tn soc,ro n niooo nm 4ha
first rail.
Tho first exned;tion to re.enforco noro-,
at Manila so;lad oIso on Nov Ok r. n,,o,
hornd coon mon Daily bomhordn,ant
NJ tho forts on Santiago Inv cont;r,od
mo ordor wos sivan Iiuna s tn nraneu.
a.lond;nr for Tho or,nr os ;nvos;on anS ae
:Inna 10 Col. Hnntinpton' With n faroa
Of marines. landed at G,iantanamo anl
estohl;shed Camn ccoi The eant
with the mid of tho marines danoo,;shoJ
Fort Caimonera md contnred Ro;n,,;r;
which was tn ho tho Iand;nn nlaaa 81,
Can sbestar,s ormv which 7oft r. y
on tronsnorts J.na ~ @AAp
Shofter onneored off R.;cu;r; I'm, 10
and two dnvs were occnn;aS in ,and;n.
:Jnracma was contnred :Jrna d anI ~.
advance toward Santiago hecan ME
Snaniards resisted and Rooseyelt;s ronnh
elders md the Tenth limited Stotes ons.
airy, in the van Of the American army.