The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-13
A YEAR OF GLORY,
New York SUM-

New York SUM-
The war with Spain began only one
year ago. On April 10, 1898, congress
passed resolutions directing the pres
ident to put an end to Spanish author
ity in Cuba. On April q Minister
Woodford received his passports from
the Spanish government. On April %
the president issued proclamation to
the neutral powers, announcing a
state of war, and on the same day the
blockade of the Cuban ports began. On
April "a aformal declaration Of war was
made by Spain. On May / Admiral
Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet at
Manila. On May 10 Admiral Cervera's
fleet arrived at Santiago, and on May
30 Admiral SIMPSONS fleet arrived off
| that port. On June 20 Gen. Skaters
army landed at Daiquiri. On July
Admiral Cervera's fleet, in attempting
| to escape from Santiago, was destroyed
| by Admiral SIMPSONS ships. On July
II Santiago surrendered to Gen. Shaft
er's army. On July % Porto Rico was
| successfully invaded. On July 20 the
! Spanish government asked for terms
| Of peace through the French ambas-
sador at Washington. On Aug. 9 Spain
accepted the terms. On Aug. IL the
peace protocol was signed at Washing
ton and an armistice proclaimed. Hos
| tilities with Spain were over after a
, little more than three months of &C.
! tual war.
! During the contest we had lost no
ship, not gun, not color, not a pris-
oner and our loss of life in battle and
| by disease was small beyond precedent
in the history of war We sent large
military expeditions to Cuba, to Porto
/ Rico and to the Philippines, and all of
! them were successful, with a minimum
of loss. The supply departments of the
army, as the reports submitted with
J the report of Major General Miles bear
! witness, were uniformly efficient, there
| being no deficiencies of food except for
a few days in the rapid Santiago cam
paign, and unavoidably there.
The conference of the American and
| Spanish commissioners of peace began
at Paris on Oct. 1, and on Dec. 10 they
| signed the treaty of Paris, the eX-
| change Of the notifications of which by
the two governments took place at the
| White House yesterday.
| Never in the history of war was there
a more complete triumph so rapidly Sc
| cured; never were results so magnl-
fcent achieved by so brief a war, with
a loss of life so small, actually ana
| neutrality-suspicious. a single reverse,
| single setback on either the sea or the
| lana, or the slightest interruption VI
| the continuous succession of victories
| Attempts are making to dim the
lustre of these splendid achievements
of American arms, even by the ofnceI
ranking as the commanding general OF
| the army himself. His course of ma
| tional defamation is without an eX-
ample in the history of his office or III
| the history of civilized states, ana II
will tend to make his name infamous
| but the glory of victory cannot be les
sened by him or by anybody else Inc
record of the war will always remain
| to celebrate the valor and proves OF
American soldiers and sailors.
The peace which was made at the
| White House yesterday was well won.
May it long endure! Hail to the ne"
and greater power of America!