Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-04
EAGLE MAY SCREAM.
ONE SHORT YEAR AGO THE SPAN
ISH WAR BEGAN.
Twe1vemonth Sees 1t Ended, Foreign
Army Whipped to a Finish, Whole
Navy Destroyed, and Thousands of
Miles of Territory Taken.
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washington correspondence:
It has been year since the war with
Spain began, war which lasted just 113
days. In that time, however, the United
States land and sea forces destroyed two
Spanish fleets, received the surrender Of
more than $4,000 soldiers, took by con-
quest the fortified cities Of Santiago de
Cuba, in Cuba; Ponce, in Porto Rico, and
Manila, on the island of Luzon, in the
Philippines, and secured control, pending
negotiations for peace, of the entire Span
ish possessions in the West Indies, the
Philippines and of Guam, Of the Ladrone
islands. In this conflict the Americans
suffered no loss of ships or territory, and
but 279 killed and 1,465 wounded in bat
tie, while the cost to Spain, aside from
prisoners, ships and lost territory, was
2,199 killed and 2.94S wounded.
The formal declaration Of war by Con-
gress was made April %, but the resolu-
ton embodying it stated that war had ex-
listed since April q, when the Nashville,
a gunboat Of the American navy, COM
manded by Lieut.. Washburn, captured
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
125,0OO 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
mobilizng an army of citizen soldiers of
the United States began. Spain declared
war April "a, and within two days after
camps Of soldiers were forming in every
State. April q, three of Admiral Samp-
sons ships shelled Matanzas, and on the
next day Cienfuegos was shelled. On the
same day Admiral Cervera of the Spanish
navy, with fleet Of warships, left Spain
for West Indian waters.
Battle in Manila Bay.
Sunday, May 1, 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 navy by leading his feet 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, gunboats, and the
McCullagh. With this force he sunk,
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 9O0
In the first,week in May the definite d.
IF ho chi Of a
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 at Havana,
had with him besides his flagship, the
New York, the battleships Iowa and In
diana, the cruisers Cincinnati and Mar
blehead, and dozen torpedo craft and
gunboats. Matanzas was shelled for the
second time on May {.
Admiral Sampson appeared before San
Juan, Porto Rico, May -, 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
flying squadron put to sea to aid in finding
Cervera. The two fleets cut off Cervera
and, May Is, it was reported that the
Spanish admiral had taken refuge in San
tiago bay. Commodore Schley, with the
flying squadron, reached Santiago just in
time to prevent dash by Cervera for
Cienfuegos or Havana. Later Admiral
Sampson arrived and the combined fleets
= -, For %Ianfr
Army of Invasion.
The invasion of the army to cooperate
with the fleet at Santiago was planned as
soon as Ceryeras whereabouts was
known. President Mckinley issued a Sec
ond call for 5000 volunteers May 25. The
demand was instantly met by the men
who had failed to secure place on the
first call.
The first expedition to REINFORCE Dewey
at Manila sailed also on May 25. It num-
bered 5000 men. Daily bombardments
of the forts on Santiago bay continued.
The order was given, June 8, to prepare
a landing for the army of invasion and on
June 10, Col. Huntington, with force
of marines, landed at Guantanamo and
established Camp McCalla. The feet,
with the aid of the marines, demolished
Fort Caimanera and captured Baiquiri,
which was to be the landing place for
Gen. Skaters army, which left Tampa
on transports June IA.
Shafter appeared off Baiquiri June %,
and two days were occupied in landing.
Juragua was captured June "a, and the
advance toward Santiago began. The
Spaniards resisted and Roosevelt's rough
riders and the Tenth United States cav
airy, in the van of the American army,
found themselves engaged with supe-
rior body of Spaniards. The enemy was
driven back by the furious charge, but the
loss was 13 killed and 60 wounded. Sa-
Vile was occupied June 26, and on the
last day Of June 1900 American troops
were before Santiago, 5000 more on their
way from the coast with 5000 Cubans
near at hand.
The general assault began July /, Ell
Caney being captured at severe cost. The
last of the outworks was not in the pos
session of the American army until the