The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-07-27

the American people, but 1t was carried
on and conducted gloriously and to
most successful issue under the direc-
ton Of President Mckinley and his ad-
Though strong and
wealthy nation, we were wholly unpre-
pared for war. Our navy was neither
fully manned nor fully equipped. and our
small regular army, less than $4,000 and
scattered in small detachments over the
country, was mere skeleton. In a few
days after it became evident that war
would come, our fleet. thanks to the
great energy Of our secretary of the
navy and his first assistant, our noble
guest and unanimous nominee for the
vice presidency, was fully manned and
equipped and ready for action. On April
Fl, 1893, Sampson sailed for Cuba: on the
1st of May
Dewey Entered Manila Bay.
destroyed the Spanish fleet and avenged
the destruction of the Maine, and on the
Sd day Of July Sampson and Schley de-
stroyed the great feet of Cervera near
the shores Of Santiago. In the space Of
sixty-four days the American navy and
It's efficiency became the marvel of an
astonished Old World.
ION the twenty-third of April the pres
ident issued call for 125. 600 volunteers;
this was supplemented by call for 49,
600 on the twenty-fifth Of May. and in the
meantime our regular army was in
creased to 10000. All this vast number had
to be organized, drilled, fed. clothed.
equipped, armed and nodded into an eff
fective army. Considering the fact that we
were wholly unprepared for war. the task
Of creating this army and putting 1t on
war footing in so brief space of time
as was done. was q manifestation Of re-
source. energy and skill highly credit
able to the administration and to the
American people. No other nation with
so scant a preparation. could have ac-
complished this task so we'll and in so
short space of time.
ION the fourteenth of June our army Of
invasion-a scant 17.OO0-sailed for Cuba
under Gen. Shafter. On the twenty-sec-
ond it landed: on the twenty-fourth it
fought it's first battle. and on the first
and second Of July it stormed and capt
ured the hills and works of Ell Caney and
San Juan in the suburbs Of Santiago. and
the city and Spanish army were at its
mercy. The eager valor of our troops,
lead by such heroes as Shafter, Lawton,
the war. A war, begun at Manila on the
first of May. was finished at Santiago on
the third day Of July. There are rapid
firing nations as we'll as rapid firing guns.
and the United States stands chief among
the former. On the twelfth day Of Aug
ust. the protocol Of peace was signed.
On the tenth Of December. 1893. the treaty
of peace was signed. and on the sixth of
February, 1890. it was duly ratified by
the senate. In less than a year from the
time of the destruction Of the Maine. we
had acquired Porto Rico. Guam and the
Philippine islands. and had forced Spain
to relinquish her hold upon Cuba. Such
great results from a war so brief and
entailing comparatively so small loss of
life. were never known before. This war
and this result have infused into the ma
tlons OF the Old World a regard for the
wishes. views and policy of the United
States that they never possessed before.
It has demonstrated to them that we can
no more be lightly reckoned with in war
than in peace. We are no longer to them
an isolated and far distant star in the