Europe Holds Peace Hope After Spain Accepts U S Terms
European capitals share a belief that peace is near as Spain reportedly accepts the principal American terms. Madrid, London, and Rome dispatches say Spain aims to sign preliminaries soon, with officials stating secrecy and swift cabinet action guided by Washington.
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Europe
Madrid
Spain
London Daily News
Gibraltar
The
Daily News
Rome
London Daily Chronicle
London Standard
London Times
Washington
London
Ace
Sixth Massachusetts Leads Porto Rico Expedition
On the Yale off Hayti the Sixth Massachusetts suffers Corporal Parker’s death and burial at sea. Major-General Miles urges strict discipline and obedience as the fleet, including the Massachusetts, Yale, and transports, proceeds toward Porto Rico.
Shafter Reports July Sanitary Losses and Illnesses
General Shafter releases a July sanitary report listing sick totals and fever cases, with multiple names of soldiers from various units dying or ill. The July 30 and 31 tallies include malarial fever, typhoid, dysentery, remittent fever, asthenia, and gunshot injuries.
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Washington
Shafter
Burgh
Sixth Cavalry
Edward Sutton
Twelfth Infantry
J. Rosling
Samuel J. Powers
Second Cavalry
Charles A. Coons
Harry Hague
Ohio
Louis Kocamnik
Fourth Artillery
F. J. Vivian
Michigan
John A. McDonald
Charles Dodge
Twenty-fourth Infantry
89. Johnson
Seventh Infantry
Patrick J. Grady
Ninth
Marsachusetts
John F. Minnis
Second Infantry
John H, Clease
Andrew Thorn
Ninth Infantry
Wringer Repair Offer From American Wringer Company
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American Wringer Company
Commanding Orders for Landing And Offensive Action
A directive urges occupying the island with 30,000 reinforcements arriving soon. The plan calls for two thirds to advance and one third to secure supplies, with no retreat once position is taken. It stresses offensive action and strict discipline to maximize enemy disruption.
Wakefield Color Guard Corporal Parker Dies Aboard Yale
Corporal Charles F. Parker of Company A Sixth Massachusetts died of typhoid fever aboard the U S S Yale en route to Porto Rico on July 23. He was 26, survived by a wife and two children, plus his parents. Parker served as color guard and clerk in the regimental post office after enlisting as a private.
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YALE
Porto Rico
Hayti
Massachusetts
Charles F. Parker
Wakefield
Nelson A. Miles
United States
Corporal Parker
Alexander Greig
Edward J. Gihon
G. R. Barnstead
Frank E. Gray
Illlnois Naval Reserve
Wise
Dusseault
Jesus
Company A
A. G. Oliver
Jacques
Sixth
Army
Navy
U.S
U. S. S. Yale
Wakefield Company
Wakefield High School
Richardson Light Guards
Andrews
DusSeault Ir
EB. J. Gihon
Peace prospects and Philippine tensions widen the U S war debate
Washington reports President awaits Madrid response to peace terms with Spain while officials size up troops for Manila Cavite and possible insurgent clashes. General Miles Shafter and port side logistics loom as Porto Rico rumors hint at a bloodless victory and navy fireproofing plans unfold.
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Porto Rico
War Department
Miles
Madrid
Masa
Shafter
Letters for Porto Rico to U S soldiers routed via Washington
The post office department announces that all mail addressed to United States soldiers in Porto Rico should be addressed by way of Washington D C.
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Post Office Department
United States
Porto Rico
Washington, D. C
Health Officer Doty aids sick soldiers on Concho voyage
New York, Aug 2. Health Officer Doty and his assistants worked twenty four hours for the comfort of sick soldiers on the transport Concho. He found the ship in deplorable condition and said it would take days to cleanse it. He was surprised by the situation.
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Madrid
Times
McKinley
M. Cambon
Senor Sagasta
Almodovar de Rio
Washington
Young
War Department
Alger
Wade
Porto Rico
Harvard
Yale
Navy Department
St. Paul
St. Louis
Sigsbee
Wise
Goodrich
Cotton
New York
Doty
Corps of Assisants
Army inspector general arrives to probe Concho health case
Major Charles S. Heyl acting inspector general of the army reached New York to investigate the Concho’s condition. He went to Quarantine with a stenographer and met with Dr. Doty the port health officer before taking testimony from several patients who had been aboard the vessel.
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Mved
New York
Charles S. Heyl
Army
Heyl
Doty
Hobson Reunites With Mother at Lithia Springs
The Merrimac hero Lieutenant Hobson met his mother at Lithia Springs after traveling from Asheville. He was greeted by a welcome crowd and joined by his brother Joseph Hobson. The mother embraced him, tears upon her cheeks, as Hobson was presented to friends at the Sweetwater Park Hotel on the Georgia resort visit.
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Hobson
Merrimac
Lithia Springs
Asheville
Joseph Hobson
Lithia
Sweetwater Park Hotel
Georgia
Lileutenant Hobson
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U. S
Standard
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Siboney
Porto
Bay
San Juan
Guantanamo Bay
Columbia
Gloucester
Santiago
Braxton
Baby Carrings
Jason's
Cook Sq
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Parker
State Department
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Cavite
Bay of Manila
Corregidor Island
Aguinaldo
Long
Watson
Brooklyn
Uge
Cho
Maraguez
Guaynabec
Agua Buenas
Guanica
Juan Diaz
Ponce
Albonitto
Gail Borden Eagle Brand
Lithia Springs, Ga
Ee Lloyd
Boyleton St
Berkelex St
Back Bay
Hanover St
Perpemise Wilson's
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Wilson Brothers
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