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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
2
Washington officials expect Spain to accept President McKinley’s peace terms soon with a Madrid cabinet meeting deemed inconclusive. The Wade expedition and troop withdrawals from Santiago advance, while General Miles nears San Juan with no expected heavy resistance.
Washington reports a July 3 message to the fleet instructing to disregard movements of the commander in chief. The incident suggests Sampson planned to be away from the blockading station and may shift command to Commodore Schley. Secretary Long says a board will soon rule on Santiago victory and the junior officers.
The auxiliary cruiser Badger arrived at Tortugas after capturing three prizes and 400 prisoners at Nuevitas Puerto Principe on July 26. Eight deserters from the Twenty second Cadiz Battalion remain aboard, citing starvation under Spanish rule. A tug will take the Spanish prisoners to New York.
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Nine Massachusetts volunteers return from Siboney El Caney and Santiago on the Dorchester. They receive aid on arrival and recount brutal Cuban combat. Corporal Marston describes sunstrokes and trench life while praising colored troops. Henry Kent and Earl Coates detail wounds and rescue efforts. Fortier La Plante recount sharpshooter encounters and theft of a $20 bill during battle.
John McNamara of Lawrence Massachusetts in Company F Ninth Massachusetts Infantry recounts a brutal voyage on the Concho from Cuba to New York with sickness typhoid fever and death aboard. He paid nearly a month's wages for food and witnessed three dead men beside him. Fellow soldier William Roberts confirms the account and Alton Durant recovers from malaria after serving at El Caney.
The Navy reports from July 18 show at least ten Spanish vessels burned sunk or destroyed off Manzanillo. American ships led by Commander C C Todd included the Wilmington Helena Scorpion Hist Hornet Wampatuck and Osceola. no American damage or casualties reported. Engagement lasted 7:30 to 10:30 a m. The Purissima Concepcion blockade runner was a long target.
An official dispatch from San Juan de Puerto Rico says Colonel San Martin who commanded the garrison at Ponce was court martialed and shot for abandoning the place without resistance. Lieutenant-Colonel Puiz, the second in command, killed himself following his superior's fate.
Aug 4 report recalls Private James Woodbury Wheeler of Company C Second Massachusetts Volunteers. He resided with his wife and child at 13 Rockland Street. Wheeler joined the company on May 9 and fell to disease while serving his country.
Provite Wheeler, the sole Lynn man in Company C, died of heart disease Tuesday at a Santiago outpost. Born Weymouth July 15, 1866, he moved to Lynn as a child and worked as a clerk, then in hardware, later becoming a bookkeeper in Brockton before reentering hardware for himself. He married in 1890 and left a child from the Salem wedding.
The Spanish government has chartered a steamer and a ferry boat to bring home 2500 troops from Cuba, with Marseilles as the port of departure on August 4.
Dimes pour into the Navy Department aimed at replacing the Maine. Secretary Long cannot trace the initiator but works to break the chain while supporters keep sending contributions for a new battleship.
Washington war department officials express surprise and worry over the Spanish Transportation Company's failure to deploy the five ships within nine days as per contract. Fourteen days have passed with no ship at Santiago. Col. Hecker says ten vessels with capacity for 18 200 men will reach between August 7 and 27.
General Ames reports the Fifth Army Corps cannot remain in fevered Cuba without risking mass deaths from malaria and yellow fever. Colonel Roosevelt writes General Shafter, urging immediate transfer to the U S north. he warns continued stay will destroy the army and devastate the flower of the American forces.
Washington reports that commanders at Santiago accelerated plans to shift troops to the new Montauk Point camp. The move will occur as transports allow and for medical reasons many soldiers will not be brought all at once. Remaining troops will be housed in healthy mountain areas near Santiago while awaiting embarkation.
Washington reports published dispatches show Colonel Roosevelt pressing for most regulars or a cavalry division including the Rough Riders to land in Porto Rico. Secretary of War Alger replies that the Rough Riders are not superior to other volunteers, urging restraint to avoid diminishing earlier victory.
Lieutenant Don Francisco y Tierrily of the Spanish army in Cuba was released at Camp Long and sent to board the Yale for New York, en route to Cuba. He was captured during the destruction of Cervera’s fleet and his final destination is Spain. Reports say 600 marines near Santiago may join a Porto Rico battalion under Colonel James Forney. Seavey’s Island could host more troops due to good accommodations.
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