Alger Defends War Department Over Soldier Deaths
Secretary of War Alger rejects blame for fever camp deaths and faults camp commanders. He urges Congress to investigate and says supplies were available and distributed, with regular officers in charge at camps from Manila to Porto Rico. He praises General Shafter and notes need for action to satisfy public demand for accountability.
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Congress
Egan
Wheeler
Washington
Alger
Manila
Porto Rico
Santiago
Tampa
Coppinger
Chickamauga
Brooke
Wade
Breckinridge
Graham
Jacksonville
Fitzhugh Lee
West Point
Massachusetts
Lee
War Department
Santiago Customs Transfer in Cuba Report
Washington reports General Shafter cabled that all customs business has been transferred to Major General Lawton in Santiago. Collections total about $102,098 with most salaries and expenses paid. remaining treasury over $90,000. Costs of the customs house reduced from $40,000 to $28,000 annually under strong management, with further cuts possible. Donaldson is credited for improved economy and efficiency.
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Washington
Corbin
Customs House
Donaldson
Transport Disgrace Protest by Mrs Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Mrs Elizabeth Stuart Phelps denounces the transport conditions for 56000 US soldiers in Porto Rico and Cuba seas. She urges immediate action to evacuate troops, calling for governors Red Cross Volunteer Aid and state delegates to assist, storm the War Department with mercy offers.
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Gloucester
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
United States
Porto Rico
Cuba
Secretary of War
Red Cross
War Department
Woman Army Doctor Appointed to Medical Staff
In Washington on August 2 a woman joined the American army medical staff for the first time. Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee, wife of Professor W. J. McGee and daughter of Professor Simon Newcomb, was sworn in as an acting assistant surgeon.
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Washington
Anita Newcomb McGee
W. J. McGee
Simon Newcomb
Naval Observatory
News of Bogans death shocks Ninth Massachusetts volunteers
The Ninth Massachusetts Volunteers at Santiago mourn Colonel Bogan’s death and praise Major Donovan and Dr Brenner. Lieutenant Dwyer becomes brigade commissary while hospital steward duties shift to Private Delaney and others as the regiment braces for transport to the United States.
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Donovan
Dwyer
Dr. Brenner
Boston
Senator Corbett
Maloney
Fitzgerald
Ninth
Francis Magurn
Joseph Kelly
Hub
Santiago
Ninth Regiment
Grady
O’connor
Lane
Carey
Bogan
Father Murphy
H. B. Breiner
Division
Brenner
David Hickey
Lowell
Joseph Wallace
James E. Sullivan
Framingham
Joseph Delaney
Magurn
Bay State Seen Near New York With Sick Soldiers Aboard
A steamer inbound from Santiago Cuba reportedly met the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association hospital ship Bay State off 31°N 74°W last Saturday. A nearby unknown troopship was seen near Nobska late yesterday, possibly the Bay State, which would need quarantine after arrival. Monitor Montauk towed by Seminole south of Vineyard Sound. Enterprise also rumored nearby.
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New York
Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association
Bay State
Bowden
Marmion
Santiago
Cuba
Nobska
Vineyard Sound
Butman
Kate Jones
Charlestown Navy Yard
Tompkinsville
United States
Massachusetts Nautical Training Schoolship
Enterprise
Schley Detached to Porto Rico Evacuation Commission
The Navy Department detaches Rear Admiral W S Schley from command of the second squadron of the North Atlantic fleet and assigns him to Porto Rico as a member of the evacuation commission. He may fly his flag on the cruiser New Orleans to remain on sea duty.
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Washington
Navy Department
W. 8. Schley
North Atlantic
Porto Rico
New Orleans
Schley
Sampson
Havana
Resolute
Philip
New York
Hay resigns as ambassador bids farewell to Queen Victoria
Colonel John Hay, retiring United States ambassador to Britain, visits Osborne Isle of Wight to say farewell to Queen Victoria before she sails to Scotland. He will stay until tomorrow as his recall letter has not arrived. Mrs Hay is absent on the continent. The royal yacht will meet him at Portsmouth for Cowes.
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London
John Hay
United States
Court of St. James
Washington
Osborne
Isle of Wight
Queen Victoria
Scotland
Hay
May Yacht Arrives With Relief Crew In Hampton Roads
The yacht May returned to Hampton Roads after delivering supplies for the National Relief Commission to Porto Rico. It now arrived for coal and carried officers and soldiers from Battery A Pennsylvania Artillery and the Sixteenth Infantry. Several crew members fall ill with mild malaria fever, while others are on furlough and listed in good health.
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Newport News
May
Porto Rico
National Relief Commission
Hampton Roads
Pancoast
Corporal Boyle
Addleson Kelly
P. D. Overfield
Wilson Poteter
Joseph Knight
Dan Cheston
Pennsylvania Artillery
Warkhizer
Sixteenth Infantry
Biddle
Fullingeton
Wilson
Prie
Vates Clark
Childs
New York Cavalry
Cheston
Clark
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Charles F. Egan
Army
Senate
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Sternberg
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Wikoff
N. Y
Higgins
Signal Corps
Montauk Point
W.l.douglas
My Ieee
W. L. Douglas
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City Hall Avenue
R.A
Traducer
Mr. Alger
Transport Service
Massachusetts Volunteers
Maguin
Peter F. Sullivan
Montauk
Harvard
Dr. Breiner
John Dwyer
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Mobile Board of Health
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