Cubans Likely to Give Trouble Over Porto Rico Plan
President expects troops from Chickamauga to depart within a week for Porto Rico. General Miles’s departure is delayed but Yale will be convoyed by a naval vessel. Bids open for transporting Spanish prisoners as Dewey reports Manila unchanged.
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Fever Situation Hopeful At Front Says Surgeon General
Washington reports Surgeon General Sternberg views the fever at the front as hopeful as normal conditions return with the end of the military campaign. He notes strict sanitary measures, urges immune medical staff, and confirms no confirmed yellow fever cases aboard the Seneca beyond early reports. The Resolute sails with contract surgeons and nurses to assist wounded and fever patients in New York.
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Better Rifles for Troops in Porto Rican Expedition
Government officials discuss supplying Krag-Jorgensen rifles to volunteers in the Porto Rican expedition, acknowledging the Springfield’s inferiority. With 60,000 Krag rifles in reserve, production at 18 daily, and belts and smokeless powder prioritized for troops in the field.
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Washington
Corbin
Santiago
Shaler
Ordnance Department
Department
Spaniards adapt to American life amid casualties in Portsmouth
Report from Portsmouth New Hampshire notes Spaniards adopting the American plan while gaining freedom to roam. Four deaths from malarial fever mark the day in the Spanish lines. Burial rites placed names and histories on pine boxes for future visitation. A despatch says Whitelaw Reid sent six trained nurses and 100 cats for wounded prisoners. Parole acceptance remains undecided pending Admiral Cervera’s ruling.
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Whitelaw Reid
New York
Cervera
Nurses Sail on Resolute for Cuba Relief Mission
On board the relief ship Resolute bound for Cuba were 73 male nurses, 10 female nurses and 10 physicians, with a rabbi and two Protestant clergy from the National Relief Association. The voyage included shipment of 70,000 three grain quinine pills to Santiago. Also the Manitoba of the Atlantic Transport line arrived and was turned over to the government.
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Resolute
Cuba
National Relief Association
Santiago
Manitoba
Atlantic Transport Line
Newport Arrives with Four Prize Steamers Off Tompkinsville
United States gunboat Newport under Commander Tilley arrives from Key West with four prize steamers Guido Catalina Miguel Jover and Buena Ventura. The port at Tompkinsville anchors as Mason Mitchell a Rough Rider with a wound in the right arm comes ashore along with a sailor from the New York. All crews aboard the Newport and prize steamers are reported well.
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United States
Newport
Tilley
Key West
Guido
Catalina
Miguel Jover
Buena Ventura
Tompkinsville
Mason Mitchell
Navy watches Spanish ship leaving Vera Cruz for Havana
The Navy Department keeps a sharp lookout for a Spanish vessel loaded with food supplies that sailed yesterday from Vera Cruz. It is believed to head for Havana if it can bypass the blockading fleet, and news of its departure has been sent to Commodore Howell in charge of the blockade off Havana.
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Cuba
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Anthony Trujillo
el Porvenir
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Soldiers Ready to Move from Chattanooga in Twenty Four Hours
The Queen & Crescent route is instructed to load 3000 troops for Newport News within 24 hours. The 3000 likely form General Haines's second brigade, first division, First Corps, with regiments Fourth Ohio Third Illinois and Fourth Pennsylvania. No orders until General Brooke arrives at the camp tomorrow. over 20,000 men ready on short notice.
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Queen & Crescent
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Queen & Crescent Route
Newport News
Haines
First Corps
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Pennsylvania
Brooke
Spain weighs peace terms after Santiago surrender
Span Stall Hopes reports the Cabinet Council debated the capitulation of Santiago de Cuba. Ministers questioned Toral's full province surrender and asked for Toral’s court martial details. El Imparcial notes Spain would face unequal terms if peace were sought now, urging continued war to regain lost territory.
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Toral
Blanco
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Strained Cuban American Ties Grow Bitter At Santiago
Report from Cibans almo st hostile lines after General Shafter refuses to cede Santiago to the Cuban junta. Garcia’s forces protest the decision while Castillo seeks why the city remains under U S control. Shafter asserts no Cuban or American will enter Santiago until turnover by locals. Garcia declines flag ceremony invite.
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Kingston
Shafter
Garcia
Basquiri
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el Caney
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Castillo
Demetrius Castillo
Spain
Guantanamo Bay Surrenders 6000 Spaniards in Cuba
A Marblehead launch delivered notice of General Toral's troops surrender and the capitulation terms for Santiago to the Spanish commander at Caimanera. The flag was hauled down. about 3000 fit for service with 3000 disabled remain. Formal surrender planned for tomorrow.
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Playa del Este
Guantanamo Bay
Vartcaya del Toro
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Toral
Santiago
Guantanamo
Baracoa
Sagua de Tanamo
W. R. Shafter
War Department reports 10,000 rifles and 10 million rounds
Headquarters near Santiago on July 19 states the ordnance officer reports over 10,000 rifles sent in and about 10,000,000 rounds of ammunition. The notice was posted at 3 o'clock in Washington and addressed to the Adjutant General.
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Washington,uly
War Department
Playa
Santiago
Washington
S Steinmann
Cambridge
Sarah M. T
J. Henry Steinmann
Troops Move from Tampa to Fernandina After Fever Reports
Troops who left Tampa for Porto Rico are to be moved to Fernandina. The camp was on low ground and several men contracted malarial fever. Yellow fever rumors were denied by the State Board of Health president, who stated there is no suspicion of yellow fever in Tampa.
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Tampa
Fla
Porto Rico
Fernandina
State Board of Health
Fifth Regiment Hears of Possible Porto Rico Move
Camp Dalton South Framingham July 19 Colonel Whitney received a telegram from Adjutant-General Corbin saying the regiment will be notified soon of its destination. The War Department plan and transport presence hint at potential service in Porto Rico. If kept at camp, a twelve mile practice march may occur along local roads.
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Framingham
Whitney
Corbin
War Department
New York
Porto Rico
Vin Mariani Proclaimed Superior Tonic in Medical Journal
The Virginia Medical Journal praises Vin Mariani as a powerful general tonic that strengthens digestion, steadies nerves, and energizes the body and brain. It claims Vin Mariani enriches blood, surpasses iron and quinine, and does not cause constipation.
Massachusetts Wounded On Transport Seneca Arrives
Among the sick and wounded aboard the transport Seneca which arrived at Old Point Comfort on July 19 are Massachusetts men led by Major Frederick T. Southmayd of the Second Infantry. Private Angell and several others from the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry are listed with multiple companies represented.
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Seneca
Massachusetts
Frederick T. Southmayd
Ond Infantry
Angell
Massachusetts Infantry
Remiss
Butier
McCune
Might
Campbell
Massachusetts Regiment
Ennis
Sixth
Nash
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