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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1898
Page
2
Washington reports show leaders weighing European pressure on naval moves, with Watson’s projected voyage debated. General Miles moves toward Porto Rico while Samp son announces success at Nipe Bay to support a Cuban base near Santiago for supply routes and operations.
Reports say Watson’s fleet will be doubled and Commodore Schley will command a second division. The eastern squadron would group Newark Brooklyn Oregon Massachusetts Indiana Texas Yankee Yosemite Dixie Princeton and possibly New Orleans, with New York and Iowa excluded. The plan aims to ensure a strong naval presence in the Philippines and deter third powers.
Brigadier General Fred D. Grant is ordered by the Secretary of War to command the Third Brigade of General Wilsons division in the First Army Corps Two brigades of this division are already assigned for the Porto Rico invasion with Ernsts having left Charleston and Hains leaving Chickamauga for Newport News today.
The article contrasts German and U S battleships and cruisers, noting six 10,000 ton German battleships with 11 to 15 inch armor and 11 inch guns, against a larger U S fleet with similar gun calibers. It concludes the American fleet is more efficient overall and stronger in cruisers when auxiliary vessels are included.
The article describes Wake Island discovered in 179%, its coordinates 19 10 64 N 166 31 30 E, about 2000 miles west of Honolulu and 1300 miles from Guam. It notes the atoll is uninhabited, low coral, eight feet above sea level, with a lagoon and no fresh water. It suggests potential as a coal depot if water and defenses could be added and flood risks mitigated.
Wake Island, claimed by the United States after a landing by General Greene on the China expedition, is three miles long with a coral reef harbor. The island lies between Hawaii and the Ladrone Islands and has been uninhabited for sixty years with no local human presence found. The capture provides a potential coaling station and cable landfall point.
Madrid government recognizes U S plan to repatriate Santiazo prisoners. General Shafter telegrams that Spain wants troops landed at Vigo Corunna and Santander on the Bay of Biscay, and the request will be complied with unless unforeseen obstacles arise.
In Madrid on July 22 the directors of leading papers urged Premier Sagasta to abolish the siege and censorship. A Hong Kong despatch says insurgents attacked Manila and were repulsed with about five hundred losses. Spaniards suffered fifty casualties. A second attack failed as well.
Santiago de Cuba shows quiet daily life resuming under General Wood who orders shops to open and plans music in the plaza on Sundays and Thursdays. Cubans protest continued Spanish officials and consider addressing an official protest to General Shafter.
General Weston reports 25,000 pounds of fresh beef issued to troops and hospitals in Santiago on July 22 as General Shafter's army advances. Full bread rations to two divisions and ovens en route. Adjutant General Corbin's son met Weston at Siboney.
The Spanish sloop Domingo Aurelio of about twenty tons was captured by the Punboat Maple last Saturday and brought to Key West. De Swett’s root beer touted as wholesome and good for the blood.
Lieutenant Hobson, hero of the Merrimac, arrives in Washington amid a hero’s reception in New York. He bears despatches from Admiral Sampson and urges immediate contracts to salvage Spanish warships, including the Cristobal Colon and Maria Teresa, warning that a gale could ruin efforts. He meets Secretary Long and the President, who praise his gallantry and support his mission to save ships at Santiago.
Lieutenant Hobson arrives unannounced in Washington, faces an enthusiastic crowd at the railway station, declares all Merrimac crew members are safe, and proceeds to brief the Navy Department before returning to New York. The reception includes police escort and a public demonstration at the Army and Navy Club and Navy Department.
General John H. Brooke and his staff depart Camp Thomas for Newport News en route to Porto Rico. The specific regiments bound for Porto Rico are decided but not released. The notice also advertises repair services for wringers and sweepers by the American Wringer Company.
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