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Second Massachusetts Regiment Sail to Tampa for War
Descriptions of patriotic scenes at departure from Camp Dewey as the Second Massachusetts Regiment leaves for Tampa. Reports mention the Yankee cruiser reaching Provincetown and heavy Spanish fire near the Winslow, with multiple injuries and damage. several high officials resign in Madrid amid cabinet crisis.
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Massachusetts
Tampa
Fla
Sampson
San Juan
Porto Rico
War Department
Wesley Merritt
Philippines
Otis
Wheeler
Chattanooga
Cuba
New York
O. O. Howard
Nantucket Shoals
Erben
Brooklyn
New England Navy Yards
Washington
Buda-Pesth
Austria-Hungary
Spain
United States
Madrid
Senor Moret
Senor Gullon
Bermejo
Count Xiquena
Cape Verde
Fort de France
Martinique
Yankee
New England
Provincetown
Dewey
Walcott
Temerario
Oregon
Paraguay
State Department
Blanco
Havana
Hudson
Wilmington
Winslow
Cardenas Bay
Bagley
Bernadou
Cardenas
Navy Department
Cienfuegos
London
Uncle Sam
Manila
Boston