Troop Movements to Santiago and Manila Plans
Washington dispatches reveal orders for Fifth Infantry from Tampa to Santiago and the Twenty-third Kansas colored regiment to join the occupation force in Cuba. Merritt coordination emphasizes no joint occupation with insurgents and equal treatment for all law abiding people.
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War Department
Alger
Corbin
General Merritt
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Merritt
Philippines
United States
Manila
Manila Bay
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Cuba
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Kansas
San Francisco
John Dunsmore
California
Edward O'Neil
Augustus Tholen
Twenty-third Infantry
Archie Patterson
Minnesota
William Lewis
Nebraska
Volun
Merritt Dispatch Reaches Washington Details Manila Fall
Washington reports General Merritt's dispatch from Hong Kong and Manila describing the 48 hour demand to the Spanish commander to remove noncombatants and the Spanish reply thanking for humane sentiments. He notes the sick and noncombatants faced suffering and the surrounded Spanish forces faced surrender as humanity’s due.
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Washington
War Department
Merritt
Hong Kong
Manila
Admiral Dewey
Three Spanish Prisoners Freed
Three Spanish prisoners are released and will return to Spain. Admiral Cervera will not leave until all his men depart. The navy weighs final disposition of prisoners with special cases like Dr Jurada and Captain Moreu, who gain release to aid Spain’s parliament and medical needs. New York will be first American warship to enter Havana harbor carrying a U S military commission for evacuation talks.
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Washington
Cervera
Spain
Annapolis
Navy Department
Jurada
Moreu
Cervyera
United States
Morell
New York
Havana
Yellow Fever At Camp Wikoff Report
Physicians in charge of the detention hospital at Camp Wikoff report no rise in Yellow Fever cases since Wednesday. Seven fever cases remain in the hospital, with about 300 men in the hospitals overall as new arrivals replace those discharged. Scarlet fever also appears in two patients. General Young follows orders from the secretary of war regarding the outbreak.
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New York
Camp Wikoff
General Young
Secretary of War
Spectator Travel Passes Now On Sale at Resorts
Available to all tourist resorts north northeast and northwest the pass remains valid for returns until December 31 1898 offering continued access through year end at popular destinations across the region.
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