Alleviations of War in Dr. Talmage Sermon on the Spanish American conflict
The sermon frames the Spanish American War as a time of moral uplift and national unity. It extols mercy in war, cites biblical examples, lauds a shift from north to south cooperation, and praises the navy’s Manila victory. It argues the conflict advances liberty, liberates Cuba, restores constitutional progress in Spain, and affirms God’s guiding protection for U S troops and civilians.
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Dr. Talmage
Moses
Joshua
Caleb
Gideon
Sennacherib
Shalmaneser
Nebuchadnezzar
Israel
Egypt
Abijah
Jeroboam
Avid
David
Jeoffin
Congressional Hall
Tampa
Chattanooga
Richmond
Massachusetts
Alabama
New York
Georgia
Illinois
Louisiana
Maine
South Carolina
Sidney Johnston
Joseph Hooker
Grant
Lee
Washington
Havana
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Murfreesboro
South Mountain
Atlanta
Red Cross
Armenia
Cuba
Christendom
Atlantic
American
Julius Caesar
Xerxes
Justinian
Genghis Khan
Spain
Madrid
Napoleon III
France
Champs Elysves
Paris
Sedan
William
United States
Bull Run
Manila
Commodore Dewey
Lord of Hosts
Benhadad
Apheck
Gilboa
Megiddo
Greece
Europe
Bosporus
Poland
Hungary
Atlantic Ocean
Red Sea
Gratifying News on Mustering of Volunteer Forces
Washington May 16 reports show progress in mustering volunteers for the Philippine expedition. Some sixty thousand troops had been mustered by Sunday, with Major General Wesley Merritt to command the expedition. Rumors about Manila and Cavite were contrasted with official dispatches detailing Dewey's blockade and Spanish holdings.
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Wassinctox
Hong Kong
Welcome News
Adm
Dewey
Secretary Long
Manila
Cavite
Adm. Dewey
Peking
San Francisco
Charles
Wesley Merritt
Long
Navy Department
France
Martinique
State
War Departments
Day
Adee
Cridler
Madrid
Adjt
Corbin
War Department
Chickamauga
Washington
War Prophecy of British French Conflict Reported
A London cable reports a member of the English government prophesying war between Great Britain and France. The forecast appears in a New York dispatch dated May 16.
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New York
London
Cabe
Great Britain
France
Navy dispatch on Sampson vs Cervera near New York
A Washington dispatch reports a strong probability that Admiral Sampson will engage Admiral Cervera’s Spanish squadron soon. Cervera may elude pursuit briefly, but his defeat seems inevitable.
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Cevera
New York
Washington
Navy Department
Sampson
Adm
Cervera
Schley
Looking for the Spanish Fleet
Dispatch reports Rear Admiral Sampson's vessels guarding the Mona and Virgin seas while scout ships patrol the Windward Islands in pursuit of the Spanish fleet.
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New York
Washington Dispatch
Sampson
Mona
Virgin
Bombardment of San Juan De Porto Rico by Sampson Fleet
Br. Adm. Sampson's fleet bombarded the San Juan de Porto Rico forts on Friday morning. American losses were two killed and seven injured, mostly from shell bursts aboard the New York and Iowa. The engagement lasted 5:15 to 8:15 a.m. with heavy enemy fire and no ships damaged. Sampson withdrew toward Key West saying he met his aim to punish, not seize San Juan.
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San Juan DE Porto Rico
St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Br. Adm
Sampson
Key West
San Juan
Frank Widemark
New York
Amphitrite
Iowa
Mitchell
Merkle
Apprentice Hill
Samuel Feltman
Michael Murphy
Indiana
Terror
Detroit
Montgomery
Wampatuck
Porter
Sodora
Evans
Chaos Reigns As Cuban City Besieged By Insurgents
A World dispatch from Nuevitas Cuba via Nassau reports chaos in Camaguey with fear and famine. Harbor boats jammed in the channel 2000 soldiers guard the entrance 12 miles from the city and cannons mounted on an harbor island. Salt pork, rice and goats command high prices. A 5000-strong Spanish column with a flag of truce advances toward Moron and a fired exchange prompts the commander to shift focus toward the coast and Americans.
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New York
Nuevitas
Cuba
Nassau
New Providence
Camaguey
Moron
War department to assemble 29087 volunteers at Chickamauga
The War department issued orders for assembling 29 087 volunteers at Chickamauga comprising 20 regiments and five batteries drawn from Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Indiana Illinois Maine Missouri New Hampshire New York Ohio Pennsylvania Massachusetts Rhode Island and Vermont. Schrey's Flying squadron sails from Newport News May 14 with the flagship Brooklyn leading as the squadron weighs anchor at 8 40 A M and proceeds to sea.
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Chickamauga
Washington
War Department
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Indiana
Illinois
Maine
Missouri
New Hampshire
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
Schrey
Newport News
Brooklyn
Congress Faces War Measures and Post Office Expansion
The Senate reported and passed a bill enabling the postmaster general to create post offices at military posts to speed mail to soldiers, with an amendment securing $850,000 for implementation. Across sessions, debates focused on railroads’ mail rates and immune and volunteer forces, while the House honored Admiral Dewey and advanced an immune bill with a volunteer brigade and tropical-duty officers.
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Washington
Senate
Post Offices and Post Roads Committee
Post Office
House
Dewey
Manila Bay
Adjutant General's Office
Signal Corps
House of Representatives
Butler
Pop
N. C
New York
Wassiington
Atlanta
New Orleans
Committee On Appropriations
Hovuski
Kyle
Hoar
Rep. Mass
George
Mississippi
Mass
United States
Horus
Secretary of War
Sabine Pass
Tex
Cuba
Messrs
Marsh
Griffin
Wis
Cox
Tenn
Cassius M. Clay
Whitehall
Daniel Macauley
War Department Order Grants Officers Discharges On Request
The secretary of war orders that men enlisted or reenlisted in the regular army during the war may be discharged at the close of the war upon individual application. Also reported, two Spanish torpedo boats lie outside St Pierre harbor waiting for the US scouting steamer Harvard detained at Martinique.
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War Department
Washington
Secretary of War
Harvard
New York
Herald
St. Pierre
Martinique
United States
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