Merritt Announces Manila Capitulation Terms In Full
Washington dispatches from General Wesley Merritt reveal the six article capitulation of Manila. The Spanish troops surrender with arms deposited and remain under U.S. control until peace, with officers allowed to keep side arms and private property.
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Washington
Manila
War Department
Merritt
Wesley Merritt
United States Army
Philippines
Don Fermin Jardines
United States
Uncle Sam
Spain
Return of Conquering Heroes Parade for Navy Squadron
Hundreds of thousands line the Hudson as the North Atlantic squadron led by Rear Admiral Sampson returns home. The flagship New York and ships Iowa Indiana Brooklyn Massachusetts Oregon and Texas pass ceremonial reviews near General Grant's tomb with twenty one gun salutes concluding the triumph.
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New York
Hudson
Sampson
Iowa
Indiana
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Oregon
Texas
Riverside Drive
General Grant
Grant
Cervera
Santiago
Cable Reopens After Repair. Otis Arrives in Manila
Merritt telegram reports cable restored after cut by Dewey. Manila dated Aug 21 states Major General Otis arrived aboard steamers Peru and City of Puebla with no casualties.
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Merrittt
Dewey
Merritt
Manila
Otis
Peru
Puebla
Disease toll rises as shafters reports enlist losses mount
Washington reports from Aug 20 to Aug 23 show the U S Army’s Sanitary report tallying 1 111 sick on Aug 20 and 1 026 sick on Aug 21 with 75 new fever cases. Deaths include Private Frank E Sharp and Private August L Johnson from typhoid on Aug 19 20. Also noted are deaths at sea aboard Relief and Olivette including Captain John A Bobb and Private James A Perry. The reports mention corpses buried at sea and a death at Bristow from dysentery and typhoid.
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Washington
War Department
Shafter
Frank E. Sharp
Company C
Michigan
August L. Johnson
Brooklyn
Relief
Sant
Theodore Bronson
Wisconsin
Charles Irving R. Campbell
Illinois
Leslie P. Brown
Otto Miskel
New York
Olivette
Montauk Point
John A. Bobb
James A. Perry
Thoroughfare Gap
Dennis J. Murphy
Bristow
Santiago
Co. W. Richardson
First
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Johm Symons
Henry Connors
Knights of Pythias Fest Grips Indianapolis With 25 000 Lodges
At midnight Indianapolis welcomed 25 000 Knights of Pythias members. Lodges arrived from all directions while Uniform Bank contingents swelled crowds. The city wore holiday attire with emblems, flags and lights. Members from multiple states and Ontario attended as the supreme lodge opened at 10 o'clock.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Knights of Pythias
Uniform
F. CC. B
K. of P
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Missouri
New York
Iowa
Wisconsin
Texas
Nebraska
Colorado
West Virginia
Tennessee
Ontario
Supreme Lodge
Murder of ex Senator Wall near Staunton Ill
Ex Senator Wall was killed in a dispute over a horse near Staunton. Mrs Schadlich argued with Wall and her boarder Otto Mattias took her gun and fired, tearing away the left side of Wall's face and killing him instantly. A posse pursued the murderer into the woods.
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Carlinville
Ills
Wall
Staunton
Muster-Out Order Tightens Government Property Accountability
Washington reports Adjutant General Corbin issues stringent mustering out rules for volunteers. Key points require non-indebtedness certificates for officers handling public property, complete muster-out rolls, and discharge certificates for all officers and men. Absentees receive discharge on organization muster-out date after pay and property descriptive lists are sent to pay authorities.
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Washington
Corbin
Army
United States Volunteer Service
Muster-Out Procedures At State Camps For Troop Discharges
Officers will receive discharge certificates unless retained in service and must apply for non-indebtedness and final settlement. Muster-out occurs at state or regimental rendezvous with rolls, papers, and property transfers completed beforehand. Final muster-out date set ten days after departure. post arrival, physical examinations aid pension claims and rights under pension laws.
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War Department
Army
United States
Fall of Santiago Yields 23726 Spanish Surrender
Dispatch from General Shafter reports 23 726 Spaniards surrendered after Santiago's fall. Of these, fewer than 3 000 were guerrillas and volunteers, shaping the overall tally in the Santiago territory.
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Santiago
Porto Rico
Washington
Coibin
Shafter
Relief Hospital Ship Brings Wisconsin and Illinois Troops
The hospital ship Relief arrived in New York with a long list of patients and officers from the Second and Third Wisconsin, Sixth Illinois, and other units from the western states. A separate report from Newport News notes the Olivette bringing 200 Fifth Army Corps patients and lists several officers and enlisted men, with two deaths during the voyage.
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New York
Relief
Cuba
Robert E. Estabrook
Henry B. Hargraves
Fred Armstrong
Edward K. Hungerford
Wisconsin
Robert Morton
Robert C. Foyle
Wilbur H. Elmer
Frank Gray
Frank Sauer
John Klase
Bernard J. Yount
Richard D. Hales
Illinois
Louis Jensen
Herbert S. Sternberg
George H. Upham
John McDougall
Thomas B. Young
Silas M. Lewis
John Plier
John H. Johnson
Bedford J. Kinnie
George W .Marshall
Charlies L. Bomgardner
Richard J. Ruthenberg
Archie McColl
Walter E. Goodrich
Dale 8. Wallace
Melton C. Klas
Bert Justis
Henry J. Fromholz
William P. Appleby
Frank L. Weaver
Jesse Gokey
Gustave Pawasaret
William Selb
Western Infantry
Charles Green
Edgar C. Barnes
Frank E. Dayton
Joseph H. Showalter
Ralph R. Sherman
Allen R. Billing
Emil Zimmerman
Charles Hahn
Stephen Richer
John P. Juett
Henry Wright
Roscoe Co. Carpenter
Walter Weise
Otto M. Iskell
Gus Seaman
John Bowker
Joseph Nicholson
James Cohne
Joseph R. Johnson
Gus Williams
John C. Hines
Indiana
R. S. Walsh
Michigan
James 8. Wilson
Fred B. Hart
Olivette
W. C. Borth
Elton A. Herrick
John Bergeland
General Wood Bolsters Santiago Police With Military Recruits
In Santiago General Wood the military governor expanded the police force with additions from several regiments. Disorder included defiance by troops street clashes threats and a murder amid heavy drinking. The Eighth Illinois volunteers colored entered patrol duty yesterday morning.
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Santiago
Wood
Eighth Illinois Volunteers
Davis Named First Peace Commissioner to Accept
Washington reports Senator Davis of Minnesota has accepted appointment as the first peace commissioner. President asked Senator Spooner of Wisconsin to come to Washington for consultation on the Philippines and potential peace commission personnel.
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Washington
Senator Davis
Minnesota
Spooner
Wisconsin
Philippines
Peace Commission
Wheeler Takes Command at Camp Wikoff New York
General Joseph Wheeler assumed command at Camp Wikoff Montauk Point succeeding General Young. The day’s notable event besides his arrival was the discharge of the Rough Riders and Colonel Roosevelt from the detention hospital.
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Wheeler
Camp Wikoff
New York
Joseph Wheeler
Montauk Point
Young
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Ve Detention Hospital
News in Brief From the War Fronts and Cuba
The Eighth Illinois Regiment serves as guards in Santiago replacing undisciplined Second Immunes. President McKinley plans to muster out at least 40,000 troops. In Porto Rico Spanish forces slash American sympathizers, killing ninety in one village. General August cites Dewey urging escape from Manila. Two military commissions named to resolve Cuba and Porto Rico. Mangrove fires on Caibarien. peace signed after a flag of truce.
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Santiago
McKinley
Porto Rico
United States
August
Hong Kong
Dewey
Manila
Cuba
Mangrove
Caibarien
General Merritt Takes Manila as Military Governor
General Merritt assumes formal possession of Manila as military governor while Colonel Woodward and four officers resign from the Sixth Massachusetts citing harsh treatment by General Garretson. Merritt and Admiral Dewey are told insurgents must acknowledge U S authority and no joint occupation is allowed.
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Merritt
Manila
Woodward
Massachusetts
Porto Rico
New York
Garretson
Admiral Dewey
United States
Cielas
Cervera
Moreu
Spain
John Hay
Great Britain
McKinley
Government Form Defined for Manila Residents
General Merritt issues a proclamation outlining the form of government for Manila. Military movements include transports Catania Resolute and Badger carrying convalescent soldiers artillerymen and volunteers from Santiago. Adjutant General Corbin orders First Illinois Cavalry from Chickamauga to Springfield and Twenty third Kansas to Santiago.
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Merritt
Manila
Shafter
Santiago
Catania
Resolute
Badger
Michigan Volunteers
Corbin
Illinois Cavalry
Chickamauga
Springfield
Ill
Twenty-third
Kansas Regiment
Hong Kong
Ponce
Porto Rico
Ciales
Montauk Point
Spain Rejects Philippine Surrender Amid Protocol Dispute
Premier Sagasta says Spain does not recognize the surrender of the Philippines, claiming the islands were relinquished by a Spanish commander after a protocol was signed. General Shafter plans to sail to the United States today. Reports note typhoid deaths rising at Lookout Mountain camp and on other fronts as troop movements proceed from Santiago and Porto Rico.
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Ber
Spain
Shafter
Santiago
United States
Ponce
Porto Rico
Miles
Aransas
Brooke
Arroyo
Stillwater
Wilson
Senor Lopez
San Juan
Henry
Arecibo
Massachusetts
Illinois
Sagasta
Philippines
General Shafter
McKinley
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Alger
Lookout Mountain
Illinois Cavalry
Second
Illinois Infantry
Jacksonville
Cuba
Madrid
Mobile
Relief
Montauk Point
Newport News
Manila Surrenders City Only in Aug Agreement
The War Department received General Merritt's official text of the Manila capitulation on August 13, surrendering only the city while leaving the Philippine islands to peace negotiations. A board was appointed to study typhoid fever in camps as New York greeted the victorious fleet with a huge parade toward General Grant's tomb watched by about 3 million people.
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War Department
Merritt
Manila
Philippine Islands
Peace Commission
New York
Hudson River
General Grant
Noted sailor Beresford signs autographs for charity
Lord Charles Beresford offers autographs at a half crown each to raise funds for naval charities while news reports note Steven Burton of Dahlgren was likely fatally injured by a train in Mount Vernon Illinois.
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Steven Burton
Dahlgren
Mount Vernon
Ills
Lord Charles Beresford
Roosevelt Leads New York Gubernatorial Nomination Race
Local politics report Roosevelt tops Republicans for the New York gubernatorial nomination. Other notes include multiple fatal accidents: John Long killed by a Big Four engine in Marion Jonesboro. Daniel McGlinn fatally injured and his 9-year-old son dead in a Galena runaway. John Wilson drowns bathing in Elkhart River. Reverend Simpson raises 50000 for foreign missions.
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John Long
Marion
Ind
Jonesboro
Dr. Simpson
Christian Alliance
Old Orchard
Daniel McGlinn
Galena
Ills
Elkhart River
Elkhart
John Wilson
Teddy” Roosevelt
New York
Senn on invasion troops and an accidental death headline
Dr. Senn notes homesickness and fevers harmed troops in Cuba more than bullets. Augusta Michaels, a demented child, was killed by a trolley in Chicago. Gold output of Black Hills mines for the past year is estimated at 8000900 dollars. The Tybee Island Southern hotel complex burned with losses of 25000. Milk Shippers cut Chicago wholesalers price by five cents per eight gallon can. Frank Long, Chicago Electrical Exchange timekeeper, missing since Friday noon amid fears of robbery and murder. Two year old son of Cumberland Wis editor drowned in lake. Fred Primrose pleads guilty to larceny in Portland. President McKinley to attend Omaha exposition peace jubilee in October.
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Frank Long
Electrical Exchange
Chicago
F. F. Morgan
Cumberland
Wis
The
Advocate
Fred Primrose
Portland
Ore
McKinley
Omaha Exposition
Fatal Rail Disaster in Massachusetts Affects Six Lives
Report of a collision on the New York New Haven and Hartford line at Sharon near Canton Mass. A Providence local train standing at the depot was telescoped by an express from New Bedford. Early lists indicate six dead with dozens injured amid a swift response by physicians and undertakers and urgent dispatch of hospital supplies. Named victims include Franklin M. Waters of Somerville and Mrs William J Fitzpatrick of Boston with relatives among the injured and missing.
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Canton
Mass
Sharon
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Providence
R. L
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Boston
New Bedford
Franklin M. Waters
Somerville
William J. Fitzpatrick
Mary Fitzpatrick
Watson
Westerly
R. 1
Tragic Death of Mrs Possel Sparks Suspicion Near Florence
In Rome on August 23 reports say Elenora Beckett Possel, an American or English wife of German Ernest Possel, died after her body was found beneath Florence cliffs. The couple stayed there since July 1. the husband returned alone from a drive. Authorities ordered exhumation and he is under bail. papers report a £10,000 life policy.
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Rome
Ernest Possel
Florence
Elenora Beckett
Michigan Men Arrive in Knoxville for Training Camp
Michigan's Thirty-first Infantry and the First Battalion of the First Georgia regiment arrived in Knoxville Tennessee yesterday morning for forthcoming drills and joint exercises as part of a regional training program.
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Michigan
Knoxville
Tenn
Georgia
Market rings with hogs cattle sheep prices listed
Chicago hogs receipts 21 000. Pigs 2 75 to 4 00 light 3 60 4 00 rough packing 3 55 3 70 mixed 3 60 4 00 heavy 3 75 4 00. Cattle receipts 22 000 with steers 5 40 5 75 to 6 5.75. cows 2 70 4 75. veal calves 4 50 7 00. Sheep receipts 18 000 with westerns 3 70 4 55 natives 3 10 4 45 lambs 3 90 6 25. Milwaukee grain steady wheat 66 64 63 Oats 21 24c rye 42c barley steady 45 46c.
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Chicago
Texas
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Northern
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