Army Sickness Sparks Call to Move Santiago Troops North
Washington reports say Gen Shafter will bring the army home as fast as possible after Roosevelt led division officers to urge withdrawal of the fifth corps from Cuba. They warn that half the force could die if kept in Cuba and malaria cripples most soldiers.
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Washington
Shafter
United States
Santiago
Theodore Roosevelt
Fifth Corps
Cuba
White House
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Col
War Debates Move Of Santiago Troops To Montauk Point
A White House war council decides to evacuate Santiago troops to Montauk Point as soon as transport is secured and Toledo fever cases decline. Shafter's corps of about 23 000 men, plus 4000 fever cases, will relocate while immune regiments move in to garrison Santiago until Spanish evacuation permits a reduced force.
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Santiago
War Department
Tampa
Montauk Point
War and Navy Departments
White House
Bantiagong
Roosevelt
Navy to Increase Dewey Fleet With New Asiatic Force
The Navy plans to dry dock and reassign ships to Dewey's command including Oregon Massachusetts and Newark along with others. After Cuba and Porto Rico evacuations, reinforcements to Dewey will be sent from New York Norfolk and Port Royal. The Asiatic squadron may be expanded to form a strong fleet at Manila combined with existing ships.
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Oregon
Massachusetts
Newark
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Dewey
Mare Island
Port Orchard
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
West Indian
New York
Norfolk
Port Royal
Manila
Ty Dewey
Philippines
US Considers Rebuilding Large European Naval Squadron
Navy officials discuss forming a strong postwar European squadron to symbolize American sea power. They plan a force larger than prewar displays to show the ships that defeated Spain, though not due to imminent European trouble.
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Uncle Sam
West Indies
United States
Spain
Delay in Prisoner Transport Causes Embarrassment
The War Department faces embarrassment as Spanish prisoners from Santiago await transport to Spain. The Compania Trans-Atlantique Espanola contract promised ships within five days, but two weeks passed with no prisoners embarked. Prisoners are fed at great expense and many are falling sick.
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Santiago
Spain
War Department
Compania Trans-Atlantique Espanola
Water Poisoners Executed Near Gomez Camp
Four Spaniards executed after a court martial in Gen Maximo Gomez camp for poisoning water in cisterns at La Reforma. Others linked to the plot handed to Cuban civil authorities for trial. Families sickened and deaths reported as deserters who joined Cuban lines.
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Gomez
Washington
Maximo Gomez
la Reforma
Shameful voyage of sick soldiers on transport Concho
New York special details the Concho voyage from Siboney to New York with 172 invalids. Amid seasickness, fever, dysentery, likely putrid water and food shortages, there were few doctors or medicines and almost no cleaning supplies. Red Cross tried to help but staff was insufficient and conditions remained dire.
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New York
Concho
Siboney
Cuba
Red Cross Society
Wade Must Wait Port Rico Expedition Postponed
War Department officials indicate a suspension of Maj. Gen. Wade's Porto Rico expedition for the present while Gen. Corbin denies a written order. Reported verbal orders circulated among department heads cite removing Santiago sick personnel as a priority and the possibility that peace talks could render a second expedition unnecessary.
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Porto Rico
Wade
War Department
Corbin
Santiago
Shafter Freed From Blame in Concho Transport Issue
Secretary Alger released General Shafter from fault in sending convalescent soldiers aboard the Concho. The Alger statement says Shafter was not told the Concho captain needed water and that storms left the transports without shelter while at anchor off Cuba. Inspector General Col. Heyl conducted the investigation and reported the findings.
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Alger
Shafter
Santiago
Concho
Cuban
Charles Hey
Inspector General's Office
Col. Heyl
Roosevelt rebuked over Rough Riders Porto Rico request
Secretary Alger released correspondence with Col Roosevelt showing an Istter asking to ship his regiment of rough riders to Porto Rico. Roosevelt comments on the merit of State troops while Alger replies cautiously urging no invidious comparisons. State volunteers are praised as brave and capable.
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Alger
Cannady
Col
Roosevelt
Istter
Rough Riders
Porto Rico
Camp Alger Relocation Initiated Amid Typhoid Concerns
The army issues orders to move the second division of Camp Alger to Manassas Virginia, twenty five miles south of the former site. This marks the first step toward abandoning Camp Alger due to a rising typhoid fever epidemic.
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Alger
Manusaos
Voyage Tragedy Aboard The Choctaw Before Fort Monroe
Survivors and three dead were found aboard the vessel Choctaw after reaching Fort Monroe. quarantine officials needed Washington's direction and received none. Captain buried the dead at sea Friday after additional deaths. Supplies were ordered but ship departed under government orders before full provisioning.
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Fort Monroe
Washington
Concho
New York
Voyage to Cuba Report on Troops Aboard Yale
An officer aboard the Yale reports the troop transport voyage to Cuba was harsh. Troops were kept on crowded decks for three weeks with two weeks after reaching Cuban waters, getting soaked in rain and herded like sheep. Ice was scarce, water restricted, and sixty typhoid fever cases caused several deaths.
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Ofcar
Telle
Cuba
Yale
Cuban
Attack on Merrit Forces Clash as Spaniards Open Fire
Reports describe a confrontation near Merrit where American land forces engage Spanish units. Details indicate exchanges of fire and rising tensions, with casualties and strategic implications for ongoing operations.
Bloody Manila Battle Ends With Few American Casualties
In a heavy night engagement near Manila on July 31 Spanish forces attacked American troops including the Tenth Pennsylvania First Battalion First California Battalion Third artillery United States regulars and Battery A of Utah. After nearly three hours of fierce fighting the Spanish were repulsed with over two hundred killed and three hundred wounded. Our loss was nine killed and forty four wounded. A monitor and transports arrived in August as Gen Merritt expanded his expedition to Cavite bringing about 10 000 American troops under his command and preceding earlier expeditions led by Generals Anderson and Greene.
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United States
Manila
Hongkong
Pennsylvania
California
Third Artillery
Battery A
Utah
Malate
Merritt
Monterey
San Francisco
Newport
Cavite
Astor
Cnavite
Anderson
Greene
Graves to Have Stone Markers For Santiago Dead
Secretary Alger directs General Shafter to mark all Santiago graves with stone slabs to aid identification. As climate and transport permit, bodies buried at Santiago will be disinterred and returned to the United States, then shipped to families or interred at Arlington National Cemetery if desired.
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Herace
Santiago de Cuba
Alger
Shafter
Santiago
Sartiaga
United States
National Cemetery
Arlington, Va
Washington
Insurgents Protest As Garcia Flees Cuban Provinces
A New York World dispatch from Santiago reports Gen. Calixto Garcia and about 1200 insurgents halted rations and left the province after U S authorities refused to let him govern. He moved west toward Nuevitas as possible junctions with Gen. Gomes were not clear. A Puntingo dispatch notes residents file claims against the U S government for losses caused by Cuban troops over the past three years, with many claims sent back with regrets.
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Cubana
New York World
Santiago
Calixto Garcia
Garcia
United States
Holguin
Nuevitas
Porto Principe
Gomes
Santa Clara
Puntingo
Jorges
America Equal to the Task in Naval Promise
London presses discuss the United States rise as a world power. They note obstacles in governing Cuba Porto Rico and Manila but conclude the American government is equal to the task imposed by current events.
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America
London
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Manila
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Tomas
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New York Herald
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Adna N. Chaffee
Vale
Merrit
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