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Nation faces war with Spain declares independence for Cuba
President McKinley reviews the Cuban crisis, Spanish reconcentration, and the Maine disaster. He recalls Congress's 250 million defense measure, the blockade and declaration of war, the Dewey victory at Manila, and the push toward peace talks while outlining wartime provisions, treasury results, and future U.S. policy on Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines, and Hawaii. The message urges a strong navy, army expansion, and a steady maritime policy amid global shifts.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Treasury
United States
Spain
Cuba
American Red Cross
Maine
Havana
Naval Board of Inquiry
Naval Court
Guba
Madrid
Tagain
Cuban
Washington
Woodford
Eaid
Cardenas
Great Sea
Cienfuegos
Regular Army
International Navigation Company
St. Paul
St. Louis New York
Paris
Auxiliary Navy
Signal Corps
Manila
Santiago
Porto Rico
Army
Navy
National Defense Fund
Matanzas
Pacific Fleet
George Dewey
Hong Kong
Mirs Bay
Philippine Islands
Manila Bay
Cavite
Merritt
Dewey
Wilmington
Winslow
Carsenas
Worth W. Bagley
North Atlantic
San Juan de Porto Rico
Schley
Santiago Harbor
Merrimac
General Shafter
Cervera
Cambon
Duke of Almodovar
M. Cambon
Ladrone
Spanish Antilles
William R. Day
Cushman K. Davis
William P. Frye
George Gray
Whitelaw Reid
Austria-Hungary
Brussels
Nicaragua Canal Commission
John G. Walker
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
United States of Central America
Canal Commission
Atlantic
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Szechuan
Kullen
Great Britain
Canada
Greece
Republic of Hawaii
U. S. S. Philadelphia
Miller
Honolulu
Dole
Hawaii
Behring Sea
Ottoman Porte
Turkey
Armenia
Frzeroum
France
Germany
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of the Treasury
Mack
Philippines
Temwe
Post Office Department
Secretary of the Navy
Patent Office
William M’kinley