Philippine Expedition and Cervera Lessons From Curacao
London Times questions Admiral Cervera’s prestige after Curacao visit as Dewey contemplates salvage of sunken Spanish ships if wrecking gear arrives. Merritt urges sufficient regulars for Philippine expedition and governor duties. army leaders debate sending three infantry regiments from Tampa. Detachments of ax officers and 55 men to accompany the voyage are planned. Also reports Dewey’s comment on salvage, Mackay wedding in New York, and Kansas legal and sporting notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RP. Hughes
Headlners
New York City
War Department
Merritt
Philippines
Alger
Department
Adm
Cervera
Curacao
United States
Bis
London Morning Post
England
Kelse Kuaniah
Owieago
Journal
Washington
Dewey
Pacific
Manila
San Francisco
Hostile Fleet and Peaceful Blockade Shift in Cuba
May 17 dispatches describe Blanco short on ammunition risking blockade running to Havana while Sampson and Schley guard Florida coast. McKinley abandons peaceful blockade, ordering assaults on Cuban ports until Spanish guns silenced. A Washington note predicts another 100,000 volunteers within ten days as blockades stiffen and readiness grows.
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Cervera
Wasmixatox
Blanco
Havana
Sampson
Schley
Adm
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Commodore Schley
Florida
Cardenas
Chicago
Washington
Lewis
White House
Philippines
Porto Rico
Evening Post
Key West
Venezuela
Major Generals Assigned In War Department Mobilization
The War Department advances mobilization with corps commanders named including Merritt Brooks Graham Wade Coppinger Shafter Otts Wilson Lee Wheeler in transfers and camps. Reports show about 1000 volunteers mustered with expectations that 1,265,000 total will be in service or en route to permanent camps by week’s end.
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Washington
War Department
Wesley Merritt
Department of the Pacifo
John & Brooks
Department of the Gulf
Wiliam M. Graham
Falls Church
James F. Wade
Chickamauga
John J. Coppinger
Havana Starves Under Blockade Gloom
Kry West Florida May 17 reports Havana’s conditions worsen under the blockade. Fishermen captured by blockading fleets describe severe shortages and food scarcity, contrasting with earlier profiteering. Officers have released most questioned sailors, who portray an extreme humanitarian crisis in the city.
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Kry West
Fla
Havana
Weyler
Isolation of Blanco by Cuba cable cuts
May 17 dispatches report Cuban government aims to sever all Cuba to world cables except the one into Key West to thwart Gov. Gen. Blanco. At Their Hope in Cervera Moret rejects compromise, praising Adm. Cervera's squadron. A Chicago dispatch notes Britain may land marines at Manila if needed to protect interests and maintain order until American forces arrive.
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Blanco
Madrid
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Key West
United States
Cervera
Mapnio
Senor Moret
Spain
Adm
Great Britain
America
Journal
Washington
Manila
Multiple World and Local News Items Across States
A masked robbery halted the Alabama Great Southern passenger train near Cuba, Ala., netting $5,000. The war department will keep movement news of U S warships secret for prudential reasons. Havana pulpits denounced American shelling of coast cities without warning to save women and children. Chipley Fla. businesses and the railroad depot suffered a large fire, leaving many families homeless. Buffalo Bill Cody has offered 400 horses to Gen. Miles’s scouts for enemy tracking. The steamer Gussie returned to Tampa after attempting to land 7,000 rifles and 200,000 rounds for insurgents. Biwar Remenji, noted violinist, mentioned.
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Alabama Great Southern
Cuba
Ala
Washington
War Department
Havana
Chip Jey
Fla
Buffalo Bill
Gen
Miles
Gussie
Tampa
Biwaril Remenji
Vinliniss
Stage icon Wu Enchanted World Dies On San Francisco Stage
World renowned star Wu, aged 64, born in Poland, collapsed and died from heart disease on a San Francisco stage amid he crowd. Kansas City was struck by a severe hailstorm on the 14th causing widespread damage including broken windows and damaged trees. Near Sandy Hook two men mining in a submarine channel were killed when struck by the French ship Touraine. six more narrowly escaped. The Touraine did not attempt rescue.
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San Francisco
Poland
Kansas City
Sandy Hook
N. Y
Uner Touraine
The
Touraine
Merritt May Not Lead Manila Expedition
Major General Wesley Merritt questions leading the Manila expedition citing need for 4,000 additional regular troops and disciplined forces. He argues 1,000 trained regulars with 14,000 undisciplined volunteers are insufficient and would not allow proper training before or after arrival in Manila. Dewey reports indicate strong control over Manila, with signals of a potential surrender as supplies dwindle and blockade tightens.
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New York
Wesley Merritt
Philippine Islands
Dewey
Washington
Manila
Merritt
Philippines
Ita
Department
Charleston
Tam
HiIndex
Hong Kong
Adm
Long
Cayrre
Callao
Augustt
London
Madrid
The
Standard
August
War News in the West Indies and U. S. Naval Readiness
Washington reports a strong push to meet the Spanish fleet off Cuba with Admiral Sampson's squadron and the flying squadron under Commodore Schley. Monitors Miantonomah and Terror with cruisers Cincinnati and Marblehead, gunboats Nashville Helena Machias Castin surround Havana defenses. The president pledges rapid army movement within a week to relieve reconcentrados despite whether ships are captured. Spain's fleet to be met by U S armored ships in Caribbean waters.
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Washington
Commodore Watson
Adm Sampson
Havana
Watson
Cuba
Miantonomah
Terror
Cincinnati
Marblehead
Nashville
Helena
Machias
Castin
Schley
Sampson
Cervera
Adm
Washineton
Dorst
Spain
New York
Herald
Caribbean Sea
United States
North American
Naval Board
Rabid Against England and a Big Contract for Crackers
A Madrid World correspondent reports Spain’s anger at England and the United States after Chamberlain Salisbury speeches. Spaniards denounce England as mean and perfidious and urge Russia and Germany. In St Louis, Capt Duval wins a 610000 pound army crackers contract with a “Remember the Maine” imprint, plus a 28000 gallon vinegar contract.
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New York
Madrid
New York World
England
Spain
Russia
Germany
Philippines
Mantin
Duron Island
St. Louis
Duval
United States Commissary Department
Maine
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Geavera
London Times
Curaeno
John W. Mackay
Katherine Duer
Clarence Hungerford Mackay
Corrigan
Kansas
Fort Scorr
Kan
Ankas Court of Appeals
Southern Deartment
Scott
Simons
Campany
St. Louis Trapshooters' League
Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association
Washington Park
St Louis
Missouri
Dmrrernson
Sampson and
Lee
Fitzhugh Lee
Algernon Sartoris
McKinley
Waanineron
Cockrell
Senate
Lawrence County
Committee On Finance
Wasursaron
Bramwell
Ohio
Oki
Lnely
Joseph Chamberlain
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