Grim humor in the war reports from Manila and Mobile
The dispatches recount Dewey’s breakfast pause during battle off Manila and Commodore Jouett’s capture of Murphy’s boat at Mobile Bay. A satirical note from Senator Funk’s Spirit Lake Beacon tells of a calf choking on popcorn in heat, illustrating how environment shapes outcomes.
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Rifled mortar and electric corps tested at Santiago
Reports detail new US weapons and support for the Santiago landing. The rifled mortar, nine feet long with a 600 pound shell, could revolutionize siege warfare if successful. General Shafter commands 150 trained electricians and five large searchlights to illuminate targets across seven miles.
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Dewey Commands Sail To Forestall Spanish Torpedo Attack
Reports detail Admiral Dewey's cautious nightly patrols and a planned but perilous passage into Pasig River to destroy torpedo craft, with Caldwell commanding a landing party and Ensign Caldwell tasked for a ramming stroke during rain squalls. The Spaniards move to close the river, while Aguinaldo refuses to release Governor Augusti’s family, citing safety concerns for natives.
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Pensions and Postmasters Updated Official Style
The Department lists yesterday's pensions and postmaster appointments including Iowa locales such as Des Moines and Creston with increases and reissues. Also notes money order expansion to many small offices with the July 6 effective date and lists Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota offices affected.
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Scott County
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Treynor
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Nebraska
Arizona
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Cushing
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Preparations Under Way For Shafter's Army Expansion
Reports from New York indicate large scale moves to reinforce Shafter's force for Puerto Rico and Santiago. Additional artillery batteries and cavalry units are being dispatched to Florida and mobile ports for transport to the theater, with Fernandina as the principal embarkation hub and ships from New York and Mobile set to sail.
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Santiago
Fernandina
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Miami
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Jacksonville
Army Board
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Bill to appoint five navy cadets at large years end
Washington June 22 The house naval affairs committee agrees to report favorably a bill authorizing the president to appoint five more cadets at large to the naval academy at Annapolis this year. The aim is to honor distinguished naval service especially for John Vincent Gridley son of Captain Grisley the late Olympia commander who died from injuries sustained in Manila. The other four appointments will be reserved for similar cases.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
House
Naval Academy
Annapolis
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Grisley
Olympia
Manila
Diphtheria and Meningitis Alarm at Camp Merritt
Diphtheria and cerebro spinal meningitis cases at Camp Merritt cause anxiety in San Francisco on June 22. Several pneumonia cases reported in the hospital.
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San Francisco
Camp Merritt
Spanish Fleet at Cadiz Loss Repairs for Vittoria
Washington reports confirm the Spanish fleet returned to Cadiz with the cruiser Vittoria towed in damaged. In Rome the pope’s physician notes a rheumatic attack kept him in his room, delaying audiences. A burglar who stole 32 cents from a baker’s shop bit into every remaining pie and cake, making them unsellable.
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Washington
Marseilles
France
Cadiz
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