Yellow fever rumors surface across cities in 1900
Special reports from Manprip and New York detail rumors of yellow fever in New York and Florida denied by civil authorities while three suspicious cases surface aboard the transport Seneca. Officials with the army and war department press information control as port actions and expedition movements unfold.
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Sternberg
Regular Army
Seneca
Newport News
General Greely
Shafter
U.S. War Department
Porto Rico
Naval Vessel Joins Porto Rico Expedition Training and Troop Movements
Reports from Washington and Chickamauga indicate General Miles will lead the Porto Rico expedition with naval convoy support from Admiral Sampson. Troops from Chickamauga are expected to depart within a week, embarking at Newport News or Norfolk, with plans for Tampa and Key West transfers. The fleet’s role centers on convoying, landing support, and harbor fortification reductions, as the army conducts the core operation.
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General Miles
Porto Rico
Offeer
Siboney
Yale
Sampson
Miles
Charleston
Chickamauga
Brooke
Newport News
Norfolk
Tampa
Key West
Porto Ries
Navy Department
San Juan Harbor
Porto Rican
Recruitment Progress Under Second Call for 75 000 Volunteers
Washington July 20 Fairly good progress reported in the volunteer army drive under the president s second call for 75 000 men. States like Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Wisconsin Missouri New Jersey Rhode Island West Virginia have met or exceeded quotas while North Carolina Colorado Louisiana Nebraska Tennessee and Virginia lag. The adjutant general orders scrutiny to weed out poor material and assure units meet strength limits. Regular army total about 44 000, 18000 short of its legal complement. volunteer army 185 000, about 17 000 short of the maximum under both calls.
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Imdiana
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Missouri
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West Virginia
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de& S
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Lou Sina Nebia K
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Virginia
Regular
Vollunteer
Bank urges savings habit for youths in Marshall Field message
The Citizens' Savings Bank presents a message urging young men to begin saving early. It stresses that habit forms through small, regular deposits, building incalculable benefits in later years and teaching economy in small matters.
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