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Show itMiLM uv thi: v Am yoosls of tbs rroiulsenl reslores of America's Triumph l Arms Spain, having thus dented the demand de-mand of the United Bute and Initialed lhat complete form of ruplur of relations re-lations which utles.de a elate of war, the executive pjwers authorised by the the resolutions were used by me to meot Ihe enlarged contingency of actual act-ual wur between Hpaln and the United Mates on April :, I proolalmed a blockuda of the northern roavt of Cuba, Cu-ba, Including irta on old coast between be-tween Cardeiua and llshtu Honda and Ih puft of Clcnruegoa on the south coin of Cuta and un the Slrd I called for volunteers to execute tht purpos of Ihe resolution lly my meatus mea-tus of Air1l ti the Cungrros wua Informed In-formed of the situation und I recount-mended recount-mended formal declaration of tht exiat-ence exiat-ence of a ewte of war between the United HUtes and Hpaln The Congrosi accordingly wted on the eime day the out approved April IMS, declaring Ihe exlalenco ot null .ar front and Including In-cluding thi Slsl day uf April and re-enacted re-enacted Ihe pr itiaion of the resolution ut Aiprll 10 directing tho President to uao ull the armed forces ef the nutlon lo carry lhat aot Into (ffert Due notification noti-fication of the exltno ot wur ua uforraald waa glvon April 9i by tele-trraph tele-trraph to all ihe government with which tho United Mates milnt&lntd relatione In order that their neutrality might be aaaurtd during the war. Tha VArtoue governmenta responded with proclamatlona ot neutrality, each after jte own method! It Is not amonr thi least gratifying Incident of the strug. gl lhat the obligations ot neutrality were Impartially dlachargvd by all, of-tin of-tin undtr delicate and dlflloull drcum eitance In further fulfillment of International duty, I Issued April tl, a proclamntloD announcing the treatment proposed t be accorded to vmsels amd their cargoei aa to blockade, contraband, the exer-rave exer-rave of Ihe right of aubjeota and the Immunity of neutral Pars and neutral goods under the enemy's flag AalmlkM proclamation waa made by the Bpan Ish governmen' In the conduct ot hos Millies tha rule ot tha declaration ot ivarts. Including abstention from resort ef privateering, have accordingly been observed by both belligerents, although nelthir was a party to that declaration. declara-tion. CAI.Ti TO AMIS. Our country thua after an Interval of halt a century ot peace with nil nation, na-tion, found itself engaged In deadly conflict "with a foreign enemy Bvery nerve waa atralned to meet the amar genoy The reiponae lo the initial call for 1M0O0 volunteers waa Instant and complete, aa waa also the remit of tha second call ot May I for 7(004 tlve regular army were Inereueed iS" the Mrnlta provided by the act of Apr! 23 The enllKted force ot the navy, or the loth of Auguat, when It reached Hi maximum, numbered 21 129 men anl" apprentice On hundred and thru vesewle were added to the mvy by pur chase, one wua prcaented tg the govern ment, one leaned and the four veaiell ot the InUrwUonU Navigation com pany, the "t rani st Tamil. Nm t York and rars ere thartereil In ad vVtlon to theae th- -venae cutters and lighthouse tender ere turned river M I Ihe navy depwimeeit and became temporarily tem-porarily n Pt f 1'ie auxiliary navy The maximum fr live flghllng force of the mvy d i-m ihe war, partfd Into claMM s i- Allow! FVaur l"tatl' i ( rh flnH-elasa on battleahlp r h- ec nd clam, tm ar-mored ar-mored cruise - - jsrente monl-toril monl-toril on arn r l mn twe-ve protected protect-ed cruisers, thr inwimteotrd crukers. elghtien gur"i m - dyramtle erul eer, eleven r I i v-p fourteen oil veili of th o I nnvr Including menl-tors menl-tors Auxin iry mvy Auxltktry crulrers twiny-istt inverted yachts, twentyieYin nvtri I tugs, nineteen converted coll t fmr revenue cutlers cut-lers four llg! V us i -ml era and nineteen nine-teen mrsoetlarenm .nr COA-T l'KKBNsip"") Much alarm waa f K along Ihe entire Atatrwle aeuUxirl lm an attack might be made by ih enemy Every pr-omtlon pr-omtlon waa taken 1 1 prevent albe Injury to our greiV i tic lying nlong the crurrt. T.-mrirar rarrkeon were fnovlded, drawn fmn the irtute nillltki: nMntry and jht lterles were drawn rnim the volunteer rce About It -000 trwopa wrre thin employed Th cmet signal setv re was establlehevl for oMervlrrg the aipti ich of an enemy's ship lo the r th United Hkvte. and thr light tr r crvlce co operated which eravbb I tht navy department to have nil uii ns r the vttanltr ciust, . from MUlnt t i Txss under obsenu-Hon obsenu-Hon The auxiliary navy na rmUeil tinder Ihe nuthra-My f ogress and was officered of-ficered nnd mainel I, the mval mm-trt mm-trt of the e ml !. This nrraal-tntlon nrraal-tntlon rvalro" d th- roant nnd ter- formM tht duty of a second arm ef da. frnie HAUIMllm iHNKll Under the dlr nil n of the rMef engineer, en-gineer, eubmunn mine were placed t the mon exposed points llefore the war, pernnnent mining ntsetiMtes I and cable gallenes lead lieen cometruct- , rxl at ull Important leer bom Moat ot . the toniedo malerUI waa not to be found In the market and had to be , penally manuMntured Under date tvf April 1 d sirlcl nincsri were directed di-rected to take all preliminary in ueurei, short of tho actual arts hlng of the losded mine t) the eubles and on April 22, eKgrphlc orders aer Issued to Mice Ihe km led mines In povlHon. The aggregote nun ber of mines ilacnl waa 1 MS at Mia prlnnliul bar-ora bar-ora from Xlatne t csMfornM l"rep-nrutlons l"rep-nrutlons were a n ms lc f ir the planting plant-ing nf tnlnta ui iera!n other Irarlior but owing ti the early di-tructlon of the Htnlsh fleet these mines were not placed The slgreil corio waa promptly orranlxed nrel performed service nf the moat difficult and Important rhiracter. Ita operutlona during Ihe war covered ' I1 the electrical torneetum of all tuael fortlflcatlona, Ihe reiabllshment of Isle- i phonle ami telegraphh raciiieies for the cam pa at Manlti, Huntiago and In l'or j to ltlco Itiere were ronatructed 300 . mllea ot line nt tin great ramps, thus facilitating military movrnienta from ! those pdnta In manner herilofor unknown In mllKiry administration Field telegraph line wsr established and maintained under the enemy fire at Manila und hatir Manlla-Ilongkong cable waa reopened. CAtll.llH HKriTTUn In rorto ltlco cnblej communication waa opened over a discontinued route, and on kind the limdquartira ot tne command offlcer wus kept In telegraph-lo telegraph-lo and telephonic communication with the dlvkilon rvmmandtra on four different dif-ferent lines of operatlona. ' There waa tnsced In tivan water a completely cirUltted cable ihlp with war rublee and ruble grur suitable ltti for the deetrumion or communications belomrlng to ths enemy and the rs-ub-llshmrnt of our awn. Two ocean cables were deetmyed under un-der the enemy's batteries at Binttago The day prevkiua to the landing ot Oeniral Hhatlir corps nt Calmanera, within twenty mlln of the landing place cable communication waa ra-tabllnhed ra-tabllnhed and a cable station opened, Ktvlng direct communlitetlon with th government at Waehliurtonrhla service wua invaluable to Uhe exerutlvfe In directing di-recting the operations of the army and navy With a total force ot over 1 340, tht losa by tha disease In camp anl field, oOlcera and men Included, waa only five, waii itnvnNui: a,-t i Tha national defenie, under Ihe 110,- I (04,000 fund, waa expended 1 1 largt part by the army and navy, and the objects for which It waa used are fully shown In the reports of the several mrrtsrln It waa a moat timely appropru'lon, enabling en-abling the government to strengthen Hi defenie and to make preparations greatly needed In case ot war Thla fund bring Inadequate to Ihe require-menta require-menta of equipment and for Ih ronduot ot the war. the natrlptlim of Ihe Con-grm Con-grm provided the means in Ihe war revenue act of J-int 13th by authorli-, Ing a 3 per cent popular loan not to ax-ceel ax-ceel four hundred million dollars and bylevylngaddltlonalltnportaand taxes Of the authorised loan l.'OOOOOOM were offered and promptly 'akin from the subscriptions eo far exceeding the call as to cover It many times over, whll prefsrence being g'ven to Ihe mailer bids, no single allotm n. txoved-ed txoved-ed five thousand dollars mis was a most encouraging and significant result, re-sult, sh iwlng th vast les uriei f tht nation and the determlnatlm f the pio. pie to uphold their country a honor It la not within th provln a rf fill menage lo narrate the hln ny ot the extraordinary war that foil iveid Ihe Bpanlahdiolaratlon of April tilt, but a brief recital ot ita moro aallent featuria te aproprlate The first .nciunler ot the war. In point of date, tok place April 37lh. when a detachment of thi blockading block-ading iquadron made a reconniliianra In force at Matansae, shelled thi harbor har-bor fortlflcatlona.and demollibid several nsw works In conatructlon MANILA'S MAY DAY The next engagement waa deitlned to mark a memorable epoch In maritime warfare, Tha I'aclflo fleet, under Commodore Com-modore Oeorg Dewey, had laid for aome vreelu at Hongkong Upon the colonial proclamation ot neutrality being be-ing isaued and the customary twenty-four twenty-four hours' notice being jlv n. It repaired re-paired to Illra Hay. near Hongkong, whence It proceeded to the Philippine Islands under telegraphic orderi to ciptur or destroy the formidable Hpanlih Hpan-lih diet then airwmbted at Manila At daybreak on the lat ot May, the American Ameri-can force entered Manila bay, an 1 af ter a few houra' cngagemi- t, ff ll the total deatructlon of iho I'panlih fleet consisting of ten warm 1 1 and a traraport, beildea capturing ' naval station and forts at Cavlte tlius annihilating annihi-lating ths Hpanlih naval p nrr in thi l'. ilia ocean and oompletelv rolling th bay of Manila, with tl Ity ti take the city at will Not a i re wai lost on our ships, tht wuui led only numbering seven, while not a venel lint aenitvemint tha Coivi ii ui'ur my recommendation, fitly but w d up-en up-en the actors, prefermint and tub-lliirtlil tub-lliirtlil reward TONIO roil TUB NATION The ffeot ot thla remarkabli victory upon the spirit of our people, and upon the fortunea of tha war, wai Initint A arotlge of inylnolblllty tmruby at tached la our arm, which MntlnBeT throughout th el niggle He nforc-nwiit nforc-nwiit were hurried to Manila under th sammand ( Major Oeneral Merrill and (Irmly estaWUhed within iltht of the capital which lay helplese hefire our gun On Ih 1th day of May the ov-ermnrnl ov-ermnrnl was advised otTIi tally or th victory at Manila and al on' Inquired at commander of our fleel what troopi were required The Informa'loo wae re-ceived re-ceived on the leth day of May. and the Oral army expedition eerled May Itth and arrlvJ at Manila June Mth Other expeditions eoon followd. the tot 11 fore conatetlnc of til omeer and 1.-HI 1.-HI men ., Only reluctance to cauie neejlleei loea of life ami roperty prevereted tht early rtopmlrr nml paplur of the CH-, and llierfeillk the abealuti milllaty occupancy of the whole group Ti In- urgesils nwamh le h I reaumed the tcltv hoeHlllllra fuepeodeil by the uncompleted un-completed true of llewniber iaT Tleelr forces Invested Marrlkt from he northern aiel eailern aide, but wire ranetralned by Admiral Uew.y . 1 1 Hen. MerrHt frvni attemptng an ae-ixuH ae-ixuH It w fitting that whauver wva lo be iKuee In the way of decisive op eratlona sa that quarter etiould i ac-rompliihed ac-rompliihed by the trontt arm of the United Htatel alone Obeying the etern prrtett af war, whloh enjoin the over-cvimlng over-cvimlng of the adversary aral the ex-llnrtkin ex-llnrtkin of hie powr wherever aaaall-able aaaall-able aa the epe-rdy and aura meeena to win a peice, dlvldeil victory waa rK permleelble for no partHlon of the llahta ard responsibilities attending th viiforu-uint ot a Just and advantageous advan-tageous pesre could be 'eViuxht nf lAillctlng the euvisng of the compre-hMMttr compre-hMMttr echenie of general attack ikiwerful forrte were aeaembled at various var-ious Klnte n uur tvatt to Invade Cuba and lVrto ltlco. PlttBT KATII.ITIRH Miannhllr, naval dntoretr.vUo were made at neveral exiaieed pointa. On Ma) 11 th cruller Wllmaagtun ami lorpedo level Window wre unsucree-ful unsucree-ful In an attempt to silence the natter-lea natter-lea at Cardenas, agalnsl Matanxas, Worth llagtsy and fmr seaman railing Thee gretvoue fatalities were strangely strange-ly enough among th very few which occurred during our mvval operations In thla extraordinary coaflb t Meanwhile, the HpaMsei mval preparatives prep-aratives had been pushed with great vigor A powrful squadron under Admiral Ad-miral Cervera which had assembled at Ihs Cap Verle Islands before the outbreak out-break of Iwntllltles, had crossed ths ocean and by Hs erratic m-ivetnci' In the Caribbean eci, dilayed our military oirallvna while banilhtr the purault of nur Heels Pot a time frara were felt let Itie Oregon ami Marietta, then rearing home after their long voyage from Han Francisco of ovsr 1S.OO0 mile, might lie surprised by Admiral Cervera Cer-vera a fleet, but their fortunate arrival dispelled ire apprehension and lent much needed reinforcements Not Ule'll Admiral Cervera took refuge In th harbor of Santiago d Cuba, about May , wua II practicable to plan a systematic sys-tematic mllHary attack upon Antllleun poeaeaBtonei of Hpaln Havrral diniorutratlon occurred on tht roast of Cuba and IVirto ltlco In preparation for tht larger event On May 13, Ihe North Atlantic equadrnn shelled Ban Juan de IMrto ltlco. On May 30, Commodore Hchley'g squadron bombarded the forts guarding tile mouth of Bairtlagvi harbor Neither attack had any material result It waa evident thit will ordered land op. cratlona were Indispensable to achieve a decided advantage II01IHON8 TEAT, The next act In the war thrilled not aloae the hearts of our courrrymen, Ibut the world by ne ixcetntooii hero-1 hero-1 tern On Hv lsM ot IueIT.ltrU llobaun. aided by seven devoted volunteer volun-teer blocked toe narrow outlet from Hantlago harbor by sinking tht collier Merrlmao In the channel, under a flirre fire from the shore batteries escaping es-caping with their Uvea as by a mlrarte, but falllrrg Into th hauls of tht Spaniard Span-iard It It a moat gratifying Inolditit of the war thai Ihe braver vr thla little band of heroes wax -"illy appreciated ap-preciated by tha Hpantards who aent a flag of truce to notify Admiral Hamp-on Hamp-on of their surely ami lo compliment them upon their daring act They wero aubstqutntly ixcrunged July 7 Hy Juna 7 the utung ot the laal Culun cable. Isolated the taland There. after the Invasion was vigorously proa-ecuted proa-ecuted On Juno 10 under n henvy protecting fire, a landing force of COO marine from Ih Oregon Mnrblthead and Yankee waa effected on (luarvla-nanai (luarvla-nanai Hay, where It had been determined deter-mined to establish naval station. ThU Important and eseentkil port was taken from Ih many after severs righting by the marines who were th first organised fore ot tha United Mate to land (n Cuba. Tha poaltlon so won waa held, despite the desperate attempts lo dislodge our forces lly June 14 additional forces wer landel and atrongly tntrwnrlird On Jtan 22 th advance nf Ihe Invading army under Mujor Oeneral Hhafter landed at Ilulqutrl about IS mile cart of HantHgo Thla wvia acenm- pKahtd under great dimeulllc, but W.th marvelous dlipatch. MIUTAItY HNOAOHMUNT I On June 31 rd the movement against Pantlago waa begun On Ihe Itth Ihe first serious engagement took place, tn which the Flrel and Tenth cavalry and the Plret volunteer nvvalrv Oen Young brigade of Oenetul Wheeler1 division, participated roaing heavily lly nightfall however ground avHIrln live mllea of Hantlago waa won. The ad-vantage ad-vantage waa steadily Increased On July 1, a ovre liatlle took place, our fnroea gaining the outer works ot Hantlain and HI Cartey and Han Juan were taken after n desperate charge nnd the Investment In-vestment of the cily was completed The navy co-operated by hilling th town and the coast forli NAVY TIUUMI'HB On the day following thla brilliant aohleveiment of our land force. July 3, occurred the decisive naval combat of Ihe war The Hpanlih fleet, attempting to leav the harbor, waa met by tha American squadron under command of Ooirrrnodor Hampton. In leaa than three houra all the Hpanlih ehlpa were deitroyed, tha two torpedo bout a aunk and the Maria Terr-w, Atmlraut Oquendo, V1cya and Cristobal Colon driven ashore Th Spanish admiral and uver 1.300 men were taken prisoner prison-er whll the enemy' lota of life was deplorably large, nine U hundred perishing per-ishing On our ld but on man waa killed and on man seriously wounded I Although our ehlpa wero repeaterdly ' struck, not one waa ei1oualy Inlured Where all o conspicuously distinguished distingu-ished themsolvii from the commander command-er to the gunneri, and the unnamed ' heroes tn the boiler room each and all I contributing toward tha achievement of thla oatoundlng victory for wbtc' I neither ancient nor modern blsfr nfford a parallel hi tha cor o-si 1 nf ih event and the r -J dia i proportion ol rteuaivir- wuuiu Invidious In eirgle oil 1 honor Ilr.urved ilea - rsv.ari'ed -he n jr a .o -th ille-o'a "tude Ii. i ,( e men. who by v ' kill una ue, Mn Ii. a few ahort hour crushed the sea-power of Bpaln and wrought a triumph whose decisive-per decisive-per cd far-reaching effecti can source- ly he measured ,rr an we oe umlr!3- H fal nt Ih achievement of erttr builders, H meoharstr and artlsam far their "kill H In the construction of our war ahlpa H With the rataalrnph of Htntlsro, IH Hpaln a effort upon the ocean virtually IH eail A ptrmodti effort toward th IH end of Jun M send h-r Mellternanoan H rlet under Adrntral Ctmara In relieve lokaaaafl Manlli Mi abendnivd the expedition HH betsur recwllft NeT It had pined &taT Ihmejgh Ihe feus canal The eapllula- laiaV Hon of fearrtlago rollowed The city waa M croeely heftedged by land, whll the RHI entranee nf nur ships Into the harbor nMK rtn off all reVer on that rtdr After FaTWM true In allow f Ih removal nf the LaaHrn nrm-rombaiarmi protracted negntla- XiSmI rlorei rontlntiei! from July 3 until July KtflsaH if when under rrenace nf Immeillate aS rwsnult. the preiimnarl! of aurrendir fefaVxa were agreed upon OSB HVNTIAOO QCCUI'lUI) mHI On the 17th Oenersl Bhafler occuplet faDH th city Th oatatularlon embraced mUBUi the enure eailern end of Cuba The KmHI number nf Spanish soldiers surrtndirtd UsrW ww 31004 ull of whom war subee- lBd qusntly ntrevrynl to 8uln at tht charge nUaaoafl of th UnMed Hlates Tti alerr ot HoaaB thi aucceaorul ramtealgri Is 1okl In tb Isa! rejurt of the secretary of war, which uiaaaV will Ik laid before ou Th Individual uaaaaB vulor of oftlc und soldiers was never IH neire otrlklngly shean than In Ih eev- H era I enxugrmerrt leidlng to the sur- H render of Hantlago, while th prompt H movemeraa nnd uoreslve vlotorlei H won InsUnt and universal appVaua. ,H To Iho who gained this complete lrl H umph which ratsMiehed th ascendancy B or th I'nHed HMtea upon Kand aa Ihe H right oft IMKIagii had fixed our su- B iremuryon the u. the tamest and B Mating nutiiud or ihe nation Is un- H ptrlngly due Nor sliouM ws alone B remember th ralkantry of the living, BBb th dead claim our tsar und our toeaes H y lw He and dlosas tnuex ckHi.l any B exu'.KMnnl th result ami truch us to H wetgli the uwful coat of war, however B rightful the cause or aitnal ot victory BBB AIIVAOU ON I'OHTO 1 11 CO. WMh Ihe fall of HanllaxM thi occu H punKin of IVorto ltlco beoamt tht nexr B lriglo neceaarty BBBJ Oeneral Mil had previously been r BBBJ lgnd to orgunlis nn expexlMkui for 1 thai purine, fortunately he wai nl. BBBJ ready at Han lea go, where lee laid ar- BBBJ rived nn the llh of July wtth rein- BBBJ fvrramenta for Oeneral HNifter'a army BBBJ Xh ihea trouis, coiMlMIng or 3,413 H tnfarrry and artillery, two companies BBBJ of engineer! and one comiuny at tht 1 signal conns tlen Miles left (luintsna- BBBJ nu on July 21 having nln Uunspurts H convoyM by ths flert Uraler Captain 1 Hlggtnson with ths Maswtrhuaetta H tSMililpl. Illxl. Gloucester, Columbia BBBJ and ale the two latter oarrylog 1 Hoops The exprdtkin linded nt tlua- H mcu Jury which port waa entire I H wMi little oPiKxHIun Her Ih fleet BB1 waa Joined by Ih Anmiulla, and Wasp, 1 whll th I'urrtsn ami Amphltrlte went BBBJ U fan Juan und Joined the New Or- H loans, which was engaged In blockading H that Hirt Th natjor general com- H mundlng was lubiequinlly relnforcej BBBJ by tlernrul Hehwann a brigade of ths BBBJ Third army carp by flen Wilson, with BBBJ a put of hie division, and also by (leti. H erul Hraoke wHh a part of hla cor pay BBBJ numbering In all ll.vll officer ami lBB men BBBJ CAI'lTUIATION OK IONCIX r 1 On July 27 h entered I'onre, one of H tht moat Important ports In tht Island. H from which he thereafter directed H ox-rntlona of the ntplure of Ihe laland. H With th exception ot encounter with H the enemy at tluayama, llirmlguirei, H Cuanu und luuoo and an otruck on H a force linded ui Cap Han Juan, there H waa no aerltius resistance The cam- HH t'tlgn wua pruaaoulsd with trt vigor, traaflfll and bytha Itth ot Auguavlmucrv. ot the, rBH ltanil waa In our Kesejlon art th 1 acqtdsKlon of ths remainder won only H a nwtter of a short time At mart of H th joint In ths litem! our troops H wer emhuslistloally welcomed Pro- H teieullona of loyally to Ihe flag and M gratitude for delivery from Hpanlih rul H -nit our roninramlers al every lag. H Aa a iwtsnt Inrluenr towwrd pear th H outcom ot Ihe IVirw Itjcan expedition BBBJ was of great oonaequeno and rsnerout commendation t dut lo tho who par- H ejclpated In rt H CIXIINO CIIAITIlIt Or WAIt. H Tlie last scene of the war was tn- H ucted at Manila. Ha Marling place On H August 13 iv(tr a brief asoault upon H the works by the land forces In which H Ih xiuadron assisted tht capital sur- H renderid unrondllhinally Th cannl. H tie were romiarallvely few lly this, B conquest nf th l'hlllptiln Island!, VI r. H tually aoemmpllshsd when the HpanlaSi H capickv for resistance wua deatroyed H by Admiral Hwey'a victory of th first BBJ of May. u formally sealed To tlen BBJ etui Mirrllt, hi ofllcere nnd men, for H tht uncomplaining und devoted arrvloe, H for Ihelr vallamir In action, tho nation H li sincerely gruliful Their king voy. BBB ug waa made with singular auocrai H and th soldierly conduct of th men, H of whom many were without previous B exixrltnce In Ih tnlUtary acrvlct, ds- B ervei unmiiaured praise H Tcis total nisiMitlea In killed and BBB woundevl l Ih army during th war H oa aa follow O ITU ere killed 23 in- H Uned nrni killed 27 tirtal 214. pRUtr B wounded 113 enlisted men wounded I.- H ICI total 1 377 ot th navy, killed 17) B wounded C7 died as reiult at wound I BB 1 Invalided from eervlre S total II H It will U ohaerved that whll our H ruvy waa entraged In two great bat- H Ilea nnd In numrniua perlloua undr H laklnos In the bloikadei ami bombard- H nients nnd mors than (0 000 of our B liuops were traniportsd lo dlslsn H lands and engaged In assault and atlg B and luttle rl many aklrmlihe In un- familiar terrKory we kiit tn both arm BBB of the service total ot 1 (II kilted and BBB wounded, and In the entire campaign IBBI by land and ana we dhl not lo u gun. or n Dug or a Irimport or a ahlp, ml B with th exception of the orew ot the B Mirrlmar not a soldier or sailor w BBB tuken prleiiner BBB On August 7th, forty-i.x daya frou BBB tho data of landing of Oeniral Bhafler' BBB army In Cuba, and twenty.one daya BBB from tht aurrtnder of Bantlizo, th BBB U B troops commenced mbarka BBB tlon for home, and our entire force waa B returned to the United tttati aa early BBB aa Auguet lth They war abnat BBB from the united Hiatea nniy two motrtli ... H It la filling that I should bear tiatl- BB mony to th patrlollim and devotion et B that large portion ot our army which, BBB although eager to be ordered to th BB post ot greater exposure, fortunately tMrTr waa not required outsld ot the United LbH1 They did their whole duty, and, Ilk BM their oomradta at tha front, liav earned RsBU th gratitude of tha nation In like man. MET tier, the ulllosrs nnd men of th army bBB and of th nav who remained In their BT departm" r . in of the navy, M iierfo- .in i i "" dut un- hBB rtT ' wli is is- BBJ aael. a - In t'' "ill ana Hl wn Ibd o efuia lit- BbI ii. en, NrvUea wer idlspejiabla IBH sr J" v titled the Highest com- BBl 1 1" J, U nu pruvllon for their ault- M jVi rccoanlllr BBJ lniuUTi; io heo cnosn H In this oonneotlon It Ii a rleasui to H me to mention In terms ot oorUldl tn- BB probation, tha timely and usefill aufk Bl ot th American National IU4 Ort. BBB both In relief measures preparatory to BBB tit oarapalcn, In aanltary aaalatanff ab, ohsib H several ef th campi of aiitmbHgi, 1 and lattr. vndir th ablt ana1 eiptrl. 1 ned leaoirehlp of thi prtildint of thi H society, ltl Clara Barton, OB tht fleldi gaH of battle and la the heipllalt t (hi M Iron I In Outi. Working In eanjunetlen M irllh (a government atliarll!t, MM H under their aanc lion and approval, and 1 wllh tot tmhuilaitlr co-optruttn ef 1 many patriotic wemm and leclellte In H thi varlovi a'etes th llld Crou hi H fullr milntalnd Ilk alMadr high repu- 1 ta-tlon for int-nte earneitntu and aMI- 1 1ty to exercise tht nabli purpet a( III H arginiiation. ihu Justifying ih oanft- H denoe and luppatt which it bai received H at thi htndt ( thi Amtrloan people. H To tha numbere and amatia at thu a- H eltty and all who elded (ham In thalr 1 ,pnlluithroplo work. tha tlnrere and ! M 'Inr gratitude of lb toldlert and tht 1 publlo la due and la freely accorded 1 In tracing thet events we H ara constantly reminded of ur nb- 1 'llgatloni (o th IHvlne Matter far 111 JH watchful rare ever ui and Ilia nfi IH 'guidance, for which l ha nation makei H reverent ai knowledgment and Jflara H bumble praytr far tha continuance of H Itia favor B ovKim'iu-ft or rKAcn laxasaaaal i Tht annihllatlun of Admiral Cervera'i gagoxafl 'fleet, followed by tht capitulation of Iftanlligo hiving brouiht to tht ftpanlih geviromtnt a reaming etnte of tht hop Itsiorii of continuing a ttruggle no aaaaaaaa-- becoming wholly unequal, II mada over- B Iturta fur ptr through tht Frtnoh am. H baatadar who. with tht atatnt of Ml H govtrnmint. bad nW ai tht frltndlr H rtsriMMallvi of Spilu'a Interim dur. H ling Ibt war. On tht Mlh day of Juiy, j Jd ClmMn prtitnttd a qommunKatlen, H ,algntd by tha liuke of Almodavar, thi H rpanlih mlnlilrr of itati, Inviting thi H 'TJnlttd Oltlti to ttatt tht lumi upon H whlrh It would ht wllllnc la meki H ptltt. On July Mlh, by a communlet- H lion addrtutd to lha Uuka of Almoda- H Tar, and handtd by XI Oambon, tha 1 tarmt af thla cnvtrnmtnt wtra an- H nounrtd aubitantliily In lha protocol, H afltrwtrdi alxntd On Auautt loth tht H ppanlth rrply, daltd Auautt Tth. wn H Ihandtd by M Cambon to tha tacratary f f atau, It tenrpud unoondltlonally ha Itrmt Imptud ait to Cuba, I'orto Ilea atid an laltnd of lha tdruni S roup, but apptarad o itk to Intro. mt in admlitlbti riatrvatlont In rt- B rard to our dimind ai to lha I'blllp- H plnta. Cnnotl'lnt that dlaouttlon in H 'thli point eould ntltbrr ba praotlo H ablt nor profliabla, I dl- H raotad that In ordtr to H iatld mliundaritandlnK lha matttr H houid bt ronhwlth eloifd by propoalni H tha cmhoJim. nt In a formal protocil H v( tht ttrma In which tha ntMtlallani H (or ftaaaa wtra to b4 undrrtaktn Thi H Vtr"t and latuplloM tuifaatlana of tbi 1 flpaniih nata pould not bt a- tptad, tht B O-nlr rPly b i( to prni t a virtual H ulllmtlum a araft n( iht proioral, nr H boHytoi tha prttita tarnn tandtrad to 1 .dpaln In our nott af July Nth with H d1.d illpulallont of 4ai.ll at ta tht H apyalntmtnt of rommlaalaiitra to ar- H iranit far th avacuatlon af lha Ipanlih H AntillM H HIONINd or ITtOTTKtH. H On Auiuat 1lh M Cambon on- H nounrtd hta rterlpl or full pwrra tu 1 atrn tht protocol at aubmlttatt Ar- 1 .curdlnily, on lha nflxrtioon of Auiuit H 'j:tU. M Oambon, tha pltnlpotan- H 'Tltry of diuiln, and Iht a'orvury of B atata ai ttia iiitraiwitaitlary of Iht H iDnlttd HlaUa, atfiitd tht protoool pro- H Ividlnff H "Atlhlt 1 dpatn will ralliwiulth all H clttni uf aovaraKnty ovtr lud ttllt 10 H (Cuba B "Alil.lt i-Hpaln will rrdt t Ihi Vnllad Ktttra tht ItVtnd of lorta IUoo H and alhtr labindi raw undtr HiuiHih H aovtralaaly tn tht Wtat Indlrt ami alio H ,an Itland In tha Indronrt lo tit mlaottd B trr Iht Untltd rtuita. "Artlolt lTha Unlled Wr.tl will B ITCtuyr ant boldilha tyby'nd tar H IVqt af IttrdVa ptrtdlNr tha oonelualon it Irtaly of ptara which ahall dttrr- H mlrn tha control. dvoa!tlon and cor- H tniMil af lha I'h'llpinra." H Tht faurtli arllcla provided for thi H appalntmttvt of lrrt rommlatlona tn H (ht part of tht Urittd Ittalti and UpAtn B to mcit In IUvmm and Win Juan, rt- H ipaetlvaly, for tha purnota of amino 1 p and rurrrlnc out tha dttatla of thi H trfpuUttd vacivon af Cuba, lorM B Jtlco and Mhir Hpanlih lilaivli In thi H rtat Indira 1 Tba nnh nrtlrlt provldtd for tht ap- H rolnlmrrtt of not nmro than flva cm H irritalonrri an atrh aldt, to tntat at H INMla nrtt lattr than rvt I nnd Hi pnt- 1 raid bi tha tManttuiona and oonaluatoiii H of triiiv of ntara. tulijjot ta ratin- 1 ratkm ii-irdln o Ida rtipai-ltva oon- H at'tutrtrul forma o( tha two oountrlti 1 Tha rtilh wd l arMola provldri 1 tint uron tht tlrnalura ar tht pruto- 1 cv hntttmiai bttattn tha two ooun- 1 trill anauld ha tuiptnJtd and that no- ttot to that trfart inouid la atvan ai B loan aa puttlhla by aarh arovanimant H to tha mmmanilrr of III military and H oavo.1 forcti B morrnijTiMB BUtii'HN'nnn H lnnidttly main tha ronolualwi ot H tha puloril. I raiutd u prootamilatt of H Aucuil I J. ai"Fndn hoiklltHai on H tht url of iha Unriad Soalta. Tht caeaatary ordart l that and ware at H (net rivtn by til'iraph Tha bkxkadt 1 of Iht parlo af Oun anil Han Juan dt H rrto llloo waa In Ilka mantiar mlaad 1 On Aiiaual II. tha muattr out of IK- 1 CM rolunttart, or at naar that nuinbrr H aa wai found to ba pracrloaljlt, wai 1 rdtr1 1 On Utrtmbar I 101. H ofllctr and H man had haan muatard out and dli- 1 aharrtd from tht atrvtra', too mora H wtli be muatarad out by tha tmth ot 1 thr manth Alto rairraapondln rum- H tor or ytntmla imt nral aralT m. B tri hava batn himrabiy dtaohurajtj from tha aarvte Tha mlrmary commit!! to auiitrln- H (mid tht avaruaM n of Cubi. I'orto H Ittao and lha ailirtnl liHndt wart H (ortliwllh appoints) H For ruhar-Mijiir (lman.1 Jamta r H Wida. Itmar Admiral tVm T Rmtip.n B M1 Oannral Mullh-w r llut'.r Kt H JVr HI - Majoi Crn.ral T hn H Ilrooka Maar A Imlral Wlnllrld K 1 'li'-l ' Orn t tfordon who a.ion n aftA-mrd' nw: tho .tpanlth rnmmla- j alnnara - Hn.ii and Rnn Jiwn. ra. I tptrt'val) In- r.irto nii-n olnl ram- H p.' n ii rl.'v ii Yiiiinllhi-d lit tk anthj-O- .rlsth -aiuaUun af Iht HUH laiai i ,- -.ni.'fl Thi United aaLBBta mat" n r wind ovtr tha Itland BB Tha ad . n of tit affair bai lOWoB baan piv ni malri'iivd to a inill- LlWlH lary av.. rr mibil Ihi- l,i(,,..j, h ,n lftim othtrarli" ril.l Th Cnin J -1 BdjHM Mgh conimiat'.on haa not ytt tf-rmin- BAMI1 attd ltala.mra OaitiaT to tha dimrultlat KM In tha of ramvilnc th large num Uf t'ta of Rpanlah tronuai lllll In Tuba, HfastB tha rrariMtlon otnrmt ha mpltlad bt- nSSSK tvt tht Oral or January ntit flS OOMUI"8IONim AIU'OINTJBD HK rurtuant to tht IIMi artlrlt of thi UVH prntornl. I appotntwl Win It lMy. lata HaB L' "',2'y..0L,u"- fuihiraw K. t'iri Wm p Prye and Oaoi-ga Qray. H imatari of tha United BIMtt. and BamaafJ imtmi.trt on ihJ jn C tht Untied MHD Ulea lNvoetdlng In due aeaaon to rrl. thay there mat on tha Ant ot B potobar flva rommtatlonara altrrlrairly aypulMtd on tha part of WfHto. Thi MWaH rtacvtkatjrtni hava nadi hopeful lro- Ct. to that I tnift aoun to ba wbla to T daftrdu t 'v lit paace before H Ibt Smalt, with - itvtew trie attpa Iradtng to Ita tig itura I 00 net dlaouii at ihl Imt the cor ernmiM or tht falurt of tht new ( ataarna which -will eomi ta ut tha rrtuH of the war wrth Ipahi. HueJi dlrrutaWn will ba apprarrlatt aifltr tha treiy of ptaea tnall it ratlQid la the mt-tnttma, and until Corxrati haa IttMtte-t othrrwlre, ft will be my duty o rantlmii th military gorarrmitnt whlrh hl exlattd alnoa aur opcapilron and glva ttl paaplt tarur. In llf and praperty and ceuregmt uadtr juat and betitnrtrt rule OUUAM IVIMCT Aa toot a w are In i-atieaiten of Oiba and have ptrintd tht Itland. It will bt nectieery to give aid and dlrw-lian dlrw-lian to thli -mpla ro farm govtrn-tnttit govtrn-tnttit ror ht-ntlvi Thli rhould be undtrtakea at ihi finite mornant contltttM with ttffty amd atiured aur. orat It U Important thit our rthttlonn with thatt people ihall b of the moat frfandly rhantater awl our commercial relation ckte atwl rrrlprocal It tbould bt our duty tn a Mitt In every ptoptr way to build up Ihe wettt plaeei of tht liltnd traxurage th In-duttry In-duttry of the projila nd aittet thet to farm a gorrrnminl Whlrh ahalt ba free and Indipendrat. ihua rtaililnc tht brat eiplrattont of the Cubin pro- Spinlth rule mutt be replaced by a juat, btrrtvoltnt ard humane govern-mint, govern-mint, rreated by the people of Cuba, capable of performing all IrtematlorMi Obligation! and wtilrh "hall mrouraga thrift. Industry and protperlty and premote ntar-e and gwo-1 will among all of Iht Innabltanti whatever may hava been thtlr rilitlana In the rial N'nrh-tr N'nrh-tr reverge nor pinion tttould hava a plate lit tha new government Until inert la ctaiiplele tiaiwiuillty on lha leland and a etablt rovernnient Inaug-Uratt4, Inaug-Uratt4, mllriary occupation) will bi con-tlrued con-tlrued WMh tha tieepthm of Ihe rupture wl Ppaln. the Intrrrnurti of thi Ihilt-td Ihilt-td Hiatal wrth tha grtat family of rra-tkcii rra-tkcii hai been marked wMh enrdlallty bikI the rloae of thi eveMftil yeir flnda niuan of the Inure that niceatarlly arltt In tha wmplit reU'.Kxit it aov-eretgn aov-eretgn atatea adjuwted or prrtenllng no arrtoue obttidea t-t a Juer and nonor-abla nonor-abla eolutlon by amicable agreement. |