Show II I j I ADMINISTRATION BOASTS Points With Pride t Great Achievements Achieve-ments of the War Washington June 21Two months ago today the war broke out between the United States and Spain according to the nroclamation of the president and the declaration of congress The end of that period finds nearly 16000 United States troops lying off Santiago I preparing to land i finds cable communication com-munication established between the government at Washington and the advance ad-vance guard of the expedition to Cuba and it finds Cuban territory in the possession pos-session of the United States and marines ma-rines backed by a squadron and near ly all of the commercial ports of Cuba blockaded This Is all apart from Dew eys great victory at Manila and the splendid results achieved in organizing the splendid armies now in camps The officers of the admlnstratlon feel that they have a right to look back with pride eve what has been accomplished oel months work in the short space of two lag in a large part with raw material in both the army and the navy |