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... camps of the reconcentrados were not broken up . Disease and starvation kept on in their deadly work of deci- mating the people . Peace did not come , and the necessity for action by the United States grew each day more evident and more ...
... camps of the reconcentrados were not broken up . Disease and starvation kept on in their deadly work of deci- mating the people . Peace did not come , and the necessity for action by the United States grew each day more evident and more ...
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... camp , advanced and attacked the Spanish lines at Saladillo with extraordinary vigor and bravery . The Cubans had their few archaic fire arms , machetes and spears of Yara ; the Spaniards , modern rifles , plenty of ammunition and ...
... camp , advanced and attacked the Spanish lines at Saladillo with extraordinary vigor and bravery . The Cubans had their few archaic fire arms , machetes and spears of Yara ; the Spaniards , modern rifles , plenty of ammunition and ...
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... camp amid them . At one end of the city an antique structure named Torre de Zarragoitia lay untouched by fire , having escaped the conflagration . Valmaceda , in order to take vengeance on the fleeing inhabitants , erected over it a ...
... camp amid them . At one end of the city an antique structure named Torre de Zarragoitia lay untouched by fire , having escaped the conflagration . Valmaceda , in order to take vengeance on the fleeing inhabitants , erected over it a ...
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... camp more than a few hundred yards , and even then with not less than 300 men . Certainly this situation cannot last long and the column will have to move in one direction or another , burdened with 300 wounded , besides their arms and ...
... camp more than a few hundred yards , and even then with not less than 300 men . Certainly this situation cannot last long and the column will have to move in one direction or another , burdened with 300 wounded , besides their arms and ...
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... camp was struck and one of the most wonderful efforts of the whole war was performed by the bare - footed , ragged , Cuban infantry ; a long and toilsome march under heavy rains , through knee - deep muddy trails , fording or swimming ...
... camp was struck and one of the most wonderful efforts of the whole war was performed by the bare - footed , ragged , Cuban infantry ; a long and toilsome march under heavy rains , through knee - deep muddy trails , fording or swimming ...
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Admiral Sampson American ammunition April arms army arrived artillery attack batteries battle battleship Bayamo blockade boats brigade Brooklyn Calixto Garcia camp Caney Captain cavalry Cervera Cienfuegos coal coast Colonel column command Commodore Congress Corps crew cruisers Cuban Daiquiri deck declared Department duty El Caney enemy enemy's expedition fight fire force Garcia Gomez guns harbor Havana Hawaiian Hawaiian Islands Hospital Infantry Iowa Island of Cuba Jiguani July Key West land Lieutenant Hobson Maceo Maine Manila Manzanillo McKinley ment miles military morning Morro naval Navy night o'clock officers Oregon patriots peace Philippines port position President Puerto Rico received resolution road Sagua la Grande San Juan Santiago Santiago de Cuba Secretary Senate sent Shafter shell ships shore Siboney soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish fleet squadron steamer surrender territory Texas tion torpedo towns transports treaty troops United vessels Vizcaya WILLIAM MCKINLEY wounded yards
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Page 316 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 575 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
Page 223 - Third. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 291 - In view of these facts and of these considerations, I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba...
Page 303 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Page 473 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay, and harbor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition, and government of the Philippines.
Page 321 - ... prepare them for local self-government, and in due time to make such disposition of said islands as will best promote the interests of the citizens of the United States and the inhabitants of said islands.
Page 370 - President is hereby authorized, in his discretion and with such limitations and exceptions as shall seem to him expedient, to prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress (30 Stat.
Page 575 - States ship, shall be permitted to continue their voyage, if, on examination of their papers, it shall appear that their cargoes were taken on board before the expiration of the above term ; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to Spanish vessels having on board any officer in the military or naval service of the enemy, or any coal (except such as may be necessary for their voyage), or any other article prohibited or contraband of war, or any despatch of or to the Spanish Government.
Page 291 - Cuba must stop. to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and...