The Boys of '98
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Otis James. The Boys of '98
CHAPTER I. THE BATTLE-SHIP MAINE
CHAPTER II. THE PRELIMINARIES
CHAPTER III. A DECLARATION OF WAR
CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY
CHAPTER V. NEWS OF THE DAY
CHAPTER VI. CARDENAS AND SAN JUAN
CHAPTER VII. FROM ALL QUARTERS
CHAPTER VIII. HOBSON AND THE MERRIMAC
CHAPTER IX. BY WIRE
CHAPTER X. SANTIAGO DE CUBA
CHAPTER XI. EL CANEY AND SAN JUAN HEIGHTS
CHAPTER XII. THE SPANISH FLEET
CHAPTER XIII. THE SURRENDER OF SANTIAGO
CHAPTER XIV. MINOR EVENTS
CHAPTER XV. THE PORTO RICAN CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XVI. THE FALL OF MANILA
CHAPTER XVII. PEACE
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A. THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
APPENDIX B. WAR-SHIPS AND SIGNALS
APPENDIX C. SANTIAGO DE CUBA
APPENDIX D. PORTO RICO
APPENDIX E. THE BAY OF GUANTANAMO
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War between two nations does not begin suddenly. The respective governments are exceedingly ceremonious before opening the “game of death,” and it is not to be supposed that the United States commenced hostilities immediately after the disaster to the Maine in the harbour of Havana.
To tell the story of the war which ensued, without first giving in regular order the series of events which marked the preparations for hostilities, would be much like relating an adventure without explaining why the hero was brought into the situation.
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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.
April 14. The Spanish minister at Washington sealed his archives and placed them in the charge of the French ambassador, M. Cambon. The queen regent of Spain, at a Cabinet meeting, signed a call for the Cortes to meet on the twentieth of the month, and a decree opening a national subscription for increasing the navy and other war services.
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