Our Navy in the War with SpainC. Scribner's sons, 1898 - 406 страници |
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... Yankee - It was Hot Work for a Week - The Spaniards in the Brush - Assault on a Funeral Cortége -Spanish Woods Station Captured , and Caimanera's Fort Destroyed -A Torpedo in the Propeller of the Texas - Good Health of this Force on ...
... Yankee - It was Hot Work for a Week - The Spaniards in the Brush - Assault on a Funeral Cortége -Spanish Woods Station Captured , and Caimanera's Fort Destroyed -A Torpedo in the Propeller of the Texas - Good Health of this Force on ...
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... YANKee , PORT GUANTANAMO , OR CUMBERLAND HARBOR , PICKET SENTRY ON GUARD DUTY , PAGE 205 208 213 217 222 223 229 235 237 243 245 • 247 251 254 255 257 262 264 265 266 • 268 DR . JOHN BLAIR GIBBS , TENTS OF OFFICERS ON THE BEACH , WITHIN ...
... YANKee , PORT GUANTANAMO , OR CUMBERLAND HARBOR , PICKET SENTRY ON GUARD DUTY , PAGE 205 208 213 217 222 223 229 235 237 243 245 • 247 251 254 255 257 262 264 265 266 • 268 DR . JOHN BLAIR GIBBS , TENTS OF OFFICERS ON THE BEACH , WITHIN ...
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... - ship . There was a huge torpedo under her . It would be easy to explode it and thus seri- ously weaken the Yankee navy . At 9.40 o'clock on the night of February 15 , 1898 , the hull of the Maine quivered. 70 DESTRUCTION OF THE MAINE.
... - ship . There was a huge torpedo under her . It would be easy to explode it and thus seri- ously weaken the Yankee navy . At 9.40 o'clock on the night of February 15 , 1898 , the hull of the Maine quivered. 70 DESTRUCTION OF THE MAINE.
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... Yankee shells . We had also cut out the cable leading from Havana to Key West , as a first step toward isolating Captain - General Blanco from Madrid . As a next step in this last work it was proposed to cut the three cables leading ...
... Yankee shells . We had also cut out the cable leading from Havana to Key West , as a first step toward isolating Captain - General Blanco from Madrid . As a next step in this last work it was proposed to cut the three cables leading ...
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... Yankee naval man became apparent for the first time in this war . The boiler was spouting scalding steam , but the men there cut off its connections . An engine cylinder was smashed , but it was at once disconnected , and with one ...
... Yankee naval man became apparent for the first time in this war . The boiler was spouting scalding steam , but the men there cut off its connections . An engine cylinder was smashed , but it was at once disconnected , and with one ...
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Страница 113 - 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.
Страница 109 - The only hope of relief and repose from a condition which can no longer be endured is the enforced pacification of Cuba. In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Страница 112 - That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Страница 112 - 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.
Страница 109 - Fourth, and which is of the utmost importance. The present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to our peace and entails upon this Government an enormous expense.
Страница 107 - Obedient to that precept of the Constitution which commands the President to give from time to time to the Congress information of the state of the Union and to recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...
Страница 109 - We owe it to our citizens in Cuba to afford them that protection and indemnity for life and property which no government there can or will afford, and to that end to terminate the conditions that deprive them of legal protection. Third. The right to intervene may be justified by the very serious injury to the commerce, trade, and business of our people and by the wanton destruction of property and devastation of the island.
Страница 109 - ... of a foreign nation; the expeditions of filibustering that we are powerless to prevent altogether, and the irritating questions and entanglements thus arising — all these and others that I need not mention, with the resulting strained relations, are a constant menace to our peace and compel us to keep on a semi war footing with a nation with which we are at peace.
Страница 110 - 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...
Страница 119 - ... be duly warned by the commander of one of the blockading vessels, who will indorse on her register the fact and date of such warning ; and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port, for such proceedings against her and her cargo as prize as may be deemed advisable.