La guerra con la Spagna; una storia completa della guerra del 1898 tra gli Stati Uniti e la Spagna . rque rilasciato da statiuniti. La Spagna dunque ha preso l' iniziativa di dichiarare guerra, thisproclamation essendo rilasciato il 24 aprile, mentre la declara-zione degli Stati Uniti, come già detto, è stato issuedon il 25th. Entrambi sono stati semplicemente dichiarazioni formali della guerra che esisteva dal 21st. Sul dayof la dichiarazione del Segretario di Stato John Shermanretired dal suo posto nell'armadio, essendo incapacitatedby età e fiacchezza di eseguire i gravosi compiti dell ufficio in tempi di guerra. William R.

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The war with Spain; a complete history of the war of 1898 between the United States and Spain . rque issued by the UnitedStates. Spain thus took the initiative in declaring war, thisproclamation being issued on April 24, while the declara-tion of the United States, as already stated, was issuedon the 25th. Both were merely formal declarations ofthe war which had existed since the 21st. On the dayof the declaration, Secretary of State John Shermanretired from his post in the Cabinet, being incapacitatedby age and feebleness to perform the onerous duties ofthe office in times of war. William R. Day, the assistantsecretary, was appointed to the vacant post. The otherCabinet officers whose duties were specially affected bythe declaration of war were Russell A. Alger, Secretaryof War ; John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy ; andLyman T. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury. For five days the blockading fleet lay off Havana, thegreat ships seven or eight miles from shore, the smallerones occasionally venturing nearer, confining themselvesstrictly to blockading duties, and seizing all Spanish. THE WAR WITH SPAIN. 143 vessels that incautiously ventured within their reach.On shore the soldiers of Spain were kept busy in build-ing and strengthening batteries, a form of activity ofwhich Admiral Sampson did not approve, and withwhich he concluded to interfere. On the morning ofthe 27th the flag-ship steamed along the coast to Matan-zas, a sea-port city some fifty miles to the east of Havana.Near the entrance to the harbor she was met by thePuritan and the Cincinnati, on blockade duty at thatpoint. The wind blew freshly and the waves poured insheets of green water over the low bow and stern of themonitor as she followed in the wake of the New York.Admiral Sampson stood on the bridge of the flag-shipcarefully surveying the shore, where evidence appearedthat the Spanish troops were actively engaged in build-ing what seemed to be a sand battery, on which severalguns had been mounted. The

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