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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



missioners were appointed. They sailed for 

 France, September 17. 



September 10. The United States Cuban 

 Evacuation Commissioners arrived at Havana. 



September 13. Admiral Cervera and other 

 Spanish naval officers sailed for Spain. 



September 18. Spanish Peace Commission- 

 ers were announced. 



September 20. The evacuation of Porto 

 Rico by the Spaniards began. 



September 24. A commission appointed by 

 the President to investigate the conduct of the 

 War Department, began its sessions at Wash- 

 ington. 



October 1. The conferences of the Peace 

 Commissioners began in Paris. 



October 12. The battleships Oregon and 

 Iowa sailed from New York for Manila. 



October 18. Peace Jubilee celebration at 

 Chicago. 



October 18. The American army and navy 

 took formal possession of the island of Porto 

 Rico at San Juan. 



October 24. Time limit for the evacuation 

 of Cuba by the Spaniards was extended to 

 January 1, 1899. 



October 27. After a long and earnest con- 

 tention the Spanish Peace Commissioners ac- 

 cepted the American ultimatum not to assume 

 the Spanish Cuban debt. 



October 31. The United States Peace Com- 

 missioners presented the demand of the United 

 States for the Philippines. 



November 1 . The captured cruiser Infanta 

 Maria Teresa was abandoned in a gale off San 

 Salvador. 



November 7. The Cuban Assembly was 

 organized at Santa Cruz del Sur. Domingo 

 Mendez Capote was elected president. 



December 10. The Treaty of Peace was 

 signed at Paris at 8.45 o'clock P. M. 



Casualties in the Navy During the 

 TVar. Lost on the Maine preceding the war, 

 2 officers and 257 men. Manila, May 1, 7 

 wounded. Cienfuegos, May 11, 1 killed, 11 

 wounded. Cardenas, May 11, 5 killed, 3 

 wounded. San Juan, May 12, 1 killed, 7 

 wounded. Guantanamo, June 11-20, 6 killed, 

 16 wounded. Santiago, June 22, 1 killed, 9 

 wounded . Santiago, July 3 , 1 killed, 1 wounded . 

 On the Yankee, June 13, 1 wounded. On the 

 the Eagle, July 12, 1 wounded. On the Ban- 

 croft, July 2, 1 killed. On the Amphitrite, 

 August 7, 1 killed. Total for the war, 19 

 killed and 48 wounded, exclusive of the loss on 

 the Maine. In addition to the above, 1 man 

 died of disease, and 6 were invalided. Only 

 18 were killed in battle. The average- strength 

 of the navy and marine corps together was 26,- 

 102 for the 114 days of hostilities. The total 



deaths from disease were 56, while 29 died 

 from injuries received in battle. 



Casualties in the Army During the 

 "War. Losses of Santiago Campaign Killed : 

 Officers, 23 ; men, 237. Wounded : Officers, 

 99; men, 1,332. 



Losses of Porto Rico Campaign Killed : 

 Officers, 0; men, 3. Wounded: Officers, 4 ; 

 men, 36. 



Losses of Manila Campaign Killed : Offi- 

 cers, 0; men, 17. Wounded: Officers 10; 

 men, 96. 



Total losses from all causes up to October 

 1, 1898 Killed: Officers, 33; men, 257. 

 Wounded : Officers, 4 ; men, 61. Died of dis- 

 ease : Officers, 80 ; men, 2,485. Total of 107 

 officers and 2,803 men; or a percentage of 

 159-1,000, being an aggregate of 2,910 out of 

 a total of 274,717 officers and men, the total 

 of the war. 



Died in Camps in the United States 

 and Cuba, and at Sea. Camp Thomas, 

 245; Camp Cuba Libre, 246 ; Tampa, Fla., 

 56 ; Cuba (of disease only), 427 ; at sea, 87 ; 

 Camp Wikoff, 257 ; Manila, 63 ; Porto Rico, 

 137; Camp Wheeler, 35; Camp Hamilton, 

 29 ; Camp Alger, 107 ; Camp Meade, 64 ; 

 Camp Merritt, 139 ; Camp Poland, 23 ; Camp 

 Shipp, 12 ; other camps, 378. 



Arms Captured at Santiago. Mauser 

 rifles, 16,902 ; Argent rifles, 872 ; Remington 

 rifles, 6,118; Mauser carbines, 833; Argent 

 carbines, 84 ; Remington carbines, 330 ; re- 

 volvers, 75. Rifled cannon Bronze, 30 ; cast 

 iron, 10 ; steel, 8 ; smooth bore and obsolete, 

 44; mortars, 5. Projectiles 3,551 solid shot, 

 437 shrapnel, 2,577 shells. Small-arm am- 

 munition Mauser,!, 471, 200 rounds ; Argent, 

 1,500,000 rounds; others, 1,680,000 rounds. 



Spanish Vessels Captured or De- 

 stroyed by the Navy. By Admiral Samp- 

 son's Squadron, July 3 Cristobal Colon, 

 Vizcaya, Maria Teresa, Admiral Oquendo, all 

 armored cruisers ; torpedo-boat destroyers 

 Furor and Pluton. 



Destroyed July 18 Gunboats Maria Pon- 

 ton, Delgado Perado, Jos4 Garcia, Cuba, and 

 Espanola, all burned at Manzanillo ; transport 

 Gloria sunk. 



By Admiral Dewey's Squadron, May 1 and 

 subsequently -Cruisers Reina Cristina, Gas- 

 tilla, Ulloa, Tsla de Cuba, General Lozo ; gun- 

 boats Duero, Correo, Velasco, Mindano, and 

 one transport on May 1. Subsequently cap- 

 tured Torpedo boat Barcelow; gunboats Cal- 

 lao, Leyte, Manila, and Mindanao. 



Vessels captured in Cuban waters all gun- 

 boats of about 300 tons, Hernan Corlez, Pi- 

 zarro, Vasco Nunez, Diego Valasquez, Alerta, 

 Ardilla, Tradera, Flecha, Ligera, Satellite, 



