. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. t thesame time putting forth almost superhumanefforts to postpone aggressive action untilsuch time as the navy and army were in bet-ter shape, was compelled to give way. OnApril 3 Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, the Americanconsul-general at Havana, was ordered tocome home and bring with him all Americancitizens in the Cuban capital. He left Ha-vana April 9, arriving in Key West the nextday. When President McKinley was as-sured that all Americans were out of Havanahe sent to congress the long-expected mes-sag
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. t thesame time putting forth almost superhumanefforts to postpone aggressive action untilsuch time as the navy and army were in bet-ter shape, was compelled to give way. OnApril 3 Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, the Americanconsul-general at Havana, was ordered tocome home and bring with him all Americancitizens in the Cuban capital. He left Ha-vana April 9, arriving in Key West the nextday. When President McKinley was as-sured that all Americans were out of Havanahe sent to congress the long-expected mes-sage April 11, asking authority to take meas-ures to secure a termination of hostilities inCuba and to secure in the island the estab-lishment of a stable government and to usethe military and naval forces of the UnitedStates as might be necessary to carry outhis policy. He recommended the continua-tion of the distribution of food to the starv-ing people of Cuba. There was no referenceI in his message of Cuban anticipation of war the regular army THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES 38. FITZHUGH LEE, COMMANDING THE 7TII ARMY CORPS. was ordered to mobilize at Tampa, Mobile,New Orleans and Chickamauga. On April 21Gen. Woodford, the American minister toSpain, was given his passports by the Span-ish government and left Madrid, and the nextmorning the American fleet, under AdmiralSampson, sailed from Key West to begin ablockade of Havana and the northern coastof Cuba. Two hours after it steamed out of Key Wests harbor the Nashville fired a shellacross the bow of the Buena Ventura, a Span-ish steamer, and the war with Spain began,although the formal declaration of war wasnot made by the United States until threedays later. The chapters following are someof the war stories written by the corre-spondents of The Record who were sent tothe front. 24 THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES DEWEYS FLEET IN MIRS BAY. BY JOHN T. McCUTCHEON. The Asiatic squadron is ready to start to
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