A history of the United States . consid-eration when the war withSpain began. Under thepressure of Deweys posi-tion the importance of anaval station in the mid-Pacific won over manyof the opponents of an-nexation, and the jointresolution passed theHouse June 15 and theSenate July 6. Meanwhile importantevents were happeningin American fleet was very slow in crossing the Atlantic andmuch uneasiness was felt in the United States j^Q^gj^g^tsas to its destination. Sampson grew restless of theand moved eastward to Porto Rico with a P^^rt-^tia^^tic^of his fleet with the intention of i
A history of the United States . consid-eration when the war withSpain began. Under thepressure of Deweys posi-tion the importance of anaval station in the mid-Pacific won over manyof the opponents of an-nexation, and the jointresolution passed theHouse June 15 and theSenate July 6. Meanwhile importantevents were happeningin American fleet was very slow in crossing the Atlantic andmuch uneasiness was felt in the United States j^Q^gj^g^tsas to its destination. Sampson grew restless of theand moved eastward to Porto Rico with a P^^rt-^tia^^tic^of his fleet with the intention of interceptingCervera in case he made a dash for the coast of the UnitedStates or of blockading him in case he put in at San Sampson was off Porto Rico Cervera appeared offMartinique, and learning the location of the American fleetturned southward to Curasao. A week later he slippedunobserved into Santiago, Cuba. As soon as news of the arrival of the Spanish fleet offMartinique was received at the Navy Department, Schley. William T. Sampson. 504 The New Nation was dispatched with the flying squadron from HamptonRoads to Key West and Sampson was hastily recalled fromPorto Rico. When the latter reached Key West May 18,he ordered Schley to proceed around the west end of Cubato Cienfuegos and in case he did not find Cervera there to goon to Santiago. Schley arrived before Santiago on the26th, a week after the arrival of Cerveras fleet, but asthe auxiliary cruisers on scouting duty before that portwere ignorant of Cerveras arrival Schley began the muchdiscussed retrograde movement to Key West. Two dayslater, after receiving dispatches from the Navy Departmentindicating that Cervera was at Santiago, he returned and es-tablished a blockade. Sampson arrived June 1 and assumedcommand. During the search for Cerveras fleet much uneasinesswas felt for the safety of the Oregon, which left Bremerton,Washington, before the war was declared and was makingthe long journey around the Hor
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