Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain

stern and southern parts of the United States, in order to be ready to start for Cuba at short notice. Thousands

mules, and food, and all the things needed for war. It took one week to load the ships. How many ships were needed for this big "excursion party"? Thirty-four. Do you think our soldiers had a pleasant voyage? They had n

et to distant parts of Cuba, had met the Cuban generals, had talked with them, and brought back messages. And now Admiral Sampson came out in a small boat to meet our soldiers, and he took General Shafter on shore, a few miles west of Santiago, t

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o leave Florida. Admiral Sampson sent some of his ships to fire upon the shore and drive away the Spaniards, and he also sent small boats to take our soldiers from the ships to the land. There were not b

w in many places. A number of men were set to work making roads, so that the wagons with the army supplies could push on. It was the wet season, and rain fell every day. Sometimes the st

w miles from our camps, and piling up stones and branches of trees to make mounds, and putting up fe

tiago, but between them and it lay this rough country, where marching wou

roops at