THE BOYS OF ’98STORIES ofAMERICAN HISTORYBy James Otis1.When We Destroyed the Gaspee2.Boston Boys of 17753.When Dewey Came to Manila4.Off Santiago with Sampson5.When Israel Putnam Served the King6.The Signal Boys of ’75(A Tale of the Siege of Boston)7.Under the Liberty Tree(A Story of the Boston Massacre)8.The Boys of 1745(The Capture of Louisburg)9.An Island Refuge(Casco Bay in 1676)10.Neal the Miller(A Son of Liberty)11.Ezra Jordan’s Escape(The Massacre at Fort Loyall)DANA ESTES & COMPANYPublishersEstes Press, Summer St., BostonTHE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.THE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.[pg iii]THE BOYS OF ’98BYJAMES OTISAUTHOR OF“TOBY TYLER,”“JENNY WREN’S BOARDING HOUSE,”“THE BOYS OF FORT SCHUYLER,”ETC.Illustrated byJ. STEEPLE DAVISFRANK T. MERRILLAnd with Reproductions of PhotographsELEVENTH THOUSANDBOSTONDANA ESTES & COMPANYPUBLISHERS[pg iv]Copyright, 1898By Dana Estes & Company[pg v]CONTENTS.CHAPTERPAGEI.The Battle-ship Maine1II.The Preliminaries19III.A Declaration of War38IV.The Battle of Manila Bay64V.News of the Day92VI.Cardenas and San Juan117VII.From All Quarters130VIII.Hobson and the Merrimac149IX.By Wire171X.Santiago de Cuba194XI.El Caney and San Juan Heights224XII.The Spanish Fleet254XIII.The Surrender of Santiago290XIV.Minor Events302XV.The Porto Rican Campaign320XVI.The Fall of Manila335XVII.Peace345Appendix A—The Philippine Islands355Appendix B—War-ships and Signals370Appendix C—Santiago de Cuba379Appendix D—Porto Rico383Appendix E—The Bay of Guantanamo386[pg vi][pg vii]ILLUSTRATIONS.PAGEThe Charge at El CaneyFrontispieceU. S. S. Maine7Captain C. D. Sigsbee12Ex-Minister de Lome20U. S. S. Montgomery24Major-General Fitzhugh Lee30U. S. S. Columbia38Captain-General Blanco44Premier Sagasta49President William Mckinley55U. S. S. Puritan58Admiral George Dewey64U. S. S. Olympia69U. S. S. Baltimore72Battle of Manila Bay75U. S. S. Boston77U. S. S. Concord82U. S. S. Terror99John D. Long, Secretary of Navy107U. S. S. Chicago117The Tragedy of the Winslow119U. S. S. Amphitrite123The Bombardment of San Juan, Porto Rico127U. S. S. Miantonomah130Admiral Schley135U. S. S. Monterey144U. S. S. Massachusetts151Lieutenant Hobson156U. S. S. New York161Hobson and His Men on the Raft166Admiral Cervera169Queen Regent, Maria Christina of Spain171General Garcia181Admiral Camara186General Augusti192U. S. S. Marblehead201U. S. S. Vesuvius207U. S. S. Texas215Colonel Theodore Roosevelt218Major-General Shafter224The Attack on San Juan Hill229Vice-President Hobart234U. S. S. Newark239Admiral W. T. Sampson243General Weyler254Captain R. D. Evans256U. S. S. Iowa262The Destruction of Cervera’s Fleet266U. S. S. Indiana269U. S. S. Oregon275U. S. S. Brooklyn282Major-General Joseph Wheeler292King Alphonso XIII. of Spain300General Gomez311U. S. S. New Orleans314U. S. S. San Francisco318Major-General Miles320Major-General Brooke327General Brooke Receiving the News of theProtocol333General Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War334Major-General Wesley Merritt344Don Carlos349[pg x]
THE BOYS OF ’98STORIES ofAMERICAN HISTORYBy James Otis1.When We Destroyed the Gaspee2.Boston Boys of 17753.When Dewey Came to Manila4.Off Santiago with Sampson5.When Israel Putnam Served the King6.The Signal Boys of ’75(A Tale of the Siege of Boston)7.Under the Liberty Tree(A Story of the Boston Massacre)8.The Boys of 1745(The Capture of Louisburg)9.An Island Refuge(Casco Bay in 1676)10.Neal the Miller(A Son of Liberty)11.Ezra Jordan’s Escape(The Massacre at Fort Loyall)DANA ESTES & COMPANYPublishersEstes Press, Summer St., BostonTHE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.THE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.[pg iii]THE BOYS OF ’98BYJAMES OTISAUTHOR OF“TOBY TYLER,”“JENNY WREN’S BOARDING HOUSE,”“THE BOYS OF FORT SCHUYLER,”ETC.Illustrated byJ. STEEPLE DAVISFRANK T. MERRILLAnd with Reproductions of PhotographsELEVENTH THOUSANDBOSTONDANA ESTES & COMPANYPUBLISHERS[pg iv]Copyright, 1898By Dana Estes & Company[pg v]CONTENTS.CHAPTERPAGEI.The Battle-ship Maine1II.The Preliminaries19III.A Declaration of War38IV.The Battle of Manila Bay64V.News of the Day92VI.Cardenas and San Juan117VII.From All Quarters130VIII.Hobson and the Merrimac149IX.By Wire171X.Santiago de Cuba194XI.El Caney and San Juan Heights224XII.The Spanish Fleet254XIII.The Surrender of Santiago290XIV.Minor Events302XV.The Porto Rican Campaign320XVI.The Fall of Manila335XVII.Peace345Appendix A—The Philippine Islands355Appendix B—War-ships and Signals370Appendix C—Santiago de Cuba379Appendix D—Porto Rico383Appendix E—The Bay of Guantanamo386[pg vi][pg vii]ILLUSTRATIONS.PAGEThe Charge at El CaneyFrontispieceU. S. S. Maine7Captain C. D. Sigsbee12Ex-Minister de Lome20U. S. S. Montgomery24Major-General Fitzhugh Lee30U. S. S. Columbia38Captain-General Blanco44Premier Sagasta49President William Mckinley55U. S. S. Puritan58Admiral George Dewey64U. S. S. Olympia69U. S. S. Baltimore72Battle of Manila Bay75U. S. S. Boston77U. S. S. Concord82U. S. S. Terror99John D. Long, Secretary of Navy107U. S. S. Chicago117The Tragedy of the Winslow119U. S. S. Amphitrite123The Bombardment of San Juan, Porto Rico127U. S. S. Miantonomah130Admiral Schley135U. S. S. Monterey144U. S. S. Massachusetts151Lieutenant Hobson156U. S. S. New York161Hobson and His Men on the Raft166Admiral Cervera169Queen Regent, Maria Christina of Spain171General Garcia181Admiral Camara186General Augusti192U. S. S. Marblehead201U. S. S. Vesuvius207U. S. S. Texas215Colonel Theodore Roosevelt218Major-General Shafter224The Attack on San Juan Hill229Vice-President Hobart234U. S. S. Newark239Admiral W. T. Sampson243General Weyler254Captain R. D. Evans256U. S. S. Iowa262The Destruction of Cervera’s Fleet266U. S. S. Indiana269U. S. S. Oregon275U. S. S. Brooklyn282Major-General Joseph Wheeler292King Alphonso XIII. of Spain300General Gomez311U. S. S. New Orleans314U. S. S. San Francisco318Major-General Miles320Major-General Brooke327General Brooke Receiving the News of theProtocol333General Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War334Major-General Wesley Merritt344Don Carlos349[pg x]
THE BOYS OF ’98
THE BOYS OF ’98
STORIES ofAMERICAN HISTORYBy James Otis1.When We Destroyed the Gaspee2.Boston Boys of 17753.When Dewey Came to Manila4.Off Santiago with Sampson5.When Israel Putnam Served the King6.The Signal Boys of ’75(A Tale of the Siege of Boston)7.Under the Liberty Tree(A Story of the Boston Massacre)8.The Boys of 1745(The Capture of Louisburg)9.An Island Refuge(Casco Bay in 1676)10.Neal the Miller(A Son of Liberty)11.Ezra Jordan’s Escape(The Massacre at Fort Loyall)DANA ESTES & COMPANYPublishersEstes Press, Summer St., Boston
STORIES ofAMERICAN HISTORY
By James Otis
DANA ESTES & COMPANYPublishersEstes Press, Summer St., Boston
THE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.THE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.
THE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.THE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.
THE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.
[pg iii]THE BOYS OF ’98BYJAMES OTISAUTHOR OF“TOBY TYLER,”“JENNY WREN’S BOARDING HOUSE,”“THE BOYS OF FORT SCHUYLER,”ETC.Illustrated byJ. STEEPLE DAVISFRANK T. MERRILLAnd with Reproductions of PhotographsELEVENTH THOUSANDBOSTONDANA ESTES & COMPANYPUBLISHERS
BYJAMES OTISAUTHOR OF“TOBY TYLER,”“JENNY WREN’S BOARDING HOUSE,”“THE BOYS OF FORT SCHUYLER,”ETC.
[pg iv]Copyright, 1898By Dana Estes & Company
Copyright, 1898By Dana Estes & Company
[pg v]CONTENTS.CHAPTERPAGEI.The Battle-ship Maine1II.The Preliminaries19III.A Declaration of War38IV.The Battle of Manila Bay64V.News of the Day92VI.Cardenas and San Juan117VII.From All Quarters130VIII.Hobson and the Merrimac149IX.By Wire171X.Santiago de Cuba194XI.El Caney and San Juan Heights224XII.The Spanish Fleet254XIII.The Surrender of Santiago290XIV.Minor Events302XV.The Porto Rican Campaign320XVI.The Fall of Manila335XVII.Peace345Appendix A—The Philippine Islands355Appendix B—War-ships and Signals370Appendix C—Santiago de Cuba379Appendix D—Porto Rico383Appendix E—The Bay of Guantanamo386[pg vi]
[pg vii]ILLUSTRATIONS.PAGEThe Charge at El CaneyFrontispieceU. S. S. Maine7Captain C. D. Sigsbee12Ex-Minister de Lome20U. S. S. Montgomery24Major-General Fitzhugh Lee30U. S. S. Columbia38Captain-General Blanco44Premier Sagasta49President William Mckinley55U. S. S. Puritan58Admiral George Dewey64U. S. S. Olympia69U. S. S. Baltimore72Battle of Manila Bay75U. S. S. Boston77U. S. S. Concord82U. S. S. Terror99John D. Long, Secretary of Navy107U. S. S. Chicago117The Tragedy of the Winslow119U. S. S. Amphitrite123The Bombardment of San Juan, Porto Rico127U. S. S. Miantonomah130Admiral Schley135U. S. S. Monterey144U. S. S. Massachusetts151Lieutenant Hobson156U. S. S. New York161Hobson and His Men on the Raft166Admiral Cervera169Queen Regent, Maria Christina of Spain171General Garcia181Admiral Camara186General Augusti192U. S. S. Marblehead201U. S. S. Vesuvius207U. S. S. Texas215Colonel Theodore Roosevelt218Major-General Shafter224The Attack on San Juan Hill229Vice-President Hobart234U. S. S. Newark239Admiral W. T. Sampson243General Weyler254Captain R. D. Evans256U. S. S. Iowa262The Destruction of Cervera’s Fleet266U. S. S. Indiana269U. S. S. Oregon275U. S. S. Brooklyn282Major-General Joseph Wheeler292King Alphonso XIII. of Spain300General Gomez311U. S. S. New Orleans314U. S. S. San Francisco318Major-General Miles320Major-General Brooke327General Brooke Receiving the News of theProtocol333General Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War334Major-General Wesley Merritt344Don Carlos349[pg x]