The Boys of '98

STORIES of
AMERICAN HISTORY

By James Otis

1.	When We Destroyed the Gaspee
2.	Boston Boys of 1775
3.	When Dewey Came to Manila
4.	Off Santiago with Sampson
5.	When Israel Putnam Served the King
6.	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 & COMPANY
Publishers
Estes Press, Summer St., Boston

THE CHARGE AT EL CANEY.

[pg iii] THE BOYS OF ’98

BY
JAMES OTIS
AUTHOR OF
“TOBY TYLER,” “JENNY WREN’S BOARDING HOUSE,”
“THE BOYS OF FORT SCHUYLER,” ETC.

Illustrated by
J. STEEPLE DAVIS
FRANK T. MERRILL
And with Reproductions of Photographs

ELEVENTH THOUSAND

BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

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CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Battle-ship Maine	1
II.	The Preliminaries	19
III.	A Declaration of War	38
IV.	The Battle of Manila Bay	64
V.	News of the Day	92
VI.	Cardenas and San Juan	117
VII.	From All Quarters	130
VIII.	Hobson and the Merrimac	149
IX.	By Wire	171
X.	Santiago de Cuba	194
XI.	El Caney and San Juan Heights	224
XII.	The Spanish Fleet	254
XIII.	The Surrender of Santiago	290
XIV.	Minor Events	302
XV.	The Porto Rican Campaign	320
XVI.	The Fall of Manila	335
XVII.	Peace	345
	Appendix A—The Philippine Islands	355
	Appendix B—War-ships and Signals	370
	Appendix C—Santiago de Cuba	379
	Appendix D—Porto Rico	383
	Appendix E—The Bay of Guantanamo	386

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	The Charge at El Caney	Frontispiece
	U. S. S. Maine	7
	Captain C. D. Sigsbee	12
	Ex-Minister de Lome	20
	U. S. S. Montgomery	24
	Major-General Fitzhugh Lee	30
	U. S. S. Columbia	38
	Captain-General Blanco	44
	Premier Sagasta	49
	President William Mckinley	55
	U. S. S. Puritan	58
	Admiral George Dewey	64
	U. S. S. Olympia	69
	U. S. S. Baltimore	72
	Battle of Manila Bay	75
	U. S. S. Boston	77
	U. S. S. Concord	82
	U. S. S. Terror	99
	John D. Long, Secretary of Navy	107
	U. S. S. Chicago	117
	The Tragedy of the Winslow	119
	U. S. S. Amphitrite	123
	The Bombardment of San Juan, Porto Rico	127
	U. S. S. Miantonomah	130
	Admiral Schley	135
	U. S. S. Monterey	144
	U. S. S. Massachusetts	151
	Lieutenant Hobson	156
	U. S. S. New York	161
	Hobson and His Men on the Raft	166
	Admiral Cervera	169
	Queen Regent, Maria Christina of Spain	171
	General Garcia	181
	Admiral Camara	186
	General Augusti	192
	U. S. S. Marblehead	201
	U. S. S. Vesuvius	207
	U. S. S. Texas	215
	Colonel Theodore Roosevelt	218
	Major-General Shafter	224
	The Attack on San Juan Hill	229
	Vice-President Hobart	234
	U. S. S. Newark	239
	Admiral W. T. Sampson	Clyx.com