Statewide County ME Archives History - Books .....Spanish-American War 1920
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Book Title: The Maine Book

Spanish-American War (1898). 

Exclusive of soldiers, seamen and marines who enlisted
in the regular army and navy, Maine furnished for the
war with Spain one volunteer regiment of infantry,
four batteries of heavy artillery, and a signal corps,
a total of 1,717 officers and men. This was more than
her full quota. 

Neither the artillery nor the infantry saw active
service, but over fifty men died from fever contracted
in the southern camps, and many more were permanently
invalid. 

The Signal Corps was orderd to the front and did
excellent service in the several battles on the island
of Cuba near Santiago, which led to the surrender of
that city and the Spanish forces occupying it. General
Greeley, chief signal officer of the United States
Army, at the close of the war addressed the Maine
Signal Corps in these words, "You of the volunteers
that came into the field from your shops and desks,
cannot be expected to stand the hardships of this
campaign like the regulars who are trained soldiers,
neither are you expected to perform the many duties
which devolve upon you with the same intelligence as
the regulars who have had years of constant practice
and study, but the comparison is very flattering to
you. You were the first to report for duty to
Washington, you were the best equipped of any
detachment that has reported here during the war. The
State of Maine ought to be proud of you and should be
proud of the manner in which she prepared you for the
field." 

Additional Comments:
The Maine Book, by Henry E. Dunnack, Librarian of
Maine State Library. Augusta, Maine 1920. pages 3-8. 

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