Résumé : At the outbreak of war with Spain in 1898, the U.S. Army was very small in numbers. This situation necessitated an immediate call for volunteers. President McKinley's appeal was overwhelmingly answered by a generation that had grown up in the shadow of their elders' Civil War glory. One group answering the call was the First Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry Volunteers, headed by Colonel Leonard Wood, a distinguished army doctor and Medal of Honor recipient. The regiment was actually the brainchild of Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy and Wood's friend. Roosevelt, realizing his own lack of military experience, suggested Wood for the command. The Rough Riders, as the regiment was soon known, comprised 1,250 men, including cowboys, Native Americans and eastern college athletes. Despite their dissimilarities, they were in excellent physical condition'a stark contrast to most of the other volunteer contingents. The Rough Riders departed from Tampa in mid-June without their horses. They landed at Daiquiri on June 22 and two days later served with distinction in a battle at Las Guásimas. Immediately prior to the conflict at San Juan, Colonel Wood was promoted to another field command, enabling Roosevelt as a full colonel to take command of the Rough Riders. On July 1, Roosevelt, having secured a horse, led his forces in a charge up Kettle Hill outside of Santiago. They achieved their goal and later in the day participated in the victory at San Juan Hill. By seizing these heights, American guns commanded the harbor at Santiago. The Spanish position was imperiled and an abortive attempt by the Spanish navy to escape from the harbor was halted with devastating results. Spanish land forces surrendered shortly thereafter. Roosevelt urged the Rough Riders' swift evacuation, fearing the continuing spread of disease. They returned to Montauk, Long Island, where they were held in quarantine before being mustered out in September. More than one-third of the Rough Riders were casualties in the Spanish-American War, a fact that has led some observers to criticize Roosevelt for unnecessary risk-taking. Nevertheless, the Rough Riders became heroes to the American public and Roosevelt emerged as a major national figure.
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Tampa |z 1271000 |2 ceeus
Hillsborough County |z 12057 |2 ceeus
United States of America -- Florida -- Hillsborough County -- Tampa
United States

Droits : All rights reserved. 2005.
D20-012

Éditeur(s) : Peter Fenelon Collier Peter Fenelon Collier ( New York )
Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Told by W. Nephew King ; O.O. Howard (for the army) ; Robley D. Evans (for the navy).
Philippines
Manila (Philippines)

AJD1572
06372915
001719135

Résumé : The war in Cuba helped to maintain a precarious unity within the Centro Español, but once the war ended in 1898, calls for the transformation of the Centro into a mutual aid society gained strength again. The leadership failed to respond, and in 1902 a number of the members decided to ask the Centro Asturiano in Havana for permission to establish an affiliate in Tampa, which would offer medical assistance to its members. The success of the Centro Asturiano forced the officers of the Centro Español to reconsider their position and agree to transform their organization into a mutual aid society. Once this was done, they attempted to obtain the dissolution of the Tampa affiliate of the Centro Asturiano, but they were unsuccessful. By failing to recognize the strength of the idea of mutualism, the officers of the Centro Español undermined the patriotic unity they had championed, for the Centro lost its claim to be the sole representative of the Spanish community in Tampa.
(Funding) Funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Ephemeral Cities Project.
Tampa |z 1271000 |2 ceeus
Hillsborough County |z 12057 |2 ceeus
United States of America -- Florida -- Hillsborough County -- Tampa

Droits : All rights reserved. 2005.
P21-0260

Éditeur(s) : Est. Tipogrâafico "La Gutenberg" Est. Tipogrâafico "La Gutenberg" ( La Coruäna Spain )
Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) J. Rodriguez Martâinez.
Cuba
Spain
Phillipines
Cuba

07909649

Éditeur(s) : P. F. Collier, P. F. Collier, ( [s.l.] )
Résumé : Digital image, 2005. 11.3 M, 300 ppi, rgb tif.
All rights reserved by the source institution.
Guantanamo (Cuba)

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1998-363-1

Éditeur(s) : H. Altemus Company H. Altemus Company ( Philadelphia )
Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) by Prescott Holmes; with eighty-six illustrations ...
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

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001613931
06191063
AHN8349
29012036

Résumé : The Cuban struggle for independence from Spain in the 1890s affected Spaniards living in Tampa in different ways. Although small, the Spanish colony of Tampa was by no means homogeneous. It ranged from prominent cigar manufacturers and successful merchants to salaried workers, from radical anarchists to conservative defenders of Spanish Cuba.
(Funding) Funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Ephemeral Cities Project.
Tampa |z 1271000 |2 ceeus
Hillsborough County |z 12057 |2 ceeus
United States of America -- Florida -- Hillsborough County -- Tampa

Droits : All rights reserved. 2005.
P21-0258

Éditeur(s) : Harper's Weekly Harper's Weekly ( New York )
Résumé : Contract laborers were imported from China to Cuba in the nineteenth century to alleviate the severe labor shortage caused by the expansion of the sugar estates. Between 1847 and 1878, approximately 145,000 Chinese arrived in the island. As they were expected to work under conditions similar to slavery, the death rate was high. By 1899, the population was reduced to 14,863. The artist, Frederic Remington, well-known for his portrayal of the Old West, began his career at Harper's Weekly. On assignment as artist and correspondent in Cuba during the 1890s, he reported on conditions on the island, as well as the Spanish American War in 1898.
Page from Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1891, p. 877
Digital image. 2005. 400 ppi rgb tif. 4414 x 6335 pixels. Prints. Box 24.
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Havana (Cuba)

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1997-230-13
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010490/00001

Éditeur(s) : [Jime´nez y Molina, impresores] Jiménez y Molina, impresores [Jime´nez y Molina, impresores] Jiménez y Molina, impresores ( Madrid )
Résumé : (Bibliography) "Bibliografía" p. 273-286
Cuba
Spain

ADE2020
15146614
000612808

Résumé : For eleven years, the Centro Español stood alone as the representative of the Spanish colony in Tampa. Then, in 1902, a number of its members decided to organize an affiliate of the Centro Asturiano of Havana. Although many members of the new society were originally from the Spanish region of Asturias, the division of the colony was not based solely on regional loyalties. Rather, it was the culmination of a debate over organizational goals that had begun years earlier.This dispute pitted Spaniards concerned with patriotism and national identity against those seeking mutual aid, especially health care.
(Funding) Funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Ephemeral Cities Project.
Tampa |z 1271000 |2 ceeus
Hillsborough County |z 12057 |2 ceeus
United States of America -- Florida -- Hillsborough County -- Tampa

Droits : All rights reserved. 2005.
P21-0259

Éditeur(s) : Dana Estes & Company Dana Estes & Company ( Boston )
Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) by James Otis ; illustrated by J. Steeple Davis, Frank T. Merrill, and with reproductions of photographs.
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Cuba
United States

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002394790
ALZ9697
228695034
98002087

Éditeur(s) : Silver, Burdett and company Silver, Burdett and company ( Boston, New York [etc.] )
Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) by Andrew S. Draper.

000139522
22836480
AAQ5633