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As the Spanish American War approached, the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department began to plan for the tremendous logistical problems presented by having to carry the U.S. Army, swelling in size, to the enemy. The main emphasis was on the Cuban Campaign. The possibility of sending an army to the Philippines was not initially contemplated.
 

"Anticipating the possible needs of the Quartermaster's Department for ocean transportation fo the movement of troops and supplies to Cuba, early action was taken by this office [Quartmaster Department, Division of Transportation] communicating with the various American steamship companies conducting the ocean traffic on the Atlantic and Gul coasts to ascertain what vessels were available for charter for that purpose..."

Initially, from the declaration of war until June 30, the Quartermaster Department chartered 43 vessels for use on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (total displacement of 104,201 tons, with a carrying capacity of 1,287 officers, 22,335 enlisted men and 6.746 horses and mules).

During the same period, the Quartermaster Department went to work trying to obtain transports for use on the Pacific coast. The move was somewhat belated, once the surprisingly complete naval victory at Manila Bay dictated the need for a land force. On the Pacific coast, obtaining transports was a more difficult task. First, though the steamship companies did agree to co-operate, most of the vessels were at sea in the vast Pacific, and waiting for them to arrive to be reviewed and contracted took time. Secondly, the Pacific transports would have to be larger and more substantial to carry the large number of men the 7,000 miles to the Philippines. This was not a short cruise as was the cruise to Cuba or Puerto Rico. From the declaration of war until June 30, the Quartermaster Department chartered 14 vessels for use on the Pacific coast (total displacement 41,152 tons, with a capacity of 629 officers and 13,059 enlisted men).

After obtaining the vessels, the Department had to modify the vessels to allow them to carry the troops. Sleeping accommodations had to be installed,  stalls added for the animals, etc. Water tanks and electrical systems were upgraded, and fans added for ventilation. Galleys were upgraded to handle the large numbers of men, as were the sanitary facilities. Particular efforts were made to make the Pacific coast transports acceptable for their lengthy sojourn on the ocean since it was clearly understood that troops who arrived ill, could not be expected to fight. Later Pacific coast vessels were even equipped with refrigeration capabilities to enable fresh meat to be served aboard the vessel, and improved steaming capabilities (less roll).
 

In spite of the efforts of the Quartermaster Department, the transports were less than excellent. The crowding, the heat, insufficient sanitary facilities, and the resulting stench made the transports anything but pleasant.

Soon, however, it became apparent that still greater transport capacities would be needed as the estimates of the number of troops needed overseas continued to grow. On the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, four more vessels were located - the WANDERER, LA GRANDE DUCHESSE, TARPON and UTE - increasing the troop capacity to over 25,000 men. On the Pacific coast four more vessels were also located - the CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, PENNSYLVANIA, ST. PAUL, and TACOMA. The TACOMA was significant, and indicative of the difficult charter situation. She was was the only sailing vessel chartered by the Quartermaster Department. The remainder were all steamships.

As the demand for transports was still not met, an issue compounded by the U.S. Government's decision not to charter vessels of foreign registry, the Quartermaster Department was forced to take more drastic and long-term step. It had to purchase vessels outright.

Fourteen vessels were purchased by the Department for use on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts with two more purchased for use on the Pacific coast. The total cost of the vessels (not including refitting) was $6,231,000, a hefty amount for the period. These vessels had a capacity of 720 officers, 12,700 enlisted men, and 6,750 horses, mules, etc. Two of the purchased vessels were the RITA and the PANAMA, both of which had been captured by the U.S. Navy during the war, and sold as prizes.

The transport force was supplemented by some of the auxiliary cruisers of the Navy. These were oceanliners which were fitted with guns for use in the blockade. Many of these vessels spent a large amount of their time in transport duty. These included the HARVARD, YALE, ST. LOUIS and ST. PAUL.

The transport service was put to its heaviest test in the Cuban campaign. Luckily the trip to Cuba, once the vessels were finally able to leave port and Cervera's Spanish Squadron was blockaded in Santiago harbor, was uneventful. It was, however, very uncomfortable as the vessels sat in the hot sun with inadequate sewage control and a build up of animal wastes. The uneventfulness was surprising, since the transport fleet was disorganized, spread out and inadequately screened. An attack by a torpedo vessel could have been devastating.

Problems became apparent once the time arrived to land the troops. The vessels were not supplied with an adequate number of lighters or cutters for taking the troops to shore from the vessels. The Navy was forced to supply all the lighters it could and crewmen to man them, but the number was less than needed. This problem would continue to plague Shafter's supply lines throughout the Vith Corps' time in Cuba. In addition, no adequate facility was supplied for unloading the horses. The use of cranes with slings was found to be slow and dangerous to the horses, prompting Rough Rider Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt to snort "like a bull," and yell "stop that goddamned animal torture!" The horses were eventually simply herded overboard to fend for themselves. Some made it ashore, some did not (Roosevelt lost one of his two horses in this manner).

The lack of lighters is significant for another reason. Had the vessels been torpedoed, there were no boats provided for use by the troops to save themselves. The loss in life would have been tremendous.

In the final analysis, the transport costs totalled $7,804,016.67. A total of 92,836 men were transported from one point to another (this does not men 92,836 different men!). The number also includes the transport of Spanish prisoners.

The following is a list of some of the transports, and the troops they were known to have carried.

If you have information on a specific tranport (either listed or not yet listed) or on the troops they carried, let us know!

Click here for an account of life aboard the ALAMO
 

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		2,934	40	400	400

This vessel was chartered from the New York and Texas Steamship Company at a rate of $625 per day. The charter began on April 29 and lasted until September 23, 1898. After thirty days, the rate dropped to $550 per day. She was launched in 1883, and had a speed of 12-13 knots.

This vessel transported:
        Battery C, Pennsylvania Light Artillery from Puerto Rico to the U.S.
        10th U.S. Infantry from Tampa to Cuba
 

ALLEGHENY

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
17		2,014

This vessel was launched in 1881, and had a speed of 12-13 knots.

This vessel transported:

General Joe Wheeler to Cuba
Correspondent Cramer of the Atlanta Constitution to Cuba
Correspondent Leighton of the New York Journal to Cuba

This vessel transported:
        Colonel Astor home from Cuba
 

ARIZONA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		5,000

This vessel was purchased from the Northern Pacific Railway Company on July 16, 1898 for $600,000.

This vessel transported the following from Honolulu, Hawai'i to Manila, Philippines as part of the Fifth Philippine Expedition:

        1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry (1st, 2nd battalions, Company C)
        1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry (part)
        10th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (part)
        18th U.S. Infantry, Companies I, K, L, M
 

AUSTRALIA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		2,755	50	1,000

This vessel was built in 1875, and had a speed of 14-15 knots. She was chartered from the Oceanic Steamship Company from May 10 to August 29, 1898 at the rate of $20,000 per month.

This vessel transported elements of the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry from San Francisco to the Philippines as part of the First Philippine Expedition.
 

BERKSHIRE

Click here to read an account of life aboard Berkshire
 

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
9		2,014	25	250	200

This vessel was chartered from the Merchants and Miners' Transport Company from April 29 to September 12, 1898 at a rate of $600 per day.

This vessel transportedthe following:

   2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery A to Cuba
   2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery F (officers, men and horses only) to Cuba
 
 

CHEROKEE

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
4		2,557	40	900

This vessel was chartered from the Wm. P. Clyde & Co. Line for $500 per day. She had a speed of 11 knots.
 

CHESTER

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
32	Troop Ship	4,770

This vessel was purchased from the International Navigation Co. on July 27, 1898 at a cost of $200,000.

This vessel transported:
    4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry from Puerto Rico to the U. S.
 

CHINA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		5,000	75	1500

This vessel was chartered from the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. for $1,500 per day. She had a speed of 11 knots.

This vessel was used to tranport the following during the 2nd Philippine Expedition (San Francisco to the Philippines):

Companies A and G,  18th U.S. Infantry
1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry
Utah Volunteer Light Artillery, Battery B, Sections 3, 4, 5.
U.S. Volunteer Engineers, Co. A

CITY OF PARA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,532	50	1,000

This vessel had a speed of 12 knots. She was chartered from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company on June 11, 1898, at a rate of $1,000 per day.

This vessel tranported:
        13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry from San Francisco to the Philippines as part of the 3rd Philippine Expedition.
 

CITY OF PEKIN (or PEKING)

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		5,080

This vessel was launched in 1874, and had a speed of 14-15 knots.

This vessel tranported:

        1st California Volunteer Infantry from San Francisco to Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines as part of the First Philippine Expedition.
 

CITY OF PUEBLA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		2,623	29	606

This vessel had a speed of 12 knots. She was chartered from the Pacific Coast Steamship Company on June 23, 1898, at a rate of $900 per day.

This vessel tranported the following units as part of the 4th Philippine Expedition:

        1st California Volunteer Infantry (part)
        1st Wyoming Volunteer Infantry (part)
        14th U.S. Infanrty, Companies I, K, L & M
        23rd U.S. Infantry (part)

This vessel tranported the following units as part of the 5th Philippine Expedition:

        1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Companies D, G, H, I, and K
        2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry
        6th U.S. Artillery, Battery D
        13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry (part)
        18th U.S. Infantry
        23rd U.S. Infantry
        California Volunteer Heavy Artillery
        Nevada Cavalry, Troop A
 

CITY OF SIDNEY

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,017	50	1,000

This vessel was launched in 1875, and had a speed of 12-13 knots.She was chartered from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company at a rate of $1,000 per day, beginning on May 10, 1898, an ending on August 30, 1898.

This vessel tranported the followng from San Francisco to Manila, via Hawaii and Guam as part of the First Philippine Expedition:

        2nd Oregon, Companies F, I, and M
        14th U.S. Infantry, Companies A C, D, E, and F
        California Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Batteries A and D
 

CITY OF WASHINGTON

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		2,648	30	740	250

This vessel was chartered from the New York an Cuba Mail Steamship Company for $450 per day. She had been built in 1877 and was converted to an auxiliary cruiser during the war. She had a speed of 15 knots.

This vessel was famous for being close by to the USS MAINE when she exploded in Havana Harbor. Boats were launched from the CITY OF WASHINGTON to help rescue survivors.

Click here to visit a site about the divable wreck of this ship.

This vessel tranported:
        4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry to Puerto Rico (part of the regiment)
 

COLON

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		2,686	58	950

This vessel was chartered from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company from May 27 to September 7, 1898 for $750 per day. She had a speed of 12.5 knots.

This vessel tranported as part of the Second Philippine Expedition from San Francisco to Manila, Philippines:
        Companies B, E of the 18th U.S. Infantry
        23rd U.S. Infantry, Companies D, E, F and H
        Utah Volunteer Artillery, Battery A
 

COMAL

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
7		2,934	40	400	400

This vessel was chartered from the New York and Texas Steamship Company for $625 per day. After thirty days of use, the rate would reduce to $575 per day.

This vessel transported:
        5th Artillery to Cuba
 

CONCHO

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,704	35	700	10

This vessel was chartered from the New York and Texas Steamship Company for $550 per day, beginning on May 10, 1898 and lasting until September 23, 1898.

This vessel transported:
        Battery B, Pennsylvania Light Artillery from Puerto Rico to New York, U.S.
 

GRANDE DUCHESSE

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		5,018

This vessel was chartered from the Plant Investment Company for $1,200 per day.

This vessel transported:

71st New York Volunteers from New York to elsewhere in New York.
2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry from Charleston to Puerto Rico.

This vessel transported:
        Michigan Volunteers to Cuba
        Spanish prisoners from Cuba to the U.S.
        33rd Michigan (except Companies E and G) from Santiago, Cuba to Montauk Point, New York
 

HAVANA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses

This vessel was a Ward Line steamer. No additional information is currently available.

This vessel transported:
        6th Missouri from Havana, Cuba to Savannah, Georgia
        49th Iowa from Havana, Cuba to Savannah, Georgia
 

INDIANA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,158	50	950

The vessel was chartered from the Empire Transportation Company beginning on June 8, 1898 at a rate of $25,000 per month.

This vessel transported the following units from San Francisco to the Philippines :
        Companies D & H of the 18th U.S. Infantry
        23rd U.S. Infantry, Co. B, C, G, and L
        (Volunteer?) Engineers Battalion, Company A
        North Dakota Volunteer Infantry, Co H.

        20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Companies C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, M (5th Philippine Expedition)
 

IROQUOIS

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
25		2,944	40	700

The vessel was chartered from Wm. P. Clyde & Co. from May 11, 1898 to August 18, 1898 at a rate of $600 per day. During the war, the commanding officer had the last name of Kemple. The vessel had a draft of 15 feet, stored 27,000 gallons of water and had a coal bunker capacity of 1,000 tons. She could steam for 25 days at nine knots until her coal was all used. She carried 8 boats with a capacity of 160 men.

This vessel transported:
       2nd U.S. Infantry to Cuba
       2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery F's guns and carriages
 

LEONA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
21		3,329	45	700	10

The vessel, built in 1889, was chartered from the New York and Texas Steamship Company beginning on May 10, 1898 and ending on August 29, 1898 at a rate of $500 per day. She was capable of 13 knots.

This vessel transported:

        Brig. Gen. Young and Staff to Cuba
        First U.S. Cavalry to Cuba
        Tenth U.S. Cavalry to Cuba
 

MANITOBA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
23	Combination	5,673	80	1,000	1,000

The vessel was purchased from Bernard N. Baker on July 20, 1898 at a price of $660,000.

This vessel transported:
        The "Governor's Troop" of Pennsylvania Cavalry to Puerto Rico
        Battery A, Pennsylvania Light Artillery ("Keystone Battery") to Puerto Rico
        Battery C, Pennsylvania Light Artillery to Puerto Rico
        "Sheridan Troop," Pennsylvania Cavalry to Puerto Rico
        "Governor's Troop," Pennsylvania Cavalry to Puerto Rico
 
 

MASSACHUSETTS

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
22	Combination	5,673	80	1000	1000

This vessel was purchased for use as a transport  from Bernrad N. Baker on July 14, 1898 for $660,000.

This vessel transported:
        Philadelphia "City Troop" Cavalry from the U.S. to Puerto Rico.
 

MATTEAWAN

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,300	35	720	368

The vessel was chartered from the Miami Steamship Company for $600 per day.

This vessel transported:
        Bates Independent Brigade to Cuba
        20th U.S. Infantry to Cuba
        2nd Cavalry to Cuba
 

MIAMI

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
1		3,050	45	900

This vessel was chartered from the Miami Steamship Company for $550 per day.

This vessel transported:
        Rough Riders home from Cuba
        6th Infantry to Cuba
        9th U.S. Cavalry to Cuba
 

MICHIGAN

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
26		3,722	40	800	800

This vessel was purchased  from Bernard N. Baker on July 14, 1898 for $350,000.

This vessel transported:
        3rd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry from the U.S. to Cuba (December 31, 1898- January 2, 1899).
 
 

MINNEWASKA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
24	Combination	5, 796	100	1,200	1000

This vessel was purchased  from Bernard N. Baker on July 26, 1898 for $660,000. Apparently it was formerly named the PERSIA.

This vessel transported:
        33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Companies E and G from Santiago, Cuba to Montauk Point, New York
        1st District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry from Santiago, Cuba to Montauk Point, New York
 

MISSISSIPPI

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
25	Combination	3,732	40	800	800

This vessel was purchased for use as a transport  from Bernrad N. Baker on July 14, 1898 for $350,000.

This vessel transported:
        Troop A and C of the New York Cavalry From Purto Rico to Jersey City, NJ
        Philadelphia "City Troop" Cavalry From Puerto Rico to Jersey City, NJ
        "Governor's Troop" PA Cavalry from Puerto Rico to Jersey City, NJ
        "Sheridan Troop" PA Cavalry from Puerto Rico to Jersey City, NJ
        Battery A, PA Artillery from Puerto Rico to Jersey City, NJ
 

MOBILE

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
21	Combination	5,780	80	1000	1000

This vessel was purchased for use as a transport  from Bernard N. Baker on July 14, 1898 for $660,000.

This vessel transported:
        16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry from Charleston, SC, to Puerto Rico
        6th Illinois (2 companies) from Charleston, SC, to Puerto Rico
        8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Santiago, Cuba to Montauk Point, New York
 

MOHAWK

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
20	Combination	5,658	80	1000	1000

This vessel was purchased for use as a transport  from Bernard N. Baker on July 14, 1898 for $660,000.

This vessel transported:
        8th Ohio, Company H, from Santiago, Cuba to Montauk Point, Long Island, New York.
        11th U.S. Infantry Co. C from Port Tampa to Puerto Rico
 

MORGAN CITY

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		2,300

This vessel was chartered from the Johnson-Locke Mercantile Company from June 7 to November 3, 1898 at the rate of $660 per day.

This vessel transported the following as part of the Third Philippine Expedition

        1st Idaho Volunteer Infantry
        1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry (part)
 
 

NEWPORT

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,000	30	800

This vessel was chartered from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company beginning on June 20, 1898 at the rate of $1,000 per day.

This vessel transported the following as during an early Philippine Expedition:

        3rd U.S. Artillery, Batteries H, K
       Astor Battery

This vessel transported the following as during the Fifth Philippine Expedition:

        1st Washington Volunteer Infantry (part)
        23rd U.S. Infantry (part)
        26th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Companies A, B, F, L
        California Heavy Artillery
        Wyoming Volunteer Artillery, Battery A
 

OBDAM

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
30	Troopship	3,656	50	1,300	100

This vessel was purchased from Samuel D. Coykendall for use as a transport for $250,000 on July 12, 1898.

This vessel transported:

3rd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry,  Headquarters staff of the 1st Battalion staff  (1st Battalion) which included the 3rd Nebraska and some men of the 6th Missouri 1st Battalion from Savanna, Georgia to Cuba.
3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, from Charleston to Puerto Rico

OHIO

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,488	26	916

The vessel was chartered from the Empire Transportation Company beginning on May 27, 1898 at the rate of $25,000. She had been built in 1873, and had a speed of 13.5 knots.

This vessel transported the following from San Francisco to the Philippines as part of the 3rd Philippine Expedition:

        1st Wyoming Volunteer Infantry (part of the unit)
        3rd U.S. Artillery, batteries G, L
        Headquarters staff, and companies C, F, and I of the 18th U.S. Infantry

This vessel transported the following from San Francisco to the Philippines as part of the 5th Philippine Expedition:

        1st Montana Volunteer Infantry (part of the unit)
        1st Washington Volunteer Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E, H, K, and M
        2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry
        4th U.S. Cavalry
        23rd U.S. Infantry
        California Heavy Artillery Detachment (part of the unit)
 

ORIZABA (Click here for an account of a trip on ORIZABA)

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,497	30	640	125

The vessel was chartered from the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company beginning on May 10, 1898 at the rate of $500 per day. She was returned on Sepetmber 17, 1898.

This vessel transported:
        22nd U.S. Infantry from Tampa to Cuba.
 

USS PANTHER

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		4,260

This vessel, formerly known as the AUSTIN, was built in 1889. She had a speed of 13 knots.

This vessel transported:
        The First Marine Battalion to Cuba
 

PENNSYLVANIA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,166

This vessel was chartered from the Empire Transportation Company at a monthly rate of $25,000, beginning on June 7, 1898.

This vessel transported the following from the U.S. to the Philippines:

        1st California Volunteer Infantry (part)
        1st Montana Volunteer Infantry (part)
        1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry (part)
        14th U.S. Infantry
        18th U.S. Infantry
        51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry
 

PERU

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,500	50	1,000

This vessel was chartered from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company at a daily rate of $1,000, from June 25 to November 2, 1898.

This vessel transported the following from the U.S. to the Philippines as part of the 4th Philippine Expedition:

        4th U.S. Cavalry, Troops C, E, I, K, L, G
        6th U.S. Artillery, Batteries D and G
 

RIO DE JANEIRO

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		3,548

This vessel was chartered from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company on July 7, 1898, and used until October 22, 1898 at a rate of $1,000 per month

This vessel transported the following units from San Francisco to Manila, Philippines as part of the 4th Philippine Expedition:

        1st Montana Volunteer Infantry (part of the unit)
        1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry
        Utah Volunteer Light Artillery (part of the unit)

RIO GRANDE

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
22		2,566	50	500	10

This vessel was chartered from the New York and Texas Steamship Company for $500 per day.

This vessel transported:
        Lt. Col. Joseph Maxfield and his balloon apparatus to Cuba.
        6th U.S. Cavalry to Cuba
 

ROUMANIAN

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
27	Combination	4,126	45	1100	50

This vessel was purchased by the U.S. Government for $240,000 from Austin, Baldwin & Co. on July 12, 1898.

This vessel transported:
        Battery B, Pennsylvania Light Artillery to Puerto Rico
        6th Missouri, 2nd and 3rd battalions from Savannah, Georgia to Cuba
 

ST. PAUL

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		2,440

This vessel was chartered from the Alaska Commercial Company for $1,000 per day beginning on July 19, 1898

This vessel transported the following as part of the Fourth Philippine Expedition:

        1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry (part)
        1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry
        13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry (recruits)
 
 

SCANDIA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses

This vessel was purchased from the Hamburg-American Line for $200,000 on July 5, 1898

This vessel transported the following as part of the Fourth Philippine Expedition:

        1st MontanaVolunteer Infantry (part)
        California Volunteer Heavy Artillery detachment
 
 

SEGURANCA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		4,115	35	600	500

This vessel was chartered from the New York and Cuba Steam Ship Company for $600 per day. She was built in 1890, and had a speed of between 14 and 14.5 knots..

This vessel transported:
        General Shafter and his staff, foreign observors to Cuba
 

SENECA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
5		2,820	27	600	250

This vessel was chartered from the New York and Cuba Steam Ship Company for $450 per day. She was built in 1884, and had a speed of 11-14 knots.

This vessel transported:
        71st New York Volunteer Infantry to Tampa, Florida
        4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry to Puerto Rico (part of regiment)
 

SENATOR

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		2,409	43	957

This vessel was chartered from the Pacific Coast Steamship Company for $1,000 per day on June 8, 1898.

This vessel transported the following as part of the Second Philippine Expedition:

        1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry (part)

This vessel transported the following as part of the Fifth Philippine Expedition:

        1st Montana Volunteer Infantry
        1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry (part)
        1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry
        1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
        13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry (part)
        14th U.S. Infantry, (detachment)
        18th U.S. Infantry (detachment)
        20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry
        23rd U.S. Infantry, Companies A, I, K, M
        California Volunteer Artillery, Battery D.

This vessel as transported part of the 10th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry to the U.S. from the Philippines
 

VALENCIA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		1,198	29	606

This vessel was chartered from the Pacifica Steam Whaling Company on June 19, 1898 at the rate of $650 per day

The vessel transported the following from San Francisco to the Philippines as part of the Third Philippine Expedition:

        1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry (left June 28, with 686 men, part of the regiment).
        1st Washington Volunteer Infantry, Companies F, G, I, L
        California Heavy Artillery, Batteries A, D
 

VIGILANCIA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		4,115	45	800

This vessel was built in 1890 and had a speed of 14-14.5 knots.

This vessel transported:
        71st New York Volunteer Infantry from Tampa, Florida to Cuba
 

WHITNEY

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		1,337	20	250	250

This vessel was chartered from the Southern Pacific Company at the rate of $350 per day.

This vessel transported:
        Company E of the 11th U.S. Infantry From Tampa to Puerto Rico
 

YALE

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
	Auxiliary Cruiser	10,669

The vessel, the PARIS before being renamed by the Navy, was chartered from the International Navigation Company.

This vessel transported:
        Michigan Volunteers to Cuba
        33rd Michigan from Fort Monroe, VA to Siboney, Cuba
 

YUCATAN

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
8		3,525	45	1000	250

This vessel was built in 1890, and had a speed of 14 knots.

This vessel transported:
        Rough Riders to Cuba
 
 

ZEELANDIA

				Capacity
Transport Number	Vessel class	Displacement	# Officers	# Men	# Horses
		2,489	50	750

This vessel was chartered from the Oceanic Streamship Company on May 27, 1898 at a rate of $20,000 per month.

This vessel transported the following as part of the Second Philippine Expedition:

        10th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry to the Philippines (part)
        Utah Light Artillery, Battery B, Sections 1, 2 and 6

This vessel transported the following as part of the Fifth Philippine Expedition:

        13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry (part)
        23rd U.S. Infantry (part)
 
 

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Anderson, James Buchanan, Personal Diary, contributed by Claiborne M. Stokes (11th Infantry, Co. E information)

Clerk of the Joint Committee on Printing, The Abridgement: Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress. (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1899) Vol I,  394-397, 457, 482; Vol. 3, 665.

DeBurgh, Joseph, "A Few Reminiscences of the First Expedition of American Troops to Manila", The American Oldtimer. Vol VI, No. 6. April 1939, 23-29. (info. on troops on the City of Sidney).

Faust, Karl Irving, Campaigning in the Philippines (San Francisco: The Hicks-Judd Company, 1899) 63-67 (courtesy of Sheri Baker).

Fesler, James E., The War With Spain (unpublished diary/manuscript concerning the 33rd Michigan; courtesy of Sue Lumb).

Freidel, Frank, The Splendid Little War, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958.

 Helmick, Eli Al. Helmick, Major General, United States Army, Retired. From Reveille to Retreat. 1935. (unpublished autobiography - info. on the 10th U.S. and the ALAMO). Info. contributed by Florence West.

"History of the Sixth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry" (St. Louis, Mo.: Woodward & Tiernan printing Co., 1899) 10, 14,17. (contributed by Patty Meis).

Howard-Smith, Logan and J. F. Reynolds Scott, The History of Battery A and Troops A, N. G. P. (Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1912) 185

Jeffers, H. Paul, Colonel Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt Goes to War, 1897-1898. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996). 207

Lawrie, Rene Lewis, letter of Morgan James Lewis (concerning ORIZABA)

McIntoch, Burr, The Little I Saw of Cuba. (New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1899). (image from this source also).

Mitiuckov, Nick (personal correspondence with author)

Morton & Watkins, History of Nebraska (Contributed by Marilyn Estrada). (Info. on 3rd Nebraska).

The Philo Literary Society, The Philo Review. Vol XXIII, No. 32 (Shippensburg: State Normal School, 1899) 67-73.

Pratt, E. Warren, Official History of the Ohio National Guard and Ohio Volunteers:  The United States Volunteers in 1898-99, including a History of each Local Organization and each Regimental Formation from its Inception to the Present Time. (Cleveland, Ohio: The Plain Dealer Publishing Co., 1901) (8th Ohio on Mobile).

Schuster, M. A. J., Jr., Personal diary, manuscript, p. 12. Contributed by Patty Meis.

Spokesfield, The History of Wells Co., North Dakota and its Pioneers. (info. concerning the 1st North Dakota, contributed by Carolyn Upchurch).

The Weekly Northwestern, Oshkosh, Saturday, July 23, 1898 (info. on 2nd, 3rd Wisconsin, and the 6th Illinois)

"Wisconsin Troops In the Spanish War"  reprinted from The Sentinel Almanac and Book Of Facts for the year 1899. (concerning the 2nd and 3rd Wisconsin, and contibuted by Mike Philips).