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The last message the authorities on Guam had received from Spain was dated 14 April 1898, a month before war was declared. U.S. Navy Captain Henry Glass , captain of the cruiser Charleston , was en route from California to Manila , when in Honolulu he was joined by three transport ships, City of Peking , City of Sydney , and Australia . [ 2 ]
On June 21, 1898, the United States captured Guam in a bloodless landing during the Spanish–American War. By the Treaty of Paris , Spain officially ceded the island to the United States. [ 10 ] : 110–112 Between the American capture of Guam, and installation of a Naval Governor in August 1899, there was a flux in governance of the island.
The Naval Government of Guam [1] was a provisional military government and later unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States that was established during the Spanish–American War in 1898. It was under the administration of the United States Department of the Navy until the territory of Guam was organized in 1950.
The Spanish–American War [b] (April 21 – December 10, 1898) was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba , and resulted in the U.S. acquiring sovereignty over Puerto Rico , Guam , and the Philippines , and establishing a protectorate over Cuba.
Guam was transferred to the United States Navy control on December 23, 1898, by Executive Order 108-A from 25th President William McKinley. Guam was a station for American merchants and warships traveling to and from the Philippines , which was another American acquisition from Spain, while the Northern Mariana Islands were sold by Spain to ...
Newark Advocate veterans columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library tells how Perry Miles and the USS Charleston took Spanish Fort San Luis.
Together, they moved to Guam, then a Spanish colonial territory. On June 20, 1898, during the Spanish–American War, the United States captured Guam. The existing Spanish garrison, including Governor Juan Marina, were taken as prisoners of war to Manila. The existing Spanish citizens of the island were also disarmed.
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