H. │ 25│ " " " Littlefield, Frank W. C. │ 28│ " " " McGlynn, Thomas J. │ 25│ " " " McGraw, Jerome G. │ 27│ " " " Murphy, Thomas │ 34│ " " " Rigby, John │ 22│ " " " Robinson, John T. │ 25│ " " " Sanford, Alvin C. │ 19│ " " " Sanford, Frank R. │ 21│ " " " Sharples, Joseph H. M. │ 27│ " " " Simmons, Ernest L. │ 19│ " " " Skinner, Harry A. │ 22│ " " " Smolensky, Hyman │ 24│ " " " Smolensky, Lester H. │ 21│ " " " Squire, William B. │ 19│ " " " Stevens, Theodore F. │ 19│ " " " Thurston, Edward A. │ 26│ " " " Waterworth, William │ 25│ " " " Wiseman, William A. │ 21│ " " " Wood, Richard │ 36│ " " " ════════════════════════════════╧════╧═════════════════════════════════ CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR CHRONOLOGY. It will be observed that in the following table all regimental and battery notes refer to the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery: FEBRUARY, 1898. 15th.—U.S.S. _Maine_ destroyed in harbor of Havana. MARCH. 9th.—Congress appropriates $50,000,000 for national defence. 12th.—U.S.S. _Oregon_ starts from San Francisco on the memorable voyage to the Atlantic coast. 24th.—Spanish torpedo-gunboat flotilla assembles at Cape Verde Islands. 28th.—Congress receives report of naval board of inquiry declaring _Maine_ to have been destroyed by exterior explosion. APRIL. 9th.—General Lee leaves Havana. 14th.—Flotilla at Cape Verde Islands joined by _Infanta Maria Teresa_ and _Cristobal Colon_. 15th.—Legislature of Massachusetts appropriates $500,000 for local defence and equipment of troops. 20th.—Cape Verde squadron augmented by _Almirante Oquendo_ and _Vizcaya_. 21st.—Spanish Government sends passports to Minister Woodford. 22d.—Admiral Sampson sails from Key West to establish Cuban blockade. 23d.—President McKinley calls for one hundred and twenty-five thousand volunteers. 24th.—Spanish Government announces its intention of organizing a fleet of auxiliary cruisers. Regiment receives orders to hold itself in readiness for service in defenses of Boston Harbor. 25th.—Congress declares war to have existed since 21 April. Admiral Dewey sails from Hong Kong for Manila.