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.