13th.—Reported sighting of Spanish fleet off Nantucket; night alarm at Fort Warren.
18th.—Governor Wolcott visits post, inspects regiment, and presents volunteer commissions to officers.
20th.—General Merritt, commanding Department of the East, relieved by General Frank.
23d.—Orders received assigning Headquarters, First and Second Battalions to stations.
24th.—U.S.S. Oregon reaches coast of Florida.
25th.—President McKinley calls for seventy-five thousand additional volunteers.
First military expedition starts from San Francisco for Manila.
30th.—Admiral Cervera's fleet definitely located and blockaded in harbor of Santiago.
JUNE.
1st.—"G" and "L" Batteries take station at Fort Rodman, New Bedford Harbor.