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Originally Posted by alanlutz
westcork, great find on the close-up of the Spanish American War Statue in the park. Found this on Wikipedia: A monument to California's 20 Spanish-American War dead was erected in 1900; it is allegedly modeled after a Spanish-American War veteran, 7th California Infantry volunteer Charlie Hammond of San Francisco, and is believed to be the oldest work of public art in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles City Council declared it a historic-cultural monument in 1990.[1]
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It should be noted that the twenty soldiers of the 7th, named on the monument, did not die in the war, but during it. The regiment was sent from Los Angeles to train at the Presidio in San Francisco in May 1898, returning in October. Nineteen died from illness during that time, the twentieth lingered a bit longer. The regiment never shipped out.
The Protocol of Peace, ending hostilities, was signed on 12 Aug '98, The Treaty of Paris on 10 December. The treaty was ratified by Congress in February of the following year.
http://www.militarymuseum.org/7thInfUSVMem.html
John Hay, the Secretary of State, described the S-A as, "A splendid little war". It made Harrison Gray Otis' rep. He loved it.
P.S.
There's some other posts on the monument on pages 690-691
The US lost 332 killed during the S-A war with an additional 2,957 dying from disease. 1,641 were wounded. I don't know how many of were from California. I also don't know if the deaths-from-disease total includes those that never left the States or died in transit to the front.
http://www.spanamwar.com/casualties.htm
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