William C. Paley Filmes

This boat was the first one to leave for the South with troops. On board is a battalion of the 5th U.S. Infantry.

Soldiers setting up camp.

The steamer 'Mascotte' has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2nd Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore.

"The commander of the 5th Army Corps rides forward with a party of officers. He wears a white helmet, a broad expanse of shirt bosom and a general...

"Shows 34th Michigan boys hard at work with pick and shovel, preparing the way for passage of seige guns."

American troops prepare for the invasion of Cuba.

A most excellent picture of the grim old fortress which stands at the entrance of Havana Harbor...

"The first U.S. Troops to land, June 22, 1898. Transports in the distance. Soldiers clamber up from boats onto the long railroad pier." - from the...

"Imagine forty or fifty soldier boys each with a pail of water on the ground before him, sousing and spattering and scrubbing away for dear life..."

First comes the Chief's sleigh with old-fashioned side runners, containing the Chief and his driver. Next comes a chemical engine mounted on a stout...

"A great pack train approaches rapidly, following the gray bell-mule. Cowboys dash to and fro, keeping them bunched. Clouds of dust arise as they...

Dotting the horizon on the right of the picture is the great fleet of transports, while scattered all along the beach and piled high to the left are...