1st.—Destruction of Admiral Montojo's fleet in Manila Bay.
9th.—Regiment mustered into volunteer service of United States by
Brevet Lieut.-Col. C. A. Woodruff, Second United States Artillery;
muster-in completed at 9.34 A.M.
10th.—Orders received detaching Third Battalion, to report to
Colonel Woodruff.
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.