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56TH CONGRESS,   HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DOCUMENT
   1st Session.                                      I  No. 460.






             SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR CLAIMS.




                         LETTER

                              FROM



THE SECRETARY OF WAR,

                           TRANSMI'TrING

A  STATEMENT OF CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES ALLEGED TO HAVE
  BEEN  CAUSED   BY UNITED   STATES  TROOPS  IN THE  WAR   WITH
  SPAIN.



FEBRUARY 26, 1900.-Referred to the Committee 6n War Claims and ordered to be
                             printed.



                                        WAR   DEPARTMENT,
                                  1WaIdington, February 21, 1900.
  SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of
Congress claims for damages alleged to have been caused by United
States troops during the Spanish-American  war, principally while
encamped  or traveling, together with reports thereon of officers or
boards of officers charged with the duty of investigating the same.
  Schedules, by States, showing the names of claimants, nature of dam-
age alleged, and the amounts claimed are inclosed herewith. They
show the claims to be distributed among States as follows:


                                                  Number  Amount
                       State.                     of claims. aggregating.

Alabama.......................................................................            5      13,345.33
Delaware ...................................................................... 1 625.85
Florida .....................................................................  .        9        3,169.70
Georgia.....................................................................      ..    41       11,140.24
Illinois.................................................................. ..... 1 51.00
Indiana.................................................................. ..... 1 29.00
Kentucky.................................................................. 2 195.50
Massachusetts ................................................................. 1 185.50
Minnesota .................................................................... 2 45.00
New Hampshire ............................................................... 1 5.00
New Jersey .................................................................... 2 160.00
New York ..................................................................... 1 107. 33
Pennsylvania..................................................................          57       56,371.61
South Carolina ................................................................          75      24,082.02
Tennessee......................................................................         8        3,900.10
Texas..................................................................... ... 1 1,091.25
Virginia .................................................................    .....     100      14,555.72
Miscellaneous..................................................................         57        2,946.50
    Total....................................................................        365      132,006.65

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