sep 8, 1898 - Newspapers report that Secretary of War Russell A. Alger has formally requested President McKinley to order an investigation into charges that the Department of War mismanaged volunteer army camps in Chickamauga (GA), Falls Church (VA), Jacksonville (FL), and Tampa (FL) during the war with Spain
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sep 8, 1898
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~ 126 years ago