Chapter 189. Declaring that war exists between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain
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CHAP. 189.— An Act Declaring that war exists between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain. April 25, 1898. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Declaration that war exists between the United States and Spain. First. That war be, and the same is hereby, declared to exist, and that war has existed since the twenty-first day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, including said day, between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain.
Second. Land and naval forces to be used. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such extent as may be necessary to carry this Act into effect. Approved, April 25, 1898.