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USS Truxton reported that everything was quiet on the northeast coast. USS Newport sighted Pinzon, a Colombian ship, heading north. The Sasardi chief is now supporting Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-15
Admiral Coghlan encloses a clipping and translation from a Cartagena newspaper.
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1904-02-16
Reports on military operations in Panama.
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1904-03-22
No news to report concerning military operations in Panama.
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1904-03-21
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that two ships have arrived at their destination and there is no other news.
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1904-03-19
Rear Admiral Coghlan provides a weekly report to Secretary of the Navy Moody. Coghlan details the movements of ships under his command, and that he sent a Marine scouting party to locate positions to defend the canal zone. General Daniel Ortiz sailed to the Atrato River with a small force and has been seen by the USS Newport near Titumati. The majority of the native peoples now support the government in Panama.
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1904-03-14
Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody that three ships report all is quiet in Darien Gulf.
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1904-03-11
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that agent number two confirms Moody’s telegram: there is no prospect of an expedition from his direction.
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1904-03-13
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody the movements of three ships under his command.
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1904-03-14
Agent number two confirmed the telegram from yesterday. There is no prospect of an expedition moving his way.
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1904-03-13
Rear Admiral Coghlan informs Secretary of the Navy Moody that he is following orders and sending the destroyers away now that he has no possible use for them.
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1904-03-15
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports the movements of two ships to Secretary of the Navy Moody.
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1904-03-16
Joseph Bullock Coghlan is responding to a report from William H. Moody about U.S. vessels withdrawing from Panama and reporting on other military operations around the canal zone.
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1904-03-08
Translation of a report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody stating that the USS Dixie has left and that two friendly Imperial German ships have stopped to refuel.
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1904-03-08
In his weekly report to Secretary of the Navy Moody, Rear Admiral Coghlan states that all is quiet despite rumors that an invasion from Cartegena, Colombia, is imminent. Coghlan also reports about the movement of ships under his command, the incoming and outgoing sailors and Marines under his command, the seeming disbanding of the Panamanian military, and the presence of Imperial German ships in Boas del Toro and their help during the accidental fire that destroyed most of the town.
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1904-03-07
Admiral Coghlan requests to take the USS Olympia to Pensacola, Florida, to exchange with Admiral Sigsbee. Newport, Castine, and the destroyers will be left on station.
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1904-03-13
Brief report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody stating the Dixie has embarked the Marines and has joined the Atlanta at Chiriqui.
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1904-02-26
Admiral Coghlan sends his weekly report to Secretary of the Navy Moody. Coghlan states that all is quiet on the Isthmus and he then details the movements of ships under his command.
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1904-02-29
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody about intelligence from agents in Cartegena, Colombia, that General Daniel Ortiz is planning an expedition into Panama. Coghlan outlines probable ships and the path the incursion will take via the Atrato River. Coghlan speculates that there may not be enough money to fund the expedition.
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1904-03-03
Translated report of Agents one and two in Cartegena, Colombia, sent by Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody. They recount movement and numbers of troops between Cartegena and Barranquilla, Colombia. There is no talk of an expedition to Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-02