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Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that there is nothing new, and that the Castine has gone for more coal and thence to Caledonia Harbor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-06
Rear Admiral Glass provides a weekly report to Secretary of the Navy Moody. There has been no movement of Colombian forces. The rubber hunters are back at work. About a quarter of the Panamanian forces are ill with fevers and insect bites.
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1904-02-08
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody on growing tensions between leadership in Bolivar and the Colombian government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-29
Translation of a report to Rear Admiral Coghlan by Agent number one, and then sent to Secretary of the Navy Moody. The report recounts troop movements from Bogota, Colombia, to Cartagena, ostensibly to another area. Agent number one thinks that the troops will stay in Cartagena because of internal politics in Colombia. Agent number one details which ships are controlled by which general and which political figures are backing each other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-30
Translation of a question from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody regarding protection of American interests in Chiriqui Lagoon and Bocas del Toro, Panama. The question is: does Coghlan have permission to prevent the landing of Colombian forces in Chiriqui Lagoon?
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1904-01-30
Rear Admiral Glass reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that he has relayed Moody’s questions to Joseph Bullock Coghlan. Glass thinks an attack via Titumati is possible. Panama is well covered by scouts.
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1904-01-30
Translated report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody regarding movement of US Navy ships in the Chiriqui Lagoon, Bocas del Toro, Caledonia, and Mandingo Bay. Bright watches are kept, so Colombian forces can not get by American ships. Coghlan also reports that Native peoples at Mandingo Bay unfriendly, Diablos are friendly, and the rest neutral, and that the Sasardi have promised not to ferry Colombian troops.
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1904-01-31
Rear Admiral Glass reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody the ships under his command and their current locations.
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1904-01-31
The Colombian gunboat Bogota sailed yesterday from Buenaventura for Guapi, Colombia.
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1904-01-31
Admiral Glass submits a report on his command and recent Isthmian affairs. The general situation remains the same and “all is quiet” in Panama. There is political unrest in Colombia and an invasion of Panama does not seem imminent. The Panamanians are fortifying the Darien area. Glass closes with status reports on the ships under his command and intelligence on the movements of the Colombian gunboat Bogota.
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1904-02-01
Rear Admiral Glass informs Secretary of the Navy Moody that Native peoples had reported that Colombian troops had landed at Acanti, and this was being investigated by scouts.
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1904-02-01
Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody detailing the movement of ships in Chiriqui Lagoon, Gulf of San Blas, Isle of Pines, Caledonia Harbor, and Cape Tiburon. Coghlan also reports on attempts to ensure the Native peoples will not support Colombia.
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1904-02-02
Admiral Coghlan provides the location of USS Newport and Bancroft.
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1904-02-02
Translation of a report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody concerning ships being sent for weapons practice in Chiriqui Lagoon and the movement of indigenous people in Caladonia Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-25
Admiral Glass believes that the canoes assembling at Caledonia Bay are to be used to transport Colombian troops from Titumati to the Chagres River or Bayano. American forces need to hold San Blas Bay to prevent this movement. Glass reviews the Panamanian and American forces in the region that could oppose an invasion.
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1904-01-25
Rear Admiral Glass reports on the activities of the ships and sailors under his command. He reports on expeditions through different provinces and rivers. He also highlights the decisions of the Panamanian military.
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1904-01-25
Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody about the arrival of the American schooner James Slater on St. Andrews from Cartegena, Colombia with provisions.
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1904-01-26
Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody stating all quiet in Caledonia, and that the Nashville is moving.
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1904-01-28
Henry Glass reports that all is quiet in Darien, and that the Preble has left.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-28
Rear Admiral Glass reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody on the location of U.S. Navy ships, and the location and strength of Panamanian forces. Glass also reports that the Colombians have won the support of the majority of the Native peoples on the Northeast coast of Panama, and then lays out how Colombian forces could use them to mount an attack. Glass reports that Colombian troops have occupied St. Andres and Providence islands, that provisions there are running low, and that the inhabitants are panic-stricken. Glass encloses two provisional maps of Panama from the canal zone eastward.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-18