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Rear Admiral Glass informs Secretary of the Navy Moody that all is quiet, and a spy has reported that Colombian General Daniel Ortiz is awaiting orders from Bogota and expects an increase to 10,000 men before advancing.
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1904-01-19
Rear Admiral Glass acknowledges receipt of orders from Secretary of the Navy Moody and has sent them on to Rear Admiral Joseph Bullock Coghlan.
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1904-01-14
Secretary of the Navy Moody orders Admiral Glass that defensive action against possible hostile operations in Panama should be confined to the vicinity of the railroads, to protect effective transit of the Isthmus. The message is labeled “Secret and Confidential.”
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1904-01-13
Rear Admiral Glass informs Secretary of the Navy Moody that the Native peoples are unfriendly towards Panama and the U.S., and would support Colombia. Glass then details where and how the Colombians could use the Natives’ canoes to land troops. Glass does not think Colombia will mount an invasion through Yavisa country. Glass asks if U.S. policy would allow them to resist an invasion, as Panamanian forces are not large enough to do so alone. Glass adds that the health of the troops is improving now that they have been removed to the ships.
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1904-01-13
Rear Admiral Glass informs Secretary of the Navy Moody that Real Admiral Coghlan is at Bocas del Toro.
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1904-01-12
Rear Admiral Glass reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody about the movement of Colombian troops, and about the usability of trails and navigability of some rivers in the region where the Colombian troops are believed to be advancing. Glass also reports where the Panamanians have increased their forces. Many of Glass’s men in Yavisa are ill with fever, and he recommends they be returned to their ship.
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1904-01-07
Rear Admiral Glass orders Commander Cottman to the Chepo or Bayano Rivers and sends scouting parties up the river and the Mamoni. They are to obtain the information requested in the accompanying memorandum. While the scouting is going on, they are to haul the fires and do other repair work.
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1904-01-07
Rear Admiral Glass orders Commander Perkins to take the USS Concord to Rio Dulce, Parita Bay, and send out scouting parties to obtain desired information contained in the attached memorandum. All that is required is a rough reconnaissance. Information about roads, trails, and means of communication through the district are of special interest; pencil notes and sketches are acceptable.
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1904-01-07
Admiral Glass instructs the Commanding Officer of the USS Boston to send out scouting parties from Yavisa, Panama, in order to gather information regarding means of transportation within Panama and the practicality of an armed invasion.
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1904-01-01
Secretary of the Navy Moody orders Rear Admiral Henry Glass to withdraw from Yaviza and avoid all hostile demonstrations. Moody also advises that Colombian scouts are moving westward through the northeast of Panama.
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1904-01-08
Secretary of the Navy Moody advises Rear Admiral Coghlan that Colombian scouts are moving westward along the northeast shore of Panama, recruiting the Native peoples. Moody recommends a course of action and orders Coghlan to avoid any hostile demonstration.
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1904-01-08
Rear Admiral Glass reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that the USS New York has arrived and that the Colombian gunboat Bogota has left Buenaventura, presumably to refuel.
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1904-01-09
Rear Admiral Glass informs Secretary of the Navy Moody that he is sending a tracing of a map prepared by a lieutenant. Glass points out the non-existence of roads, and states the rivers are the main methods of communication and the only way for Colombia to get forces into the region. Glass then details the three routes the Colombian army will have to use to attack Panama. Glass then discusses the advantages of using particular harbors as bases for their ships. Finally, Glass reports that the San Linus and Andres de Providencia islands have been occupied by the Colombians.
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1904-01-11
Rear Admiral Glass reports that all is quiet on the Panama Isthmus.
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1904-01-02
Orders concerning naval manuevers in Panama.
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1903-12-19
Rear Admiral Glass orders the USS Wyoming to accompany the USS Boston to San Miguel Bay in order to organize a landing force. Should the movement of Colombian forces towards Panama be detected, Boston will return to Panama City, Panama, with the information. Communication should be maintained with the posts established in the interior.
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1903-12-14
Rear Admiral Glass gives orders regarding the positioning of ships near the Atrato River, over which other bodies of water the ships must keep watch, and instructions for daily updates to be sent to the Department.
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1903-12-10
Rear Admiral Glass orders the USS Concord to accompany the Panamanian gunboat 21st of November to David, Panama. The Concord is to communicate with local officials and assist the two Panamanian representatives in doing the same. After the David visit, Concord is to return to Panama City, Panama, with 21st of November visiting Montijo Bay and Rio Dulce en route.
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1903-12-07
Rear Admiral Glass orders USS Boston to San Miguel Bay to pick up three officers. The officers will be taken up the Tuira River in boats as far as Yaviza, Panama, where they will make observations as ordered by the Navy Department. After the observations are complete, Boston is to return to port in Panama City, Panama.
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1903-12-07
Colombian General Daniel Ortiz distributes a General Order to commanders, officers and soldiers of the Army of the Pacific Ocean of the Department of Panama to defend Colombia against American forces in the Panama Revolution of 1903. Ortiz admonishes President Roosevelt’s policy and the Monroe Doctrine, asserting their contradiction of the Mallarino-Bidlack treaty of 1846, which stated Colombia’s ownership of Panama. Ortiz references Simón Bolívar and the triumph of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia over the Spanish Empire in the Spanish-American War.
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1903-11-23