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William Loeb requests that all communications related to naval maneuvers and landings at the Isthmus of Panama be forwarded to President Roosevelt. Roosevelt wants them for the purpose of preventing interruption of free transit under the treaty of 1846.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-23
Chargé d’affaires in Cuba Sleeper tells Secretary to the President Loeb that troops have disembarked from the USS Marietta in Cienfuegos, Cuba, despite no orders to do so. Sleeper attempted to send them a telegram asking them to reembark but the telegraph wires had been cut and so he was unable to send it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-14
The American consul at Cienfuegos, Cuba, asked Chargé d’affaires in Cuba Sleeper whether troops from the recently-arrived USS Marietta, commanded by William F. Fullam, should land to protect the sugar plantations there. Sleeper told them to wait for instructions from Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-15
Rear Admiral Coghlan requests further instruction regarding landing U.S. Marines from the USS Dixie.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-31
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports the movements of Colombian troops and their ships Cartagena and Pinzon. He also gives the status of the American ships Atlanta, Mayflower, Prairie, Nashville, Castine, Olympia, and Bancroft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-22
Real Admiral Glass orders Lieutenant Miller to command the landing force and then proceed up the Tuira River.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-14
Rear Admiral Glass orders ships into San Miguel Bay, Panama, and attaches orders with details about the landing force.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-14
Rear Admiral Glass lays out plans for a potential military landing along the Isthmus of Panama. The order lists the names of the officers and the number of enlisted sailors and Marines from each ship who will be part of the landing party. Also listed are the types and numbers of weapons that members of the landing party should carry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-11