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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
Secretary of the Navy Moody requests that all remaining copies of correspondence with the government of Panama concerning Panama’s separation be sent immediately.
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1904-01-30
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses reports from the USS Nashville, USS Dixie, and USS Boston.
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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
C. O. Gardiner and Gunner Ulrich report about their expedition on the Rio Diablo and the Rio Nargandi. Gardiner and Ulrich were led by two Native men of the Rio Diablo tribe, Charlie Smith and Jim Robinson. They report about the navigability of the rivers and the unwillingness of the Natives to have them travel the rivers.
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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
Pages 87-92 of an unknown edition of Out West include a section entitled “In the Continental Neck,” which is highlighted. It faults Panamanian leaders for not properly earning their new republic and the United States for not dealing fairly with Colombia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01
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
Secretary of the Navy Moody, under strict secrecy, informs Rear Admiral Glass that Chiriqui Lagoon is not part of the railroad strategy. Glass is to try to dissuade Colombian forces, through friendly means, from military actions that would harm the property interests of Americans.
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1904-02-02
Lieutenant Commander Gleaves reports to Rear Admiral Coghlan on his meetings with the Native peoples in the Mandingo Harbor area, Gulf of San Blas, where he had done his previous expeditions. He continued scouting and mapping where they had left off on the previous expedition. Gleaves also reports that the Rio Diablo Indians continue to be friendly, and have met and decided to support Panama, and end relations with Colombia. Gleaves’s men are finishing mapping the Gulf of San Blas, and sailing directions will be available soon.
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1904-01-22
Acting Secretary of the Navy Taylor orders a report from Rear Admiral Glass concerning disposition of U.S. and Panamanian forces to prevent a surprise attack on the Charges river.
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1904-01-23
Acting Secretary of the Navy Taylor encloses three dispatches from Rear Admiral Coghlan and one from Rear Admiral Glass concerning military operations in Panama to President Roosevelt.
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1904-01-23
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.
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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
Senate resolution requesting all documents and correspondence relating to the construction of an Isthmian Canal and the separation of Panama from Colombia.
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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