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Charles Fletcher Lummis feels “mighty bad about this Panama business.” He believes that President Roosevelt was misled about foreign affairs but trusts him to get the country back on its feet again.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-30
Reports on military operations in Yaviza, Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-31
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses copies of nine items, a mixture of reports, letters, and dispatches, from Rear Admiral Henry Glass and Read Admiral Joseph Bullock Coghlan, about military operations in Panama.
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1903-12-31
Rear Admiral Coghlan requests further instruction regarding landing U.S. Marines from the USS Dixie.
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1903-12-31
Secretary of the Navy Moody instructs Rear Admiral Coghlan to investigate navigation opportunities in and around Panama.
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1903-12-31
Rear Admiral Glass reports that all is quiet on the Panama Isthmus.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-02
The trader Ayerza sends an account of cooperation between Indian tribes and the Colombian government concerning Panama. A note added at bottom, from Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan of the United States Navy, indicates that the contents of the letter are denied by outpost intelligence in Panama.
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1904-01-02
Rear Admiral Coghlan clarifies that the USS Atlanta did not land armed forces on Colombian territory. The only time American officers with swords went ashore was at the invitation of Colombian generals.
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1903-12-25
Reports on U.S. naval operations in Panama: “Perfect quiet; no news.”
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1903-12-25
USS Olympia has been telegraphed to proceed alone to Cartagena, Colombia, and will depart December 26, 1903.
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1903-12-25
John Grimes Walker agrees with sending U.S. troops to Yaviza, Panama, to deter Colombian troops from occupying the region. Walker recommends a force of Marines supported by ships and scouts to deter occupation.
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1903-12-25
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses additional correspondences concerning military operations in Panama to President Roosevelt.
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1903-12-26
Two communications concerning Panamanian revolution, one being that the Olympia had sailed for Cartagena, and the other that all is quiet.
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1903-12-27
J. R. Buck encloses additional instructions to accompany copies sent with Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee’s letter concerning Panama.
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1903-12-28
Report concerning U.S. naval operations in Panama. “WYOMING arrived from Darien Harbor. Perfect quiet Yavisa country yesterday.”
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1903-12-28
Admiral Glass reports, “All quiet on the Isthmus. See Coghlan’s despatch.”
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1903-12-29
Commander Hubbard, of the USS Nashville, shares his opinion concerning what the outcome would have been if Colombian troops had entered Panama the night of the Panamanian revolution.
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1903-12-29
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses correspondences concerning military operations in Panama to President Roosevelt.
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1903-12-29
State Senator Smith of Vicksburg, Mississippi, plans to introduce a resolution in both houses of the Mississippi legislature instructing the state’s U.S. senators to vote for the Panama resolution.
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1903-12-29
Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody on the location and strength of the Colombian military. Coghlan also reports on railroads, bridges, and the weaponry of the Colombian forces.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-30