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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
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
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
Merchants ask the U.S. Navy to assist in ending the Panamanian blockade of Colombia’s ports.
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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
General Wood comments on the testimonies of military men before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs which is investigating Wood’s conduct when he was Military Governor of Cuba.
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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
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
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
Secretary of the Navy Moody requests information from Rear Admiral Glass concerning which vessels are stationed where, and possible ways Colombian troops could move about in the region.
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1904-01-27
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
Lieutenant Ellicott reports to his commanding officer, Commodore Wadhams, regarding his reconnaissance on San Andres island. He was sent to determine if there was any truth to the report that the Governor of the island, Senor Perez, had interdicted American trade. Ellicott then obtained permission to talk to Americans on the island and gathered the intelligence that makes up the bulk of the report, including movement of and location coordinates for Colombian troops and their weaponry, high taxes being levied and enforcement of collection, removal of arms from the Native population, and the (favorable) differential treatment of Americans.
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1904-01-17
Matthew C. Gleeson, naval chaplain on the USS Missouri, notifies President Roosevelt that he is sending him a photo of the piano purchased with the President’s donation.
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1904-01-18
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.
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1904-01-18
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses five dispatches, two from Rear Admiral Glass and three from Rear Admiral Coghlan, concerning military operations in Panama for President Roosevelt.
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1904-01-18