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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
Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody concerning military operations in Panama. He especially focuses on the actions of ships, and the repairs needed by the Stewart.
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1904-01-19
Commander Hubbard reports on military operations in Panama and encloses a tracing of the Changuinola River, along with descriptions of other waterways and operations by fruit companies there.
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1904-01-19
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses two dispatches, one from Rear Admiral Glass and one from Rear Admiral Coghlan, concerning military operations in Panama for President Roosevelt.
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1904-01-20
Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody concerning military operations in Panama.
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1904-01-21
Governor of Moro Province Wood asks Assistant Adjutant-General Simpson for a copy of Commander Lucien Young’s testimony from the Senate Military Committee. According to a newspaper report, Commander Young made statements that will require Wood to take action against him.
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1904-01-21
General Wood requests a copy of Admiral Lucien Young’s testimony before the Senate Military Committee. The committee was investigating Wood’s conduct as Military Governor of Cuba.
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1904-01-21
Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody, through the Bureau of Navigation, concerning the number of good size canoes of the Native population available at Puerto Escoces and Zambogandi Lagoon.
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1904-01-22
Rear Admiral Glass reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that all is quiet.
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1904-01-22
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses copies of four dispatches concerning military operations in Panama for President Roosevelt.
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1904-01-11
Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody concerning military operations in Panama. In particular Coghlan details the unfriendly attitudes of natives and the movements of Colombian forces.
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1904-01-12
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
Admiral Coghlan provides an update on the situation in Panama. The islands of Saint Andrews and Old Providence have been occupied by Colombian forces. Panama does not claim these islands and Coghlan is guarding Panama’s western coast to prevent a landing. The examination of trails and streams along the northeastern coast continues. The squadron’s health is very good and the USS Stewart is being repaired.
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1904-01-12
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
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 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
Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody concerning military operations in Panama.
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1904-01-14
Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody concerning military operations in Panama.
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1904-01-13
Lieutenant Commander Traut informs Rear Admiral Coghlan regarding a large shipment of powder and dynamite from the Aetna Powder Company, which is believed to be intended for the Colombian Government. At the bottom of the letter, Coghlan notes that the news was already known, having first appeared in the New York Herald, albeit exaggerated.
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1904-01-15
R. P. Schwerin asks that Edward Henry Harriman intercede for the appointment of Eugene Ames to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Eugene’s father, Dr. Howard E. Ames, is a Naval Medical Inspector with an honorable service record, including having served in the Greely Relief Expedition. Dr. Ames has acquired letters of recommendation for his son from many prominent military officers and greatly desires that his son be appointed to fill the last vacant position of naval midshipman.
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1904-01-15