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Report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody concerning military operations in Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-16
Translated report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody concerning the establishment of good relations with various Native peoples around Mosquito Point and Mandingo Bay, Panama. Also noted in the report are deteriorating situations, political instability, and food scarcity at St. Andrew Island.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-17
Rear Admiral Glass orders Commander Cottman to the Chepo or Bayano Rivers and sends scouting parties up the river and the Mamoni. They are to obtain the information requested in the accompanying memorandum. While the scouting is going on, they are to haul the fires and do other repair work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-07
Rear Admiral Glass orders Commander Perkins to take the USS Concord to Rio Dulce, Parita Bay, and send out scouting parties to obtain desired information contained in the attached memorandum. All that is required is a rough reconnaissance. Information about roads, trails, and means of communication through the district are of special interest; pencil notes and sketches are acceptable.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-07
Rear Admiral Glass reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody about the movement of Colombian troops, and about the usability of trails and navigability of some rivers in the region where the Colombian troops are believed to be advancing. Glass also reports where the Panamanians have increased their forces. Many of Glass’s men in Yavisa are ill with fever, and he recommends they be returned to their ship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-07
Lieutenant Manwaring reports in great detail about his assignment to explore the Old Panama Trail, and where the trail from Nobre de Dios joins it. Manwaring, writing a day-by-day account of the expedition, details distances and direction traveled each day, obstacles, and the importance of having local guides. The local guides pointed out where Colombian troops would be camping, what rivers the Colombians would need to traverse, and generally very detailed intelligence. The report closes with a summation of the terrain and attacking and defense possibilities at drier times of the year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-07
Secretary of the Navy Moody sends copies of three reports from Rear Admiral Joseph Bullock Coghlan concerning military operations in Panama to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-07
Secretary of the Navy Moody orders Rear Admiral Henry Glass to withdraw from Yaviza and avoid all hostile demonstrations. Moody also advises that Colombian scouts are moving westward through the northeast of Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-08
Secretary of the Navy Moody advises Rear Admiral Coghlan that Colombian scouts are moving westward along the northeast shore of Panama, recruiting the Native peoples. Moody recommends a course of action and orders Coghlan to avoid any hostile demonstration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-08
Commander Turner reports to Rear Admiral Coghlan on the status of following Coghlan’s orders in Panama. Turner reports on reconnaissance missions to gather information; especially concerning the Fato trail, Hombre de Dios trail, and troops at St. Andrews Island.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-08
Orders concerning military operations in Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-09
Translation of a report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody regarding actions of three ships, the Bancroft, the Castine, and the Mayflower, and reporting difficulties with transmission from Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-09
Rear Admiral Glass reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody that the USS New York has arrived and that the Colombian gunboat Bogota has left Buenaventura, presumably to refuel.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-09
Commander Hubbard reports on military operations in Panama. His report includes notes on rivers, streams, and trails in the vicinity of Chiriqui Lagoon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-09
Secretary of the Navy Moody encloses four dispatches concerning military operations in Panama for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-09
Translation of a report from Rear Admiral Coghlan to Secretary of the Navy Moody. Refugees from St. Andrews Island, having arrived in Bocas del Toro, state that Colombian forces have landed on St. Andrews and have been “carrying on there with high hand,” but not molesting U.S. citizens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-11
Rear Admiral Glass informs Secretary of the Navy Moody that he is sending a tracing of a map prepared by a lieutenant. Glass points out the non-existence of roads, and states the rivers are the main methods of communication and the only way for Colombia to get forces into the region. Glass then details the three routes the Colombian army will have to use to attack Panama. Glass then discusses the advantages of using particular harbors as bases for their ships. Finally, Glass reports that the San Linus and Andres de Providencia islands have been occupied by the Colombians.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-11
Lieutenant Commander Gleaves reports to Rear Admiral Coghlan the results of his attempts to gather intelligence from the Native peoples around Caledonia harbor. They left four scouting parties at Nellie to map the terrain, and mapped coastal areas. Gleaves reports extensively on the terrain, the lack of roads and trails, and the rivers with regard to their use for military purposes. The San Blas Indians were unfriendly, as they were strangers. Gleaves was able to meet with the “Big Chief” at Carti, Guayaquilile. The chief wanted them to leave the area and its rivers immediately, and told them that the Chief of Sasardi was the Chief of all the Indians, and the Chief of Bogota was the Chief of all. Gleaves was able to gather intelligence from other Native peoples, as they supported Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-11
Commander Knight reports on military operations of the USS Castine and USS Bancroft in Panama, who have met with representatives of several native Indian tribes. The tribes have been suspicious and uncooperative, though not hostile, and Knight believes they would be so with any strangers. At least one chief, however, seems to favor Colombia and therefore to view the American forces with enmity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-11
Commander Hubbard reports on places in Panama within the vicinity of the USS Nashville, including a canal owned by the United Fruit Company, the Harbor of Gadokan, Eureka, Chiriqui Grande, and others.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-03