Our Navy in the War with SpainC. Scribner's sons, 1898 - 406 страници |
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... Key West - Break on the Collier - Dash of the Marblehead - When Schley saw Cervera's Ships at Anchor Within Easy Range - A " Reconnaissance " at a Range of from Four to Five Miles - A Blockading Squadron Ten Miles from Port - Acts of ...
... Key West - Break on the Collier - Dash of the Marblehead - When Schley saw Cervera's Ships at Anchor Within Easy Range - A " Reconnaissance " at a Range of from Four to Five Miles - A Blockading Squadron Ten Miles from Port - Acts of ...
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... Key West without waiting for badly needed repairs , lest the rampant vol- unteers of Havana destroy her under his guns . Close in the wake of the Aspinwall case came that of the Virginius . The principles involved were much the same in ...
... Key West without waiting for badly needed repairs , lest the rampant vol- unteers of Havana destroy her under his guns . Close in the wake of the Aspinwall case came that of the Virginius . The principles involved were much the same in ...
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John Randolph Spears. of such ships as we had was gathered at Key West during the negotiations , and the condi- tion of the ships when brought together was such as to compel public consideration of the needs of the navy . The Virginius ...
John Randolph Spears. of such ships as we had was gathered at Key West during the negotiations , and the condi- tion of the ships when brought together was such as to compel public consideration of the needs of the navy . The Virginius ...
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... Key West could change the aspect of affairs in Cuba - especially in Havana , and at last , in or- der to provide a refuge for Americans there , in case of a mob attack , the second - class battle- ship Maine , Captain Charles D. Sigsbee ...
... Key West could change the aspect of affairs in Cuba - especially in Havana , and at last , in or- der to provide a refuge for Americans there , in case of a mob attack , the second - class battle- ship Maine , Captain Charles D. Sigsbee ...
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... Key West , on February 17th , appointed , as a Court of Inquiry , Captain W. T. Sampson , of the Iowa ; Captain French E. Chadwick , of the New York ; Lieutenant Commander Will- iam P. Potter , Executive Officer of the New York , and ...
... Key West , on February 17th , appointed , as a Court of Inquiry , Captain W. T. Sampson , of the Iowa ; Captain French E. Chadwick , of the New York ; Lieutenant Commander Will- iam P. Potter , Executive Officer of the New York , and ...
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Admiral Cervera afloat American Amphitrite armed armor ARMORED CRUISER ashore auxiliaries barbette battle beach began blockade boats broadside Brooklyn calibre Cavite Cervera channel Cienfuegos coal coast Colon command Commodore crew Cuba Cuban deck destroyers Dewey displacement draft eight-inch guns enemy engineers Ensign exploded fact fight fire FIRST-CLASS BATTLE-SHIP five-inch flag flag-ship fleet force forts four gun-boat gunners Havana Hemment inch Indiana Iowa island Key West killed knots land Lieutenant Main Battery Manila Manila Bay Marblehead Maria Teresa Merrimac miles morning Morro naval officers navy Nicholas Channel night o'clock Olympia Oquendo Oregon port projectiles PROTECTED CRUISER range rapid-fire guns rifles San Juan Santiago harbor Schley sent shell shore shot side six-inch guns six-pounders smoke Spain Spaniards Spanish ships Spanish squadron speed steam Texas thirteen-inch tons torpedo torpedo-boat turned turrets twelve-inch vessels Virginius Vizcaya war-ships Winslow Wompatuck wounded Yankee Yankee squadron yards York
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Страница 111 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Страница 107 - The only hope of relief and repose from a condition which can no longer be endured is the enforced pacification of Cuba. In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Страница 110 - That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Страница 110 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Страница 107 - Fourth, and which is of the utmost importance. The present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to our peace and entails upon this Government an enormous expense.
Страница 105 - Obedient to that precept of the Constitution which commands the President to give from time to time to the Congress information of the state of the Union and to recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...
Страница 107 - We owe it to our citizens in Cuba to afford them that protection and indemnity for life and property which no government there can or will afford, and to that end to terminate the conditions that deprive them of legal protection. Third. The right to intervene may be justified by the very serious injury to the commerce, trade, and business of our people and by the wanton destruction of property and devastation of the island.
Страница 107 - ... of a foreign nation; the expeditions of filibustering that we are powerless to prevent altogether, and the irritating questions and entanglements thus arising — all these and others that I need not mention, with the resulting strained relations, are a constant menace to our peace and compel us to keep on a semi war footing with a nation with which we are at peace.
Страница 108 - President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and...
Страница 117 - ... be duly warned by the commander of one of the blockading vessels, who will indorse on her register the fact and date of such warning ; and if the same vessel shall again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port, for such proceedings against her and her cargo as prize as may be deemed advisable.