Our Navy in the War with SpainC. Scribner's sons, 1898 - 406 страници |
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... arrival she and the Virginius went out to sea , where the Butts transferred some hundreds of cases of arms , ammunition , and equipments , with four brass howitzers , to the Virginius , after which the Virginius went to Puerto Cabello ...
... arrival she and the Virginius went out to sea , where the Butts transferred some hundreds of cases of arms , ammunition , and equipments , with four brass howitzers , to the Virginius , after which the Virginius went to Puerto Cabello ...
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... arrived - and their coming was the work of seconds only- the order " Abandon ship " was given , and the survivors on deck entered the boats and began the work of gathering up those who , though burned and broken , were still able to ...
... arrived - and their coming was the work of seconds only- the order " Abandon ship " was given , and the survivors on deck entered the boats and began the work of gathering up those who , though burned and broken , were still able to ...
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... guns in March with a degree of respect that was not appreciated by the unlearned , but after she arrived one look at. Armstrong Gun on the New Orleans . A Six - inch Gun on the New Orleans . 96 THE DAYS JUST BEFORE THE WAR.
... guns in March with a degree of respect that was not appreciated by the unlearned , but after she arrived one look at. Armstrong Gun on the New Orleans . A Six - inch Gun on the New Orleans . 96 THE DAYS JUST BEFORE THE WAR.
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John Randolph Spears. the unlearned , but after she arrived one look at the New Orleans , with her guns looking ( for length ) like old - time spars sticking from her sides , was enough to awaken awe as well as reverence . While we were ...
John Randolph Spears. the unlearned , but after she arrived one look at the New Orleans , with her guns looking ( for length ) like old - time spars sticking from her sides , was enough to awaken awe as well as reverence . While we were ...
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... arrived so near to the squadron that look- outs with good glasses could see she was a black - hulled craft with two masts , and a single smoke - stack , while on her deck was a cargo of lumber that gave her a noticeable list to port ...
... arrived so near to the squadron that look- outs with good glasses could see she was a black - hulled craft with two masts , and a single smoke - stack , while on her deck was a cargo of lumber that gave her a noticeable list to port ...
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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.