Our Navy in the War with SpainC. Scribner's sons, 1898 - 406 страници |
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... Assault on a Funeral Cortége -Spanish Woods Station Captured , and Caimanera's Fort Destroyed -A Torpedo in the Propeller of the Texas - Good Health of this Force on Shore . PAGE CHAPTER XVI . AUXILIARIES AND NAVAL MILI- TIA · CONTENTS vii.
... Assault on a Funeral Cortége -Spanish Woods Station Captured , and Caimanera's Fort Destroyed -A Torpedo in the Propeller of the Texas - Good Health of this Force on Shore . PAGE CHAPTER XVI . AUXILIARIES AND NAVAL MILI- TIA · CONTENTS vii.
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... Naval Officers in Charge of Them - First American Flag Raised over Cuban Soil - Good Work Alongshore . CHAPTER XVII . SQUADRON DESTRUCTION OF CERVERA'S 291 Luck was with the Spaniards , in a Way , for Two of our Big Ships had Left the ...
... Naval Officers in Charge of Them - First American Flag Raised over Cuban Soil - Good Work Alongshore . CHAPTER XVII . SQUADRON DESTRUCTION OF CERVERA'S 291 Luck was with the Spaniards , in a Way , for Two of our Big Ships had Left the ...
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... NAVAL PROGRAMME . 365 Vessels that were in the Ship - yard when the War Began -- Two- story Turrets and Broadside Batteries -- Smokeless Powder in Future , with Guns that for the Moment will Lead the World -- Ships to Re- place the ...
... NAVAL PROGRAMME . 365 Vessels that were in the Ship - yard when the War Began -- Two- story Turrets and Broadside Batteries -- Smokeless Powder in Future , with Guns that for the Moment will Lead the World -- Ships to Re- place the ...
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... naval man's ap- pearing in print . I have also had a number of letters from and personal interviews with naval officers whose work I have described . In addition to these sources of information I have had recourse in a few cases to what ...
... naval man's ap- pearing in print . I have also had a number of letters from and personal interviews with naval officers whose work I have described . In addition to these sources of information I have had recourse in a few cases to what ...
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... naval wars . And I know that the reporters so engaged were , with a few exceptions , unwearied and fearless in en- ergy and enterprise , and were entirely sincere and faithful to the readers of the papers rep- resented . I speak from ...
... naval wars . And I know that the reporters so engaged were , with a few exceptions , unwearied and fearless in en- ergy and enterprise , and were entirely sincere and faithful to the readers of the papers rep- resented . I speak from ...
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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.