Our Navy in the War with SpainC. Scribner's sons, 1898 - 406 páginas |
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... coal Barges Sent in a Chase of Twenty - knot Spanish Cruisers -- The Bombardment of San Juan de Porto Rico - Work of Inexperienced Men that Showed their Mettle -Another Vain Cruise to Nicholas Channel . CHAPTER XII . THE Oregon's FAMOUS ...
... coal Barges Sent in a Chase of Twenty - knot Spanish Cruisers -- The Bombardment of San Juan de Porto Rico - Work of Inexperienced Men that Showed their Mettle -Another Vain Cruise to Nicholas Channel . CHAPTER XII . THE Oregon's FAMOUS ...
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... coal - handlers did not complete their search the first day , so that night they put an armed guard over the bunkers . At that Captain McCarty put his own crew to guard the Spanish guard and so prevent their sneaking arms into the ...
... coal - handlers did not complete their search the first day , so that night they put an armed guard over the bunkers . At that Captain McCarty put his own crew to guard the Spanish guard and so prevent their sneaking arms into the ...
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... coal , nine feet thick when her bunkers were full , was to pro- vide an additional protection . When finally built , she was named the Chicago . That was the very best ship we could hope to build then , although England had fourteen ...
... coal , nine feet thick when her bunkers were full , was to pro- vide an additional protection . When finally built , she was named the Chicago . That was the very best ship we could hope to build then , although England had fourteen ...
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... coal consumption , while in- creasing in wonderful fashion the power applied to driving the ships . The engines of the new cruisers were , on the whole , planned in the right line of development . Twin screws were also provided . As to ...
... coal consumption , while in- creasing in wonderful fashion the power applied to driving the ships . The engines of the new cruisers were , on the whole , planned in the right line of development . Twin screws were also provided . As to ...
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... long time known as Armored Cruiser No. 1 , because she was designed for considerable speed , with a coal capacity sufficient to last her on a long cruise . She was 318 feet long and 57 wide , with. ARMORED CRUISERS AND BATTLE - SHIPS 47.
... long time known as Armored Cruiser No. 1 , because she was designed for considerable speed , with a coal capacity sufficient to last her on a long cruise . She was 318 feet long and 57 wide , with. ARMORED CRUISERS AND BATTLE - SHIPS 47.
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Admiral Cervera afloat American armor ashore auxiliaries auxiliary cruiser battle battle-ships beach began blockade boats broadside Brooklyn Caimanera calibre Captain Cavite Cervera channel Cienfuegos coal coast Colon command Commodore copyrighted photograph crew cruisers Cuba Cuban deck destroyers Dewey displacement draft eight-inch guns enemy Ensign exploded fact fight fire five-inch flag flag-ship force forts four gun-boat gunners harbor Havana Hemment Hobson inch Indiana Iowa island Key West killed knots land Lieutenant lookouts Main Battery Manila Manila Bay Marblehead Maria Teresa Merrimac miles morning Morro navy Nicholas Channel night o'clock Olympia Oquendo Oregon port projectiles Protected Cruiser range rapid-fire guns Restormel rifles San Juan Santiago Santiago harbor Schley sent shell shore shot side six-inch guns six-pounders smoke Spain Spaniards Spanish squadron speed steamed surrender Texas thirteen-inch tons torpedo torpedo-boat turned turrets twelve-inch vessels Virginius Vizcaya war-ships Wompatuck wounded Yankee Yankee squadron yards York
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Página 113 - 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.
Página 109 - 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.
Página 112 - 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.
Página 112 - 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.
Página 109 - 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.
Página 107 - 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...
Página 109 - 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.
Página 109 - ... 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.
Página 110 - 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...
Página 119 - ... 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.