This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...strong force of naval vessels." He thus proposed the Cincinnati and New Orleans, the former at Key West or Havana, and the latter blockading San Juan, and in addition the Columbia and Yale as sufficient to cover the proposed landing at Fajardo, as in fact they were amply so. There were no Spanish cruisers to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...strong force of naval vessels." He thus proposed the Cincinnati and New Orleans, the former at Key West or Havana, and the latter blockading San Juan, and in addition the Columbia and Yale as sufficient to cover the proposed landing at Fajardo, as in fact they were amply so. There were no Spanish cruisers to do harm, the only Spanish naval vessel of any importance in Puerto Rico being the destroyer Terror so hardly used by the St. Paul, June 22, and which was still in port with repairs uncompleted. The same vessel that would carry orders to the New Orleans would relieve the latter on the blockade.1 While Sampson was of this opinion expressed at the moment and unable to understand the desire for a greater force, he was 1 The four ships proposed carried thirty-two powerful guns; the Columbia one 8-inch, two 6-inch, and eight 4-inch; the Cincinnati, one 6-inch and ten 6-inch; the New Orleans, six 6-inch and four 4-inch. They were sufficient to deal with any enemy at Puerto Rico not behind powerful fortifications. quite readv to send everything which could be spared. He had. in a letter of July 19, already informed Miles of the explicit orders of the navy department (giving him a copy of the department's telegram received July 13) to prepare and hold all the armored fleet, except the monitors, for the Eastern expedition, but General Miles, without waiting for a reply to a letter from himself to Sampson asking that more shies be furnished him, sent the following to Washington: Plata Del Este, July 20, 1S9S. (Received 11.07 p. M.) Secretary War, Wa-hingtan: Admiral Sampson came on board the Yale this morning. He had not at that time seen the order of Secretary Long. He was furnished a copy of it, and after sending to his flag-ship found the order...
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