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...commissioned an ensign in the Massachusetts Naval Militia. During the first few months after the United States entered the War he was on the U. S. S. Nebraska; then he was transferred in succession to the Kwaswind, a converted yacht which cruised along the coast and in the West Indies...
Secretary of State Hughes attempted to ease the Mexican situation (TIME, Jan. 7 et seq.) without damage to U. S. interests and without hostilities. He met with difficulties. The light cruiser Tacoma, which has been patrolling the Mexican coast for some time, after putting in at Galveston, ran aground on Blanquilla Reef on its return to Vera Cruz, Rebel capital. There are normally five different lights visible at that point, but it is believed that these were extinguished by the Rebels. The greater part of the crew was taken ashore. The cruiser, still manned by a small complement...
...military and naval strength was at the point of breaking friendly relations with the U. S. About the first of the year its fleet was sighted in mid-Atlantic. At once our Pacific fleet was ordered to the Atlantic. Our Atlantic Fleet remained in Narragansett Bay, protecting our eastern coast. A detachment of the enemy proceeded to Panama to prevent our Pacific Fleet from passing through the Canal. This detachment, known as the Black Fleet, was impersonated by our Atlantic Fleet. The Pacific Fleet, attempting to pass through the Canal, was dubbed the Blue Fleet. Could the Blue Fleet enter...
...importance of a railway strike is not to be found so much in the in- convenience it causes travelers, as in its paralyzing effect on food distribution Practically every ounce of food has to be transported from the coast in trains to the large cities and towns, and the stoppage of such railway service aims a devastating blow at the people as a whole, for not one of the large towns is capable of storing enough food to last its population more than a few days...
Tampico Affair. General Adolfo de la Huerta, Rebel chief, decided to blockade the important post of Tampico on the east coast, about 200 miles north of Vera Cruz, headquarters of the Rebels. He issued the following decree...