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...Miraflores locks are in ruins, the Gatun spillways are broken, Gatun Lake is drained, the Panama Canal is dry land once more, our fleet is divided and our Pacific Coast is at the mercy of the " Black" Navy. These are the hypothetical results of the battle maneuvers of our fleet in the Pacific. The United Stales fleet under command of Admiral Jones put the Canal defenses to the most severe test possible and discovered weakness. The story of the attack was this: The fleet divided into a "Blue" fleet defending the canal and a "Black" or "enemy" fleet attacking...
With the maps of the campaign spread before him, the Admiral pointed out how the defenses of the Canal should be strengthened: the coast defense batteries should be more scattered so that ships may not approach to bombard the Canal from angles out of reach of the land guns. There should be several new batteries of 16-inch guns with a range equal to those mounted by any navy. Toboga Island, nine miles from the western entrance of the Canal, should be equipped with batteries to prevent an enemy fleet from approaching the Canal closely enough to bombard the Miraflores...
have always wanted to visit America, and now it seems as though I shall realize my hope. I do not want my visit to be a hurried one. I in-tend to see the States from coast to coast...
...back into the major leagues playing first with the St. Louis Cardinals and later with the Washington Senators. With all of these clubs he made a reputation for himself as a batter, hitting well above average each season. In 1909 Coach Slattery led the league batting on the Pacific coast and continued this enviable record by scoring the highest batting and fielding averages in the International league while with the Toronto club in 1910. During his active baseball career Coach Slattery led a total of nine professional and semi-professional teams in batting averages...
There are places for all. Two rum fleets have recently appeared off the Atlantic coast, one last week from Scotland hovering outside New Jersey, and one in the last few days from the West Indies sailing for Rhode Island. Only the boldest, hairy-chested sailors may apply to man these ships. On the smaller fry, motor-boats that steal out at the whisper of a radio, there is a place for hard, ham-fisted nondescripts who can plant a heavy blow and shoot a sawed-off shotgun. Gunmen out of work will find employment here, for close encounters are frequent...