The Panama Canal: Readings on Its HistorySCOTT (copy 1): from the John Holmes Library collection. |
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Page 66
... Navy.39 Although the Congressional debates leading to this legislation made it clear that only Chiriqui sites were contemplated , 40 Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt , distrustful of the Chiriqui titles , refused to come to an ...
... Navy.39 Although the Congressional debates leading to this legislation made it clear that only Chiriqui sites were contemplated , 40 Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt , distrustful of the Chiriqui titles , refused to come to an ...
Page 174
... Navy . Independently of the greater efficiency which usually characterizes a large assembly of vessels , owing to the mere stimulus of numbers and to the wider mutual competition thereby induced , the fleet when concentrated on the one ...
... Navy . Independently of the greater efficiency which usually characterizes a large assembly of vessels , owing to the mere stimulus of numbers and to the wider mutual competition thereby induced , the fleet when concentrated on the one ...
Page 179
... navy . The relative func- tion of the land forces in defence of the canal will be the same as in the defence of any other part of our sea coast . The navy can be used to advantage only when operating on the offensive ; and it will be ...
... navy . The relative func- tion of the land forces in defence of the canal will be the same as in the defence of any other part of our sea coast . The navy can be used to advantage only when operating on the offensive ; and it will be ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
No Fortifications for the Panama Canal Reprinted from American Review of Reviews | 13 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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