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... fleet of the United States is a matter of much more consequence than its precise position . Not that position is of less than great importance . The Russian battle - fleet would have been much better placed in the Far East than in the ...
... fleet of the United States is a matter of much more consequence than its precise position . Not that position is of less than great importance . The Russian battle - fleet would have been much better placed in the Far East than in the ...
Page 172
... fleet made its voyage to the Pacific by way of Magellan , and ultimately round the world , I suggested the periodic repeti- tion of the transfer ; as tending not only to general efficiency , but to increased aptitude in the ...
... fleet made its voyage to the Pacific by way of Magellan , and ultimately round the world , I suggested the periodic repeti- tion of the transfer ; as tending not only to general efficiency , but to increased aptitude in the ...
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Readings on Its History. some to have a relation to the distribution of the fleet . It is said at times , somewhat querulously , that when there was no Canal this was advanced as an argument for a larger fleet , both coasts needing naval ...
Readings on Its History. some to have a relation to the distribution of the fleet . It is said at times , somewhat querulously , that when there was no Canal this was advanced as an argument for a larger fleet , both coasts needing naval ...
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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