Pacific Coast navy set for overdue build up and base upgrades
The article argues Pacific defense is underfunded with inadequate fleets and repair facilities. It notes ships mostly in Atlantic and calls for battleship expansions, better coaling, and dock upgrades including Pearl Harbor, Mare Island, and a potential Pacific dry dock. Roosevelt may push new dreadnoughts and higher Pacific dock spending.
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America
Pacific
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Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
Bremerton
Mare Island
Olongapo
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Navy Department
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Europe
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Tsushima Straits
Togo
Rojestvensky
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Pearl Harbor
A Frolic on the Mississippi Club Outing Ends with Raindrenched Revelry
A lively outing of the Athletics club is recounted with boat mishaps on the Mississippi. Duffield Williams and Carroll save twenty six in midstream earning Carnegie medal nods while President Fox hails club wealth and influence. The day ends with rain and rousing songs on the veranda.
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P. R. Carroll
C. H. Lane
Milwaukee
Robert Schultz
St. Paul
W. H. Pierce
Jos. W. Skinner
C. B. Walworth
Eau Claire
Fred Ruplin
A. E. Bergstrom
Adolf Schroeder
W. F. Funk
H. Horn
John Willing
Charles B. Miller
John Neukomm
John Hauser
Charrie Miller
Gausmeyer
Duffield’ Williams
Duffield
Carroll
Billy Funk
Billy
Joe Skinner
Pettibone Park
Funk
Fox
Scott
Williams
William and
Mississippi
Bergstrom
Battle of Duffield
Langenbach
Bosshard
al. Langenbach
Alfred Bosshard
Louis Runkel
Oscar Taeuber
Carl Langenbach
P. C. Wiggenhorn
Miller
Gateway City Club
A. Bosshard
Charlie
War Scene Under General Lawton Morning Patrol
General Lawton and Major Creighton Webb watched troops pass as dawn broke near El Paso. A towering corporal from the Twenty fifth Infantry, with two guns and two cartridge belts, trudged along carrying a dog. When asked why the dog, the soldier answered with a grin that the dog was tired.
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Lawton
el Paso
Joe’’ Wheeler
Creighton Webb
Bookmakers Hit Hard as Favorites Win at Gravesend
The Gravesend track in New York saw five favorites victorious yesterday, with only the fourth and sixth races yielding longer shots. Halifax and Faust led early, Meggs Hill captured the Clover stakes, and Berry Maid led early before the favorite surged to win by a length in the stretch.
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New York
Gravesend
Ring
Halifax
Faust
Meggs Hill
Berry Maid
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