Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fleet Street Reporter...
...Islands. The regular army and marines were recruited up to maximum, and we had at one time over 80,000 men in the Philippines. While the Insurrection was going on the campaign in China was fought by regulars from the Philippines and marines and sailors from the fleet. The action was continuous from April 21, 1898, up to July 4, 1902, and in the Moro country for years afterwards. . . . Generals Bell, Pershing and Funston were all made Generals while fighting in the Philippine Insurrection, but as all of this came out of the Spanish War and the same...
...Yeomen," wrote Rear Admiral Magruder, "are the men who do the typing and paper work -that is, the red tape." Hazy distribution of authority and inactive navy yards were two more subjects discussed. Then some more figures for 1926: "To operate, maintain, repair and supply the vessels of the fleet cost $163,000,000. And to administer this sum cost nearly half as much, or $77,500,000. ". . . For every dollar expended for repairs, it required that nearly four dollars be expended to make the repairs. . . ." Rear Admiral Magruder wound up with a consideration of Navy salaries, the need...
...Nippon Yushen Kaisha, (Japan Mail Steamship Co. ), greatest trade fleet on the Pacific...
...boats bravely named after kings and queens and merry islands; Reina Cristina, Don Antonio de Ulloa, Don Juan de Austria, Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luzon, Cano, Marques del Duero. On the bridge of the Olympia stood two men; one of them was Commodore Dewey, commander of the American fleet, the other was his flag officer. The harbor was very quiet for a few minutes; it was only a little after five o'clock but you could hear dishes rattling in the galley of the Marques del Duero and the sudden high voice of the cook...