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  • A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN IN THE PILIPPINES
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    A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN IN THE PILIPPINES
    YATES STIRLING
    Excerpt: "The “Isla de Negros,” a small inter-island steamer, lay moored alongside the dock in the turbulent waters of the Pasig River, the commercial artery of the city of Manila. As the last of its cargo was noisily carried on board by a swarm of half-naked stevedores, the slender lines which held the steamer to the stone quay were cast off, and with many shrill screeches fro...

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  • A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN IN THE SOUTH SEAS
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    A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN IN THE SOUTH SEAS
    YATES STIRLING
    Excerpt: "A man-of-war boat propelled by six sailormen and with the flag of the United States flying from its staff navigated the tortuous channel through the fringing coral reef and landed upon the sandy beach of the harbor of Ukula. Three American naval officers from the cruiser “Sitka” stepped from the boat upon the shore. In the great public square on Kulinuu Point at one e...

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  • A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN AFLOAT
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    A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN AFLOAT
    YATES STIRLING
    Excerpt: "The Navy-Yard at Brooklyn buzzed with its daily turmoil of labor. It was a bright June morning, and the high chimneys of the numerous shops and foundries belched forth flame and smoke. Thousands of begrimed workmen toiled incessantly, hammering, bending and riveting masses of metal, fashioning them into shape to be carried by the steam cranes to be blended into the hu...

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  • A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN IN JAPAN
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    A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN IN JAPAN
    YATES STIRLING
    Excerpt: "It was one o’clock in the afternoon, and there was unusual activity in the railroad station at Yokohama. Uniformed officials were scurrying to and fro, bending every effort to dispose of the great crowd of stolid Japanese travelers and at the same time, with due formality and ceremony, provide a special train for their lately arrived American naval visitors. So painst...

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  • A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN IN CHINA
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    A UNITED STATES MIDSHIPMAN IN CHINA
    YATES STIRLING
    Excerpt: "The United States gunboat “Phœnix” lay at anchor in the swift current of the Yangtse River opposite the Chinese city of Ku-Ling. The surface of the water seemed tranquil, but a closer look over the side of the ship showed to the observer the strength of the muddy flood that swept for thousands of miles through the length of the Chinese Empire, from the far-away snows ...

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