Secretary of the Navy to Commanding Officers, "Denver," "Mari
etta," "Dixie," September 12, 1906, Case 244/106^1 / 2 , Num. File, 1906
1910, Vol. XXXVIII, RG 59.
Two cables, Cmdr. W. F. Fullam, USN, to Secretary of the Navy,
September 14, 1906, Area 8 File (September, 1906), RG 45, and
Fullam Papers.
Fullam to the Secretary of the Navy, September 15, 1906, Area
8 File (September, 1906), RG 45. Copy also in Case 244/130, Num.
File, 1906-1910, Vol. 37, RG 59.
La Discusion on September 15 reported that American sailors had
landed to support government troops and were emplacing guns around
Cienfuegos to drive off the rebels.
When Fullam learned from Sleeper on September 16 that he should
not have landed, he was disgusted: "The U.S. Charge de Affairs [sic]
at Havana told consul not to land until he heard from Washington. I
cannot understand his action, and I am glad that I did not wait,
because I feel that we did right. We were sent here to protect American
Interests, and when Mr. Childs and Mr. Hughes asked for help we
gave it to them to the best of our ability."—Fullam to Lt. J. V- Klemann,
USN, September 16, 1906. See also Fullam to Secretary of the Navy,
September 18, 1906, Area 8 File (September, 1906), RG 45.
ColwelTs report, October 4, 1906, previously cited. "Denver's
Sailors Guard Palace" were the headlines in the Washington Post,
September 14, 1906.
Ibid.; Roosevelt to Bacon, September 13, 1906, Roosevelt Papers;
Cablegram, Bacon to Sleeper, September 13, 1906, Case 244/149, Num.
File, 1906-1910, Vol. XXXVII, RG 59.
Colwell to Bureau of Navigation, September 14, 1906, Case
244/131, Num. File, 1906-1910, Vol. XXXVII, RG 59.
"Message of President Tomas Estrada Palma to the Cuban Con
gress," September 14, 1906, reprinted in Foreign Relations, 1906
pp. 483-85.
The next day Estrada Palma increased the Rural Guard by another
5,000 men and appropriated more funds for the war. La Discusidn
(September 15, 1906.)
Steinhart to Secretary of State, September 14, 1906, Foreign
Relations, 1906, p. 479.
For the background of Estrada Palma's decision, see Sleeper to Sec
retary of State, September 15, 1906, Foreign Relations, 1906, pp.
482-83.
Estrada Palma letter, October 10, 1906, reprinted in Republic
of Cuba: Report of the Provisional Administration from October 13th,
1906 to December 1st, 1907, by Charles E. Magoon, Provisional Gov
ernor (Havana, 1908), pp. 12-15. Hereafter cited as Magoon, Report,
1906-1907.
Sleeper to Secretary of State, September 14, 1906, and Roosevelt
to Bacon, September 14, 1906, Foreign Relations, 1906, pp. 479-80.
