North Pacific eBook

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. S in the preparation of Navy Blue and Cleared for Action, the author has taken great pains to verify the main facts of the present story, so far as they are concerned with the incidents of the great struggle still in progress between the empires of the East and the West. He acknowledges most grate fully the assistance received from the office of the Secretary of the Navy, from ex-secretary John D. Long, and from Commander W. H. H. Souther land, now commanding the U. S. Cruiser Cleveland, Commander Austin M. Knight, President of the.