Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 643
s pro-visioned and coaled. As fast as they come in,our ships are run on to the docks and made ready.Should war be declared between the UnitedStates and Spain, England, China, and Japan willbe neutral, which means we shall be without aberth, our nearest being San Francisco, unless weshould go out… … GIVING THE OLYMPIA HERCOAT OF WAR PAINT. ready the men are shouting, Remember theMaine! One morning I saw the ships painter come outfrom the commodores cabin, carrying a long,three-inch wide board painted in various shadesof neutral greens or grays. When I asked himwhat they were for, his answer…
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