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This proposition was not a novel war measure. An order to the same effect had been sent direct from the Navy Department, and the Bureau of Navigation has since reported that it was suggested to the department by fully one hun- dred persons. The naval force now off Santiago was much stronger than the Spanish squadron, and consisted of the Brooklyn, the Iowa, the Massachu- setts, the Texas, the New Orleans, the Marblehead, and the converted yacht Vixen. May 31, in the afternoon, the Massachusetts..., the Iowa, and the New Orleans steamed in from their sea positions and crossed the harbor entrance twice at distances varying from five to six and one half miles, firing at the Cristobal Colon. This reconnoissance was reported by the commodore, who was on the Mas- sachusetts, as intended principally to injure or de- stroy the Colon, but the distance chosen was such that she was not hit and did no damage in return, recording in her log-book, " Our shot falling short on account of the enemy keeping at too great dis- tance.
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