I cabled my resignation to the Governments I was serving and being fortunate enough to secure first rate accommodation for the wife and family set sail for Australia a few days after war was declared in the middle of October in what was then the finest passenger boat to Australia the German ship the ss - The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by José Maria Gordon

Sampson replied that he thought it might be done and immediately cabled Commodore Schley off Santiago as follows Send a ship to examine Guantanamo with a view to occupying it as a base coaling one heavy ship at a time - Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan

I have cabled the congressman from my district to tender my congratulations to Mr Wilson and to offer my services anew in whatever capacity my government can use them - The Flag by Homer Greene