In November 1903 troops from the U.S.S. Nashville were used to stop Colombians from reaching this now-capital city
..... To-day I permitted the exchange of Colombian troops from Panama to 
Colon, .... the evening of November 5, 1903, when by the arrival of the U. S. S. 
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