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Committee, consisting of District Governors; Committee B: Committee of the Samoan Hospital, with three members from each district, and Committee C: Auditing Committee, to give the fullest publicity to the statement
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division. These committees investigated questionable rulings regarding minor disciplinary actions, and to make complaints and suggestions about the "health, happiness and comfort of the ship's company." He believed that these committees would lead to less unrest on the ship, as there would be less
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American Samoan Judicial, Treasury, Interior, Agriculture, and Public Health Departments. Stearns gave command back to Lt. Post on October 2, 1914.
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Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and His Descendants, Avis Stearns van Wagenen, Courier Printing Co., Syracuse, 1901.
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Puget Sound Naval
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spirit had crept into the Navy." After petitions from various
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Tapuitea: Official
American Samoa Government Weekly Newsletter
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Stearns of command, and transferred him to the
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Woodworth Post as Governor of
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1139:Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal
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625:"The Samoan Historical Calendar, 1606-2007"
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623:Sorensen, Stan; Joseph Theroux (2007).
549:Mutiny: A History of Naval Insurrection
503:Government of American Samoa (2008), 2.
491:Lake Carriers' Association (1911), 153.
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1149:People from Miami-Dade County, Florida
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316:Navy Distinguished Service Medal
249:Navy Distinguished Service Medal
223:Naval Governor of American Samoa
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131:Navy Distinguished Service Medal
1159:Deaths from coronary thrombosis
675:"No Sovietism Goes in the Navy"
283:In 1918, Stearns was posted to
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532:Army Times Publishing Company
434:New York Times, June 2, 1893.
368:; he sent this medal back to
632:Government of American Samoa
388:on July 14, 1913, relieving
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1144:United States Navy officers
1129:Governors of American Samoa
732:Governors of American Samoa
546:Guttridge, Leonard (2006).
362:1923 Great KantĹŤ earthquake
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318:. After leaving command of
265:United States Naval Academy
113:United States Naval Academy
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31:Governor of American Samoa
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552:(illustrated ed.).
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685:St. Petersburg, Florida
680:The Evening Independent
655:"Stearns, Clark Daniel"
314:, Stearns received the
473:Guttridge (2006), 179.
461:Guttridge (2006), 178.
413:Military Times (2009).
374:Attack on Pearl Harbor
554:Naval Institute Press
390:Nathan Woodworth Post
305:Secretary of the Navy
64:Nathan Woodworth Post
53:Nathan Woodworth Post
219:Clark Daniel Stearns
20:Clark Daniel Stearns
659:University of Miami
641:on 27 February 2009
273:coronary thrombosis
579:"Historical Notes"
366:Japanese Red Cross
245:Japanese Red Cross
171:United States Navy
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1118:Categories
946:Hungerford
691:October 5,
665:October 5,
537:October 5,
520:References
360:After the
227:battleship
142:Allegiance
119:Occupation
108:Alma mater
766:Underwood
614:5 October
596:5 October
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292:minelayer
285:USS
230:USS
203:USS
196:USS
39:In office
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828:Woodruff
343:Admirals
327:Michigan
300:enlisted
232:Michigan
205:Michigan
192:Commands
1078:Coleman
1068:Coleman
1042:Barnett
1032:Mockler
1012:Coleman
992:Elliott
918:Wallace
898:Dowling
883:Lincoln
878:Emerson
868:Lincoln
853:Kellogg
848:Pollock
838:Terhune
818:Stearns
394:Samoans
345:of the
331:Roanoke
320:Roanoke
312:Roanoke
287:Roanoke
271:, of a
253:Captain
198:Roanoke
186:Captain
89:Florida
1098:Moliga
1083:Lutali
1073:Lutali
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987:Phelps
975:Civil
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956:Houser
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786:Naval
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843:Evans
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645:2 May
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