... the United States, ordered the Navy to clear out European privateers and warships which were destroying commerce in the Caribbean Sea and South American waters. The situation is not dissimilar to-day though the scope of operations has widened. Mr. Roosevelt ...

... , John Adams, ordered the U.S. Navy to clean out European privateers and European ships of war which were infesting the Caribbean and South American waters and destroying American commerce. The third President of the U.S., Thomas Jefferson, ordered the ...