US Navy increasing her coal stock in the Philippines according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1907-1908 No. 8

An item reported that in the summer the USA regularly sent coal towards the Philippines. A month ago was already 30.000 ton Pocahontas coal for the US Navy at Cavite available and more as 100.000 ton or ordered or already underway, mostly with British ships.

Note
1. Probably as result of the growing tensions with Japan in that period