On his way back from Panama, Secretary of the Navy Denby called at the Virgin Islands and heard the complaints of the islanders who are economically in a desperate position. Now that he has returned to Washington, he must try to solve the problem that the islands present and fulfill his promise to send out the best navy engineer obtainable to make a survey of the very serious water situation on the islands.
The Virgin Islands, lying about 60 miles off the east coast of Porto Rico, were bought by the United States from Denmark...
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