In this predicament, and when the North was so oppressed, Alexander II came to Mr. Lincoln's relief and sent to New York and to San Francisco a splendid fleet, at that time formidable, as compared with the rest of the world, and gave the London and Paris governments to understand that they must keep their hands off the American fight, or else Russia must be reckoned with as an active participant in the contest.
This act of Russia has never been forgotten, and when the two and a half millions of young men who had worn the blue uniform went back to the walks of peace, they reared children who were taught that Russia had come to the relief of the cause for which their fathers fought when help was sadly needed.
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From General Nelson A. Miles
Thrilling Stories of The Russian-Japanese War, 1904
