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Here the German naval steamer Jaguar signals its arrival as it anchors off Pohnpei.  These naval ships policed the islands for the German administration, which had only a handful of Germans and a few dozen Melanesian police troops quartered in each of its three centers.  German postal steamers also made regular stops at the islands, bringing mail and supplies every four months.
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