Editing United States Asiatic Fleet (section)

==1902–1907==
In 1904, all [[armored cruiser]]s were withdrawn from the [[Far East]]. [[Gunboat]]s patrolled the [[Yangtze River]] in the [[Yangtze Patrol]].

After [[Rear Admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[Charles J. Train]] became commander-in-chief of the fleet in March 1905, it was involved in various ways with the closing weeks of the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904–1905. After the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]'s decisive defeat of the [[Imperial Russian Navy]] in the [[Battle of Tsushima Strait]] in May 1905, units of the Asiatic Fleet escorted three fleeing Russian [[cruiser]]s into [[Manila Bay]] in the [[Philippine Islands]], where Train ensured that their crews were well taken care of during a lengthy stay until they were able to return to [[Russian Empire|Russia]].<ref name="query.nytimes.com">Anonymous, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/08/04/101792119.pdf "Admiral Train Dies at Che-Foo, China"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 4 August 1906.</ref>

In November 1905, Train was at the center of a diplomatic dispute while with a group of American officers on a [[pheasant]]-hunting expedition near [[Nanjing]] (Nanking), [[Chinese Empire|China]], when he accidentally shot a Chinese woman with [[birdshot]], inflicting minor injuries on her. A mob of hundreds of Chinese villagers formed around Train{{'}}s party and attacked it, pushing Train into the mud, seizing the officers' guns, and taking Train's son, Navy Lieutenant [[Charles R. Train (admiral)|Charles R. Train]], hostage. When the Asiatic Fleet landed 40 [[United States Marines]] to rescue the officers, the villagers attacked them with [[pitchfork]]s and the Marines fired two shots. Local Chinese officials refused to return the officers' guns, but Train and his companions were able to extricate themselves without further injury to anyone. The governor of Nanjing later apologized for the mob's actions, returned the American officers' guns, and punished the ringleaders of the mob.<ref name="query.nytimes.com"/><ref>''Tenth report of the Secretary of the Class of 1865 of Harvard College, July 1900 to July 1907'', Boston: Geo. H. Ellis Co., 1907, p. 57.</ref>

On 4 August 1906, Train died in [[Yantai]] (known to [[Western world|Westerners]] at the time as "Chefoo"), China, while still in command of the Asiatic Fleet. After a memorial ceremony, which [[Japan]]ese Admiral [[Heihachiro Togo]] and other dignitaries attended at [[Yokohama]], aboard Train{{'}}s [[flagship]], the battleship {{USS|Ohio|BB-12|6}}, the steamer ''Empress of China'' carried his body out of the harbor under escort en route to [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>Anonymous, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19060811&id=6wcyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SuMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3803,1740133 "In Honor of Adm. Train"]. ''The Evening News'', San Jose, California, 8 August 1906, p. 8.</ref>

In early 1907, the Asiatic Fleet was abolished, and its ships and personnel became the First [[Squadron (naval)|Squadron]] of the [[United States Pacific Fleet]].