Dee ihe na-esote maka paragraf a - Ka ọ na-erule May 26, 1913, Reed bụ onye na-esote na Torpedo Flotilla tender, dị ka onye isi ọrụ na onye na-anya ụgbọ mmiri, ọ bịakwara na-eduzi ya na June 1915. "Iris" tinyere ụgbọ mmiri torpedo ise sitere na Pacific Fleet Torpedo Flotilla, nyere iwu ka ha banye na Gulf of California, nke a makwaara dị ka Oké Osimiri Cortez na-esochi Tampico Affair site na Mee 4, 1914. Ha nọ na-agagharị na nso La Paz na Mazatlán, Mexico, n'oge ọgba aghara obodo ahụ na-aga n'ihu
e nwere. N'ọnwa Mee na Juun nke afọ 1914, "Iris" kpọpụrụ ụmụ amaala America gbara ọsọ ndụ na Mazatlan na Acapulco, gụnyere onye nnọchi anya ndị America, Hon. Clement S. Edwards.