Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 26 ga Mayu, 1913, Reed ya kasance na gaba a kan Yarjejeniyar Torpedo Flotilla, a matsayin babban jami'in da kuma mai kula da shi, kuma ya zo ya umurce shi a watan Yunin 1915. "Iris" tare da jiragen ruwa guda biyar daga Pacific Fleet Torpedo Flotilla, an umurce su zuwa Gulf of California, wanda aka fi sani da Sea of Cortez bayan Tampico Affair da Mayu 4, 1914. Sun yi sintiri a kusa da La Paz da Mazatlán, Mexico, a lokacin hargitsi na gari da ke ci gaba
a can. A watan Mayu da Yuni na 1914, "Iris" ya kwashe 'yan gudun hijirar Amurka daga Mazatlan da Acapulco, ciki har da jakadan Amurka, Hon. Clement S. Edwards.