He mentions in his autobiography that he started doing some calculations on how many ships it would take etc. and also came up with a plan to colonize them in Panama and give them jobs digging a canal.
So how many ships did Butler figure it would take to move 4 million people to Panama?
So how many ships did Butler figure it would take to move 4 million people to Panama?
The plan he outlines entailed moving the first 150,000 of them there. It was going to use the surplus navy ships that were no longer needed with the war over.