As he had done during the Spanish–American War, Taussig maintained a daily journal of the time he was in the Philippines and subsequently China while attached to as a naval cadet. These include detailed descriptions of his shipmates and officers including Captain Bowman H. McCalla of the , Vice Admiral Seymour, the progress and setback of the Seymour Expedition, the political dynamics, social customs and recreation in China, and drawings of engineering details of and urban scenes in Vigan and Pamplona. Of tactical significance, the journal includes a list of the ports of call for and an intelligence report on the fortifications of Sydney, Australia and the government of New South Wales. Taussig submitted his journal to Captain John Fremont of the who attested to it and pronounced it an excellent piece of work. The 120 page journal that Taussig wrote during his time attached to was the basis for his April 1927 article on the Seymour Relief Expedition, one of forty-four articles that he eventually authored for the U.S. Naval Institute magazine "Proceedings".