Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-19 | Page 17 | Garrison of 25,000 Men Needed to Guard Canal, Says Colonel Goethals

GARRISON OF MEN NEEDED T TO GUARD CANAL SAYS COLNEL COLONEL GOETHALS Could Not Be Reinforced Once We Lost Control of Sea in War Ty Jan IS A 18 l.-A l. A garrison W v of or c men will wi be necessary to guard the Panama canal Colonel Goethals told the House naval affairs committee today Under present plans Congress s would provi provide c for a garrison m mot of ot only men Once we wo lost control of or tho the s sea a In war he said Bald wo we would havo have to depend depend de do- pend pond upon the garrison on the zone We could not expect to get et reinforcements reinforce reInforce- ments meats there from the tho United States Tho locks s. s tho the vital vHal portion of or tho the canal should be guar guarded ed b by a 0 large largo force torce and the thc Atlantic and Pacific ends endsor of or the canal should be he garrisoned At At lea least t men mn would be needed properly properly prop prop- erl erly to guard the canal Colonel Goethals lau lauded ed the work ork done clone b by the marines in the canal zone and urged the retention of or a considerable consid consid- erable force of marines there Ills His statement that the canal could hardly be held It if the lie United States lost control control control con con- of or the sea aroused much Interest In tho committee and later latel In the day do Representative Hobson of or Alabama urging provision pro for a larger larer arm army in inthe Inthe Inthe the debate on the military appropriation tion bill bi quoted Colonel Goethals atI at I length en gt Ii