Show 1 CARE AGAINST INVASION litaCti i United States Gunboats to Reconnoiter ropik Recon-noiter Along Colombian Coast del prop j and Collect Data erm > i IStll vlit Colon Dec Following instructions n instruc-tions received December 7th from the plan Navy department at Washington COtt United States gunboats on either side ld lr of the Isthmus have started or are y starting on reconnoiterIng expeditions tf1o along the coasts principally In the di racoon of Colombia for tho purpose of Of cerlalning the condition of the trails J a and roads between Panama and Colom i fcla frontiers tho facilities of the country I t coun-try for sustaining expeditions marchIng march-Ing on Panama and to generally determine de-termine the United States best course p In cane of a Colombia invasion of the Isthmus aunt also to learn the atlllude of the various Indian tribes Inhabiting h i both coasts The United States cruiser II Atlanta has gone to San BlaH for this purpose and probably will continue to 1 r the gulf of Darlcn = 1 |