Show MARINE CORPS POST CALIFORNIA URGED r Cal New t to te Tb bs Iem WASHINGTON Dec Dee 8 A A large narIne corps post on each coast as 8 stations for expeditionary need of ot therine the or es Is the paramount marine rine corps Major Malor General Com Coin George Barnett declared today today to to- I day In his bin annual report to the see- see of the navy Prior to the war with SpaIn Spam the I k duties o of ot the marine corps were liin- liin to supplying marine detachments to vessels of ot the fleet and to furnishing furnish ln ing in guards for the navy yards Since that time however Its Us field of activity ac ac- ac i has greatly widened the report pointed out Strategic considerations demand that a site on the tho shores of ot Chesapeake Chesapeake Chesapeake peake bay or one of ot Its tributaries should be selected The report recommends recommends rec rec- I the immediate purchase of s. s site for such a barracks and construction con I t of ot the necessary buildings thereon I The west coast expeditionary force should be stationed near San Diego I ya Cal I |