Show i r Sams Sam's Great Naval Base in the Pacific Mid-Pacific Ii z j tAi fL q P l' l 2 j l HA dO LAND owING LOCATION it 4 4 r N A k Cr OF PEARL HARBO e 5 10 so c ALt Of rs 3 J Z 2 I i LAPA j AL i 4 i l t J V I k 1 r f I e tc r rr J PEARL R. R CRoss r e WASHINGTON W. D. D 0 Pearl a.-Pearl Pearl Harbor Hawaii long r ed as ns the k key to t F tho control of the tho Pacific is to be made madet the principal mn naval l base in western e tero h waters of the thc United States and is to tobe be le bC o as to resist r attack by a 1 T foreign fleet fket S This ThiM decision n of fa far l' l reaching I t taneo was wn announced nt fit attim tho tim Ill de- de following a 1 conference between he be tween President nt Taft and Mr r Meyers secretary of the navy navy V on i I tion made de b by the joint army and J navy y board At the same game tuna timo it was decided to abandon plans for Cor a naval na ba base e at Manila to to establish h a limited naval repair repair re re- re pair station at Subi bay and to leave lea the thc fortification of the tho Philippine intha in inthe th the tha hands of f the tho army arms The Tho entire plan which is now DOW to be e pushed to completion was the sub subject of much discussion arnon amou among arm army and anu navy Davy I authorities who disagreed over o some phases phat-es of it but were ero un unanimous unanimous in declaring de de- de daring claring it to be the safe safest t. t and most effective ef of- so far as controlling tho the Pacific was concerned It is pointed out that a awell awell well ell forti fortified ed naval nn base and coaling station in tho the Pacific is tho the first essential essential essen essen- tin for the operations of tho the navy Da Dain in th these e waters Hawaii ha has been recognized recognized as tho the strategic c point for this es cs establishment establishment es- es as th the fleet from this point is IR within steaming I radius of the Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pines tho the Pacific coast and the entrance to the tho Panama canal |