| Show h u FORTIFICATION TION OF OFSAN SAN PEORO HARBOR Report by General Stan Staff of Army Anny Sent to by Rise to ONE OF TROUBLE WITH JAPAN I Is nth Jat cud aAd 1 JIlt how Ol of oC In Inva Jn Jan feet that there thOre tv was lint lit to Con Rr b by 1 a report hy the staff tarr ot of the army which public toda today recommending for tor Ban an Pedro ro harbor California w made mad the hula bull for that the had Just bt been en reported ot of a ly V of trouble with Jap Japan At the war ar department this Infer n WaN wa given a most denial There Ter It WC all said Mid the general nral subject ot of Im ImprovIng den llan Pedro harbor had bd ben been under consideration more than two ears beginning before there w we an any I thought or Of any dispute between th he tat end and Japan lapa It w we taken up u an a natural mill I Involving the protection ot of the California coast a and wIthout reference to an any particular enemy enem Formal legislative s Io for tor foran all an and report as to the advisability and lId nece tty fr for fortification II for protection ot of n fl Pedro harbor w wan May 27 7 lut eJ aJI to Con the n report Ort of the general sta star on the subject lt which was wa accompanied by estimate ot of th tho MIrt cout or of the tho site lite and lIn for tor bl big PM guns land and WRAP WHAT REPORT The report shows that the general 1 made matlo a most comprehensive study tuly of the whole question of Rd ado qUI quate at Ban an an In detail the possibIlItIes of using th the place as am a na III wo base and the landing Of a army by bye all e and at th the samo Hm time pointing out the Im impregnability of nt an enemy my In the 1 Los 11 Anel Angelca country once h he has ha taken po Considering n conditions and vall for the develop mont that will take place both In U the Immediate of tn Pedro harbor and In the In country generally before th the earliest date when hIli proper a lions wIth Ith their armament and ne orl an be th the ete I It U the of the harbor I Ia tf At a purely I 1110 Ih uI think n Pd IT t I 11 h II 11 tOr th thIs r u It iu h us I 0 tIllerS t ii pile against Ut ii r I I I u u II 11 I ho Iii h argument of U I hh h staff to that a tIll 4 I In th the orient aol and th I lit tt ile I tint ht no tar far as I u ott lu Ilin u on nn Pedro I u I to for an t to t th I 1 Ih IM nt th the I Law KI lit MY hays thu Central arr Ven upI think thinka ot of th h great 1 of t thin It Its Ith takes In III Ii It climate makl making It ohP ot of tilt mot most attractive d ph places In the h world orld no rt fro from the h Imagination Is II nt need IId i to realia the h It off Offer to those pow powers whose I is herd hard on m moans ot Of DANGER DANtER 01 0 I 1 the head IMd of alla or nf eon the report lays that recent nt In that hat till 1 Wet nn the naval ort tion Sn n oriental could within C few CW ot of time its Ih h ho tile intentions bigas to be trong I fOr 0 of wa war WoUld no Om a good hater latr land CM Oft on out coast 1 all an or of an I lIT lr tee men mea and uh such III a be by Ih the end nd of two months more to a total ut of The ese with which Han Pedro her bar barbot her bot and through It tb the en n tire 1110 Low Angeles country countr be I ya the report From a defensive point of view th the report points point out that the coast t I divided Into th three 1111 divisions 1 While complete each eachIn In It Itself for or defensive the theare they are no Ill related to on one another U an to readily permit Il the by an enemy tb act In harmony At the time Ume tile the board points point out the ease lit of retaIning possession Ion und and the Ibe I a reached that es a mountain end desert to the of tile the Invader once oace he has baa ta taken possession Aon or of th the Los Angeles In tONe tome well nigh nb tin pregnable Reference I is had to tn I a report made II Ily what III I known as tile the Taft coast lut dp defense nae bourd boad of nt t ISIS and d I in this Un the report sage TAFT REPORT The Cha changed condition nines the Taft board beaM It report Ort that ft now W rend render the ot at Ian an Pedro ro harbor tin Im lye may maT be summed up as tel tol 10 loWs development of San But Pe Pa Pedro Padro dro harbor The great 1 strength as an enemy which a certain oriental power por h has recently acquired I An additional argument In round tn In nut this report It my may he be stated lu luat Ih the effect or of public III db In of f war 1 upon I the h I tt 1 na h ha undoubtedly brett II to tl I I 10 nf II hut Adequate qua II I a I I ii a at l U would ul l ten I t I i iti vc fl 11 PlOW lOW a ar n nr r hat t kind or of t t bail al I U of f OUT our I UI t I It ull hh 1 Ir t I h lust ot nf iii Ii 11 ii tilt 11 toJ Lu I Its th hl u ti 1 I III IT II 11 y 3 i f all u 1 Id IdI I Ih Ih I II wI l ll I h I a it If I I l r 1 Ih hn r II t u I r 1 cites and andI Iii lu I fir of 1 a 0 of I thu c cI I p II ii of cf mortars r It I t rt r the of r a Ine dateline 1 tit the 1 I r coast 1111 I 8 o Y 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