Eastern Utah Advocate | 1900-08-30 | Page 1 | To Fortify Guam

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Date 1900-08-30
Paper Eastern Utah Advocate
Language eng
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Article Title To Fortify Guam
Type article
Date 1900-08-30
Paper Eastern Utah Advocate
Language eng
City Price
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OCR Text TO FORTIFY GUAM tebe mad made a art 1160 irr ebion haton the navy department bat lit takeo taken the lh initial steps tep in the tb for the complete and comprehensive arm system of fortifications and harbor improvements by which it it Is intended to make tbt tb island of guam a thoroughly protected bate base for our navel vessels in the tile wet wait ern arn the navy department baa has beau at paloe to ascertain acer tala jul just hit what harbor facilities other nations have la 10 till this martof part of the world and the map inar already prepared abow that southward from irom guam we are for 2500 2400 miles by a chain of island landi cOntal thirteen floe barton harbors all of them potential ten hal bases bt of hostile power powers some of ill them are already equipped kod and for tined them these barbars are included in the marshall Manti all and caroline carolina groups which stretch f froal fat at the tile border of 0 the I 1 pilot the tile longitude of guam while oa on the norb norh the lacrouts Ltd Lad root routs several arbor hr bor some C 1 them ai set betm USA lot k forty milea miles to our possession pos la im guam in 1 w ot of all these facts ls been determined ter mined to make guam great n IL rot baie base
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