Emery County Progress | 1902-02-01 | Page 3 | Rear=Admiral Higginson

f I 1 Rear Admiral higginson an 0 it 1 probable that rear admiral higganson with flagship and sev eral other vessels ol 01 the th atlantic squadron will shortly repair to vene huelan waters making his head at la gualda the ships which admiral higginson will take with him on this cruise will have an unusually large complement of marines aboard these 9 sirs taken not with any offensive offen tive intent toward venezuela but merely to guard against an out break ol 01 anarchy and rioting in the event that the revolutionists should prevail over casties forces in the field owing to admiral high rant he naturally would command any joint operations that might be bucl dent to the landing of naval forces of various nationalities the amount of gatta bercha that will be required for the transpacific cable estimated at 3 pounds is caus ing some concern among the army sig nal officers lest the demand will seri bously affect the price of the material