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Show U. S. Marines at Gutfntanamo, OurvA Great Cuban Naval Base . 1 ; ; . , . f tvx . Ww " A-' M ; ,f)iT '1J9? "1 ill V-l j-, ' ,. ! ' tr4vBaBBfcvA, i5Cjl t s life A ? - v f v VBHBWft- . "It&S 'Isi i i Photo by American Pre Aiaoclatlon. IF the United States government should be obliged by tho contlnu.it Inn of the disorders in .Cuba to Intervene tor the third timo lu the Internal affairs of tbat'lslflnd it would probably make use of Its navul station at Guantunnmo, Jon1 the bay of tho same name, thirty-seven miles east of Santiago. Upward ,0X10,000,000 has been spent upon the thirty square "'lies et territory which r'os granted to the United. States by treaty in tin- bulldlui: of docks; machine shops, storage houses, etc. Practically the whole Atlantic fleet Is making the station its base and would be available for Instant service. s well as the soldlefi and marines, .1,000 of, whom It Is tbo custom of tlio government to maintain there. The general Mnff'of the army at Washington has long been prepared for an emergency In Cubii, with plans matured for imbarklng several thoiiMaud troops within n feu ibi.VH notice. |