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Show ARMY NEEDED AT CANAL. Soldiers as Well as Sailors Needed to Guard Big Ditch. Washington Preparedness, ot the United States to defend the Panama canal in case of war was the subject of a series of questions put to Commander Com-mander Stirling, commanding the Atlantic At-lantic fleet's submarine flotilla, at Tuesday's hearing before ' the house naval affairs committee. The com-I com-I mander expressed the opinion that in addition to the navy a large mobile army would be required to protect the canal and keep it open. |