THE PACIFIC COAST.
DIVISION OF U.S.A. NAVY.
FOll THE PURPOSE OF DEFENCE
[By Electric Telegraph—copyright] [United Press 'Association.]
(Received 1i.4.0 a.m.)
Washington, July 22
The Government intends to make a permanent disposition oi a portion of
iiie naval forces with the object of guarding the Pacific when the Panama Canal opens.
Mr Daniels, Postmaster-General, declared that the United States now regarded the Pacific Coast as America’s great frontier, and its development and defence as the nation’s pressing duty. The plans provide for the division of the Atlantic fleet into two units, the second and less powerful one cruising continually in the Pacific.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 66, 23 July 1913, Page 5
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102THE PACIFIC COAST. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 66, 23 July 1913, Page 5
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