Evening star

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ow by the Marine Corps.

In testimony given before the House

nilitary affairs committee recently t

?rig. Cen. William Mitchell, assistant j

hief of the air service, stated: "With

in air force base on Porto Rico we

an defend th" Panama canal from

lavies by watching the sea interval of j 1

lixty miles between Cuba and Haiti, i 1

>f 100 miles or so between that 1

sland and Porto Rico and of 300 1

niles between Porto Rico and South j

tmerica. That is the true defense of

'anama from the east."

The flights will be the longest ever i

ittempted by the Marine Corps. In i

lis instructions to the flyers, issued 1

Saturday. Maj. Gen. John A. I.ejeune.

ommanding the corps, directs that if 1

veather or other conditions make it j

mpossible to follow the route pre- I

icrihed. they may change it in their i 1

liscretion. Maj. Turner, who will bell

n command, resides in the Westninster

apartments in Washington, t

^ieut. Bradley lives in the Bachelor t

ipartments. Lieut. Sanderson is sta- c

ioned at Quantico. t

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How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1921). Washington, D.C., 1921-03-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1921-03-28/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1921-03-28.