Washington, Nov. 9.
THE United States Navy is sending four battalions of U.S.
Marines, numbering about 2,800 men, to Pear] Harbour, Ha-wail to reinforce America's "Gibraltar of the Pacific," the Navy Department announced last night. The first battalion, numbering about 700 men, will sail from San Diego for Pearl Harbour as! soon as the complement is recruited, the announcement said. This battalion, which will be the first of the four to reach Hawaii, is expected to sai] about February 1, a few days after the Japdnese-American treaty of amity and commerce expires on January 26.
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