2,000 U.S. Troops More Australians Land in Manila Reach Malaya Manila, Apr. 22.
The transport Republic docked. in Manila Bay today and. disembarked THUS. Army officers and 2088 soldfers irom Fort. Mason, Cailforala—the Tnrgest single contingent of Americar soldiers ever to arrive In the Orient.
"toot of the soldiers will be asslzn~ Corregidor, the mighty rock fortzese which 'i athwart the mouth of Manila Bay" and the strongest Seedcan'torteaon this se" of The arrival of the troops focused atienton on the fact that the United States at present was spending more for lary erailnments fu the Fitippines than it had spent throug! tut the #2 years since it wrested the Slands {roi Spain, The urgency for speed in building up American defenses in the Philip: pines wat indicated by" the arrival seven naval construction engineers from tie United States by clipper Plane yesterday.
"Hives of Activity"
AIL US, Army posts were hives of activity because of the necessity, of completing barracks, storehouses, Workshops and. hangars before. the Dutbreal of the rainy. season in mide Sune, which would make the present ient"encampments vieually "'unten=
Singapore, Apr, 25.
The Australian Imperial Force in JMalaya is now complete in every de tail with the arrival here of further [considerable reinforcements yester= day afternoon, The reinforcements are ancillaries to those troops already here and are as fit and cheerful as the main body of Australians which pre~ ceded them in February to. safeguard the defence of Malaya in the event of war in the Far East, 'The Australians were met by prominent' military, naval and ait-force officers. headed by the Commander-in-Chief in the Far East, Ait More Australians Reach Singapore Singapore, Apr, 24.
More Australian' reinforce~ ments arrived at the Singapore naval base this afternoon, The new Australian troops followed recent reinforcements of air personnel and the revelation by the British authorities that many American Brewster Buf-tale fighters and Lockheed Hudson bombers had been added to R.AF.—United Press.
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