BASES IN JAMAICA
UNITED STATES FORCES RAPID CONSTRUCTION (Britiflh Official Wireless.) Reed. 10.30 a.m. RUGBY, Aug. 15. The latest reports show that the construction of the United States army and naval bases at Jamaica are going ahead rapidly. At Fort Simmonds military reservation, the first phase of clearing, grading and construction work is nearing completion. The fort, named after a great American soldier, will be used as the army and air base and will support the naval base which the United States naval engineers are building at Galleon Harbour. Portland Bight. Thorough precautions have been taken against disease. A large labour battalion, under the direction of Captain I-leffernon, United States Army, has been working upon a general improvement of sanitation measures against mosquitoes to reduce the risk of malaria. Subsidiary railway lines have been constructed to solve transport difficulties in connection with the haulage of building materials and equipment.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 5
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