DEFENCE OF PHILIPPINES
ISLANDS TO BE MADE, INVASION PROOF i’ll.l’.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyrignt) (Received May 31, 11 p.rn.) MANILA, May 31. General McArthur, ; who is> d irecting the formation of the Philipp'nes defence organisaiion., declared' that ’tho creatior! of a Hoot «of fifty to one hundred small Wt high speed gunboats to envisaged'.to make the island ■ “invasion proof” To supplement the set I'oi‘co lie hopes tb acquire 250 aeroplanes and Huild, tip' a smalt conscript army that by' 1915, when' independence' is; complete, will have a reserve strength of at least 400,900. - Exlainihg that the programme must; be carried 1 o.iit ‘oh a Hndge.t of only .8,000,000 dollars annhally, General McArthur predicted ' eventually “it would take 500,000 men. in, three years’ time and ! ien, thousand million ■ dollars to invade the l,Philippines successfully."
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12876, 1 June 1936, Page 5
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