# Executive Order 3207

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Signed by President Woodrow Wilson Tuesday, December 30, 1919
The area of land hereinafter described, situated in the Canal Zone, consisting of two parcels, which include Fort Clayton, The Panama Arsenal, The Engineer Depot, and the Post of Corozal, is hereby set apart and assigned to the uses and purposes of a military reservation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of War; but said area shall be subject to the civil control and jurisdiction of the Governor of the Panama Canal, in conformity with the Panama Canal Act.
The boundaries of said reservation are described as follows:
    The boundary of the first parcel begins at a 1½″ galvanized iron pipe monument, on the Canal Zone boundary line between monuments No. 88 and No. 89, the coordinates of whose position are Lat. 9°-01′ plus 6040.5 feet, Long. 79°-31′ plus 3587.5 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 215.4 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on the west side of a trail, in Lat. 9°-01′ plus 6040.7 feet, Long. 79°-31′ plus 3802.9 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 251.5 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on the east bank of a branch of the Rio Abajo, in Lat. 9°-01′ plus 6041.0 feet, Long. 79°-31′ plus 4054.4 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 1265.7 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on the east side of the Porto Bello trail, in Lat. 9°-01′ plus 6042.1 feet, Long. 79°-31′ plus 5320.1 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 838.4 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on the east side of the Macambo trail, in Lat. 9°-01′ plus 6042.8 feet, Long. 79°-32′ plus 146.1 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 2051.4 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on a ridge in Lat. 9°-01′ plus 6044.5 feet, Long. 79°-32′ plus 2197.5 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 2946.1 feet, to a concrete monument, on a high hill, in Lat. 9°-01′ plus 6047.0 feet, Long. 79°-32′ plus 5143.6 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 2509.1 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on a hill, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 1.7 feet, Long. 79°-33′ plus 1640.6 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 1363.1 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on a hill, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 2.8 feet, Long. 79°-33′ plus 3003.7 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 1267.7 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on the east side of a trail running along the east bank of the Rio Cardenas, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 3.9 feet, Long. 79°-33′ plus 4271.4 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 200.5 feet, to a concrete monument, on the west bank of the Rio Cardenas, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 4.0 feet, Long. 79°-33′ plus 4471.9 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 392.6 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on a hill, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 4.4 feet, Long. 79°-33′ plus 4864.5 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 1255.2 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 5.5 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 107.6 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 172.8 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 5.6 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 280.4 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 1222.2 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, concreted into the rock bed of a branch of the Rio Guanabano, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 6.6 feet, Long. 79°-54′ plus 1502.6 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 885.8 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on a rocky hill, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 7.3 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2388.4 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 2139.5 feet, to a concrete monument, on the west bank of the Rio Guanabano, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 9.1 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 4527.9 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 1014.4 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on the west side of the Cruces trail, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 9.9 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 5542.3 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 1417.8 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on the west side of a military trail, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 11.1 feet, Long. 79°-35′ plus 948.0 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 965.0 feet, to a concrete monument, on the east bank of the Rio Cameron, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 11.9 feet, Long. 79°-35′ plus 1913.0 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 2384.9 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on the nose of a high hill, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 13.8 feet, Long. 79°-35′ plus 4297.9 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 1634.1 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on a hill, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 15.2 feet, Long. 79°-35′ plus 5932.0 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-57′ W., 796.5 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on the east bank of the Rio Caimitillo, in Lat. 9°-02′ plus 15.9 feet, Long. 79°-36′ plus 716.4 feet; thence,
* Southerly along center line of the Rio Caimitillo and the center line of an arm of Miraflores Lake, to a copper plug, set in the north curb of the Pedro Miguel-Corozal road, in Lat. 9°-00′ plus 5429.6 feet, Long. 79°-36′ plus 219.8 feet; thence,
* Southeasterly along this curb of the Pedro Miguel-Corozal road to a copper plug, in the east curb of the road nearly opposite transmission bridge 42.8 at Miraflores railroad station, in Lat. 9°-00′ plus 1504.4 feet, Long. 79°-35′ plus 2713.5 feet; thence,
* S. 35°-38′ E., 47.3 feet, along a 100-foot offset line from the center line between main tracks of the Panama Railroad, to a copper plug, in the westerly curb of the Pedro Miguel-Corozal road, in Lat. 9°-00′ plus 1465.9 feet, Long. 79°-35′ plus 2685.9 feet; thence,
* Southerly along a line parallel with and 100 feet easterly from the center line between main tracks of the Panama Railroad to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on the boundary of the Corozal Hospital Farm, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 2459.3 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 5080.9 feet; thence,
* N. 47°-14′ E., 746.5 feet, to the Corozal Hospital Farm Monument No. 10, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 2966.2 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 4532.8 feet; thence,
* N. 47°-14′ E., 500.9 feet, to concrete monument No. 9 of the Hospital Farm, on west side of the old Corozal road, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 3306.3 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 4165.1 feet; thence,
* N. 47°-14′ E., 41.1 feet, to concrete monument No. 8 of the Hospital Farm, on east side of the old Corozal road, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 3334.2 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 4134.9 feet; thence,
* Northerly along the east edge of the old Corozal road to a copper plug, set in the southeast corner of a concrete bridge over the Rio Cardenas, in Lat. 9°-00 plus 212.8 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 3425.2 feet; thence,
* S. 43°-32′ E., 1666.3 feet, to concrete monument No. 7 of the Hospital Farm, on a high hill, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 5052.0 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2277.6 feet; thence,
* S. 74°-28′ E., 1297.6 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on a hill, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 4704.5 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 1027.4 feet; thence,
* S. 8°-31′ E., 2777.0 feet, to a stone slab monument, on Cerro Corozal, No. 4 of the Hospital Farm, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 1958.1 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 616.2 feet; thence,
* S. 47°-14′ W., 1453.7 feet, to a concrete monument, "I. C. C." of the Hospital Farm, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 971.3 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 1683.7 feet; thence,
* S. 85°-31′ W., 450.7 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 936.1 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2133.0 feet; thence,
* N. 80°-42′ W., 546.6 feet, along a wire fence to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 1024.4 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2672.4 feet; thence,
* S. 23°-11′ W., 357.3 feet, along a hedge to a point, at bend of hedge, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 693.4 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2813.1 feet; thence,
* S. 47°-40′ W., 151.1 feet, along a hedge to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on easterly edge of road in front of chapel, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 591.6 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2924.8 feet; thence,
* N. 21°-04′ W., 121.7 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on west side of road to Hospital Farm, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 705.2 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2968.5 feet; thence,
* N. 58°-29′ W., 258.0 feet, along a hedge, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on west side of the old Corozal road, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 840.1 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 3188.5 feet; thence,
* S. 35°-00′ W., 202 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 674.5 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 3304.4 feet; thence,
* N. 41°-06′ W., 550 feet, along northeast curb of the Pedro Miguel-Corozal road, to a copper plug, in curb, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 1069.5 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 3687.2 feet; thence,
* S. 37°-27′ W., 192.9 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 916.4 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 3804.5 feet; thence,
* Southeasterly along a line parallel with and 100 feet northeasterly from the center line between main tracks of the Panama Railroad, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, at north corner of Army Commissary, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 505.8 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 3250.7 feet; thence,
* S. 39°-54′ W., 70 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, at west corner of Army Commissary, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 452.8 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 3295.6 feet; thence,
* S. 51°-18′ E., 269 feet, along a line parallel with and 30 feet distant from the center line between main tracks of the Panama Railroad, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 284.6 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 3085.7 feet; thence,
* N. 40°-10′ E., 70 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, on easterly side of Corozal road, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 338.1 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 3040.5 feet; thence,
* Southerly along a line parallel with and 100 feet easterly from the center line between main tracks of the Panama Railroad, to a copper plug, set in south curb on concrete road to Engineer Supply Depot, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 4637.4 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 1774.6 feet; thence,
* S. 17°-19′ E., 175.1 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in front of Signal Corps Supply Depot, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 4470.2 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 1722.5 feet; thence,
* S. 37°-34′ E., 574.1 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, at north side of corral, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 4015.1 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 1372.5 feet; thence,
* Southerly along a line parallel with and 100 feet easterly from the center line between main tracks of the Panama Railroad to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, opposite transmission bridge 45-2, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 2213.8 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 210.5 feet; thence,
* Southeasterly along a line parallel with and 15 feet northeasterly from the Miraflores-Balboa water mains to a 2″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 8°-57′ plus 5043.3 feet, Long. 79°-33′ plus 3364.3 feet; thence,
* N. 40°-00′ E., 2209.3 feet, along a line parallel with and 500 feet northwesterly from center line between main tracks of the Panama Railroad, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 688.3 feet, Long. 79°-33′ plus 1944.2 feet; thence,
* N. 89°-24′ E., 1203.1 feet, along a line parallel with and 500 feet northerly from center line between main tracks of the Panama Railroad, to a copper plug, set in concrete closed conduit over the Rio Corundu, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 700.9 feet, Long. 79°-33′ plus 739.2 feet; thence,
* Northerly along the Rio Corundu and the Canal Zone boundary to the point of beginning.
    The boundary of the second parcel begins at channel light No. 10 on east bank of Panama Canal near P. I. 2094 plus 98.2; thence,
* N. 64°-40′ E., 670.1 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, 6 feet southwesterly from southwesterly rail of track to Miraflores Locks at southeasterly end of trestle over Rio Grande Diversion, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 2350.6 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 5890.1 feet; thence,
* S. 54°-10′ E., 668.5 feet, along railroad embankment to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, 6 feet southwesterly from southwesterly rail at northwesterly end of passing track, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 1959.2 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 5348.1 feet; thence,
* S. 49°-51′ E., 1289.6 feet, along railroad embankment to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, 6 feet southwesterly from southwesterly rail of spur lo lock machinery storage platform, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 1127.7 feet Long. 79°-34′ plus 4362.4 feet; thence,
* S. 23°-52′ E., 351.9 feet, to a copper plug, set in northwest corner of the above described concrete platform, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 805.9 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 4220.0 feet; thence,
* By a curve along west edge of the above described concrete platform to a copper plug set in southwest corner of platform, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 521.4 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 4021.8 feet; thence,
* N. 39°-43′ E., 301.9 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, at bottom of railroad cut at transmission bridge 43-18, in Lat. 8°-59′ plus 753.6 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 3828.8 feet; thence,
* Southeasterly along a line parallel with and 45 feet southwesterly from center line between main tracks of the Panama Railroad to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, near spur to Ordnance Depot, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 5852.3 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2740.7 feet; thence,
* S. 22°-13′ E., 260.7 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in fork between two drainage ditches, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 5610.9 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2642.1 feet; thence,
* S. 32°-53′ E., 820.3 feet, along a line parallel with and 100 feet westerly from center line between main tracks of the Panama Railroad, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 4922.0 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2196.7 feet; thence,
* N. 57°-13′ E., 62.7 feet, to concrete monument No. 7 on the old Engineer Depot reservation, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 4955.9 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 2143.9 feet; thence,
* S. 32°-45′ E., 501.0 feet, to concrete monument No. 4 of the Engineer Depot Reservation, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 4534.5 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 1872.9 feet; thence,
* S. 32°-45′ E., 576 feet, to concrete monument No. 2 of the Engineer Depot reservation, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 4059.1 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 1561.3 feet; thence,
* S. 32°-45′ E., 196.9 feet, to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, in Lat. 8°-58′ plus 3334.5 feet, Long. 79°-34′ plus 1451.8 feet; thence,
* Due west to the east bank of the Panama Canal; thence,
* Northerly along the east bank of the Panama Canal to the point of beginning.
All bearings refer to the true meridian.
All pipe monuments are painted white and stenciled in black "Mil. Res." where the boundary lines intersect the sides of the pipe.
No structure shall be constructed by the military authorities within two hundred (200) feet of the present banks of the Canal.
The transfer of the reservation including Fort Clayton, The Panama Arsenal, The Engineer Depot, and the Post of Corozal is made subject to the continued right of the Supply Department of the Panama Canal to use areas not contiguous to barracks or quarters for pasturage of cattle for the supply of beef to the Canal Zone; the pasturage areas, however, to be available for use by the troops when required for military maneuvers or for target practice.
The White House,
    30 December, 1919.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
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