Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-17
AT GUANTANAMO nay.
riaec IL Healthy and suitable for United
states Coaiing station.

on noard tho 4. 3. Cruiser Brooklyn.
Guautnnam1 Bay. Aug il.-curre-
ap1ndl nee 81 she Aaa1chie1 prgsr'-
The droary length Of dine that Uncle
SANS quaker col1red war iset was
spcnt IN this bay awaiting ,hc outcome
0f the peace Negotiations, hla caused
everybody, and especially uincera who
chaff undtr the lnaellln. ~ reflect up
On more peaceful things than shooting
thn suHfny'a vessels Into steel fraE-
mruta. The officers ~ the SQUADRON
are Incoming enthusiastic over the de-
sirablliiy of the United states holdlng
this bay AZ permanent naval base.
u lH generally agrcfd that on our own
southern coast ana In all The West In
dies there ~ not an anchorage that can
compare with this one.
Here IN bay with a h1fi bottom Ia
which an anchnr finds a good hold,
thus preventing chains f1ullnE. Thcro
il splendid entrance fuzzy a mile
broad. between thu hills that protect 10
ami with rho danffroua West Indian
reef minlmlHcd AZ % IL destructive
tendencies by being heated only On one
lido % the west. Tho hills d. the en-
trance are high enough Tor all pur-
poses, such az the placing NJ light
hlurs and the erection 1f curihw1flla
tnrilncltluns. with lights az the on
trance shore would b. no danger In en-
ierlng the harblr at nlghi, and indeed,
without such a guide, the hlg trans
atlantic liners come In aafely. Tho
entrance could easily be mined Tor pro-
iocil0n ana az Hhlr. notice.
once inside she hub1r, ~ splendid
facliiiicR are Immediately visible. 10 Il
q broad eNpiufe ~ water ~ great
depth ana extending north Into the In
land for miles. OF course che depth
% ~ feet does not prevail over the en-
HHH hHWI.IaH 80 IaH i
writing there are 90 has twenty iarr1
vessels anchored IN the deep ana well
fholsrad portion ~ the bay and a.
many moro could md good anchorage.
The survey made by Captain sumner
N the cruiser Columbia. which was
stopped In 1895 by tho spanish gov
eminent. shows that there IL about "a
square miles Of anchorage 90 q depth
uf a. feet. Or thUrcAhduta, and fif
enough innldc 20 be protected from nuy
wind that may blow. Then there ID
about two square miles OF anchorage
Tor vessels drawing twenty -four foot oi
less Ia uthefH wafdH the great battle
ships Iowa, oregon. Indiana. Texas and
Massachusetts, ana the armorcd oruia-
cfH could BE- anchored IN thr iirHt place
while the entire remainder OF tht
American navy could rest further ~
the bay. Torpedo boats and small
EunhnhiH aud converted yachts could
move In any portion OF the lmmenry
bay
There are good land points on small
hays whore dry docks could be con.
airucicd and where ooallng faclltlo'
| could be established. Fresh water u
uh,alnahlo at two places. the mouth 0l
re uunnianamo river mile from IN,
entrance ana the mouth of the Caya'
mancz river alN miles up the bay.
The remarkably healthy character ri
the place, considering the general con.
ditiunH about thr unnr1ithinl no. uf 90.
whole Island II demonstrated IN the on,
tire absence uf sickness among tht
marines stationed there.
with proper sanitary precautions
there need be no fear % rlchneHs ana
u u evident that sickness among IN,
roHldOnt population In the cltiua neai
here In due 10 the lack OF sanitary pre-.
cautions and the tlthlnesa OF the In.
habltanta.