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The Army and Navy
The military and naval activities
on the Canal Zone are important
elements of the Canal enterprise
An aerial view oj Fort Amador. home of the Coast Artillery units on the Pacific side. Fort Amador is one oj the most beautiful
residential sites on the Isthmus oj Panama. It was b1tilt oj spoil taken Jrom the Canal channel during its constmction. The
post was named in honor oj Panama's first President.
THE defense of the Panama Canal, which is vations on the Canal Zone exceeds the American
an important factor in the national defense civilian population.
of the United States, is maintained by units Almost all the military and naval units now
of practically every branch of the United Statc3 stationed on the Isthmus were brought to the
Army and some of the most important forces of Canal Zone after the construction of the Canal
the United States Navy.
was completed. During construction days a
There are 11 large Army posts on the Canal battalion of the United States Marine Corps was
Zone, including 2 aviation fields, and the Navy stationed on the Canal Zone at Camp Elliott
has an adequate submarine and air base at the near the construction town of Bas Obispo. A
Atlantic entrance of the Canal, and a large naval Marine detachment was stationed on the Isthmus
continuously from 1903 until January 1914.
ammunition depot on the Pacilic side. In
addition, the Special Service Squadron, composed
of several units of the United States Fleet, Colon prior to the revolution of 1903 under the
A large detachment of Marines was landed in
is based at Balboa and is used as a patrol unit command of Brigadier General Elliott, for whom
for the Canal and surrounding waters. The Camp Elliott was named, to keep the Panama
population of the various Army and Navy reser-
Rai·lroad open for transit. At the time the
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