Executive Order 3257

by President of the United States

The areas hereinafter described respectively as Fort Randolph Reservation, France Field Reservation and Coco Solo Reservation, situated within the Canal Zone, are hereby set apart and assigned as follows: Fort Randolph and France Field to the uses and purposes of military reservations, to be under control of the Secretary of War; and Coco Solo to the uses and purposes of a naval reservation, to be under the control of the Secretary of the Navy. All the above areas, however, shall be subject to the civil jurisdiction of the Canal Zone authorities in conformity with the Panama Canal Act.

The said areas are described as follows:

FORT RANDOLPH RESERVATION.

Beginning at a 2″ g. i. pipe monument on the shore of Manzanillo Bay, on the west side of Fort Randolph branch, Panama Railroad, 22.5 feet from center line of track, geodetic coordinates of which monument are Lat. 9°-22′ plus 4674.1 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5764.7 feet (this monument is also monument "C" on the boundary of the Naval Aviation and Submarine Base), thence South 12°-15′ East paralleling the railroad a distance of 874.6 feet to a 2″ g. i. pipe monument, the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-22′ plus 3819.4 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5579.1 feet, thence South 77°-45′ West a distance of 335.6 feet to a concrete monument whose geodetic coordinates are Lat. 9°-22′ plus 3748.2 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5907.0 feet, thence South 12°-45′ East a distance of 79.8 feet to a concrete monument the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-22′ plus 3670.4 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5889.4 feet, thence North 81°-37′ East a distance of 336.0 feet to a 2″ g. i. pipe monument the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-22′ plus 3719.4 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5557.4 feet, thence again along a line parallel to and 22.5 feet west of center line of track to a concrete monument inside a 4″ C. I. pipe the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-21′ plus 3547.5 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5061.6 feet, (this monument being also monument "A" of the Naval Aviation and Submarine Base); thence South 81°-56′ E. a distance of 5106.8 feet to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument the geodetic coordinates of which are 9°-21′ plus 2830.6 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5.4 feet, thence due east a distance of 6309.4 feet to Canal Zone boundary monument No. 5, the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-21′ plus 2830.6 feet, Long. 79°-50′ plus 5709.0 feet, thence following the Canal Zone boundary line N 0°-33′ E to the southern shore of Largo Remo island at low water, thence following around the low water shore line of Largo Remo island in an easterly direction, thence continuing in a northerly direction along the low water shore line of Largo Remo island, Droque Island, and the two small islands to the north and adjacent to Droque island, thence continuing in a westerly direction along the low water shore line to the Canal Zone boundary line, thence continuing in the general directions west and south to include all the mainland and islands (Pena Guapa, Galeta, Palma Media, Margarita, etc.) to the point of beginning.

All bearings are true.

(All pipe monuments are painted white and stenciled in black—Mil. Res.—where the boundary lines intersect the sides of the pipe.)

FRANCE FIELD RESERVATION.

Beginning at a concrete monument inside a 4″ c. i. pipe, 22.5 feet west of center line of track of the Fort Randolph branch, Panama Railroad, and approximately 4350 feet north of the point where this railroad crosses the Majagual River, the geodetic coordinates of which monument are Lat. 9°-21′ plus 3547.5 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5061.6 feet, (this monument being also monument "A" of the Naval Aviation and Submarine Base described below); thence due west a distance of 520.7 feet to a 2″ g. i. pipe monument on the shore of Manzanillo Bay, the geodetic coordinates of monument being Lat. 9°-21′ plus 3547.5 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5582.3 feet, (this monument being also monument "B" of the Naval Aviation and Submarine Base); thence following the shore line of Manzanillo Bay in a general southerly direction to the mouth of Majagual River, thence along the north bank of said river to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument, the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-21′-00″, Long. 79°-52′ plus 3810.7 feet, thence due east a distance of 3805.3 feet to a concrete monument, the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-21′-00″, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5.4 feet, thence due north a distance of 2830.6 feet to a 1½″ g. i. pipe monument the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-21′ plus 2830.6 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5.4 feet, thence N 81°-56′ W a distance of 5106.8 feet to a concrete monument inside a 4″ c. i. pipe, which is the point of beginning.

All bearings are true. All pipe monuments are painted white and stenciled in black—Mil. Res.—where the boundary lines intersect the sides of the pipe.

COCO SOLO RESERVATION.

Beginning at a 2″ g. i. pipe monument (marked "C" on the map) on the shore of Manzanillo Bay, on the west side of the Fort Randolph branch, Panama Railroad, and 22.5 feet from center line of track, the geodetic coordinates of which monument are Lat. 9°-22′ plus 4674.1 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5764.7 feet, thence S 12°-15′ E paralleling the railroad, a distance of 874.6 feet to a 2″ g. i. pipe monument, the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-22′ plus 3819.4 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5579.1 feet, thence S 77°-45′ W a distance of 335.6 feet to a concrete monument, the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-22′ plus 3748.2 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5907.0 feet, thence S 12°-45′ E a distance of 79.8 feet to a concrete monument the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-22′ plus 3670.4 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5889.4 feet, thence N. 81°-37′ E a distance of 336.0 feet to a 2″ g. i. pipe monument the geodetic coordinates of which are Lat. 9°-22′ plus 3719.4 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5557.4 feet, thence again along a line parallel to and 22.5 feet west of center line of track to a concrete monument inside of a 4″ c. i. pipe, the geodetic coordinates of which are 9°-21′ plus 3547.5 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5061.6 feet, (this monument marked "A" on the map), thence due west a distance of 520.7 feet to a 2″ g. i. pipe monument on the shore of Manzanillo Bay, the geodetic coordinates of which monument are Lat. 9°-21′ plus 3547.5 feet, Long. 79°-52′ plus 5582.3 feet, (this monument marked "B" on the map).

The part of the boundary thus far described is common with the boundary of the Fort Randolph Military Reservation, on the east, and France Field on the south.

Thence following the shore line of Manzanillo Bay in a northerly and easterly direction to the point of beginning.

All bearings true. All pipe monuments are painted white and stenciled in black— Mil. Res.—where the boundary lines intersect the sides of the pipe.

In addition to the above, the Secretary of War shall have control of all lands and water for a distance of one hundred yards out to sea from the high water line on all shores of Fort Randolph and France Field Reservations, and the Secretary of the Navy shall have control of all lands and water for a distance of one hundred yards out to sea from the high water line on all shores of Coco Solo Reservation.

The transfer of the Fort Randolph and France Field Reservations 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.

Woodrow Wilson 

The White House,

9 April, 1920.

Notes

Amended by:

• Executive Order 6010, January 31, 1933