Chief of Coast Artillery Major General Archibald H. Sunderland, left, stands with Lieutenant Colonel Claude M. Thiele at Fort MacArthur during Sunderland's tour of Pacific Coast and Panama defenses.
Reported in "Fort Defenses here inspected," Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 1933: A16. The article quotes Cheney as saying that the greatest weakness of the post is not guns but lack of men.
Photograph appears with the article, “Civilians Fire Defense Guns.: Minister Among Those to Man Battery at MacArthur; Enthusiastic Over Power to Use Death-Dealers; Fort Commander Lauds Skill of Amateur Crew.” 30 Sept. 1921: II3.
Men of the first civilian coast artillery gun crew, all members of the Progressive Business Club of Long Beach, prepare to test fire of the Army's 12-inch mortar battery at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro.
General Sherwood A. Cheney leading Colonel Charles H. Hilton and other military officers out of headquarters at Fort MacArthur. Cheney commented that the greatest weakness of the post is not guns but lack of men.