Show ul boats boat to burn oli 01 washington Washing tori secretary metcalf ft I 1 inclined to favor the use of petroleum V for fuel in the navy where it can b her gone lone beneficially therefore plans plana tor the ew torpedo destroyers about to ba prepared will probably include a requirement that they be designed for burning oil of the fact that the newest british boats of this class which have attained the extraordinary speed or oc forty miles an hour aro are oil bur burners nors has influenced our navy department in favor of the adoption of liquid fuel |