Show U H I le II alleged that the battleship Ohio and several other of o the latest addi additions lions to the Ib navy ore are defee live II the detect consisting In III omitting to put pat armor around the lb after end of oC the superstructure All wore built buIlL ac according cording cooling to plans and specifications which ware made mad In hI tho Iho navy ny depart department ment In Washington under tinder the Ih and scrutiny of oC the board of nf con COli construction construction If the Ih facts arc M u alleged It II ItIs IIII itle Is le a 1 matter of ot deep dep regret for tor the MX ela ships wild said to be bo defective e represent many millions of or dullard dollars and several years of ot work It n pop ble III the navy department would go gp on constructing defective ships and ancl not discover the defect dOtI If It naval I knew of the limo defects defeats and did dill not In Inform Inform form Corm the Ih department of ot them they were gravely derelict lIot In their duty duly Time The Th story atory probably It is I more mare of ot n it 1 Hon than thin anything IllY thing else ela |