Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-05-17 | Page 1 | No Word from U. S. Destroyers

iw WuiiiJ riiUM Navy Officials Expect No Detailed De-tailed Statements on Minor Engagements. MEN WARMLY CLAD Officials Resent Statement That Crews Were Sent Away Inadequately Clothed. WASHINGTON, May 17. Naval officials of-ficials resent the report from Queens-town Queens-town that the American destroyer crews were not properly outfitted for cold weathor duty. They did not have some of the extra heavy clothing, officials of-ficials say, because of their hurried ' departure, but they did have sufficient ( clothing for this time of year. More supplies are going with otHer destroyers destroy-ers being sent and these are supplemented supple-mented by heavy clothing given by women of the Navy league. WASHINGTON, May 17. No report re-port has como from Rear Admiral Sims that any of the American de- stroyers with tho allied fleets have encountered German submarines, but navy officials do not expect to receivo detailed statements of operations on minor engagements, if no losses are involved. National officials resent the statement state-ment that the destroyer crews wero not adequately clothed for duty. The men all had regular outfits, which included in-cluded woolen underwear, uniforms, caps, socks, jersoys, heavy pea jackets, jack-ets, sea boots and oilskins and most of them were provided with additional lamb's wool jackets before they sailed. The department has contracted for now winter outfits which will bo available for all men who may bo sent abroad. Included will be knitted woolen underwear as heavy as athletic sweaters in texture, thick woolen blousos similar to the uniform blouses of tho navy but three times as heavy, wind-proof cutter suits of a new neutral-tinted cloth and heavier caps and socks. All these will go under oilskins for deck work and provide the sailors with as much clothing as they can woar and still move about in working tho ship. They will look more like Arctic explorers than bluejackets In the new equipment. -, oo