Show i CRUISERS NEED REPAIRS i I h I West Virginia and Maryland Declared i iI I to Be Unfit for Sea Service I Without Overhauling I 1 II I Vallejo Cal Cat Feb IS ISIt It has b been en I learned at Mare Iare Island navy nay yard ard that the cruisers Vest AVest est Virginia and Maryland were both in poor condition when they the reached San Francisco from the Orient I last Monday The West est It is asserted entered port running only one engine with two cylinders cyl Conditions in the engine room were ele such that Lieutenant Commander Cassius B Barnes Burnes engineer of ire Ine le cruiser not only recommended that the vessel he ge je sent to Mare Iare Island for a general overhauling but filed a formal protest with the navy department against taking the West Vest Air Vir Virginia ginia to sea when the fleet sails on the ground that she is Both the West est Virginia inia and the Mary Maryland Maryland land it is said consumed from OO to tons of coal daily dail on the run from Hono Honolulu Honolulu Honolulu lulu while the California and the South Dakota running at the same speed used only onh tons each The engines enRin s have hae been de declared deI I Blared to be In h out but tt little better condition i than those of the Vest Virginia |