Show I SHIPS THAT WON FAblEr r Government Anxious to Retain Some of the Auxiliary Craft Washington Sept 7It is the desire of the navy department that aU vessels ves-sels that yon fame in the late war with painshall 1Je kept by the government The board appointed to consider what disposition should be made of the auxiliary aux-IlIary ships bought or chartered during the war is now at work and has already al-ready recommended the selling of a number of vessels All of the auxiliary coast defense fleet has now disappeared dis-appeared disposition having been made of the vessels and officers and men have been discharged But there area are-a number oZboats like the Gloucester Glouces-ter which though bought for temporary tempo-rary service that was not supposed to be warlike Piave made a lasting repu tatlon and will remain for ever as glorious names in the annals of the American navy The mivy department thinks it would be a great misfortune if these ships should be allowed to bE sold t The Gloucester has become already as much a part of the glory of the navy of this country as the Constitution Constitu-tion or the Oregon or the Olympia Other vessels In equal or less degree have won fame In the recent war It would be a distinct loss to the navy to have these go back to their old role as pleasure yachts or traffic carrier It Is exceedingly probable that if the Gloucester once the yacht Corsair the property of J Pierpont Morgan of New York was put on sale her former owner own-er would be glad to buy her in for a much larger prIce than the government paid for her It would add to the pleasure and eclat of a yachting cruise In the Mediterranean for Instance to make It in the little craft that had won so much glory in the battle of Santiago I Santi-ago But It is the confident opinion of the navy department that those boats can be retained in their present I places in the navy and it Is probable this will be the result of efforts to I hold them |