Show DIFFERENCE NOT GREAT Experts Compare Ord Ordnance Ordnance Ordnance nance With American Guns Washington Oct 22 Ever since hear lear ing of the te successful trial of the British warship the experts expert of or the navy havy department have ha e been making some comparisons of the data with wih that tat obtained from the record of the perform performance ance of American ships of the nearest type Particularly in the matter mater of ships ordnance have the comparisons been worked out out It is stated at the navy nav de do department department that taking the data as as to the te size and ballistic qualities of the big guns gns of ot the Dreadnought as ob tamed from British Brish sources by a compari comparison son with the regular standard type Amer Anier American AmerIcan ican lean rifle rile the figures figure are arc strikingly close as to tc velocity of shot and muzzle energy and the length of the British gun about which much has been said is stated at the department to be belittle belittle little more than one calibre calbre in excess of that of the American gun gUl |