Show SHOT BETTER THAN THE STEEL ARMOR Plates on Warships Fail to Withstand the Projectiles Washington Dec shot ap appears appears pears to be getting the better or of the armor In the contest for supremacy between the two according to 10 Reer Admiral N 1 E Mason chief of oC the naval ordnance bureau In n his hiM an annual annual nual report he says that the conditions and outlook with regard to armor projectiles formerly unsatisfactory factory have Improved vel very much dur durIng durIng Ing the year the quality ot of the shells by certain firma firm is III better and the outlook Is IR more attractor than for several years though the lack Jack of an adequate supply of large calibre shells continues to be a matter of serious concern On the other hand the advance in ID armor has not been entirely satisfactory tory so 80 far as alii thick plates are con corned and certain new processes While giving promise of oC ultimate Im have tailed failed to lend them themselves selves he to the installation In or of the armor on shipboard In n the meantime the older processes are re being left leet behind b by the In projectiles But Dut thin plates plate have shown marked improvement and the hardening moth meth methods otis formerly limited to plates have gradually been extended to plates plate u up to four Inches and It la Is possible they may ma be Indefinitely extended and thus thu solve he the problem existing with to thick plates Notwithstanding some lomo adverse for foreign eign criticisms the ordnance board is IR I well satisfied with the present smoke smokeless i less powder A now stabilizer has been Introduced with great success |