Show METCALP WILL PERSONALLY ! MAKE INVESTIGATION TA'ASMINOTON". March IS. Secretary Metcalf intends conducting an Investigation Investi-gation of his own Into the much-dls-cusscd question of the water lino armor belt of the battleships which somo critics of tho navy huvo doclarcd to be loo low for safety. Uo will call' on Admiral Evans for data on tho subject. He will supplement this with somo observations of his own when he reaches San Francisco Fran-cisco lo iovIow Iho Atlantic and Pacific fleets there on May S. |