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Show SUPPLY OF TORPEDOES IS DECLARED SHORT BOSTON, July 19. "There are not onough. torpedoes in this country today to fight one rdund in a combat with another nation," Baid Congressman Fred A. Britten of Illinois, a member of tho house naval committee, today on his arrival at the .Charlestown navy yard. With tho others of tho committee, commit-tee, Mr. Brit'tou is making an inspection inspec-tion of tho naval stations on the At lantic coast, "Immediately on my return to Washington." Wash-ington." ho said, "I shall introduce an order to double tho capacity of the torpedo tor-pedo station at Newport.' |