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Show GARDNER ANSWERS ! SECRETARY DANIELS ST LOUIS Bee 4 Augustus P Gardner congressman from Massachu setts n an address before the Content po ary club here to ght, ep ed to the btatement of becreta pf the Navy Dan lels regarding recent assert ons of Mr Gardner as to the nadequa y of Ameri can na a and m tary preparations e etary Dan e a Mr Cardner sa d has given out a spec al report f om Ad mlral Strauss to prove n s ead ng my dec arat on that of long ran e torpedoes the e a e on v fifty e ght n he na 'v I do not remember ever mak nt, tl at sta. e ment because m impress on is that there a e not p en so man as flft eight ong range to pedo s on hand I re terate t e fa atemen that I a e made 1 ertofo e that the e are 511 tor pedo tubes on trie h ps of the na and there are 550 ong ango torpedoes bu It bu ding o app oprlated for Origin of Information If h s a en ent Is ncorrect t s not 1 n fa fo I ob aJned t e Info mat on , ' from Adn ral totrauss se f There is ot a figi e given n m spee h of Oc tober lb o in m press statement o Oc obe 25 hat viaa not ver fled b con su ta ion wi h gh officials of the am ani na -v o e e taken d re t f o he offlc a pUblica on Man of m figures were prepared for ne Sec etary Daniels s on depa n ent I obser e hat Adm al S a ss & q oted afi nstanc ng e torpedol g of tl ee Br t s c u se 500 a ds range to s o v hat long range torpedoes a e nei he requ red nor dea red for s bma rlnes I cannot gi e a opin on o 4d m ra Strauss s lews, but s argu nnt i not stand inspection Alan a Span ard st F Canej was ki led vlt a o d fas oned Sp ngfie d but that did not justlf t e Tn ted sta es In arm ng ou vo unteer oops v th a sho t range rifle Absurdities Alleged Mr Gardner said a cong ess Onal in qu ry into the atonal defense would re eaj, many absurd es no ab y that there is no co o dination In the p epa a ou of n lta and na al appropr a tlong One comm ttee looks after t e for fl cat ons anothe the a m a th rd the ay he con nued The fort flcat ons comm ttee prov des for the guns for the regu ar a d 0 un ee arm the army o nm ttee pro des he guns for t e mi t a Can anyth ng be no e absurd I state v tho t fear of su cessf con ad on that tie bg; gufcs o the latest drcadnough s of Great Br ta n and Ger ma y are of such ong range that he ba tie pe an s and ame and a 1 alf outs de e ange of ho guns on the for t flcations of New "Vo k and den o sh those forts Mr ba dner has an appo ntment o d s cuss the ma e of a 6ng essional nqu ry wl Pres den W on Th s conference u ak pa 8 et Monday morn ng at Hoc ock |