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Show AMERICAN GUNNERS MAKE POOR SHOWING Report on Target Practice on Warships Sent to the Senate by Secretary Daniels. WASHINGTON", .July 7. Secretary Daniols sont to the senate lodriy, in r-njxnse r-njxnse to a resolution bv Ncntttor Lodge, a report on targr-t practice pfiicinncv nt' the Atlantic and Pacific floetH in MHfi-j MHfi-j lb. Tho sccrntary exphiincd that the ! crades given in tlie report wore estate lislicj by Admiral M ayo for 1 he pur-I pur-I pose, of bringing to the attention of tho individual ships the gene nil rhurwU'r of work and his entiniaJ,e on their proficiency. pro-ficiency. Hntll'f-hijP of the Atlantic fleet were graded iis follows : Kxcellent A rkansas, Gcorgin, JVcw York and Texas. Onod Del a wh re, New Hampshire, rUiodn gland nnd Wyoming. Fair Nebraska and N'-w Jersey. UnKatisfnetory Louisiana, South Carolina nnd I'tah. Poor Florida, Kansas, Michigan and Virgi nia. The performance of the armored ships of the pRfifir fleet and the cruiser San Diego was rated hp excellent. No emrunent was made on the report when it rearhpd the penate, where it wan referred to the DavaJ affairs committee. |