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Show DANIELS EXPLAINS ADMIRAL'S TRANSFER W. S I n NGTO N", Feb. 4. V h v Rear Admiral Stanford. former chief of the bureau of yards and docks, was assigned i to the Mare Island navv vard and then suddenly transferred to the Philadelphia, was explained by Secretary Daniels to- i day as due to a general feeline: which prevailed on the Pacific, coast that the admiral was opposed to development of the Mare Island yard. "The admiral had made statements that the yard could not be developed advantageously," ad-vantageously," the secret arv said "Those interested In the statlon"feIt that the department oupht not to send a man there who held such an opinion and were opposed to him for that reason. The department de-partment did not want to provoke a feel- I iup of dissatisfaction t here, so Admiral i Stanford was assigned to Philadelphia I and another officer will be sent to Mare island." |