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Show RIVALRY IS KG BETWEEN MRS : Of M AND TO WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. The an elent bat good-natured rivalry between tha army and navy artillerymen it evident evi-dent Just at present in their talk about tha probable effect of tha equipment of tha future battleships with guns of fonrteea.ineh caliber. The statement attributed to former Chief Naval Constructor Bowles that a Beet armed with these guns eould stay ent of range aad safely destroy Amen-eaa Amen-eaa eeacoast fortifications aad ritiea has stirred the army eontingent, who are Irmly of tha opiniea that ao naval fleet would aver dare to eome within range of the guns of such splendid defenses as exist at New York or Boston or in-dead in-dead at any of tha approaches te com aaerrial porta "What are tha aaral gunners going to shoot at when their snips are lying foarteea or if teen miles off the eoastt Inquired eaa of tha army artillery officers. offi-cers. "Doa't they know that tha curvature cur-vature of the earth at that dittaace ia about 150 feet. Think they can ahoot around the eoraerf No battlashir kas a mast kigh saough to enable a lookout to see tha coast at that dis tanee, and how are tha gunnere to hit anything they cannot seel ''Aaf to get the range at fifteen miles, tne gun would have to be ele vated about 20 degrees. No turret yei built would admit of that deration, nor weald any gua carriage or ship 'a deck ataad the strain of tha tremendous downward recoil of a gun of that weight whea ao elevated. ,r |