Show I UNITED STATES H HAS S NO HEAVY MOTORS In the tho United d States Statu ther Is not In lei existence today a single heavy neld mortar mor mor- tar of or the type that Is la playing such a I- I conspicuous part In the pres present nt campaigns ns In Europe Wo Vo havo have not even en adopted a type for such a a. mortar although h the tho ord oro- nanco nance department has hns had the subject under ender consideration for fur years rea The pot pol I Ic icy has been rather like that tollow followed In I tho the ca case of or tho the sixteen Inch Inch coast defense defence I pun Iun which was completed In the late s test 1 In 1903 and l lay on the beach u n ch v. v at Sandy Pondy Hook Hoole with a D. fl without Vi i. even en a 1 dc for tor tl a carriage until In 1312 nd yet It Is III In ht const coast at artillery r that we e pr are re best bRt pr prepared tf cn Ir if Om one mar mw uso use tho the whom where there Is so 50 little prep prep- l of any kind but oven even thin force h has h 1 behind It 11 a small Oman and l entirely n l ly mate S rc reserve ervo l C of ot const coast artillery militia The Tho regular regular- force It itself has hIlS ben been by bv by transfer fel of or to the tho pw Philippines M lne Hawaii and andIn Panama In ht coast us ns wen well as 25 tn in field tinS guns wo o arc without It would fr to ship some of our tift fifty fifty batteries from from coast to cow coast in case caso of serious rations opt on ort with either ocean rind find even when tho the guns have 0 he heen 11 tran tJ A and nel ammunition has hau been provider provide most of out our coast armament la li actually In l power to the armament which can LG 19 blo II D against It b by modem OO ru K of wars The Words Work for tor I P I |