Show c UNITED STATES NAVY Sir Henry 11 1111 While Wh II I Ili hi lIi h Na Sn uil III HI Of or It Arc ro Unfounded April St In an nil Interview published here hiete today Sir Sh William Hen Hell Henry ry r White While who fur for nearly 20 yourS years the Iho responsible designer of ot all lit h comments on nil recent criticisms of if cj tIle tho American navy After r ds I that the lire are un tIll founded III lu fact antI and supplementing this otis by h a 1 long Inn and Sir HII says saya There Is one thing more moro that I would like to say sn and I 1 think It H Is III vital I r i have hc known the American navy from the tho start It Is not generally 11 known that tIllit the 1110 modern American navy start started ed Ill wIth the Ih purchase of two t ot or my 1113 ito ilo sIgns from froni Armstrong That wn was In 1885 these designs Lila tho Charleston I and the Ohio Were cre built fht rh first fh t thing I want to lo s sa sty y In Inthis tills this is Jg that you have naval architects as ns capable as any un In Ill my tOy judgment J t In 10 the world The second thing thin 1 I want to say 1 1 Is that bitt your rout shipbuilding yards are aro quite equal to any 1111 we 1 have hac In their equip equipment mOnt ment and and all nil that And the tle result Is that In my m OiIn opinion lUll ion In you have a I fleet that thai ship for fol ship l the tile chips designed at lit a cn en date and 1 that Is tho the only fair corn com comparison parison Is equal to anything tile the world contains And next to the British navy I think your our navy nn Is tho the best in the tile world |