| Show ARt iANS VEREn I Dewey Schley and Evans Give I Them Th m a Good J Round Ol hd Scoring CRITICISMS MS WHOLLY UNJUST of tire hi I can Arc 1 Inferior Unfair Untrue Unpatriotic I Chicago Nov 01 I Grilles of or 1110 I navy who warships he III minor defects were publicly tonight at a of thy United Stales naval academy alumni of o thu Ih I cast ea l Six sal gal al the board at Itt the th Auditorium hotel and loi loiters t scoring recent t critics and aud praising th navy road from Admiral Dowey Doey and Admiral Evans Tho present pre ent Were 10 Washington U t Cupps chief of or con coa construction 11 the nay navy Albert Hoss Huss Wll 11 lard II Bronson Francis 1 son French E alaI add Jamos 11 H Dayton after alluding lo to tho of battle battleships ships and declaring that the Is of this country wore W IC fully full abreast the lime said ald O I CAPPS 1 J shall rotor you jou lo 10 thi of three or the most admirals Who have over oVel fleets In III ours or 01 any navy Each of opinions ions was written in response to a ro Ono On evening a II short time ago agor I r Will was walking along ulong the tho street with a II naval nil hoo namo Is oj a household word from one olle end cUll of tho country to tho other Ho He very pointed al IIi allusions Ju lons to common IK recently contained In certain alid periodicals respecting the tho condition of our OUI battle battleships ships shills und and alleged faulty design I J asked him to put his remarks In writ writing ing he ho did Ho was miral then read Iho letters Admiral letter lettel said In part vart DEWEYS YS n nOC Of OC the battleships designed during durin the past fow fol years I 1 have spoken and shall continue lo to speak In the highest t terms The fleet of battleships now no going around the tho world are arc of tho older type t pe and some of them Olim have hae lived half the life liCe as n commonly estimated of a IL battleship in the tho first lino Battleship building Is ono ote of or the tho most progressive c i of f i arts and uhf old ships all aro noi t l eqI rss l have hav re been b ol received with such su h lh 1 consideration hi South Itt It Now la d Japan JUlan anil China tir uro the foreign of lI tl date dati of design and completion and ortel their th lr ln Thoro is I nowhere flir Ii lh ill world today tl u ii 01 f I 0 ing li WHAT SAYS S YS letter said rahl In lam I 1 wholly out of ill with nothing good oll in I l ll i and pulley pulle appears lo lu bo ho de than fo l I luW this 1 n In hi Inthe till the and periodicals with interest born a of or Ki s Ik in Jl so 11 1 ibe lite flag a and 1 I Irim rim fin tI that thai It 1 a Il spirit of u iw H Unit that overlooks tho that no such thing as a II fen sea today nor lUll IH I It pohl pl fI blo olio OIW no more Ulan it 1 possible loss to I find u II perfect et I J tako talI lo such adverse criticism today ti l tin urt is withheld that II l many of or the minor de tie lofer I i to ll CI n nt to t Iho tl 1 Q typo t po when CI Hetel and l they th arc U ii Il i p of life We war 1111 of f oven every oilier othol Jo le 1 But the t to bo b es out oui ships arc nr Inferior or In 0 In III foreign iI Is II unfair l hll mil to tn over thc tho I 5 11 to 10 dis discover Is cover Unit aro ut somo 1110 Who In think that tilt ill Is I liol 1 hi tho oJ un Oil Ihl si this OIlI summer I inot an lI l 1 I who vh wanted lInt lo 11 Imo know all I ashe 1114 Iw on Oil in I over our H lit s tho Ow that wi had JIll tho h t shins In Urn th tl lil and It Il was a pity o tf Jill did nol IWI know II I 8 COMMENT Q lJ J Evans said in pat part After an 1111 with our which fw r hilI lind I sun con our Oil as II a II mi II I I or 01 superior to hUH built by h any nuy oilier uti el country Of course ell 11 1 nut 1111 1111 ships ale not tho Ihl equals of tho last lail for foreign fn eign Igli ships and no tune man would ox x them to Iu bo h but bul dato lutc fur for date of design they aro tho oC DC any uny ox X l li nl the th case of our latest designed It 0 Mho AI Hl superiority 01 III i ui t is hi beyond As H air lIlli designs of lilt tho last laHI fow thill td abroad J 1 have mud It my IllY hll IrIO to windy the tho criticisms of If our navy published in various magazines and papers 11 1 lie 1 and I hayo haye no Words with which to toll tell you Ol how un III t misleading ami silly th Ih y aio U It Uever ever CIt UH of or tho Newport confor omU known I 1 think you wilt will find thai a majority of uC agree allOO With Ih mo |
