Show PRESIDENT SCOPES BROWNSON makes c his attitude on naval controversies washington president roosevelt s attitude on the question of the corn mand of hospital ships in the navy which resulted in the resignation of rear admiral willard H brownson Brown sou and incidentally some caustic lations on that incident and the con among the naval officers and their adherents as to details of naval construction and methods of training were made known sunday when secretary metcalf gave to the press two letters from the president addressed to him on these subjects in the first of these letters prest dent roosevelt condemns in ared terms the act ol 01 admiral brown son declaring it to be unseemly and improper regarding the controversies in the navy the president admits there al ways was and always will be detects defects both in the construction of the ships and in the organization of the depart ment and in the actual drill of the fleet it Is well he sais that these defect be pointed out but it Is alse well that they should be pointed out without exaggerations pr jor malicious untruthfulness |