Garland Globe | 1906-05-26 | Page 2 | No Ammunition

NO AMMUNITION. Mason Says Dangerous Conditions Exist Ex-ist In United States Navy. Washington. "Should wnr break out within the next few yenrs the condition of tho navy will bo such ns to lend to disaster." Such Is tho stato mcnt mado by near Admiral Mason, chief of tho bureau of ordnance, nnvy department, In a statement to tho secretary sec-retary of tho navy, calling attention to tho reduction n tho estimates of tho bureau of ordlnanco mndo by tho department de-partment nnd tho houso commlttco on navnl affairs. Admiral Mason shows that more than $12,000,000 ha3 been cut out ot tho estimates nnd ho describes the condition of the bureau "as llttlo short or desporato" for the coming year. He says thcro Is not now nnd will not ba any reservo ammunition avallablo for any of tho Important guns. It will be nccossary probably to discontinue tnr-get tnr-get practice, and now ships must be sent Into commission without ammunition ammu-nition or ordnance stores.