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Show PRESIDENT SCORES BROWNSON. Makes Public His Attitude on Naval Controversies. Washington. Presldont Koosovclt's attltudo on tho question of tho command com-mand of hospital ships In tho navy, which resulted In tho resignation of Roar-Admiral Wlllard II. BrownBon nnd incidentally somo caustic observations obser-vations on that incident, and tho controversies con-troversies among tho naval ofllcers and their ndhorents ns to details of naval construction nnd methods of training, woro mndo known Sunday whon Secretary Motcalf gavo to tho press two lottcrs from tlio presldont addressed to him on theso subjects. In tho first of theso letters President Presi-dent Roosevelt condemns In unmeasured unmeas-ured terms tho act of Admiral Brown-son, Brown-son, declaring It to bo unseemly and Improper. Regarding tho controversies In tho navy, tho president admits thoro always al-ways was and always will bo defects, both in tho construction of tho ships nnd in tho organization of tho department depart-ment nnd in tho actual drill of tho fleot. It is well, ho says, that theso dofect bo pointed out, but it Is nlsc well that they should bo pointed out without exaggerations or malicious untruthfulness. |