Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-02-04 | Page 1 | Admiral McCalla Stands by His Guns

j i ADMIRAL McCALLA STANDS BY HIS GUNS i II Washington Feb F 3 Rear Hear Rear Admiral Bowman Dowman McCalla who ho In an nn Interview I criticised the bureau system of the tho department and maintained that I navy tile the secretary of or th the naV navy ought to be beS bea S a naval na expert has written a Q letter to S S Secretary Metcalf frankly admitting that he lie was WI in substance quoted corS cor cor- I cor-I S Such frank avowals do not occur often ofton the tho other three rear admirals admiral Luce Goodrich and Melville whose statements were challenged by the tho department having repudiated 1 what they were wore alleged to have said Rear Admiral McCalla will not be bp J that tho the sentiments sentiments senti senti- lIe He says say disciplined t. t f ments he ho expressed d In this Interview b him d by proclaimed held and have p be been n t for 20 years en re He aerts th that a t ho hp did f j not criticise and merely re referred re- re r whole talk beIng being be bO- erred to In u m. hi his hl ing f t. r or r t the tho hI good of or t th th h nI r ie