Show Proposed Naval Armament Test IT i est 1 Awakens World World- WorldWide War Wide Interest I 1 I- I Washington r Ft-b Ft 15 rhe 15 Tho navy tic dc- p has un under cr consideration probably probably ably ubly the thc most startling teat test of ot the time cue power hewer of shells danger to life und and tIme the power of ot armor that ever has s been b en tried tred in any ana of the time worlds world's navies Time The proposition is sim sun pie It is to have the monitor Arkansas Arkan Arkan- Arkanas sas as now being balm prepared for lor thu tho test teat fire firo a twelve Inch shell weighing S O pounds poun s from a l sl ton gun a n distance of two miles and have it strike tho time turret of the Arkansas's sister ship the time Florida which Is b being placed in readiness for the thc trial Tho The a astounding part cart of the thc test isto is isto s to 10 have in iii the turret of tho the Florida at nt the thc time of ot the Impact a n turret complement of ot twelve c men The Th question question ques ques- tion thou of oC having hu a crew in the turret was length In tho the navy depal de- de discussed lIt mt pal today All statistics so far farao faras ao as to the thc weight of oC metal thrown heat generated by b impact resisting power lower I t J would woul indicate indi of armor and other d details tans cate cato that thit the time pica men in inthe the thc ret tum-ret would come orn out ut unscathed except for s sho shock o k I The rho belief Is lb that a n volunteer creW can carm be secured to remain In time the turret t at the thc tIme tImo of or Im Impact act All s shots hots arc are no now tired fired from a a a geometrical geo geo- metrical dt deduction and with machine 1 precision Th shell will vilI doubtless land Just where aimed for and for and then I If it the thc I. I j theory of oC the navy naV experts holds good i it 11 will be deflected and antI the thc turret left J uninjured Admiral Mason chief of or the time bureau of ot lor ordnance and a Lieutenant Commander I Fellers discussed tho the m matter at length today Thc rime first J plan was to place 12 l dogs or pigs pigs' in the time turret and see sel seethe tho the f effect on them but tho the proposition ofa of dl r 1 1 16 Is under ad- ad volunteer crew now a n. t. t Naval attaches s from all parts arts of at tho of this test a and d' d dare are i world v have hav- heard an il sr scrambling r ng ng t ran oppOrtunIty v t ity to witness it but the department 1 j has lias declined all applications f t. t j p I Jf t lv J 1 r I O |