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Show uu CRUISERS NEED MANY MORE MENi San Francisco. March 18 The United Uni-ted States cruisers Maryland and California Cal-ifornia start on a southern cruise today to-day short nearly one-fourth the complement com-plement of men The cruiser Colorado, Colora-do, flagship of the Pacific fleet, now I in Mexican waters, lacks xu men of a full crew This same eondiiiou applies to ihe Pacific resene fleet, and ther- will be s further shortage when the gunboat gun-boat Yorklown is put into commls-sion. commls-sion. When the P:-u if, fleei assembles at Guaymas, Mexico, the California will become the flagship |