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Show uu PLUCKING BOARD DEFENDS ACTION Washington July 1 6 Rear Admiral Knight told the house naval committee commit-tee tuday that Captain John H. Gibbons Gib-bons and four other other navy cap-ttain.s cap-ttain.s recently plucked had added absolutely ab-solutely nothing to the eficiency of the navy but detracted from efficiency. efficien-cy. He said that while Captain Gib bon6' record was flawless, he had been at sea only three years out of previous thirteen and had contributed nothing material to the advancement of naval science. He said the law under un-der which plucking was dne almost compelled the plucking of Gibbons. There was reference in committee to a suggestion that certain officers had been 'spotted" or "marked" for plucking;. A hill to reinstate Captain j Gibbons is pending. |