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Show NAVY OFFICIALS Crossing of Atlantic by Ten American Built Submarines to be Fully Investigated. Naval Officers Detailed to Vessels Built for British Government to Prevent Their Leaving U. S. Washington, Sept 4. Navy department depart-ment officials will look into published publish-ed reports that ten American built submarines have crossed the Atlantic under their own power and now are with the allied fleets. Secretary Daniels has been assured that the foreign submarines being built at Quincy will not be delivered during tho war, Je, expressed the belief- lodajs-that-Swould even-.be a-violation a-violation of neutrality for thecon.-structor thecon.-structor to knock them down and reassemble re-assemble the parts in another country. coun-try. Jf' Quincy, Mass., SepL 4 Officers of the United States navy will be detailed de-tailed on board the ten submarines recently constructed at the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding corporation corpora-tion for the British government, after the boats leave the ship yard. 'In a formal statement Issued today. J. W. Powell, president of the corporation, cor-poration, said: "Tho department has consented to detail these officers so that all question ques-tion as to the possibility of the removal re-moval of the boats from this country to the possession of a belligerent during dur-ing the present war is eliminated. It has further been arranged that when the boats are completed they will be sent to the Boston navy yard, where they will remain until such time as a disposition satisfactory to all parties par-ties can be arranged " |