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Show UNITED STATES NAVY STATUS Poorly Supplied With Flag Officers Of-ficers When Compared With Foreign Nations. Washington, Aug. 1 Compared with foreign navies, the United States navy is but poorly supplied with flag officers, according to testimony testi-mony today by" Rear Admiral Badger, I retired of the general board, bofore the house conferees considered the naval bill. He said that England has 129 rear admirals and Japan more than sixty compared with provision for 31 and 1G4 in the American navy proposed by a senate amendment to the senate's naval bill. The general board's estimates, the admiral said, would require 40 rear admirals for tho present fleet at war strength. Admiral Badger opposed senato amendments limiting the ratio of officers of-ficers to enlisted personnel and providing pro-viding for rear admiral In the staff corps. Chaplain Bayard asked the house conferees to favor a special bureau of chaplains with Its chief a rear admiral. |