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Show EXCELLENT RECORD OF OUR NAVY. As a part of our historical record, I tho Standard reproduces a statement j 'made by Commander C. C. Gill of the U. S. navy as to the part played by American ships in the transporting of 2,079, 8S0 soldiers overseas between April, 1914, and November 11, 191S. While 48 per cent of the troopships were provided by the British, 83 per cent of the convoying warships were American. Here are the figures: land Italy supplied troop ships. As would be expected from Great Britain's Brit-ain's enormous merchant marine, she was able to supply the greatest carrying carry-ing capacity. She had the ships ready for this use, and 4S per cent of the American army was transported in British steamers, 2 per cent were carried in French ships, and 3 per cent in Italian ships. The remaining 4Gi per cent were carried in United States ships, and all but 2Vf per cent of these sailed In United States naval transports, trans-ports, All the troops carried in United States ships were escorted by United States men-of-war; that is, cruisers, destroyers, converted yachts and othei; antisubmarine craft. Also, for the most part, the troop3 carried in British French and Italian shipB were given safe conduct through the danger zones by United States destroyers. Roughly, Rough-ly, 82 per cent of the maximum strength of the naval escorts provided Incident to the transportation of United Unit-ed States troops across the Atlantic was supplied by the United States navy, 14 1-3 per cent by tho British navy, and 3 pr cent by the French navy. |