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Show m DEiwii : ODIOUS STATEMENT Did Not Call American Navy a "Floating Death Trap" in his j . Speech to Legion BOSTON, Jan. 20. Major General Leonard Wood tonight denied that he had referred to' the American navy as I n "floating death trap" in his address at tho American Legion meeting yes-' yes-' terday He said he could not recall the exact words used but dictated the i following substance of what he had i 'said: ! I "We want a first class navy always, i A navy cannot be made in a hurry. I ! First class ships filled with untrained . men do not mean a navy but arej 'sometimes a death trap to those in I them." I i General Wood arrived from Port- iland this evening and later departed j 1 for Now York en route to Chicago. The press reports of his speech Sun- day was based on what purported to I ! bo a stenographic copv of his remarks." 0 nr. I |