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Show ALL VESSELS OF NAVY TO BE PAINTED CRAY Washington. Feb. 5. To remove what they regard as an unrortunate impression at this time, naval officials today made informal statements regarding re-garding the published reports . touching touch-ing the painting of tho transport Buffalo Buf-falo a leaden gray color and the prospective pros-pective return of the torpedo flotilla to San Francisco, an oinciai order was produced showing that on November 19th last, directions were given authorizing au-thorizing the painting of the vessels of the Pacific coast a slate color, a color which has been ordered to be given all the yeseels of the American navy. The decision to do iuib with regard re-gard to the ships of the navy, was reached a long time ago. This is the "first opportunity that has teen offered for painting the transport Buffalo. Regarding the torpedo flotilla, the officials of-ficials say the vessels are going to Mare Island to be docked and the barnacles removed, which has not been done for some time. Tne torpedo tor-pedo boats are scheduled to negm their target practice at Magdalena Bay by 'April 1. |