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Show LESSONS FROM GREAT WAR. Army Officers Believe American Shipt Are as Good as Any. Washington. Lessons drawn from the European war were discussed before be-fore the house military and naval commmittees Tuesday by Brigadiei General Crozier, chief of ordnance ol the army, and Rear Admiral Badger oi the navy's general staff. General Crozier said the United States never would have use for guns similar to the great howitzers with which the Germans demolished Belgium's Bel-gium's forts, and asserted that the American field guns were as good as any in the world. Admiral Badger told the naval committee that ship for ship the United States navy is equal to, if not better than, that of Germany or any other nation." Answering An-swering questions, the admiral gave his idea of why the British navy is content to keep the German fleet "obt-tled "obt-tled up" instead of forcing an engagement. |