Secretary of the Navy Wilbur prepared, for transmission to the House of Representatives, a lengthy memorandum on the state of the Navy, particularly in regard to gun ranges. The controversy over the vexing question whether we have the right to increase the angle at which our guns may fire (the Limitation of Armaments Treaty being the possible bar) has apparently been settled, at least within the Executive Department of the Government. Secretary Wilbur says that the State and Navy Departments agree that the Treaty does not prohibit...
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