AMERICAN NAVY
DESERTIONS IN 1920
UNITED STATES' PREPARED-
NESS
rPEEBfI Association.!
lustralip" "**** N 7, Hs>Me \awioJ"*loi] WASHINGTON, April. 10. Rear-Admiral Thomas, before the Senate Investigation Committee, raid that desertions from the Navy had been so numerous that in 1920 the United States ships were manned by inexperienced boys.
Acimir:i,l Frank Fletcher said that in 1912 the United States worked out plans for the eventuality of io. war with a Central European. Power. Consequently; the United States w!-s not, as Admiral Sims alleged, utterly unprepared when sho entered tho war.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19200412.2.27
Bibliographic details
Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 85, 12 April 1920, Page 5
Word Count
89AMERICAN NAVY Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 85, 12 April 1920, Page 5
Using This Item
See our copyright guide for information on how you may use this title.
Log in