NOT READY TO FIGHT.
THE AMERICAN FLEET.
GREAT SHORTAGE OF MEN.
(Received January 21, 9.35 p.ni )
Washington, January 21.
Rear-Admiral Fletcher reports that there is an alarming shortage of officers and men in the American fleet, 10,000 being needed. The fleet is not ready to fight under modern war conditions.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15824, 22 January 1915, Page 5
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