Washington, Oct. 12.
The Navy Department disclosed last night that the United States Fleet possesses ample stocks of live ammunition to support major fleet engagements indefinitely."
For several years, a Navy Department spokesman said, American ammunition stocks have been built up in shore dumps in the United States, and especially in Hawaii.
The Navy spokesman said that if a portion of the U.S, Fleet is sent to the Far East on a goodwill tour, or to reinforce the Asiatic Fleet it would be necessary to increase considerably the present defence works in Alaska and Hawaii—
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