New York, Oct. 10.
1f we arm our merchantmen as President Roosevelt has requested, the guns to be put on them should be of a size and range to give the merchant vessels.a fair chance to fight off any submarine or small surface raider, That is. the range of the guns on the merchantmen should be sufficient $0 reali die bury: pu In "last war, many merchantmign were armed with that were out ranged by those enemy submarines.
To place guns on merchantmen of smaller calibre than those used by the enemy obviously is folly
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