Our Navy needed large provision for increased ammunition and supplies, and even numbers to cope with any sudden attack from the navy of Spain, which comprised modern vessels of the highest type of continental perfection.
McKinley stresses the need for the Navy to be adequately prepared for potential conflict with Spain.
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