The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-13
MANY FLYING
MACHINES ARE
BEING Bull
Secretary Daniels Tells of
This Branch of Service
in His Annual Report.
$771, 800 TOTAL so
FAR EXPENDED
Remainder of ST 100000 AID.
propriated Will Soon Be
Spent for Equipment.

What has been ordered for the avfa-
ton branch Of the naval service and
what Is required for future develop
ment, is told in the annual report of
Secretary oft he Navy Daniels, made
public this morning. The secretary
refers to the $1,000 900 appropriation
made by the last congress and states
that of this amount STU 900 has al
ready been expended in new equip
ment, which is yet to be delivered to
the aviation station at the navy yard,
and the remaining $3.50 900 will be
needed for repairs and equipment at
the station.
Referring to the new equipment the
secretary says that in addition to the
.dirigible and three aeroplnnes ordered
prior 70 last Junss that orders have
been placed for twenty-three aero
planes, seventy three aeronautjc mo-
tors, one free balloon, hangers, hydro
cen plant for dirigibles, a floating
dirigible shed, and an aeroplane
wrecking derrick.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The secretary's report in part Is as
follows:
The first specific appropriation for
naval aeronautics was made by the
Sixty-third congress. It was $1,000
600. Prior thereto authority had been
given to use certain funds for a be-
ginning of an, air service. Two mil
lion dollars will be needed for the
next year, and has been asked for in
the estimates. A board of naval off,
GERS selected Pensacola as the aero
nautic station, and the buildings and
machinery at that abandoned navy
yard have been put in condition foi
the beginning Of suitable station
for school and practice afloat. Here
officers and men are daily trained In
handling air craft and for carrying
out all kinds Of practical experiments
Il is an ideal location, with climate
and nearness to Guantanamo and Gu
Zebra, where naval maneuvers and adj
vance base experience give the navy
excellent practice. Also the invest
ment of s7,760, 500.s9 In the Pensacols
Navy Yard is utilized.
Experiments Of all kinds are con
tinually being carried out at the aero
nautic station. Some of these expert
ments can be combined with the fly
ing school work, such as efficiency
of different lubricating oils and Of
different grades Of gasoline; the pre-
liminary tests of different types Of
floats for aeroplanes; tests Of instru
ments; tests Of special life preserves
for aviators; experiments with specia
clothing, and various other tests. Il
addition to the qualified aviators VIII,
have been appointed, navy air pilot
have tested out new types of float
! for aeroplanes in rough weatheI
in the Gulf Of Mexico; tested ;
launching device that has been in
F. stalled on the North Carolina, an,
used to launch an aeroplane from
that ship under way; have made lon,
| flights to test the reliability of motor
and the endurance of aviators; teste'
aeroplanes for speed and climb; ar
testing bombs and bomb-dropping ap
pliances; trying out safety straps
trying out new types of aeroplane
| in all kinds of weather to demonstrate
/ their stability and reliability; con
Quoting running motor and propelle
i tests; operating special hosting ap
paratus required for aeroplanes o,
the North Carolina, and a large mum
Der of minor experiments. Befor
the outbreak of the European wa
orders had been placed for certai
types of air craft abroad. The pur
chase of suitable machines in thi
country has been attended with delay
and the inability early in the year