Arizona republican., 1915-10-20
Secretary Daniels Makes His Estimates of Navv's Part in the -Administra- tion's BilliOn-Dollar De fense Program
MILLIONS FOR
 NAVAL AVIATION
European War Shows Neces- sity for Swiftly Flying Corps Whose Members Need Not Necessarily Be Experienced Officers
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WASHINGTON. oct 1q-Secrctary Daniels announced his estimates Of the navy's part in the billion dollar defense program. It is proposed to spend SS02.4S0.O00 in five years. This Contemplates the construction of ten dreadnaughts. six battle cruisers. ten scout cruisers. fifty destroyers, fir- teen sea-going submarines. eighty five coast defense submarines. four Eunboats. one hospital ship, two am munition ships. two fuel oil ships and a repair ship
 The last would go into commission late in 1924.
 It is proposed to spend S6 900 900 for naval aviation and S25.0OO,0OO for reserve munitions. It recommends an addition of 1900 bluejackets. 2,5OO ap- prentices and 1.500 marines The 1917 naval estimates total S217.652. = oeo- Additions to the personnel are estimated for all battleships less than fifteen years old, destroyers and sub marines built within twelve years and half the cruisers and all gun boats. and the necessary fleet aux iliaries are to be manned. An ade- quate reserve would be maintained for the reserve fleet. The additional officers needed are to be obtained by increasing the midshipmen at An napolis to not less than 25O. Secre- tary Daniels will recommend an aviation corps of special service to which civilian aviators would be ap- pointed.
 In announcing the program Secre- tary Daniels said:
 The bureau of construction and repair. owing to the increased size and protection of the new battle ships. estimates that each dread naught would cost. including armor and armament, S1S.SOO,OO A portion of this increase may be attributed to the greater cost of materials, which are higher than formerly, perhaps ab- normally higher owing to the de- mand by the war in Europe It may be that these prices can be reduced If so. congress will not have to ap- prOpriate so much. Again. the de- mand for materials entering into the construction of vessels may continue great. or greater than at present. so the estimates would not be too high
 The total cost of each of the other types of vessels recommended fol- lows
 Battle cruiser. s17.5OO.OOO; scout cruiser, S5.0OO. 900; destroyer. s1.36O coo. a fleet submarine, S1 1.5O0, 900; coast submarine. s65O. .000: gunboats S7s0. GOO: hospital ship, s2,45O,OO0 fuel ship S1.S55.0 900; repair ship, S2.O0O, OOO
 Tn addition to the sSO0O 900 to in crease the reserve munitions, I have recommended in the regular appro- priatiOns an increase of S117S 9SO for ordnance. in which I have included S4So.0e0 in torpedo defense nets for hatleships and I have recommended also an increase of S2S6.0OO for build inEs for the storage of guns and mu- nitions- The reserve on hand now fully occupies the present storage ia cilities and it has been found neces- sary to have this increased space to take care of the additional munitions which are recommended.
 The European war has shown the necessity for a swiftly flying corps whose members need not be experi- enced naval officers or educated as on ship. in view of which a special flying corps. 10 which expert civilian flyers may be appointed, has been recommended for the naval organiza tion. This would establish field for service for an increasing number of competent aviators willing to join such an arm of the service, who can not and could not hope under the prevailing conditions to do so unless either enlisted in the navy proper or graduated from the naval academy"
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