Arizona republican., 1916-03-31
Secretary Daniels Is Last Witness to Be Heard Be- fore House Naval Commit tee Begins Framing Its Proposed Bill
|CRITICISM IS
 FORESHADOWED
Administration of Navy De- partment Likely to Be Attacked Today By Mem bers Who Allowed Daniels to Proceed Yesterday
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 WASHINGTON, March 3O.-A final review of the administrations pre- paredness plans for the navy was given the house naval committee to- day by Secretary Daniels who will be the last witness heard before the committee begins framing it's bill.
 The secretary added in several re- spects to the program he had mapped out in estimates previously submitted stablishment of a government plant to manufacture naval projectiles; asked for about 15,0O0 additional men instead of 10000 and proposed that civilian educators be placed at the head of the non- military departments of the Naval Academy.
 Requesting that all provisions for air service be stricken out of the five year building program, MT. Daniels urged an appropriation of s2,O00,0Oo fo air craft this year He explained that thee was no way of determining what expenses would be necessary in the future.
 Criticism of Secretary Daniels ad- minstration of the department fore shadoWed by the course of certain committee members in examining previous witnesses. probably will ma terialize tomorrow. The secretary was always allowed to proceed without in- terruption today, taking up the items on the program one by one. He will conclude his statement tomorrow and be questioned by the committeeman. 1 Questions of the construction of | battleships versus battle cruisers, of the size anJ speed of future snbma rines and other subjects most debar- ed during the prolonged hearing. were not reported. MT. Daniels statements outside of these relating to personnel, 1 had to do almost wholly with indus l trial problems of the service.
 ! An outline of the departments serve force for the navy was pre- sented by the secretary It provides i for five classes of reservists. The first. to be known as the fleet re- serve, would be composed of formers officers and enlisted men, the second or naval reserve, of officers and men of the sea- going profession for ser vice on fighting ships in war; the third or naval auxiliary reserve of shipmasters and seamen enrolled for
 war time duty on the auxiliary fleets; the fouth, or naval coast defense re- serve. of residents on or near the coast capable of serving aboard min ing craft patrol vessels, torpedo bcats aircraft and the like for duty on the coasts and in their respective districts and the fifth, or volunteer naval reserve of men who would have Inc duty in peace times, but as owners lcf yachts power boats. or other craft, lcould render efficient aid in war times.
 1 Secretary Daniels urged the com lmittee to report favorably the armor plate factory bill which recently passed the senate and which will be
 taken up next Tuesday. He laid istrees on the necessity in his opinios, of providing means for establishing a fair price for armor or other ma teriai needed by the navy through equipping government plants to pro-
 duce whatever could not be obtained lat satisfactory figure by contract A projectile plant. MT. Daniels je-
 clared, was vitaily important to the navy. With commercial concerns flooded with war orders from Europe
 he said prices were going up and il
 had been very impossible to obtain
 what the navy must have. He added that government plant would make it possible to guard against navy in iventions getting into the shands O
 possible enemy powers as was nov
 almost certain to be the case. The secretary read long state ment showing the fluctuations in tii, price of projectiles asked by bidders 2 In spite of all the firms now en gagged in manufacturing projectiles fo
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