The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-06-16
ADMIRAL MOFFETT
is GUEST OF THE
LOCAL KIWANTANS
Tells the Members of the Activ-
tiles at the NAVY Yard and
Naval Air Station.
PERSONNEL OF STATION
BE GREATLY INCREASED
A Class of Sixty Seven win
Soon Arrive for Training
in Land Flying

Hlth Admiral w A. aEoffett as their
guest. and several other visitors en-
Joying the hospitality Of the braves
the kiwanis club held their weekly
luncheon yesterday at the san Carlos
The outstanding feature Of he rata-
ering was the after luncheon tan, 81.
Admiral Moffstt chief 81 the Rurasu
.of Aeronautics. who has been I'm pom
sacola for several weeks. taking ,rtusl
training at the naval air station
captain Christey was also .uest of
the kiwsnlans
Brave Eugene Eieba sh Who MAS in
charge of the program introduced Al
mlral Aiotfett who spoke 8riefi. niit
to the point OF the air program which
IS contemplated, c1lliBg attention 10
The great Importance of aviation 81
this time. and of the immense value az
the landing fields which Pensacola has
presented 20 the government for its
land m9neuvers
IN his Introductory remraks. Ad-
miral Moffett declared that up IL
Rbout q year ago. there was no snecial
bureau 10 take care Of aviation mat
ters, and said lhat it was his bei;ef
that now that tho Bureau OF Aviafio,
has been established. of which he Il
the head that aviation viii be greatly
facilitated
He urged te Kiwan.s club and every
individual member Of the organization
70 get IN touch with representatives IN
Washington. urging upon them the i'm
portance Of Keeping in touch with IA,
aviation program and an legislation
which touches it. and doing an i'm Their
power to promote IT,
Admiral A1offett called attension +,
the fact that the appropriation for
aeronautics has been much reduced.
instead OF the $4,000 900 asked for.
cnly sII000.GO0 having been voted. and
this reduced by s2,700.oo0
Air CRATE and Pensacola
He said that al this time in th,
worlds history aegonauIcs are the
most important branch Of the navy.
and impressed upon his hearers the
fact that without aviation the Pensa-
cola navy yard would be OF lIttIe mo-
ment, and reminded them OF the
strenuous efforts which have been
made TO have the naval air station
removed from here 10 other locations.
among which he mentioned Hampton
Roads and Birmingham
He pointed out that the Pensacola
Naval Air station is the largest ~ the
world, and the only important train
ing station in the United States.
Admiral Moffett said that there was
no doubt but that the Naval Air sta
tion would have been moved from
Pensacola had Il not been for the two
landing fields, which Pensacola had
offered the government.
lie said that all OF the support for
now comes out OF the Bureau
Of Aeronautics. and he was most EN-
phatic in urging that the attention of
the congressman from Florida be call
ed 10 the importance Of maintaining
the station here.
The San Diego station. said Admiral
Moffett does not compare In import
ance to the Pensacola station. and he
declared that il Is the intention OF the
bureau to develop the station here.
not only in its relation 70 land flying,
but also for lighter than air servics.
To Inereass Personnel
That the personnel a. the Naval Air
station viii be greatly increased, was
by Admiral Moffett, who
said that a class Of 81 viii soon arrive
for training ip land flying. and that
for this class there were 12s applicants.
He said that the appropriation for
the work are expected 70 increase from
year to year and that the United
states government viii build two great
-than-air craft, one Of these
now being constructed in Philadelphia.
and the other to be built through an
agreement with Germany and the
allies. and which win probably be lar
ger even than the iiI-fated Roma.
Admiral Moffett said that the navy
expects to greatly increase the num-
Der OF planes, seventy battle ships TO
be equipped with planes and take
offs" some with as many az four
planes to a ship Even submarines and
destroyers viii have plane equipment
Admiral AIoffett pointed out these
things TO show the increase IN training
which Is TO be expected at the Pen
sacola Naval Air station, and said that
forty land planes are already At the
station with nine on the way and more
coming.
You could not have had this sta