The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-02-13
CUT NAVY 100
DESTROYERS,
DENLY SAYS
Suggests Savings of
$128,0 in Navy
Budget

/ WASHINGTON. Feb. IA Score
! tary Denny today appeared hvfure
1 tnv house naval committee Go rec
| ummcud that the navy personnel
] tpr the nest fiscal year ov uNcd
at 90, Uu men and 5000 ap
uroutlc"s as compared with 100000
I ncn aud 6,ouu apprentices now
! authorized.
Mr nenhy recommended that
! there h' no r,ducuuu iu tue cA4ht-
| iug strength ot line officers OF the
navy; that the first Cias- al Ann
] apuus BE- graduated and comuiia-
stoned but that appointments to
th" academy hereafter be reduced
I 40 three tor e8ch member OF con-
gross instead ui u.c.
mo naval secretary recommends
/ ed that 100 destroyer D.. placed
out uf commission. tie estimated
/ inat tnv program ne outlined
[ would effect o. SAVING ut t4u.uuu.
/ 900 Iu nest year o. budget
/ secretary DENLY statement
| puutod uut uhHt since 1919 thr
/ WHr tam, naval establishment had
been reduced from l,5b2 ycssrIs
| 100 commission tu 300 tine commits
. Hiuucd personnel from Ig,1uh TO o.
/ ita ana the enlisted tore. lruu
tNO.gHs to tcO.93g.
n B. not easy. ho said. to
] ger back 60 uormHlcy from such
/ vast expansion.
Arin- 'onicrcnoc Results.
Nj DENLY ruld the net result uf
/ Tie naval Limitation conference toe
/ day .- that Great Britain l- to have
capital ships. the ultcd -f..t-s
Us, aud Japan 10. there being no
] limitation on auxiliary combat
craft except uH To the size and
/ armament
] When the conference opened
! Mr. bsnby1 said, the United States
! had 90 huttlcships. 30 cTuIsrrs. az
lcstrDy'rs. ItA submarine. lg3
uuNlury Graf, and lbi mosquito
/ fltvt vessels
10 the terms ~ tho treaty. ho
& said tu' Z ntrl Siatos VIII have
/ remaining lA uuttluships 30 ,ru.s-
I o.. 300 Destroyer. 1f1 submarine.
/ 1890 uuNiliarles ana ltZ smuu tcs-
I -'i-. % o. clear thHt nu definite
] conclusion us Geo the future sfrvuF 10
! I. iho United States navy should
/ uv reached until ratification hy ihr
p senate ui thv pending treaty by-
/ cause We shall NOT absolutely Know
l until thyn llat tl, treaty viii be-
| come effective This yumpHcut,H
/ thv question of personnel
Mr. DENLY described the status
] Il the fleet 900 commission tuuay.
] showing that butil,shtps carry
/ about - per cent complement. doe
] Iruy'r- from 5O tp 80 per cont. and
/ .uhmaruys from - pen cent up
u BE- quite clear that the luty
/ in enlisted and commits Toned per-
] sunnel both is undermaun,d he
! said. u IA clear in your mind
/ undoubtedly that the rule applied
! tu uppurtlouing 90 vessels in the
| different uavios under the tr,ats'
/ was what was called the uutics
/ needed fUr national u,oty and
I the results wore arrived at urtcr "a
! most careful s.udy uf the situations
d confronting each nation phrticIpat-
| ing In the treaty ~ must bc as
/ eumod therefore. that Is battle
/ Ship n regarded by the govern.
/ mont signatoFy to the treaty as the
! necessary quota ror the safety OF
/ the United States
Need scout Cruisers
Mr. bcnby pointed out that un-
] 40 the 90 knot scout cruisers now
under construction were complet-
! ed th. navy would have mo vessel
/ o'hor than the destroyer capable
U
In other words" he said I'VE
shall have no scouts take IL
] thcrn i- no question as to the COM
| plotiun Of these scout cruisers and
tha' the work wlu proceed upon
hon with rnpidity until they are
] finished
ThJ secretary said figures ON
/ personnel be- presented were based
On that assumption and his belief
] that hu navy canned dispose with
any uf it= present personnel with
the exception Of the reduction iu
enlisted strength of 10000 mon.
Mr. DENLY nld n1ry officers
nat Loyalty aud earnestly eco
! sprfn'vd in the efforts Bi ustional
rrtrcnohment Since ne took OF
dcc. he added. 2t6 naval ships had
hoen sold ana the moncy turned
into the treasury
Tho naval revolving fund OF
$3.50. .0Hu 900 would hr reduced
90 0aG So. ne -niu. ana the mon
cY turned into the treasury in cash
MIR uenhy said hat hY placing
TOO dcHruyers out ~ commission.
hs would release G.40N enlisted
mon ana effect "a saving % fla.-
t0u. 900. An additional $500 en-
lI.fcI men cuuld Dee 0ut off h.
added ia contemplated economies
ni shore tI'iuna
ft need scarcely add that 10 t
iH found az any time that W. can
dispeusr with more mon with due
regard lp thf proper lnrurnnc, ul
'be United SintcS against that pos
sIhlo attack from which tho fre1t.
."a dn mot absolutely ruhrnutvr
us Mr. nvnhy said, the men viii