Evening star., 1925-11-02
MASS OF CONFIDENTIAL NAVY
DATA ASKED In MITCHELL CASE
Virtually Complete Record of Aviation Service
Called for by Representative Reid; Controver-
sial Reports Particularly Sought.

I Lieut.. Leigh Wade, Boiling Field:
| Maj. Batcroft Walsh, Air Service,
this city; Comdr. Kenneth Whiting.
| u. S. N. this city; Lieut. A. j. VIII
| liams. Anacostia Naval Station;
James T. Williams, jr., Boston. Mass.
and Capt. B. S. Wright, Kelly Field,
| San Antonio, Tex.
LansdOwne Orders.
The papers which the court Is asked
to have Secretary Wilbur bring with
! him are:
Copies Of correspondence between
the late Comdr. Zachary Lansdowne,
the commanding officer at Lakehurst
Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, n. j.,
and each and every officer in the Navy
| Department and the department itself
regarding the fatal flight OF the Shen-
andoah to the Middle West.
Copy of order Of Navy Department
! relative to the carrying by and use Of
parachutes on dirigibles.
Copy of interoffice order, Op. Air
| OS43O7. dated August l, 1919, and sub
| ject, "Discontinuance of Division of
Aeronautics.
Chart showing organization of sec
| tion OF the office Of the Navy Depart
| ment which, among other things. han
dies press relations.
Copies of all letters sent by the
| Navy Department or by each and
every officer thereof to newspaper ed
| itors publishers, owners and employees
| inviting them to visit and attend the
| 1925 Hawaiian maneuvers.
| List of names Of all newspaper ed
ltors, publishers, owners and employees
| received on board naval vessels dur
| ing the 1925 Hawaiian maneuvers.
statement showing the name, mum
! ber and position Of the station or res
| cue ships taking part in the 1929
| Hawaiian fight.
Copy of the statement given out by
| the Navy Department.. or some officer
thereof. previous to the 1925 Hawaiian
! flight, stating the purpose and reasons
| for the flight.
| Schedule issued to the press about
August II, 1925. showing the State
! fairs to be visited by the Shenandoah
on her fatal flight to the Middle West.
Copy of orders issued 10 the com.
| nander Of the Shenandoah. or to the
commanding officer of the Lakehurst,
| y. j., Naval Air Station. relative to
the fatal fight of the Shenandoah 10
| the Middle West
Copies of all requests received for
the Shenandoah to visit state fairs
on its fatal flight to the Middle West.
Papers on Flight.
Statement showing The purpose OF
| each fight made by the Shenandoah.
| Copy of decision by the judge ad-
| vocate general of the Navy To the
| effect that the fatal flight OF the
/ Shenandoah to the Middle West was
! legal.
Statement showing the date on
which each officer on the Shenandoah
/ received his last physical examination
! previous to her fatal light to the
/ Middle West
Copy of the report of the effect of
| non-freezing solution on the girders
| of the Shenandoah and Los Angeles
! Copy of the statement of the Secre
! tary Of the Navy made on or about
/ september 3. 1925, 10 the effect that
/ the series of aerial disasters in the
/ United States and elsewhere led TO
+ but one conclusion in SO far as the
! United States is concerned, viz. that
/ the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans stand
/ out as the strongest anti-aircraft de
/ fense of the nation.
/ Official copies of all correspondence
/ including radiograms and kilograms
exchanged between the Navy Depart
ment and the Macmillan expedition
relative 10 carrying of radio equip
ment into the Arctic.
Copies Of the orders issued which
directed destrovers TO deliver radio
sets that had been left behind 10y the
Macmillan expedition at various
points.
Data ON Costs.
Statement showing number of days
destroyers We're engaged on above
mission going from and returning 10
nI - In 2H
tenanCe and operation cost of these
destroyers per day.
Copy Of official report on the anti.
aircraft attack from the L. :. s,
Texas against target towed by the
shenandoah.
Copy of the annual report of the
paymaster general of the Navy for
the fiscal year 1920.
Statement of the upkeep and dc
/ preCiation of navy yards and their
records for the fiscal years 1919. 1920
and 1921. as shown by official records
Statement of the present cost of
building each type of modern naval
vessel, including appendages and
overhead. as shown by official records
this to include battleshiDs. armored
cruisers. night cruisers, destroyers
submarines. mine planters tenders
and aircraft carriers.
! Statement from the ofilclaI records
! of the department showing the number
of fatalities and casualties in naval
aviation in the United States since the
! armiStiCe.
/ Statement showing number oi
fatalities and casualties in naval avi
alton from January l. 1925, to Sep
/ tember ,. 1925.
! Copy of all orders issued in 1925
relative to aviation training for
cadets at the Naval Academy.
Copy of all proceedings of the spe
cial board appointed by the Secretary
of the Navy in 1925 to investigate
aviation.
Statement showing the number OF
cadets of the Naval Academy who were
! actually given instruction to qualify
| them as pilots, and the number whC
were given instruction in which they
actually handled the controls of air
| craft during 1925