New Britain herald., 1925-10-01
CONNECTICUT MAN,
 BARTLETT OF LYME,
 HITS NAVY POLICY
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 (Continued From First Page) personalities that arc to blame, 1t IS Ihe system," he said. "rhe trouble Is that the point of view of such non-fying officers Is that of the ship and not that Of the air. During their detail they obtain a smattering Of aviation knowledge but they have not had time to become broadly trained or really expert. and there is no truer saying than that a little knowledge Is dangerous thing.
 ''ro cntrust important air com- mands, air training and the direc- ton Of aviation material to other than trained air officers is wrong in every precept of military science ' the witness declared. Esprit de corps is the most important single factor in fighting service, and high morale is not obtained by hay Ing non-fyers in command of air organizations, The juniors should not know more than their seniors. The seniors should be leaders, not ordercrs."
 Commander Bartlett outlined the career which he believed an aviator should have before he is qualified as naval aviator commander. Accord ing 10 Bartlett's view an officer would go through 8 years of train. ing in various grades and capacities before he would reach the top.
 Tt is a life's work 10 master the science of aerial warfare and those who recommend detail system ir and out of aviation show little knowledge of aerial warfare even as it was in the World war, to say nothing of what it has become to. day or will be in the future" con, tinued Commander Bartlett.
 "The real objective of naval avia t'on or any other aviation are the enemy planes and the fighting plane. and the heavy gunned torpedo anc bombing planes. Here is where thu real eXpension will come In wal times"
 Commander Bartlett then launched into a general attack on the maya air service charging that 1t has n' training schools for 8 study of al strategy. tactics. organizations, etc similar to the training schools of tn, army.
 Naval aviation has no major or ganlzations," Commander Bartlet continued. "There are no wings, III groups, no major air tactics. W are very week in reserves.
 "Our pilots as individual flyer are second 10 none, but our lieute nant commanders, wing command CTS, aviator captains, how abou them?
 There is an idea that time vii right the present condition and tha there will be enough senior flyers That Is not so. There are not near ly enough for the present jobs. Tn :. remedy is to form a real naval al service.
 Commander Bartlett was out spoken in demanding a specialize corps for aviation in the navy
 No sound objections to a corp for aviation in the navy can b raised" he declared. Tt is operat ing in a new sphere--the air. It a highly specialized field, requirin not only a knowledge of the nav in general. but vast amount c aeronautical knowledge which ca be gained only through Continuou performance of aviation duty. Gu army and, as far as is known, ever foreign nation srecializes in the air. Two general ways of utilizing th j funds appropriated by congress fo naval aviation were outlined by th witness. One of these was to hay a small number of units trained an equipped second to none in th world; the other way was to try train all or nearly all the junior ot f1cers until they have smatterin of naval aviation knowledge an then designate them as naval avie tors or observers. While inc latte plan is of value, Commander Bar lett said. it would result in a lare number of people with only tr bartst fundamentals of aNiatio training having to cope with lifetin trained airmcl of other nations. Frankness Highest Loyalty Commander Bartlett maintaine that in pointing out defects in q navy with view to oVcrCOmir them. naval officers Wor" displayil th" highest type of loyalty. "Thorc has been some talk of di loyalty" he said, but believe th the highest loyalty to the nation al tu the navy itself for those who ha' had years of air experience is point out that there is urgent net to reorganize and modernize our a force. and l firmly believe that u less our naval air forces are tratn' and operated under the command
 experienced airm"n the fleet W
 meet with disaster when the ne
 great emergency arises"
 Answers Bingham's Questions
 Washington. n. C., Oct. 1 P'