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believe, by direction Of the President
of the United States. The president
| Of that board was then and Is now
Chief of Naval Operations.
sARATOGA's TYrEWR1TERs.
| s. The number of 62 was given to
! me orally. Ny informant may have
included adding. duplicating machines,
| etc, or he may have included ma
chimes to he added to allowance. rs
| for flagship.
2. The olnir' ion of "and radio per-
sonncl' after yeomen does not give an
! impression differing from my inten-
| ton. | could have used the word
men" instead of ''yeomen.
NAVAL MEDICAL SCHOOL.
10. I was justified in the statement
| hy the Navy Directory. published by
| the Bureau Of Navigation. ! knew
nothing Of the detailed duties Of tho
officers listed under heading of "Mcdi.
cal School" Had l wished to cXag.
! gerate or create an erroneous opinion.
! | could have quoted from that .dircc.
tory. where is listed only one officer
under instruction.
COST OF PRODUCTIVE WORK.
| II. The figures used we're taken
| from the report Of the Secretary OF
the Navy, 1926. The navy yards exist
| for the maintenance of the fleet.
| Therefore, omitted the costs Of mod.
| erniZation and alterations as coming
under the heads OF new construction,
which. as stated in the article. was not
considered. In his annual report for
| 1925 the Encineor-in-clrief. L. S. Navy,
stated: 1T costs approximately $2.15
TO install 81 worth Of material. or n
total Of s375 for labor and material,
using navy ward labor
y. The impression I intended to
convey was that the overhead was un.
duly large. Maintaining more navy
yards in active operation than is re-
quired by the necessities of the fleet
increases overhead charges. Also Civ
ing employees 80 days leave annually
with pay makes for overhead.
RICHMOND REPAIRS.
13. The impression I attempted TO
give in the article succinctly was as
follows:
That the Richmond needed an ur.
gent repair; that the work could have
heen but was not promptly done. and
that in consequence the Richmond WIS
AT navy yard longer than necessary,
and efficiency thereby lowered.
Il. l considered the facts Of official
record that were within my knowl-
edge. I was Informed in Washington
that the Bureau of Engineering would
no; allot money for urgent repairs an
til November overhaul. as otherwise
the work load at the yard would ne
disturbed. As a matter of fact, the
work was authorized on sth Septerl-
ber. and after was cancelled on 18th
September.
u. From the foregoing. and aside
from the attendant artinoniaS. ] am
Of the opinion that the article did not
convey d wholly false impression.
ALAMEDA BASE.
1s. In she Summer Of 1911. or In
I2l5-i6. / made an extended study Of
the logist:cs Of a campaign in the
Pacific. became convinced then. and
| am still Of the opinion. that cam.
paign in the Pacific requires q great
the greatest prac,icabIe-base in the
Hawaiian Islands.
CRAMPS SHIPYAPD.
j.. The information concerning
Cramps shipyard was obtained from
the press and from conversations with
officials ST the cramp company. The
Crainp company built the Ma!nIo. and
took "A contrac; for huj! and two sets
of machinery for 10 ,u0Gton cruiser
AZ prices bflow "a reasonable estimate.
This ~ hold the organization together
in order IL be in a position 10 tid on
subsequent contracts. Not oita !ning
these. the company was forced 10
liquidate It's shjpbuilding business on
account CT great overhead 70 avoid 90
Ing into the hands Of receiver
T. J.. NAGETDER.