New Britain herald., 1928-03-21
NAVY SUPPLY BILL
 NOV BEFORE HOUSE
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 The report said that some ccono- mics could he effected. inclu1ing the lecommissioHlns o' ship. admit 'edly of no military Nalue." and add cd:
 The point is, however, that the annua! outlays confronting US are of such magnitude tlat the committee f"els called upon to suggest that NC cannot permit ourselves to be Iom- mated wholly hy the service point of view. That Ne must panse to con- sider the need for federal funds in other directions. and that we must weigh with increasing care the propositions that come 10 lis which involve additional naval eAren1i- tures."
 Ter hearjer-tOan-ajr aviation the bin allotted s&l.&l5,pua, au increase of Sl1,2l5, 5,ooo, plus Il contract au- lhorlzatlon of sl",0de, 900. This would pro>id for the delivery of G11 nn" planes during th" year. 199S-g9. In addition. s2,n0", ,oo" was recommended to start N oril on two new diriglbles.
 Cruisers and Subs.
 To complete the eight cruisers and two N-,ype submarines, all of which arc expected to bo finished hy 1880, an appropriation of s4S,- NN0,oo0 an increase of SIS, 5Go, ,o00, was recommended.
 The marine corps received q total allotment of S@4,1SG,ooo. or sl,1oi,- coo above current funds. The re- port did not say hcther any or all of this increase was ncccssitatad by the sending of ma rines 10 Nicaragua and China. The appropriation would provide for continuing the corps at it's present sig, lS.oo0 men and L. 1.G officers.
 Marines On Duty
 The committee. however, did say that 7,G54 marines are on foreign shore duty in connection with car rying out our national policies and that there was no cNpeditionary force under training and available for active service in an emergency either of peace or war.
 Regarding submarine disasters, the committee said it had been prompted by the trag S-4 crash to conduct exhaustive inquiry into pos siDlc ways or building or cquipping the under-sea craft to lessen the dangers. and that s20o GOO had been provided for the navy ships Falcon and Widscon. The report said that the Ortolan and two other vessels would be assigned to such work, thus providing q salvage ship each for the Atlantic, Canal Zone. Pacific coast, Hawaiian and Philippine areas.
 Naval Academy
 The committee specifically all lottod s255,9au of the s2.oo5.4S3 .ivcn 10 the Naval Academy to in- crease from three to four the num- Der of appointments each member of congress may make. This would increase the possible number of midshipnen at Annapolis from 1,710 to o.1l2. This recommendation was made. it Was said. to prevent q pos sible shortage in officers. as aviation demands would be heavy and on September 90 last there were ac- tually 5423 officers compared with an authorized strength Of 5,499.
 The bill provided for maintenance for ano1 her year of an enlisted per sonnel of S3,25o men,
 Nnlcrnizatjon Program
 For completing moacrnization of the battleships Nevada and Oklaho- ma, SC. a15, ,ooo was provided and for the merchant marine naval reserve s45,30 was allocatcd. The commit tee said the general navy pay allot- mont would care for T fleet re- serve" of 1.oSo officers and 7.59G en- listed men. and also for q volunteer reserve" of 2,Go1 officers and 1o,S45 mon.
 Other appropriations included: for care of the Guam Island lepors. s35,- GOO; for naval training stations in California s1Tb, ,o0o; Rhode Island. soi5, GOO: Great Lakes, s27o,0d and Hampton lsoads. s241. 1.ooo, and for the naval war college, Rhode Island, sl1o, ,ooo.
 The same number Of ships now in service. SIS. would be retained in and funds were included 10 continue in condition the SS de- commissioned dcs'roycrs at Fhila- delphia and inc TG at San Diego.
 Progress has been made in as- scnbllnc outfits for a II such vessels the committee said. and as 10 tho l group al San Diego if has been pos sIhlc 10 effect repair work of T nature | Distinguished from preservation | galnSt detcriorat ion"