New Britain herald., 1930-12-08
NAVAL SECRETARY
 MAKES HIS REPORT
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Calls for Better Pay and Pro-
 motions for Officers

Washington Dec. < tP) - Socre- tsry Adams sailed straightaway into a statement Of the wants of the navy for men and money yesterday in his annual report.
 Addressing President Hoover, he called for more man power. better pay and promotions at regular in tcryaIs 10 prevent the 'stasnation" Of officers through long periods in the same grade
 The navy secretary pointed out that the present level Of compcnsa- ton was II per cent above that rc- cei}ed in 1908. but said the cost Of living had more than doubled since that time.
 Other legislative proposals for which he advocated congressional approval included:
 Authorization 10 modcrnlze the haf'ioships New Mexico Mississippi and Idaho.
 Wants AirShin Base
 Establishment Of a naval airship hase on the Pacific coast!
 Guarantees for conservation of the naval petroleum and oil shaIe re- serve, and
 sketches or manS of vital military and naval defense installations and equipment.
 The increasing importance of aN- alton to the naval forces WAS evident throughout the report A b-plan" patrol unit will be added 10 both battle and scouting fleets and two scouting squadrons Of 2n p)anos and . planes, respectively, will be at tachcd 10 new hghr cruisers.
 "A need exists for additional air plane carriers in order 10 exploit 10 tho full the possibilities Of naval aviation in operations with tho fllet" Adams said. A west coast air base WAS considered essential and selection of a slto was urged upon c0nGrcrs ai an oariE date. whether or not the n4rH ordered construction of A now cjunt dri~iiIo.
 nlrin- inc 4trr tha number Of enlisted men na= not adequate 10 man fully all 'sp-~ of ships. and i. VAS necessary 70 operate most -ypre Of ships ~Gth allowances Nhlrn n.rc cone'Iorahly under the actual complement cf the ships.
 Tho arIo~anc.s averaged but S7-@ per c,nt of th" actual coupl. ua,ut Of Tho shlp~ ~h',n the s"cr IarN ~atd "i0sa not h'"p 4 navy (0Ii} prepared for nar-"
 Too Many Navy Aard,"
 NtHou-a t.rnc- I.ac Jannthr. a. ~ru4n- scrr rurt. n4s been aerI>c in .urla I5u- eor> -l uatal sHofe E't- liens IF an economy nraslr". the report found trerr ~rre 'm0r. navy wards on the ,aet coast 1EWN could bo econorjpnIJy maintained
 The undertaking ot a submarine r.pIrclmnnl pro2EAa WIS rroTo~'d. rurIng inc past E,er. upErcp cos1s have increased. The report added that "duo nrncjpaly 10 tho az of lar-" numuor Of submarines, Ii IS rolr tho performance Of submarm. engineering material ia not com nrcnsnrate with Is manunance c0et4.
 The material cordtion Of the fleet Wa% @ean as generally good. qualified br the difficulty Of main 'airinG efficiency due ro the az ot large number ot tho shjps.' pe- vfrorcrs and submarines were found .o he in the least efficient condition,
 Tho sccrrrary praised th" efli- r5lncr oC the Guardia National Of \tcara-ua as holng "in accordance ulth a definite policy 10 build up native cons,abulary capable Of pre- serving order after fho eventual wlthdra~aI ot marine forces ill \lc- aracua."
 "A dtztjncf Improvement in almost cgnry p5fas, of tho health Of th" naEr" v"- found an encouraging -r~n. only 52t 1,uJbs were recorded da~H- f4-a "m@l.mz the de#th rate from au raas~s ".2G per i,oeo