The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 22, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Wednesday. Rising temperature, ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BIS —~_ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1925 OK TRIBUNE | FINAL EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS DEFENDS NAVY AIR PROGRAM GUEST HER FRAYNE BAKER HONORED BY. ARIIY CHIERS Appointed to War Depart- ment General Staff With Rank as Colonel WILL GO TO CAPITAL! May Be in Service Year or Two—Recognition of Work During World War Frayne Baker, president of the} Benton Transportation company and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Quarter- master's Corps, Organized Reserves, | has under special orders of the War) Department been detailed to the! General Staff of the War Departmen and ordered to active duty and di-| rected to report in person ‘to the, Chief of Stiif, Major General John | L, Hines, War Department, Wash-| ington, D.C, for duty. Specific } wording of the order reads: | “By direction of the president, ! Lieutenant Colonel Frayne Baker,! Quartermaster Corps Reserve, with his consent, ordered to act duty and is detailed under the pro-| visions of Section 5, National De-| fense Act as amended, as an addi- tional member of the War Depart-| ment General Staff. He will pro: ceed from Bismarck, North Dakota,! to Washington, D. C., with the least | practicable delay, reporting in per-| son upon arrival to the Chief of | Staff for duty. —-." The ordgr now issued detailing! Colonel Baker to the General Staff is a sequel to his detail to the army | War College for a course of instruc tion in 1924, Not Permanent ' The detail is not permanent and} is only a step in the carrying out! of the policy of the War Department in detailing selected officers to duty in the office of the Chief of Staff | for specific duty « ining for! emergency ‘assignni case of war, Colonel Baker was afraid that he would be unable to comply on ac-j esznt of the press of duties in con- nection with river transportation but ‘thas mado or is making suitable ar- rangements for the handling of thi work in order to accept this detail. The detail is a very important one and is « signal honor, as out of ap-{ proximately 30,000 reserve officers about six are given active duty on’ the War Department General Staff | at any one time. The length of the detail is not specific and is limited by law but Colonel Baker does not intend leav-| ° ing permanently, as his duties h require his return at the earliest| possible time. He states that he, hesitates in accepting the detail on account of his duties but felt that the honor of the detail was so great | that he could not afford to pass the| opportunity offered. | In World War Colonel Baker was in active ser- vice in.the World War for 27 months, | eleven months of which was service | in France as Major in the Quarter-! master Corps. He served with the Chief Quartermaster First Army in| connection with the active eupply ofj clothing and equipment at the front! and after the Armistice, and the! withdrawal of the battle lines. Hej personally supervised the furnish-' ing to division Quartermasiers of | clothing and other quartermuster | supplies for the Third Army while on its triumphant march into Ger- many. After his service with the First Army Headquarters of the Embark- ation Camp at St. Nazaire and while | there he had charge of feeding, de- lousing and equipping of all the! troops passing through the port of St. Nazaire en route to this country. | He remained at St. Nazaire until the! need of the port had ceased. Upon! completion of this duty, he returned to this country and was discharged July 1, 1919, | Interested in Army | Colonel Baker has since the war interested himself in army activities and was in July, 1922, given his pre- sent grade in the Reserve Corps. He has remained in the Reserve since the war for the reason that when he was ordered to active duty in| May, 1917, he saw first-hand the re- sult of lack of organization and the absence of plans that were competent to carry into operation the mobiliza- tion that was required for the parti- cipation of the United States in the war, He states that he feels that men who saw service should stay by the army and the country, in the pre- Paration and completion of compe- tent, definite mobilization plans, He | believes in specific jobs for specific; men and sufficient reserve officers | and enlisted men organized and trained to carry out the plans made. He also believes in universal mili tary training. BARE PEARL DISPLAY London.—In a Regent street shop here are shown a rare collection of pearls. There are white Austrian pearls, with ‘a silvery sheen, very beautiful, but very cold, to be worn by the pale blond. ‘There are the warm magnolia-tinted found in the depths of the Sea, ideal for darker women, and the rare black pearls, found in the Gulf of Mexico by fishers searching for the black mother of pearls, + Hess than § | complying IN ROMANCE Morgan Converse of| New York shove), now in’ Paris awaiting a final decree of divorce) from her husband, will become the wife of Lord Furness, (below), one of Britain's weglthiest peers, accord- ing to repd rom the French cap- ital. The y Richard Ben- nett, actor, the ‘onverse is en- gaged to him is denied by Mrs. Con- verse’s mother, Mrs. Thelma CIGARET TAX TOTAL MOUNTS Stamp Sales For August: Totaled $23,182.57 the state to mount Revenue produced cigarette tax continu rapidly, a statement by State Treas-! urer C. A. Fisher shows. Many new] applications for licenses to sell cig: arettes are being received and the volume of ‘state tax stamps sold al-j so is increasing. Stump sales for August totalled 182.57 and Fisher estimated that! of stamps will be not! ),000 and might reach by $2 annual sz $300,000. More stamps of the three cent de- nomination are sold than all others combined. These stamps are placed on cigarettes which range in price ftom 15 to 20 cents a package and including most of the popular brands. These stamps are of the same size as a government postage | Mr. F. J. Johnson, jand county to close up the matter. PRISON ROAD IMPROVEMENT PLAN DROPPED Reject All Bids on Project to’ Pave Penitentiary Highway NO FUNDS AVAILABLE Improvement of Prison Road! Has Been Pending Nine Months Four bids for improvement of the penitentiary road, east of the city, npened by the highway commission last December, have been rejected and certified checks returned to bid- ders, H. C, Frahm, newly appointed highway engineer, announced today. Improvement of the penitentiary stretch of the Red Trail, grading and paving, was to have been completed h federal aid. lure on the part of the leigh county board of commiss to approve plan proposed by state highway commission is the reason for dropping the improvement pro-! gram. Low bids on all items were made by the Haggart Construction com- pany, Fargo. Haggart bids were as follov black base and_bitulithic top, $123,484.81; concrete, $115 529.51. ! One of the first acts of Mr. Frahm on taking office was to close nego- tiations in the penitentiary road pro- ject which have been hanging fire for nine months. Plan Funds The highway commission planned on using approxim 000, promise of which was secured by Gov. Sorlie from the Soo and North- ern Pacific railroads for elimination f four grade vrossings the Red rail near the penitentiary. It had been the plan of the state highway commission to pave the! penitentiary section of the Red Trail by force account and use of convict labor at a material saving to tax- payers. Bur- oners had Publish Letter A communication addressed to the county auditor announcing rejection of the bids follows Sept. 19, 1925. County Auditor, Bismarck, N. D. “Dear Sir “Reference is made to the letting held on December 22, 1924, for road grading and paving on the above mentioned project; also to resolu- tion of the county commissioners recommending. award of contract to Haggart Construction company of, Fargo us low bidder, on the condi-| tion that the various sources of funds contemplated for the payment of construction of this project be certified to the highway commission as available. “Therefor | it is almost nine months since the letting was held and the necessary funds are not vailable, and as it does not appear that they will become available for some tithe in the future, it is deem- ed for the Best interests of the state You are therefore advised that un- der the powers conferred upon me stamp and carry a gopher design. Stamps of various denominations are designated by different colors, FEW. VIOLATION Under the, law licenses to sell cig- arettes are obtained from the state license department which is under the supervision of the attorney gen- eral, but the revenue stamps are pur- c d from the state treasurer. A member of the attorney general's staff has been assigned to the duty of prosecuting violations of the cig- arette tax law and only a few cases of violations of the law have been reported. Sale of cigarettes without with the stamp law is listed as bootlegging. Orders for stamps are filled the same day they are received at the state treasurer's office, Fisher said, provided the orders are accompanied by money orders or drafts on a Bis- marck bank. In numerous cases, however, dealers permit their sup- plies to become low and telegraph money for stamps. Special arrange- ment has been made with telegraph companies to expedite such orders, Fisher said, so that dealers may con- tinue to do business without violat- ing the state law. Dickinson Normal. Has New Faculty Twenty-five men and women will comprise, the faculty of the Dicki son state normal school this year, according to information received here. ‘Nominations for 23 of the | posts made by President Samuel T. May have been approved by the state board of administration and two of the jobs still are vacant. The va- cancies are instructorships in geo- graphy and science and in commer- cial work, PLANT 300,000 TREES Quebec, Que.—The province of Quebec this year is planting 300,000 trees to beautify and shade the high- ways of the province. Officials state that in addition to beautifying and shading the highways, the trees will help to preserve the roads by protect- ing them from the ¢lements, | as state engineer by paragraph 6, chapter 131 of the 1917 session laws, I have rejected all bids received for this project and have returned the certified checks deposited by the var- ious bidders. “We will be pleased to have you take this matter up with us again in the near future, whenever the coun- ty commissioners believe that the time is opportune and funds can be made available to finance the con- struction of the project. : “Trusting our action in this mat- ter meets with the approval of the county board, we are “Yours very truly, “Chief Engineer & Secretary.” Patrick Starts | City Revaluation a aac cr) Four state tax commissioners and a deputy from his own of- fice have been assigned by State Tax Commissioncr T. H. H. Thoresen to aid W. H. Patrick, tax commissioner for the fourth district, in re-appraising real es- tate in Bismarck. The additional help was neces- sary in order to complete the re- appraisal in a reasonable time and thu oid holding up any longer than is nec ry the Bur- leigh county auditor in complet- ing his tax lists, Thoresen said. Another advantage, he pointed out, is*that much of the work is being done by men who are not residents of Bismarck and have, therefore, no interest in city po- litical affairs. CHECKING CRIME Vienna.—The Vienna police policy is to prevent crime before it hap- pens. So when a man moves into a neighborhood the police find out from where he came, who are his friends, how much money he makes, where he spends his nights, and learn many more bits of useful in- ‘formation. A person fegistering at a hotel in Vienna must also register with the police, * 2 | jing E John N. Van der Vries, of the north central div Chamber of Commer of the Unit- ed ates, Will be speaker at forum dinner to be held here Thursday evening. manager ion of the HIGH SCHOOL DEBATELISTS THROWN OPEN Leeds, Winner of Last Year} Prize Cup, Will Have Strong Team irand Forks, N. D., Sept. 22.) With routine work well under way inv North Dakota's high schools in- terest has turned toward the annual e debate, plans for which are be- made at the state university here The question to be discussed this is “Resol ‘That the trend ‘om local to Federal control which * characterized our government during recent years is inimical to the welfare of the United States.” Leeds, which won permanent pos- ‘session of the Grand Forks cup last year after 16 years of debating will be in the field again this year with another strong team. A new cup will be placed in competition this year and will be contested for on the same basis as the previous trophy. In order to avoid needless discus- sion of the conditions surroundin the debate the following interpreta- tion of phraseology has been out- lined by officials having the devbate in charge 1. Local control is meant to in- clude control by city, township, coun- ty, district or state. . The term Federal means con- trol by the United States govern ment through congress, the president, decisions by the United States Su preme Court, and by the gene boards and commissions of the gen eral government at Washington. 3. The expression during recent years refers to a period of time be ginning 15 or 20 years ago and in cluding the present. Schools wishing to enter teams in the debate must do so by December 15, one week earlier than last year. The time was moved up, officials of the University Extension department. y, in order to prepare the teams the schools before the holid 5 Bulletins for the guidance teams entering the debate have prepared by the university exten sion department. They include 19 pages of affirmative material and 32 pages of negative material. of a es i Weather Report Temperature Highest yetterday Lowest last night Precipitation to a Highest wind velocity Weather Forecast For Bismarck and vicinity: tonight and Wednesday. temperature. For North Dakota: and Wednesday. Rising ture, General Weather Conditions The high pressure area with its ac- companying cool weather, extends from the upper Great Lakes region westward to the northern Rocky Mountain states. Killing frost oc- curred in central and eastern North Dakota. A low pressure area is cen- tered over Saskatchewan and warmer weather prevails over the Northwest. Precipitation occurred in the middle Mississippi Valley, central States and over the middle and southern Rocky Mountain region. Fair weather prevails over the ex- treme West and in the Northern Border States. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in Charge Granite is called the Mother Rock because it is the lowest rock in the earth’s crust. Granite shows no evi- dence of animal gf plant life. Ri tempera- The tallest building in the British empire is but 290 feet. It has just been completed in Toronto. It con- tains 26 stories, . Fair tonight | Plains | ‘THROW NEW LIGHT ON AIR CRASH There Was Unusual Expan- sion of Gas Cells, Accord- ing to Testimony STORIES CONFLICT i Most Intelligent Accounts Hold Ship Broke at Lakehurst, N. J, | new bit of testimony pt. PA that there was rship Shenandoah broke up-—was given today before the nav- al court of inquiry investigating the loss of the ship. Lieutenant Thomas Hendley, communications officer, testified he was awakened by the pressure of a gus cell on his face and likewise by j the unusual angle at which the ship {was riding, Previous testimony had jbeen that at this time the Shenan- douh was above her pressure height at is, where the inside pressure | equalled the outside pressure of the air. Before Lieutenant Hendley was called, Lieutenant Chas. E. Bauch, watch officer on duty at the time, declared inspection some time be- fore the accident showed the sas pressure was not excessive, Both Lieutenants Hendley and Bauch, as well as Lieutenant Roland G. Mayer, construction officers on board, agreed with other witnesses that the breakup occurred when the | during a second pid ascent. Call Witnesses: Stories as told by civilian eye wit- nesses to the special investigating naval board were summarized to the court by Commander Jacob H. Klein, president of the board. He said the two most intelligent of these wit- Inesses agreed the ship broke at the bottom. Others, le intelligent, Com der Klein said, insisted that jthe craft “humped jat the top. The special board was told b some farmers near the scene of the wreck that the wind was the strong- lest they had ever experienced. Com- mander Klein said it appeared that the wind was coming from all di- j rections at once. | ne of the witnes saw any \lightning near the ship, Commander {Klein added, and there was no evi- | dence that there wag any fire of any kind before, at the time, or after the craft broke up. ‘CONTEST CASS COUNTY AWARD |Compensation Board Takes ' Case to High Court A further effort to clarify the state workmen's compensation law ‘is planned by the Workmen's com- | pensation board as the result of a i recent decision in the Cass county district court, $. $. MeDonald, chair- |man of the compensation commis- sion, said today. } in the Cass county case the court held that Cora Dehn, widow of Wil- jliam Dehn, was entitled to compen- |sation from the state fund for the | death of her husband who succumbed |to sleeping sickness. The widow jclaimed that the sleeping sickness was brought on as the result of his jwork as a carpenter. Just prior to jthe time he was afflicted with the ; malady, she contended, her husband | was engaged in demolishing a hotel \ ing in Fargo. Information re- {ceived by the board shows that the plaintiffs contended that Dehn con- tracted the malady from coming in contact with germ-laden dust. Seek Clarification The compensation board will ask for clarification of two points in the law in the appeal which it intends to file in the supreme court. Until July 1 no provision was made ir/in the law for the payment of com- | pensation of persons suffering from Occupational diseases. The Cass county case held that the sleeping sickness was an injury. The board |disagrees with the ruling, contend- ing that a sickness, of whatever na- ture, cannot legally be classed as an injury and will ask for a definite ruling on the point. The second point to be clarified is whether or not sleeping sickness can be classified as an occupational dis- ease under the present law which Permits payments to persons suf- fering from occupational disease, Order Bids on _ New Water Main The city commission ordered ad- vertisement for bids on laying a wa- ter main on Eighth street from Avenue E to F on specifications drawn up by the city water depart- ment, Estimate for laying the Eighth street main submitted by the city engineer fixes cost at $1,091.50. No action was taken by the com- mission on the capital trolley or the Project for modernizing the city fire department. The meeting was brief. j heavy j when two men halted their aut p's nose was suddenly tilted up| bile, demanding money and jewelry. SLAYS SHERIFF, DEFIES POSSE IL, Sept. (P) Joseph Spenraz, a coal miner, who shot and killed Sheriff Orville Litchfield of Marshall county and John Leonard, Toluna police ‘chief, was surrounded in a farmhouse near Toluna early today by a posse which asked th tear bombs be rushed from Peoria to dislodge the fugitive. Litchfield and Leonard were fatal ly wounded when they went to Spen raz's home after neighbors had com ned of threats he made to kill anyone who came near him NOTORIOUS GAMBLER IS KIDNAPED Police Search for! ing Race Track Operator Peoria, Chicago * Mis: Chicago, Sept. (A) — Ransom or revenge wer theories to- day in the kidnaping by two armed men of Henry Belford, known a wealthy estate dealer, but iden tified by his wife as “Hickory Slin one of the biggest gambling plung ers in the country. The revenge theo in Be which ed him shooting class to rank as a bookmaker cided to punish him, Mrs, Belford told police of the kid- naping early last night. She and her husband were returning from a the atre a short distance from the fash- ionable hotel where they reside, n0- lose r the c¢ milliona have de- from the may She threw jewelry valued at $2,000; on the floor and stepped from the} car, The drove off with her husband, When she told them her husband | was “Hickory Slim,” police recalled the stories of the mous plunges credited to that renowned gamble His most recent coups were made at Hawthorne track, where, with men a up," and broke} yflisted at $500,000. New York bookmaker, he c $100,000 or more a day. His ate holdings Florida real were a in At noon police were told that a telephone message had reached Mrs, Belford ng that ‘her husband MUSEUM GETS | Several Wagonloads of Bird Eggs and Minerals Given State One of the most important dona tions made to the state historical so- ciety and museum ‘n recent months was announced here today by Lewis Crawford, secretary of the commis-| sion and curator of the museum. The donation was made by Alf Eastgate of Larimore and consists of the largest authentic collections | of bird eggs and minerals in North Dakota. ‘The entire collection com- prises several wagon loads and is in fine condition, Crawford said. The bird egg collection represents 40 years of patient labor on the part of Mr. Eastgate who has studied the habits of North Dakota birds as a hobby throughout his life. t care was necessary, Crawford s ascertaining the exact breed of bird laying the egg. It would be easily possible, Crawford said, to attribute an egg to one bird when it might have been laid by a different type of the same specie: Many of the eggs in the Eastgate collection were laid by birds which now are rarely seen, Crawford said, and the collection is valuable from the natural history standpoint for that reason, After building up his collection for years Eastgate deter- mined to turn it over to the state for preservation and for the instruction of the younger generation, many of whom have never seen some of the birds whose eggs are contained in the collection LAY PLANS FOR DINNER Forum Meeting Is Slated for Thursday G aned up, BiG EXHIBIT: John N. Van der Vries, north cen- tral regional director of the United States Chamber of Commerce, who will address the forum dinner of the local association of commerce Thurs- day evening, at the McKenzie hotel, delivered the twentieth anniversary address before the Chicago Rotary Club and the New York Rotary Club. Van der Vries has a national re- putation as an after-dinner speaker. He has been M™gaged in chamber of commerce work since the war. The north central division of the United States Chamber of Commerce comprises the northwest states in- cluding Montana. He comes to North Dakota on the special invitation of the Grand Forks association of com- merce, UNIFIED AIRCRA FT DEFENSE IS OUT OF DATE, SECRETARY TELLS SPECIAL PROBE BODY Holds Air Armamen t Is Integral Part of Navy Defense Plan as Drawn by Sea Experts Washington, Sept. 22. charged with administration ¢ into the scales again zation of the Nation Testifying before Wilbur, Rear Admiri — (AP) —The weight of those of the Navy today was thrown any sweeping change in the organi- air defense. the president’s air board, Secretary | Edward Eberle, chief of naval opera- tions, and other high ranking naval officers vigorously op- posed the reorganiz Mr. Wilbur dec ation plan advanced by Col. Wm. Mitchell. jared against a department of national de- fense, proposed by Mitchell and favored by Major General Mason M. Patrick, the army an independent cory Admiral Eberle squarely | superior, which are in accord lepart ment. “(3) The navy department —h definitely striven for economy by ri ducing the number of types to a minimum compatible with the neces- sities of the vice. “(4) Extended efforts have been made in the development of a thre purpose plane combining the fune- tions of torpedo, bombing and scout- ing in one plane. It is believed that we have made more progress along this line than any other country in the world, but we expect to improve the present type “Ca al aircraft factor: always ind may be utilized for the ma cture of planes when costs ssive in the outside trade. ‘ “OD ion are Further is desirable. Further standardization ations is desirable. Development of commercial aviation should favor economy in production of military types and will undoubtedly obtain commercial tion is developed. Improvements in the rvice (inspection and inforr improving the technical tion of the force.” standard of of field ion) educa- Mention Shenandoah Touching only briefly on the field of lighter than air craft, Mr. Wil bur explained that because of the wreck of the Shenandoah, which is now under investigation, the policy with respect to the development of such craft remained undetermined ed, however, that the navy cularly interested in the of the airship, having a full speed radius of more than 3,000 miles, and believes the widest field of utility for this type of aircraft is), over the sea.’ Washington, Sept. tenance of the Nav ganization in subst: ent form was advocated today Secretary Wilbur before the Pre dent's air board. Yalled as the first witness of the y by the board which yesterday inquired into the policy of the war department and the Army air service, Mr. Wilbur em- phatically opposed creation of a de- partment of National defense. Such a step, he declared, would be a “well nigh impossible mistake.” “Air forces,” he asserted, “form S: i part of the fabric of the Navy If and its administra- tion a organization, like all other administrative problems inter- nal to the Navy, will, if unmolested by outside influences, be solved with the same efficiency and with the appy results as have been ob- d in similar problems in the -P)-—Main- air service or- ntially its pre The secretary likewise expressed opposition to establishment of the Naval corps and declared against a single air service, maintained for Na- tional defense, but not under the Army or Navy. Cite Unity The Navy, he said, requires its own air force as “a vital element of a naval battle,” adding that if a “vitally component part of Navy was under the direction and of an independent air service, it re- moves from ing in time of peace, which every war has proved to be essential to victory.” The secretary then launched into a broad decision of the tactical re- lation of the air service to other military arms. “The mission of the Army and| Navy in peace or war,” he said, “ to support and defend the national policies. The Air Service, even if an independent army. can have no other or distinct mission. If it should, unhappily, become necessary to main- tain the national policies by force, the Army and Navy would operate under specific missions for each. “The great war mission of the Navy may be briefly stated as to gain and exercise command of the sea, This essentially means the con- tro] of sea communications, that is, the seizure of these communications for our own, purposes and conversely their denial to the enemy. Names Objectives “The objectives which would be taken by the Navy in order to ac- complish this great war mission would probably be in order: First, to destroy or blockade the enemy air chief. analogous to the marine corps. authority the naval commander that unity of command in time of; battle, and that uniformity of train- He likewise opposed ined up with the views of his with the position of the war second, to protect our com: third, to destroy the enemy's commerce in order to bring economic pressure to bear on him, and if our rights still continued to be denied, fourth, to transport the Arm; der to break down remaining enemy resistance. The mission of an air force of in time of war must ne- ly be to assist the Navy arrying out its war mission, organ s tegral part of the Nav: tutes an arm thereof in the manner as do battleships, cru ubmarines, or mine- ion of the Naval Air i force in time of war may thus be same The Air force is an arm of the fleet. Its mission is to aid the sur face units in gaining and maintain ing command of the sea. It may best fearry out this mission by gaining and maintaining control of the air in the theatre of naval operation: “The relations of the air service to the Army and Navy are officially set forth in the policy of the Army and Navy relating to aircraft, signed by the secretaries of War and of the Navy. This policy was issued to the as a general order on July 1924. Points To Britai “Press comment from Great Bri- tain where the pendulum is already swinging back toward control for sea-going aviation recognizes the jSoundness of our air policy. ; “The secretary explained the syt- tem employed in the purchases of | supplies, the production of specific {types of planes and other such mat- ers of operation, adding that there was a close interrelationship with i many activities of other branches of the Navy, “The close relationship,” he said, of aviation to the y and the absolute interdependence of aircraft {and ships in warfare at sea has been | demonstrated time and again not on- ily in our own but in other navies.” The Secretary at this point dis- closed the conclusions in a report submitted by the commander in chief of the fleet under date of June 24, last, following the Hawaiian manen- vers, which reads as follows: H File Report The commander in chief, as ‘a re- sult of his close personal observa- tions, desires to inform the depart- ment that he considers any further agitation or argument in favor of a united air service or in favor of a separate aviation corps for the | Navy as being entirely out of date. ‘The commander in chief is unable |to predict what will be the ultimate development of aviation material, but the developments, now present in the fleet and in sight, clearly indi- cate that the air squadrons exist as an arm of the fleet just as the des- | troyer squadrons and the submarine divisions exist; that they are part and parcel of the fleet, and of the naval establishment, and air squadron can- not exist as any other basis for co- operation, coordination, and indoc- | trination. “‘In order to cooperate with the fleet the personnel must go through ‘the same training, at the same mill and be made up of officers and men who are one and the same, mentally and spiritually, as the others in the | fleet. They must not and cannot properly exist on a basis of different broad training or different statutes in any respect, and any attempt to promote such existence is against the best interest of the fleet and the navy, and hence of the country as a whole. “‘After the experience cited above, the commander in chief desires to | inform the department that were he required to conduct a campaign he would want aeronautical units whose material had been developed and produced by naval experience and dictated by naval requirements, to work with the fleet at sea, and to work around fleet bases; and he would want personnel which had been trained homogeneously in all the varied duties with the fleet at sea and around fleet bases. Both the personnel and material’ must be under the sole contrel of the Navy department, and of the commander in chief when with the fleet or im the fleet areas. Any other arrange- ment would be entirely unsatisfac- tory to any commander in chief. “‘The commander in chief informs (Continued on page three) i