New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1918, Page 8

GOVERNMENT NOT GIVING UP GONTROL 1l Hold fiailmads Until Gon- dress Acts, Anyway ton, Dec; The ad- retain control of during the Director-Gen- intention of before con- tion will the 1t least present of I Mcadoo the congress. has no roads back 1 opportunity ta coasider govern- authori- turning of extension of Jearned at sympathy on plan congress it w all rallroads rumors that un- with the five was recelved intended to re- early next rest quicker exten m month. Reparts in New Vork financial eir- that members of house and sen- ate committees had been advised that he would be turned back are ndation it was Di- rector-General McAdoo has made no \tement on the subject, but it is nown that has absolutely no tion of the course road without fo said he in- following re- o president and the director-gen- are prepared to give the present congress every possible opportunity to act on the suggestions made by the president in his anaual message and n the recommendations made by the 1 zeneral less than a week ago. eral ctor Hearings to Be Held. It was painted out today that Com- merce committees in both houses of s are preparing to hold hear- on the railroad situation immed! fter the holidays and that any looking toward relinquishment roads wauld be a deliberate slap at congress. The president would be ia the position of asking the legislators to do something and then of taking the matter out of their hands before they had any opportun ity to act The president and the director-gen- convinced that the railroads should be turned over to their owners promptly unless further railroad con- trol than that now authorized is pro- vided They are prepared, however, to wait upon the present congress to nct wpon the recommendations made and it can be positively stated that tk atus of the roads will not be changed during the life of this con- They will be relinquished from overnment control, it was officially tated, only if congress fails to take any action Officials here were keenly interested in the reports from New York's finan- clal district and there was some dis position to scent a market plot. FKf- forts have been made to trace their orig yut without result, Financial Aid for Roads. Announcement probably will be in the next few days of arrange- by which the War Finance cor- poration will extend financial aid to \e railroads under government con- Th ction »f the eral mad revolving fund of $500,000,000, appropriated by congress to aid the railroads in capital expenditures for equipment and betterment needed to increase efficiency, has Ween nearly exhausted. Director-General McAdoo and Sec- of the Treasury Glass are giv z close study to the problem of pro- in obtaining the necessary Additional money is necessary out the program of mprove- s already approved by the Rail- administration. It is expected the situation will gradu prove after the first of the y ncreased revenues and no i sut the process will be too to meet the immediate situation. meet TELLS OF ESCAPE. Aviator Relates How He Walked 150 Miles to RReach Holland. De 19.—Lieut. John Cornell graduate in the viation service, who arrived yester- day on the Celti told how he es- caped from a German prison camp and also re instance of cruelty to a fellow. hot down behind the enemy lines in September after he had won the Distinguished Flying cr fo ging down nine Ger- mans, the officer t tricd to elude his captors by stealing a <German . ,, but was caught. Later, with Lieut. Os Mandell, he had gone 50 miles from the camp on the way to treedom when he was bayonetted by & Germs In his third attempt, 150 miles in 28 into Iolland, England. Lieut. . prison camip, to miles, New York, Donaldson, n sentr n hts and' e onal tramped caped ailed for Another Americz , who broke out overts and back, a dista 50 ence he Ander- foreced walk thous wolul dec BODIES RECOVERED. Otranto Wreck Near Being shore Islay. ports at s in the transport fifteen heen thos of tre army labor at the island to combing the eamer for bodies. yme ashore on the Island of Jura have been and buricd, .bat- the om NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 'RESERVE OFFICERS SERIOUSLY NEFDED Regulars Object But Shortage of | Line Officers Is Acute \\'n:mmzmnr.ADcn (':: In line “Nh{ to make n Navy equal in strength the administration’'s policy the America to that of any sea force in the world, bills were submitted yesterday to the naval affairs committee of the house for allowing hundreds of temporary reserve officers to be absorbed in the regular line of the navy, and main- taining the permanent strength of the navy's enlisted personnel at 217,000, the present limit. At the sameo time a letter was presented from Kecretary Danicls recommending that the in- creased pay scale instituted during | the war be made permanent. The bills were handed to the com- mittee by Captain Harris Lanning, acting chief of the bureau of naviga- tion, who was on the witness stand all | d he measure which proposes to con- tinue the enlisted strength at 217,000 was not discussed, but will be taken today for explanation. Howeve it developed, to cite one instance, that for 350 destroyers to he commissioned before July 1, 1920, no fewer than 43,820 enlisted men will be needed more men than were afloat in the navy before this country's entiy into the war. Under the regular office up bill to create the new through the transposi- | tion of the reserve force, men who en- tered the service for the war could 1sk for discharges and then re-enter the service with full credit, whereas under present laws the reserve force would automatically be returned to civil life, Chairman Padgett, of the commit- tee, objected to the bill, sayving it “would open the floodgates,” and that officers with Annapolis training would be superseded by the men from the tside. Captain Lanning replied that be- cause of the entrance examinations that could he required and of other circumstances probably oniy about 1,- 500 of the reserve officers would ob- tain permanent commissions. The navy now had 2,552 regular officers, and some 11,000 to 12,000 officers were desired in all. The Naval Acad- emy was unable fo supply the force, despite the fact that large classes had heen turned out ahead of the set peri- od for graduation. Representative Butler of Pennsyl- vania asked how many reserve offl- | the Cheese Ganz or cers had been detailed for shore duty, Captain Lanning said he would look A worth while as- semblance of artistic creations in Perfectly Matched Pelts. LET THAT XMAS GIFT BE FURS up the figures, but wished to Mr. Butler's query related Aff, or fighting offic All of them,” replied Mr. Butler. ! I don’t know the difference. All I can see here in Washington is ure in uniform coming along ar know whether it's a member of the | know if to line, don't member of Sword Ganz.” Captain Lanning went on to say it ! was expected thai thirty-two battle- | ships would be in full commission by i 1920. There were four less in commission now, hut scme would he put into reserve and others out of commission. Before thc var sixteen | battleships were in full commission “What's the special need for so many?” inquired Representative Oli- ver of Alabama of Captain Lanning. | “Simply that the navy can be ready for war,” was the answer “Can you present figures the percentage of ships lept mission by navies?" ked tative Oliver. “I think J showing in com- as Represen- | pan keeps about thing ready,” was the reply. Britain always had as many ships in commission as sh> thought necessary to lick {he Germans.” i “Will not there be a reduction now | on her part?” “I don’t know."” The Captain said never had “any big we will ady until we don’t believ we any enemy right the way to kecp away be ready.” | The more vital portions of the bill | read: “After every- “Great this country major fleet noever really do.” He added will hsve to mect | now. 1 believe | from war is to | had tac- the passage of this act all | temporary commissioned and warrant officers of the navy - - - shall, upon passing the examination required hy law for appointment to such grade or rank, ive eligible to appointment to the regular, permanent navy in the srades or ranks held by them on the date of such examination i “Provided, that if any such officer on examination be found by the naval examining hoard not qualified for ap- pointment to the grade or rank held by him, said board shall proceed with the examinations and determine the grade or rank, if any, for which such officer is qualified. “Provided, further, that officers ap- pointed under the foregoing provisions Who are over 40 years old at the pas- sage of this act shall not be ineligible for promotion by selection under isting law by reason of age, “That temporary officers found qualified for appointment in the regu- lar, permanent navy, in the same grade or rank held by them in the temporary navy, shall be appointed to a rank or grade not above that for which found qualified, and shall take rank therein according to their lineal sition on the navy list as deter- mined by the next succeeding compu- tation; provided, that any other offi- cer found qualified for a lower rank or grade shall he so appointed by the secretary of the navy with such date ex | officers of the Naval T ! cers for the coming of precedence as may be determined by him.” Members force, with Naval Reserve e of their the own consent. | employed In active duty until the ex | pi current enlistment The bill further provides that com- missioned and warrant officers of the Naval Reserve force who have served on active duty satisfactorily durina the war with Germany shall be eligi- ble for appointment as commissione 11 warrant officers the regu permanent navy. not the ranik of lieutenant, under same condi tions as prescribed for temporary offi cers, and the rank and precedence o erve force in each navy ion of their in above the be fixed of the appointed shall Iy the secretary COTURT FRIENDLY ELECTS, Matthew M. 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