Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-10 | Page 3 | Navy Aviators Show Increase

NAVY SHOW IN WASHINGTON Dec 10 AP AP- AP Declaring that tho number of ot naval officers and men in aviation had more than doubled in the past five years the tho annual re report ort of or tho bureau bureau bu bu- reau of or navigation made public to today to- to day recommended appropriations to take tako care of or an increase of ot enlisted men needed for aeronautics and new new ships The report submitted by Rear Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral R. R II Leigh chief of br the bureau said that while the author author- enlisted strength of ot the navy is men its present actual strength is only with officers Limitation of or congressional congressional appropriations moreover the report asserted had resulted In the past year in a a. reduction of ot or 16 per cent In the number of ot midshipmen midshipmen mid mid- at Annapolis and will mean a sh of ot enlisted men when the five new cruisers now under construction are com In the past five tive years ears the report said the number of men on aeronautical aeronautical duty has more than doubled bringing the estimated total for 1929 up to officers and men or 12 per cent of ot the tle navy total per per- This has depleted the number number num num- ber of ot men a available for tor regular dut duty It was therefore urged that the navy line strength be raised to in the appropriations for tor 1930 The reorganization of ot the Pensacola Pen Pen- sacola naval aviation school the report stated will provide for new student pilots each year Only 24 2 pilots and three observers ers were graduated at Pensacola In Inthe Inthe the past year and the legal mini minimum mum requirement that 30 per centor cent of or navy pilots be from the enlisted personnel has not yet been met