Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-12 | Page 11 | Asia Squadron to Feel Navy's Economy Move

I t ro FEEL NAVY ECONOMY NOMY MOVE Will Be With With- 17 17 Warsh Warships r f drawn Saving of 4 Planned M Million Ilion J A II 1 r n r WASHINGTON Nov 1 12 United State Stat tea fleet teet t ef- ef the ac IlA e of approximately 17 Ii warship r 10 b by 1000 collated ng men from sd ellerich planned by the Y nt de de- t. att art t. t In the teens disturbed conditions Asiatic fleet nett will be be chieff chief chief- feat t. t the If f by the re operating tI A move an an- 4 ced yesterday came ume M ILl Henry commander of national UJ Legion on claimed In an anet A the genus Sc et day y address that army already are below the d nary uy standard for national Re Cot Col- Cots Democrat M who willIT will U s IT V T chart charge of ot war ar department op- op as chair chair- LIS La a If the Democrats its organize the thease proposed eed that the officer r II J Ate ase lt pro o of of the army be reduced ea t to to save from 25 23 25 OJ co J to n a year He also I limitation of some om north north- I a v anti navy DI yards and nd more attention flat on L is 18 AX is IIA He he asserted In A 1 statement that ild nt Hoovers Hoover economy ax is la laIt at It a boJ boys boy's dull hatchet The plans to cut budget e estites uti- uti tl- tl ites tes under tho the last jet dIet lost of the presidents president's planned ah ih In the war department budget said ald is 11 to be In nonmilitary such uch as ILl river and harbor barbor Admiral William V V. Pratt chief o of Ira operations operation formulated the thew ther w r navy nary plan He said the changes's changes n s being made In the Interests of ties although some economies n AH 11 of ot the savings will be effective thin ha the pres present nt fiscal year and andIn 4 f la In addition to the reductIon ordered by President flee er for tor the f fiscal Ucal year r ol of 1932 Six destroyers will be withdrawn from rom the Asiatic fleet In March and six nix submarines In May ray The aircraft tender Jason Inson will be withdrawn In April but will be bo replaced by the airplane carrier Langley In August Two gunboats gunboat the the- Sacramento and Asheville will join the Asiatic fleet fleetIn In March harch TO REPLACE SQUADRON The Caribbean squadron will be replaced entirely by more modern ships The Tho cruiser Rochester flagship flagship flagship flag flag- ship o of the squadron will be scrapped crapped It will be a replaced by the light cruiser Memphis about Janus January January Jan Jan- us uary 1 l. l Three R typo R-typo typo submarines stationed stationed sta sta- at Hawaii will be decommissioned decommissioned temporarily Officials declined to say laY whether the reduction in navy personnel would be permanent The majority of ot the tho 17 officers affected by the cut will be retained in the service It is Ie understood