Show DISASTER FACING T NAVY NAVY- SENATE TOLD j jI Admiral I Appeals for f r Pa Pay a Y Increase to Tars WASHINGTON A April 9 Congress ss m must st increase th the pay of both officers cers and men If H the navy navy Is to be be saved from disaster Rear Admiral l' l Washington Washing ton chief of ot t the the- bur bureau au of of navigation nav n declared today before the senate Committee committee commit Commit- tee investigating th the Sims-Daniels Sims row F Foreign countries have Increased th the pay In In their navies he said adding I I understand the increases abroad are arc being paid largely with y borrowed from the States The committee was told the n navy vy had been going downhill rapidly since July Ju 1919 and and- that the desertions in the la last lam t half of 1919 totaled men including 1000 petty officers who Wad had served mol moie moie than one 1 term of enlistment In January January Janu Janu- ary the desertions numbered 89 and in I February and the rate no node d del crease at this this' time Um r k kNot v t Not on only I S lire are the men leaving Adm W Washington sh said but r recruiting r isen Ib lf th it- ne because bEc of low tow pa pay Or The officer situation also is ve very y b bd bad d tho thu dd tIU said s f |