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Show HOUSE NAVAL BILL DETAILS Considerable Part ot Provisions Provis-ions Already Adopted by Full Committee. CHIEF OF OPERATIONS New Office to Be Divided Into Seven Sections and Headed By Rear Admiral. Washington, Jan. 7 The house naval affairs committee today continued con-tinued consideration of the naval appropriation ap-propriation bill, which, as reported by Its sub-committee, carries $102,344,-986, $102,344,-986, a reduction of $1,472,023 f'om that appropriated last year, and $1.-102,614 $1.-102,614 from the estimates of tbe navy department. The "full committee already has adopted a considerable part of the till including provision for a chief of operations to supervise all war strategy In the nav and l,0boj00t for aeronautics. Rear Admiral for Chief. Under the terms of the bill the chief of the operation would be an officer not below the grade of Rear Admiral, would be appointed by the president for a term of four years and who. under the secretary of the navy would be responsible for the readiness ol the navy for war. There would be assigned to assist the chief of operations in the prep- , aration of detailed plans of war not less than fifteen officers, of and abovo the rank of lieutenant commander of the naj, or major of the marina corps. Hobson Introduces Measure. With a view to meeting possible ob jection in the house to the incorpora tion in the bill of the provision lor a chief of operations, on account of it being new legislation. Representative Hobson has introduced a separate measure embodying the same provision. provi-sion. Representative Hobson said today that the new office of chief of operations opera-tions probably would be divided up into sections of history, policy, strategy, tactics, logistics (transportation), (transporta-tion), orgar. ization (and cooperation) and execution. "The English," said Mr. Hobson. call It the navy war staff, with 36 officers and thirty civilian assistants. The Germans make the office a part of the navy staff, with twenty-two commissioned officers and thirteen retired re-tired officers and special experts. The Japanese put the office under the grand general staff, directly under the emperor." |
