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"I will tell you the first thing that I would like to have done; I would like to have the field of operation of the Army and Navy determined by law; because I do not think the War Department and the Navy Department are going to fully agree on that. My own conception is that the Navy Air Service should relate to the fleet, and the operations of the fleet wherever it may be; and that the Army Air Service should cover all other operations. And yet, as appropriations are now made the Navy has had, for the last four years, anyway, larger appropriations than the Army. My own conception of the two services, which possibly would be considered by some as prejudiced because of the position I hold, is that the Army requires about twice as much air service to carry out the proper functions of its different services, as the Navy does. In other words, about two-thirds and one-third.

"Now, I think the appropriation for construction might very well be made by one committee, and then there could be a rational division as to where those appropriations should go. In other words, I think the Navy has been receiving a much nearer amount of money to their actual needs than the Army has. I am not criticizing anybody for that. Perhaps it is due to the fact that they have so many less activities into which to divide their Budget allowance."


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