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MASS OF CONFIDENTIAL NAVY DATA ASKED IN MITCHELL CASE

Virtually Complete Record of Aviation Service Called for by Representative Reid; Controversial Reports Particularly Sought.

Every one in Government service, and some outside, who at any time said or had anything to do with aviation, seemed to be on the list of 73 witnesses presented by Representative Reid, counsel for Col. Mitchell, to the court-martial a few minutes after its opening today, with a request that they be subpoenaed.
While President Coolidge is not on the list, his secretary Everett Senders is, as also are Secretary Davis of the War Department, Secretary Wilbur of the Navy Department, Secretary Jardine of the Department of Agriculture and Dwight Morrow, chairman of the President's Aircraft Board. The list also includes heads of bureaus of the Navy and War Departments, and also Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne, widow of the commander of the ill-fated Shenandoah, and Admiral William S. Sims.
Accompanying some of the names is a long list of papers which the court is asked to have witnesses produce, and an examination of the list following the name of the Secretary of the Navy makes it appear that Col. Mitchell's counsel is going quite thoroughly into an investigation of the Navy Department. For instance, he asks for copies of all letters sent by the Navy Department or any of its officers to newspaper editors or publishers inviting them to attend the recent Hawaiian maneuvers with the fleet, and a list of the names of all publishers, owners and employes who accepted the invitation and took the flight.
Dirigible's Papers.
He asks for many papers affecting the last trip of the Shenandoah; papers on the MacMillan expedition relative to the carrying of radio equipment into the Arctic; a statement of the upkeep and depreciation of navy yards, 1919, 1920 and 1921, and figures on aviation target practice.  But this is only a partial list, the remainder of which will be given later.
This is only the beginning of the list and gives some idea that the trial is to be a long drawn out one, for the list is marked "partial list" of witnesses.  The list includes Benedict Crowell, former Assistant Secretary of War; Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis, adjutant general of the Army; Brig. Gen. A.S. Fries, chief of the chemical warfare service of the Army; Representative E.R. Anthony, jr., of Kansas; Capt. Anton Heinen, who piloted the Los Angeles on her trans-Atlantic flight to the United States; Admiral C.F. Hughes, former chief of fleet training in the Navy Department; Admiral Hilary P. Jones, president of the Navy General Board; Donald MacMillan of the Arctic expedition; Admiral W.A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics; Capt. S.E. Moses, who was in charge of the Navy's San Francisco to Hawaii flight; former Representative P.B. O'Sullivan of Connecitcut, Representatives Randolph Perkins of New Jersey, and A.S. Prall of New York; Maj. E.V. Rickenbacker, the American ace; Capt. Lowell Smith of the Army world flight squadron, Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss of the Navy General Board; Lieut. O.A. Anderson, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex.; Maj. H.H. Arnold, Air Service, this city.
Capt. Basil N. Bass, Air Service, this city; Lieut. V.B. Bertrandias, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio; Maj. William R. Blair, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; Col. Gerald C. Brant, general staff; Maj. L.H. Brearton, Langley Field, Hampton, Va.; Lieut R.J. Brown, Boston Airport, Boston, Mass.; Col. J.E. Cassidy, 817 Fourteenth street, this city; Reed G. Chambers, Memphis, Tenn.; Capt. Charles Clark, Langley Field, Hampton, Va.; Maj. H.A. Dargue, Air Service, this city; Lieut E.L. Eubank, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio; Admiral W.F. Fullam, U.S.N., retired, this city; Lieut H.L. George, Air Service, this city; Lieut. Col. W.E. Gilmore, Air Service, this city; Frank B. Corin, Mills Building, this city; Lieut A.F. Hagenberger, Luke Field, Honolulu; Capt. Willis Hale, Langley Field, Hampton, Va.; Col. C.C. Hall, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Col. John Hambleton, Baltimore, Md.; Maj. Hubert R. Harmon, Air Service, this city; Lieut. Col. H.E. Hartney, 3616 Davis place northwest; Maj. W.N. Hensley, jr., Mitchel FIeld, Long Island, N.Y.; Maj. F.M. Kennedy, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio; Col. F.R. Kenney, retired, Ponca City, Okla.; Maj. W.G. Kilner, Air Service, this city; Lieut. Col. Frank Knox, Manchester, N.H., Maj. A.N. Krogstad, Luke Field, Honolulu; Reed G. Landis, care of Judge Landis, Chicago; Grover Loening, Loening Aircraft Co., New York City; Maj. G.E. Lovell, jr., Air Depot, Honolulu; Capt. Robert Oldys, this city; Maj. H.C. Pratt, Air Service, this city; H.S. Rawdon, Bureau of Standards; Lieut. Col. William Schauffler, 2940 Newark street; 
Lieut. L.A. Sheridan, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex.; Maj. Sumpter Smith, Alabama National Guard; Maj. Carl Spatz, Air Service, this city; Maj. W.D. Tipton, Baltimore, Md.; Lieut. Frank Tyndall, Luke Field, Honolulu; Lieut. Leigh Wade, Bolling Field; Maj. Batcroft Walsh, Air Service, this city; Lieut. A.J. Williams, Anacostia Naval Station; James T. Williams, jr., Boston, Mass., and Capt. B.S. Wright, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex.
Landsdowne Orders.
The papers which the court is asked to have Secretary Wilbur bring with him are:
Copies of correspondence between the late Comdr. Zachary Lansdowne, the commanding officer at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J., and each and every officer in the Navy Department and the department itself regarding the fatal flight of the Shenandoah to the Middle West.
Copy of order of Navy Department relative to the carrying by and use of parachutes on dirigibles.
Copy of interoffice order, Op. Air 084307, dated August 1, 1919, and subject, "Discontinuance of Division of Aeronautics."
Chart showing organization of section of the office of the Navy Department which, among other things, handles press relations.
Copies of all letters sent by the Navy Department or by each and every officer thereof to newspaper editors, publishers, owners and employes inviting them to visit and attend the 1925 Hawaiian maneuvers.
List of names of all newspaper editors, publishers, owners and employers received on board naval vessels during the 1925 Hawaiian maneuvers.
Statement showing the name, number and position of the station or rescue ships taking part in the 1925 Hawaiian flight.
Copy of the statement given out by the Navy Department, or some officer thereof, previous to the 1925 Hawaiian flight, stating the purpose and reasons for the flight.
Schedule issued to the press about August 17, 1925, showing the State fairs to be visited by the Shenandoah on her fatal flight to the Middle West. 
Copy of orders issued to the commander of the Shenandoah, or to the commanding officer of the Lakehurst, N.J., Naval Air Station, relative to the fatal flight of the Shenandoah to the Middle West.
Copies of all requests received for the Shenandoah to visit state fairs on its fatal flight to the Middle West.
Papers on Flight.
Statement showing the purpose of each flight made by the Shenandoah. 
Copy of decision by the judge advocate general of the Navy to the effect that the fatal flight of the Shenandoah to the Middle West was legal.
Statement showing the date on which each officer on the Shenandoah received his last physical examination previous to her fatal flight to the Middle West.
Copy of the report of the effect of non-freezing solution on the girders of the Shenandoah and Los Angeles.
Copy of the statement of the Secretary of the Navy made on or about September 3, 1925, to the effect that the series of aerial disasters in the United States and elsewhere led to but one conclusion in so far as the United States is concerned, viz., that the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans stand out as the strongest anti-aircraft defense of the nation.
Official copes of all correspondence, including radiograms and telegrams exchanged between the Navy Department and the MacMillan expedition relative to carrying of radio equipment into the Arctic.
Copies of the orders issued which directed destroyers to deliver radio sets that had been left behind by the MacMillan expedition at various points.
Data on Costs.
Statement showing number of days destroyers were engaged on above mission going from and returning to their stations and the average maintenance and operation cost of these destroyers per day.
Copy of official report on the anti-aircraft attack from the U.S.S. Texas against a target towed by the Shenandoah.
Copy of the annual report of the paymaster general of the Navy for the fiscal year 1920.
Statement of the upkeep and depreciation of navy yards and their records for the fiscal years 1919, 1920 and 1921, as shown by official records. 
Statement of the present cost of building each type of modern naval vessel, including appendages and overhead, as shown by official records, this to include battleships, armored cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, submarines, mine planters, tenders and aircraft carriers.
Statement from the official records of the department showing the number of fatalities and casualties in the naval aviation in the United States since the armistice. 
Statement showing number of fatalities and casualties in naval aviation from January 1, 1925, to September 5, 1925. 
Copy of all orders issued in 1925 relative to aviation training for cadets at the Naval Academy.
Copy of all proceedings of the special board appointed by the Secretary of the Navy in 1925 to investigate aviation. 
Statement showing the number of cadets of the Naval Academy who were actually given instruction to qualify them as pilots, and the number who were given instruction in which they actually handled the controls of aircraft during 1925.
Wants Copy of Order.
Copy of the order relative to the handling of controls in aircraft by cadets of the Naval Academy during the training period in the Summer if 1925.
Copies of all correspondence relative to the formation of the board known as the "Morrow Board."
Statements showing the following:
1. Number of days target towed by Shenandoah was subject to anti-aircraft fire.
2. Height of the Shenandoah during each run past the guns.
3. Length of cable to tow target.
4. Actual height of tow target on each run past the guns.
5. Greatest length of tow target.
6. Diameter of tow target.
7. Area of tow target.
8. Cubical dimensions of interior volume, in cubic feet of tow target.
9. Number of guns used in firing.
10. Location of these guns on ship.
11. Number of rounds fired.
12. Number of rounds fired on each run past guns.
13. Number of runs past guns on which no shots were fired.
Speed of Dirigible Sought.
14. Information received from Shenandoah regarding her speed and altitude at or before the time of firing.
15. Directions to Shenandoah relative to speed to be maintained.
16. Was Shenandoah to maintain as near as possible a constant speed or was she permitted to change speed?
17. Did she actually change speed?
18. What was velocity of wind on each day of test during time firing was taking place?
19. Does Navy Department have bombing plane which can maintain flight with load of bombs at the speed the target was towed by Shanandoah?
20. How many holes were made in the target by unexploded projectiles and how many by pieces of shrapnel of shell?
21. How many hits by projectiles and how many buy fragments were made on the target?
22. How many land miles flown on flights Nos. 45, 49 and 50 made by the Shenandoah in towing targets for anti-aircraft operations?
23. What was the ground speed of the tow target as it passed the guns?
The papers which it is desired to have the Secretary of War produce follow:
Copy of British "Aerial Yearbook and Who
s Who" for 1920, on file in the War Department.
Strength of Forces.
Copy of Military Intelligence Department report giving the commissioned strength of the Royal Air Force of Great Britain on January 31, 1919.
Copy of Military Intelligence Department reports from Great Britain numbered 17259, 17118, 16090 and 16027.
Report of the British national and imperial defense committee, composed of Lord Belfour, former first lord of the admiralty, Lord Peel, and Lord Weir, formerly air minister of Great Britain, submitted in 1923 and 1924, entitled "The Navy and the Air Force."
Copies of correspondence between the War Department, or its representatives or officers, and Col. William Mitchell, Air Service, U.S.A., during the time that he was testifying before the select committee of inquiry into operations of the United States Air Service of the House of Representatives.
Copy of chart showing the organization of the military intelligence G-2, general staff, dated July 11, 1922. 
Copy of press report issued by War Department, dated October 20, 1925, headed "Trial of Col. Mitchell."
Seeks Board's Report.
Report of Joint Army Board on the 1921 bombing tests.
Chronological record showing the date and action taken on the Lassiter board proceedings, which also shows the date the chief of the Air Service made recommendations that such a board be convened. (It is thought this information can be obtained from this information can be obtained from the annual report of the Cried of Air Service for the fiscal year 1922.)
Copies of correspondence between the Air Service and the War Department during the last year regarding the carrying out of the provisions of the Army appropriations act for the fiscal year 1926 relative to the bombing of surface craft by the Army Air Service. 
Copy of report by Lieut. Brerton on the 1925 Hawaiian maneuvers.
Official report of the umpires on the results of the 1925 Hawaiian maneuvers.
Names of Army aviators who have requested authority to make a flight between the Hawaiian Islands and the United States, and reasons given for refusing their requests, as shown by official correspondence.
Official copies of correspondence between the War and Navy Departments regarding turning over Loening amphiban airplanes to the Navy for their Artic flight with the MacMillan expedition.
"Hits" Definition Sought.
Copy of agreement of what should constitute constructive hits in the anti-aircraft tests during the Summer of 1925. 
Copy of the report on the experiment conducted at arsenal, Aberdeen, Md., in 1925, showing the danger of anti-aircraft shells to the surrounding country and the arsenal. 
Copy of correspondence between Capt. Hale, Army Air Service, and the officer in charge of the anti-aircraft tests at Fort Tilden, N.Y., relative to changing the constructive hit area of tow target.
Copy of McNair board proceedings. 
Official report of the results of the anti-aircraft tests at Fort Tilden, N.Y., in 1925.
Official copy of the report of the result of the anti-aircraft tests of Fort Monroe, Va., in 1925.
Official copy of the reports of the anti-aircraft tests conducted at Camp Dix, N.J., on July 27, 1925.
Copy of annual reports of Gen, Coe, chief of the Coast Artillery, for the fiscal years 1925 and 1924.
Statement of the number of modern bombing sets on hand with the bombardment group on September 5, 1925 as shown by official records. 
Official copies of all papers in the War Department relative to study made by the general to effect further economies in the Army by means of reducing or eliminating flying. 
Copy of Shanks board report. 
Statement from the official records of the War Department showing the number of fatalities and casualties in Army aviation in the United States since the armistice.
Statement showing number of fatalities and casualties in all military aviation in 1925.
Official copy of the chart showing percentage of Air Service officers killed in recent years, which was attached to the annual report of the chief of the Air Service submitted about September 30, 1925. 
Statement showing number of aircraft of each type on hand in the Army Air Service on September 5, 1925; this statement to show number of de Haviland planes that have not be rebuilt. 
Copies of all correspondence relative to the formation of the board known as "the Morrow Board"
Official copies of the proceedings and recommendations of the Crowell Board.
Copies of all reports made since September 5, 1925, by the commanding general of the commanding officer or a member of his command, of each and every corps area or district in the United States and foreign possessions, territories or countries, showing the stat of good order and military discipline in his command.
Jardine to Give Data.
The Secretary of Agriculture ex-

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