UNLIMITED AIRPLANES AUTHORIZED

Since 1938, the number of useful airplanes authorized to be maintained by the Navy has been increased from 3,000 to the number deemed to be necessary by the President and the number of lighterthan-air craft has been increased to a total of 200. The number of airplanes of all types in our Navy will soon total 37,700. The Congress in July 1940 gave unlimited authority to expand in naval aviation. construction.

PRESENT NAVAL PERSONNEL STRENGTH

The number of officers and men, including female personnel, in the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard, on May 1, 1944, was as follows:

Officers__

Officer candidates.

Enlisted personnel.

Total...

301, 116 129, 102 2,970, 428

3, 400, 646

Of this number, 8,727 were women officers and 71,980 were women enlisted personnel.

On June 30, 1938, the total number of officers and men in the Navy and Marine Corps was as follows:

The naval appropriation bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, proposes to appropriate for this fiscal year a total of approximately $29,000,000,000.

A table showing naval appropriations for the fiscal years from 1924 to 1944 is as follows:

$54,097, 000
30,950,000
28, 444, 000
28, 275,000

1928.

23, 700,000

1929.

48, 200, 000

$10, 966, 000
10, 842,000
11,837, 250
12, 534,000
13,090,000
13, 402,050

$30, 400, 000

33, 330,000

$25,495, 948 25, 565, 300

$2,866, 500
3,128,000
2,745, 500
3, 515, 300

36, 100, 480

23, 911, 700

4,740, 500

$14,647, 174
15, 150, 000
14,790,000
19,865,000
20, 100, 000

$141, 870, 892

36, 824, 700

24, 195, 836

5, 410, 750

31, 956, 000

1930.

48, 550,000

13, 119, 400

40, 888, 800

24, 981, 877

6, 318, 174

31, 580,000

1931.

49, 400, 000

13, 119, 400

40, 217, 700

27, 970, 361

15, 234, 600

32, 033, 211

1932.

7,450,000

12,930, 585

37, 300, 540

25, 383, 298

12, 164, 000

31, 145, 000

130, 190, 000
140, 800, 000
143,734, 500
148,092, 927
150, 896, 957
154, 512, 782
156, 484, 500
154, 040, 870
152, 627, 831
144, 727, 450
139, 439, 992

23, 881, 486

19, 105, 000

40, 732, 310

168, 283, 083

40, 550,000

25, 646, 566

4, 461,000

38, 588, 270

183, 492, 981

45, 529, 015

1938.

130, 000, 000

24, 429, 800

41, 539, 300

27, 152, 713

26, 849, 600

$50,073, 686
48, 498, 697
58, 160, 928
59, 525, 428
75,015,870
51,459, 519
56, 883, 446
65, 634, 562
77,847, 830
54, 020, 501
44,095, 167
51,622, 163
45, 293, 927

70, 593, 535
536, 862, 739
1,776, 570, 184
1,685, 978, 141
1,989, 194, 325

297, 653, 997
317, 402, 328
326, 944, 575
344, 751, 477
362, 345, 812
376, 834, 479
400,094, 334
358, 262, 123
337, 712, 692
322, 508, 951
310, 734, 056

491, 700, 806
528, 467, 832

529, 139, 808
623, 526, 194
943, 360, 249
3, 583, 189, 327
18, 682, 173, 732
23,807, 046, 781
27,434, 787, 198

$330, 417, 200

NOTE.-Does not include trust and special accounts.

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UNLIMITED AIRPLANES AUTHORIZED

Since 1938, the number of useful airplanes authorized to be maintained by the Navy has been increased from 3,000 to the number deemed to be necessary by the President and the number of lighterthan-air craft has been increased to a total of 200. The number of airplanes of all types in our Navy will soon total 37,700. The Congress in July 1940 gave unlimited authority to expand in naval aviation construction.

PRESENT NAVAL PERSONNEL STRENGTH

The number of officers and men, including female personnel, in the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard, on May 1, 1944, was as follows:

Officers.

Officer candidates_

Enlisted personnel..

Total..

301, 116 129, 102 2, 970, 428

3, 400, 646

Of this number, 8,727 were women officers and 71,980 were women enlisted personnel.

On June 30, 1938, the total number of officers and men in the Navy and Marine Corps was as follows:

The naval appropriation bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, proposes to appropriate for this fiscal year a total of approximately $29,000,000,000.

A table showing naval appropriations for the fiscal years from 1924 to 1944 is as follows: