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1 All experimental with exception of British carrier Furious of 19,100 tons, completed September, 1925. Under terms of treaty experimental carriers may be replaced at any time provided total carrier tonnage is not exceeded.

Maximum individual allowed tonnage of aircraft carriers is 27,000 tons. Most powers favor smaller carriers than this. General Board of United States Navy recommended in 1925 immediate construction offone 23,000-ton carrier.

Lexington and Saratoga, which were building as battle cruisers, are being completed as aircraft car

riers.

4 Courageous and Glorious. Does not include 1 seaplane carrier building in Australia. Akagi, formerly building as battle cruiser; Kaga, formerly building as battleship. Bearn, ex-battleship.

"Not counted in totals, as this ship is not an effective fleet unit.

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TABLE V. Modern cruisers (unlimited), 5 to 8 inch guns, 3,000-10,000 tons, 27

knots plus

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1 Number obtained by dividing tonnage by 10,000 tons, the maximum size cruiser allowed by treaty. Does not include 1 mine layer, first line, of 6,740 tons with modern cruiser characteristics. Does not include 1 mine layer, first line, of 4,000 tons with modern cruiser characteristics.

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TABLE VI.-Destroyer type, first line (unlimited)

[Characteristics: Destroyer leaders, 1,500 tons plus, 27 knots plus; destroyers, first line, 800-1,500 tons, 27 knots plus]

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' Includes 14 light mine layers, destroyer type, nearly all of these 276 boats which give the United States a preponderance in this type, were laid down during the World War in an emergency program to combat the German submarines; many of them are of hasty construction. Only 106 destroyers and 6 mine layers, total 112, are kept in commission.

Includes 1 mine layer.

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TABLE VII.-Fleet submarines, first line (unlimited), over 1,000 tons each; 20 knots

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Number arrived at by assuming an arbitrary boat tonnage of 2,000 tons.

Includes T-1, T-2, and T-3, out of commission.

Tonnage not available; includes 1 mine laying submarine and 2 cruiser submarines, all V types.
Estimated on average basis of 2,000 tons per ship for ships building.
Does not include two 1,600-ton monitor submarines.

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TABLE VIII.-Submarines, first line, 700 tons plus, 13 knots plus (unlimited)

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TABLE IX.-Submarines, second line (including fleet submarine, second line)

under 13 years

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[No. 42]

FOR THE HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS DISCHARGED FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVY OR MARINE CORPS WHO HAVE CONTRACTED TUBERCULOSIS IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE IN THE NAVAL SERVICE (H. R. 12708)

26255-1129:1-L.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, December 13, 1926.

The CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS,

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Replying further to the committee's letter of June 9, 1926, inclosing the bill (H. R. 12708) for the hospitalization of persons discharged from the United States Navy or Marine Corps who have contracted tuberculosis in line of duty while in the naval service, and requesting the views and recommendations of the Navy Department thereon, I have the honor to advise you as follows: The purpose of this proposed legislation is to furnish hospitalization in Government tuberculosis hospitals to discharged personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps who have, since discharge, developed tuberculosis contracted in the line of duty while in the naval service. The bill H. R. 12708 was referred to the Bureau of the Budget for consideration, with a statement to the effect that the Navy Department contemplated recommending its enactment, and under date of December 1, 1926, the Navy Department was advised by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that "the legislation proposed in said bill is in conflict with the financial program of the President." In view of the above, the Navy Department has no recommendation to make with respect to the legislation proposed in the bill H. R. 12708.

Sincerely yours,

CURTIS D. Wilbur,
Secretary of the Navy.

A BILL For the hospitalization of persons discharged from the United States Navy or Marine Corps who have contracted tuberculosis in the line of duty while in the naval service

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person discharged from the United States Navy or Marine Corps who has developed tuberculosis contracted in the line of duty while in the naval service shall be entitled to necessary or required hospitalization for such disease in any Government hospital designated for the treatment of tuberculosis.

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