Lieutenant JONES. Yes, sir. Well, this is purely for military use. This is not for propaganda purposes.

Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. Is this likely to be the complete set-up, or are you going to have a lot more similar stations?

Lieutenant JONES. As far as I know, this is the complete program as they see it now, sir.

FLOATING EQUIPMENT FOR SERVICING VESSELS AT NAVAL DISTRICTS AND

BASES

Mr. WOODRUM. The next item is floating equipment for servicing vessels at naval districts and bases.

Admiral MOREELL. We have an item of $3,250,000 for floating equipment, the complete break-down of which is given in the justifications. It consists mostly of floating cranes and pile drivers at the various naval stations, and is the result of the great increase in operating and repair load at those stations.

Mr. WOODRUM. Put the break-down in the record.

(The statement requested is as follows:)

Floating equipment for servicing vessels at naval districts and bases. $3, 250, 000 With the great increase in work load at the navy yards, due to the repairs now being made on both British and United States vessels, and the large load imposed under the conversion program, it is necessary to berth ships at existing piers two and three abreast. This condition makes it difficult to handle material to and from ships with the weight-handling appliances on the piers. It is, therefore, necessary to provide floating cranes and other floating equipment in the nature of barges and floats to handle machinery, equipment, and parts from the outboard side of the ships. This is the most economical method of handling heavy weights under the crowded conditions. It is also necessary that the Navy be provided with pile-driving equipment for the greatly increased waterfront developments, due to the lack of private equipment in the various areas, to expeditiously perform this work. The equipment proposed to be purchased or provided under this item is as follows:

Fourth Naval District:

1 pile driver_ _ .

2 floating cranes (25 tons).

Fifth Naval District: 1 pile driver__

First Naval District:

1 pile driver__

3 floating cranes (25 tons).

Third Naval District:

2 floating cranes (25 tons).

1 floating crane (25 tons—self-propelled).

Eighth Naval District: 2 250-ton floats for fleet and small boat land

Twelfth Naval District: 1 floating crane (25 tons).

$75,000 300, 000 75, 000

75,000 450, 000

300, 000

200, 000

20, 000

75,000 150, 000

Fifteenth Naval District: 2 12-ton lighters (Kodiak and Sitka), for landing purposes

Fourteenth Naval District: 1 50-ton floating crane

6 25-ton floating cranes designed for ocean towing, for use at outlying bases.

Total__

150, 000

6, 000 250,000

1, 050, 000

3,250,000

Mr. LUDLOW. They can be transferred from one place to another? Admiral MOREELL. Yes, sir. It is all floating equipment.

DREDGING AND MOORING MATERIAL FOR EMERGENCY BERTHING OF SHIPS

The next item is for dredging and mooring material for emergency berthing of ships, $500,000.

We have had numerous requests from various units of the fleet from time to time for moorings in locations where it is impracticable for ships to use their own anchors, and we want this fund to provide a stock of that equipment so that we can furnish it to the fleet on request.

MOBILE POWER PLANT UNITS, EAST AND WEST COASTS

The next item is $2,500,000 for two mobile power-plant units. The purpose is to provide a power plant on each coast, with a capacity of 10,000 kilowatts, to be available so that it can be sent to any station where there is need for additional power or where there has been some damage or sabotage or break-down of a power plant at a vital naval station.

Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. Have you any today?

Admiral MOREELL. No, sir. This is a new development.
Mr. RABAUT. Would that be on a train?

Admiral MOREELL. On flat cars; three cars in each group.

INTERNAL SECURITY AND PASSIVE DEFENSE

Mr. WOODRUM. The next item is "Internal security and passive defense, $14,500,000."

Mr. SHEPPARD. Will you elaborate on the internal security situation, Admiral?

Admiral MOREELL. Yes, sir.

Internal security embraces the safeguarding of naval shore activities from sabotage, espionage, fire, robbery, and involves plant protection, traffic control, care in the selection of employees, alarm systems, and the security of essential services-water, electricity, and so forth. In brief, internal security is the safeguaridng of naval establishments from any incident, except open attack, which might disrupt its normal efficiency.

Passive defense embraces all measures necessary to minimize the effect of damage resulting from enemy action. It includes the precautions to be taken prior to actual attack, to minimize and restrict the damage, and in some instances, comes into active operation upon the commencement of an attack. Air-raid precautions, which is one phase of passive defense, include air-raid warning alarms, fire-prevention and control, incendiary bomb control and extinguishment, illumination control measures, camouflage measures, chemical warfare defense, first aid and casualty services, handling and recovery of unexploded missiles, rescue and shoring parties, repair provisions, and blast splinter and bombproof provisions. Additional measures include augmented police protection, maintenance of transportation, communication and sanitary services, control of shipping in closed waters, and the prevention of mob hysteria.

A survey indicates that funds will be required greatly in excess of that asked in this appropriation. These funds are intended to provide protection for the most aggravated cases and will develop the methods to be pursued in future installations.

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Mr. SHEPPARD. Is this to be confined, however, to naval properties? Admiral MOREELL. Yes, sir; all naval properties.

Mr. WOODRUM. What do you mean by police protection? You cannot pay anything out of this for personnel?

Admiral MOREELL. No, sir. This is to provide equipment for flood lighting and signal service.

Mr. DITTER. By police protection do you mean where marines are on guard?

Admiral MOREELL. No, sir.

Mr. TABER. What on earth do you do with this money?

I cannot make this thing out. It looks like a piece of funny business. Give us a break-down of this whole thing.

Admiral MOREELL. We have a complete break-down here, sir, which I will put in the record, by stations and purposes.

Mr. TABER. Is it authorized?

Admiral MOREELL. No, sir; it has not been authorized.
Mr. TABER. I guess it had better be.

(The statement requested is given hereinafter.)

Mr. LUDLOW. Admiral, you state that one of the purposes of this appropriation is to prevent mob hysteria. How can you do that? Admiral MOREELL. Well, I do not know just what that item would include.

Mr. TABER. That would be a good item where we could save some money, would it not, Admiral?

Admiral MOREELL. Perhaps, sir.

Mr. TABER. That would be this $14,500,000.

Admiral MOREELL. I will make inquiry about it, sir.

As a typical station, the break-down shows, for the Navy Yard at New York, flood lighting and street lighting, $250,000; fencing and screening of windows, $50,000; equipment and installation of photographic pass system, $5,000; protection for caissons and dry docks, $100,000; barracks for guards, sentries, and so forth, $25,000; protection of services, substations, and so forth, $300,000; communication systems and alarm systems, $50,000; lookout posts and telephones, $80,000; and contingencies, $50,000.

Mr. TABER. Who is the father of that program?

Admiral MOREELL. That program was developed in Naval Opera*tions, and it was developed as a $50,000,000 program.

Mr. TABER. Who is the one who is back of it?

Admiral MOREELL. Admiral Sharp is the one who developed the program.

Mr. TABER. Did we have anything like that in the last disturbance? Admiral MOREELL. Well, we did not have the danger from air-raid attack that we might have if we get into the war.

Mr. TABER. I know; but none of these things would be protection against air raids.

Admiral MOREELL. Yes, sir; some of these would.

Mr. TABER. What, for instance?

Admiral MOREELL. We have, for instance, the protection of vital services, such as water and electricity.

Mr. TABER. What would they do?

Admiral MOREELL. They would make additional loops; they would protect the vital central switching boards, for example, by bombproof shelters.

Mr. TABER. Are you going to put a detailed break-down of all these projects in the record?

Admiral MOREELL. Yes; we will put in a break-down of this if you would like.

Mr. TABER. I think we ought to have it.

(The statement requested follows:)

INTERNAL SECURITY AND PASSIVE DEFENSE, $14,500,000

The program of internal security and passive defense has been developed as a result of a directive from the Secretary of the Navy to secure an appropriation to provide measures for the internal security of naval stations and activities by providing against acts of sabotage and to provide initial facilities for coping with bombing raids.

Internal security embraces the safeguarding of naval shore activities from sabotage, espionage, fire, robbery, and involves plant protection, traffic control, care in the selection of employees, alarm systems, and the security of essential services (water, electricity, etc.). In brief, internal security is the safeguarding of naval establishments from any incident, except open attack, which might disrupt its normal efficiency.

Passive defense embraces all measures necessary to minimize the effect of damage resulting from enemy action. It includes the precautions to be taken prior to actual attack, to minimize and restrict the damage, and in some instances, comes into active operation upon the commencement of an attack. Air-raid precautions, which is one phase of passive defense, includes air-raid warning alarms; fire prevention and control; incendiary bomb control and extinguishment; illumination control measures; camouflage measures; chemical warfare defense; first aid and casualty services; handling and recovery of unexploded missiles; rescue and shoring parties; repair provisions; and blast splinter and bombproof provisions. Additional measures include augmented police protection, maintenance of transportation, communication, and sanitary services, control of shipping in closed waters, and the prevention of mob hysteria.

A survey indicates that funds will be required greatly in excess of that asked in this appropriation. These funds are intended to provide protection for the most aggravated cases and will develop the methods to be pursued in future installations.

A break-down of the funds requested and the uses contemplated are as follows: