AMERICA’S NAVY
TWO BATTLESHIPS TO BE MODERNISED
INCREASED PAY FOR SUBMARINE PERSONNEL. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, March 1. (Received March 2, at 9.10 a.m.). The House Naval Committed approved of the modernisation of two battleships, also pay increases for submarine ipersonnel. APPROPRIATION AUTHORISED. WASHINGTON, March 1. (Received March 2, at 10 a.m.) The House Naval Committee to-day authorised the appropriation of 14,800.000 dollars for tho modernisation of two battleships, instead of the 34,670.000 dollars requested by the Navy Department for the renovation of five capital ships. The Bill increases extra pay for submarine officers while on active duly by 25 per cent. Enlisted men get slightly more than 25 per cent., their increases ranging from five to thirtv dollars monthly, depending on the length of service. The committee also approved of a flat rate pay of ten dollars per hour for navy divers engaged in salvage operations at a depth greater than 90ft. The modernisation of the battleships • Pennsylvania and Arizona, was authorised, ialluding eWaiiun of the 14in aud latfi gunr
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Evening Star, Issue 19805, 2 March 1928, Page 5
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172AMERICA’S NAVY Evening Star, Issue 19805, 2 March 1928, Page 5
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