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erks-$2,924—at present employed-an increase of $1,216. tal number of full-time clerks now employed is 18. This increase 1 clerical force is necessitated by the fact that during the past 2 ears the work load of the Superintendent's office has ben increased eyond the capacity of the present clerical force by the additional ork involved in the admission of midshipmen on college certificate, he increase in appointments from three to four, and the increase in nnual leave.

The college-certificate method of entering midshipmen has enorously increased the clerical work.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Admiral, with the additional help which was proided in the appropriation bill for the present fiscal year, have you een able to operate efficiently in your office?

Admiral SELLERS. No, sir. We have an enormous amount of work ver there, due to the admission of midshipmen by certificate. We ave also had our work load increased very largely due to the fact hat Congress passed a law last year granting a degree of bachelor of science to any man who graduated from the Naval Academy, and ve have applications just pouring in there all the time.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Of course, that will probably reach its peak during he present fiscal year?

Admiral SELLERS. Well, perhaps next year. We have 1,200 unfilled applications now.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Of course, that is a temporary condition?

Admiral SELLERS. Oh, yes. It will wash out after awhile; there s no question about that.

CLERK, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, HISTORY, AND GOVERNMENT

The next item of increase is $1,260 for one clerk for the department of English, history, and government in addition to the one clerk now employed. The work load in this department has been materially increased by the additional classes that now come under it as a result of the discontinuance of the department of economics. and government, all four classes now being under instruction for the entire academic year; and the additional clerical work involved is beyond the capacity of the present force of one clerk.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Admiral, if there has been a discontinuance of the department of economics and government, what became of the clerk in that department?

Admiral SELLERS. When the department of economics and government was discontinued, we salvaged certain parts of the curriculum that they were studying and eliminated certain others; and in salvaging the subjects that we wanted to retain we gave some to the department of English, history, and law, and also we gave some to Le executive department. The clerk went to the department of seamanship and navigation.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Why did he go there instead of to the department which the discontinuance of the department of economics and govrment placed the load on?

Captain CROSSE. Mr. Chairman, that was due to the fact that the greater amount of time and work devolving upon the two departTents of English and history, and seamanship and navigation went

to the department of seamanship and navigation, as a result of this discontinuance, and so that department got the clerk.

Admiral SELLERS. They got the biggest slice of the extra work, and therefore we gave them the clerk.

MACHINIST FOR DEPARTMENT OF MARINE ENGINEERING

The next item is for one machinist for "Marine engineering," $2,205. This additional personnel is required for the instruction of midshipmen in the operation of the laboratories which occupy the entire lower floor of the new addition to the department of marine engineering.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Admiral, were you allowed, in the appropriations for the present fiscal year, any additional machinists?

Captain CROSSE. One machinist and one machinist-helper, Mr. Chairman. We asked for five, as I recall, and got two.

Mr. UMSTEAD. How have you been getting along with them?
Captain CROSSE. All right, sir.

Admiral SELLERS. That building has not opened yet, sir. It is just being completed, and we have not occupied it yet. We expect to occupy it the second term of this year; that is to say, about the first of February.

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES FOR COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT

The item for the commissary department allows for 16 additional employees: Assistant steward, one at $1,500; assistant chief cook, one at $1,700; cooks, first class, three at $1,500 each, $4,500; cooks, second class, one at $1,300; cooks, third class, three at $1,150 each. $3,450; utilitymen, first class, four at $100 per month each, $4,500; utilitymen, second class, two at $87.50 per month each, $2,100; utilitymen, third class, two at $75 per month each, $1,800. The allowance of approximately 140 employees remains the same, although the regi ment of midshipmen has been increased from about 1,700 in 1934–35 to about 2,100 in 1936–37.

That is the average number, I would say, Mr. Chairman-2,100 for the year, because we start in with more than 2,100 and wind up with

less.

As the midshipmen's mess operates on a 365-day basis, the daily average number of employees actually at work during the last academic year was but 75 civil-service employees to receive, stow. issue, prepare and serve to the pantries all food and supplies used in the midshipmen's mess; cleaning all gear spaces, and so forth. The same hours of work will prevail during the fiscal year 1939. During the present fiscal year it has been necessary to employ about 30 additional persons during the academic year, paid for by checkage against the midshipmen's accounts, in order to give the commissary department sufficient employees to function satisfactorily. The midshipmen's mess operates with two complete shifts of personnel to work in 8-hour watches. In addition, extra time is required to care for special dinners, functions, and the usual week-end visiting athletic teams. Any reduction in the funds required must be supplemented by direct checkage against the midshipmen's pay in order to supply the additional personnel to operate the mess satisfactorily. Mr. UMSTEAD. Admiral, in your statement just made you said that 30 persons were being employed during the present year and paid for by checking against the midshipmen's account or accounts.

Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Just what do you mean by that? Admiral SELLERS. The midshipmen are allowed 75 cents a day for their food, and the commissary officer runs the mess on that basis. If it costs more, as in this case, taking on 30 extra persons, that is charged into the expense of running the mess and prorated amongst the midshipmen. Seventy-five cents goes a long ways but it is not enough.

Mr. UMSTEAD. That means that if the 75 cents per midshipman is not sufficient to operate the mess the overcharge is charged against the accounts of each midshipman?

Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir; proroated.

Mr. UMSTEAD. The civil-service employees referred to in your statement, of course, are paid for out of the appropriation funds? Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir.

Mr. UMSTEAD. There is no charge against the midshipmen's account for preparing and serving the food?

Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir; for those 30 additional men.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Except where the fund appropriated is not sufficient to supply enough personnel to prepare and serve the food which is purchased by the 75 cents per day allowance to these midshipmen; is that correct?

Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir; that is quite correct. This is to supplement that. The way it is now the appropriation gives us money for 144 Government employees, but we are asking for 16 more Government employees.

Mr. UMSTEAD. You are now employing 30 extra persons?
Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir.

Mr. UMSTEAD. In addition to the number allowed by the appropriation bill, and are paying the 30 persons by charging against the account of each midshipman $1 per month?

Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir.

Mr. UMSTEAD. $1 per month for an average number of 2,000 midshipmen would be $24,000 per year?

Admiral SELLERS. About 2,100 is the average number as we state further up there.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Even on the basis of an average of $2,000, that would be $24,000 per year, would it not?

Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir.

Mr. UMSTEAD. You are asking here for $21,000 under this item. with which you propose to provide sufficient employees adequately to prepare and serve the food, are you not?

Captain CROSSE. Mr. Chairman, we originally asked for 23 and the Bureau of the Budget cut it down to 16, which we are asking for

here.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Then your estimate as to the requirements to take the place of 30 people now being employed outside of your appropriation was considerably in excess of the amount which appears in this estimate?

Captain CROSSE. That is true, sir.

Mr. UMSTEAD. That would explain the apparent difference between what you are now asking and what you estimated. Captain CROSSE. That is true.

Admiral SELLERS. We cannot come before you and ask for any more than the Budget has allowed us.

Mr. UMSTEAD. We understand that, Admiral. You now have 144 civil-service employees, and I believe you stated that the number had not been increased since the enrollment jumped from 1,700 to an average of 2,100?

Admiral SELLERS. You see, so many men have to have leave and are absent for various reasons that we figure on the men actually there in the galley and in the mess.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Well, how many men are employed by the Naval Academy in connection with the preparation and serving of the food to the 2,100 average number of midshipmen?

Admiral SELLERS. There are 144 men actually on the roll, and that gives us that average per day, of 75 available to do the work.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Why is it that you do not have an average of more than 75 a day out of a total number of 144 employees?

Admiral SELLERS. Because they stand two watches.

Lieutenant DORTCH. They start to work about 5 o'clock in the morning and work until 8 o'clock in the evening. They have two 8-hour watches, and on each of those watches there are approximately 75 people at work at all times.

Admiral SELLERS. And in addition to those 144 there are that 30 provided for in noncivil service.

Mr. UMSTEAD. The 144 regular employees which you have, plus the 30 which you are also employing, making a total of 174 people. are now engaged in serving 2,100 students?

Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir.

Mr. UMSTEAD. All right, Admiral, you may go to the next item.

CURRENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

Admiral SELLERS. The next appropriation is "Current and miscellaneous expenses." The estimate for 1939 and the allocation of the appropriation for 1938 are based upon the obligations and expenditures for 1937. The estimate for 1939 takes into consideration the expansion of the Naval Academy technical and professional lecture program.

LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS

The one item of increase allows for the expansion of the Naval Academy curriculum through the medium of technical and professional lectures, $3,500. With the discontinuance of the department of economics and government a certain amount of highly desirable educational material of a cultural nature is lost to the midshipmen, which will be replaced in a measure through an augmented lecture program featuring outstanding authorities and speakers on social and economic subjects.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Admiral, did the elimination of the department of economics and government decrease your number of instructors? Admiral SELLERS. You might say "yes." One of the instructors died, and we are not replacing him. We are not asking for his replacement.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Was there only one instructor engaged in that department?

Admiral SELLERS. No, sir; we had others. I am talking about one civilian now. The others were officers and they have been reallocated, but we are not asking for the replacement of the civilian instructor who died.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Is this the same item which was presented last year in which you asked for an increase of $1,000?

Admiral SELLERS. The Navy Department is desirous of increasing our lecture program down there. The directive for this increase came from higher authority, and directed us to increase the lecture program, which involves more money.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Admiral, explain in a little more detail the term "lectures and entertainments" as contemplated in this request.

Admiral SELLERS. This is to take care of, first of all, the lecturers who come down and lecture to the first class on subjects which they are studying concurrently in the department of English. As, for example, lecturers come down and talk to the midshipmen on the situation in the Far East, the undeclared war in China, and they come down and talk to the midshipmen about the present political situation in Europe.

Mr. UMSTEAD. Is it not possible to secure outstanding men for that purpose by merely paying their travel expenses?

Admiral SELLERS. As a rule it is not. We have a regular schedule. of fees that we pay. We pay $50 for a man coming from Washington or Baltimore. We pay $75 if he comes from as far as New York, and $100 beyond that.

Mr. UMSTEAD. That includes traveling expenses?

Admiral SELLERS. That is all he gets, including traveling expenses.

LIGHTING SYSTEM

Mr. UMSTEAD. Admiral, 2 years ago I believe this committee carried in the appropriation bill a rather large sum of money to provide the academy with a first-class lighting system.

Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir.

Mr. UMSTEAD. I believe that since that time the system has been installed?

Admiral SELLERS. Yes, sir.