3. Second Lieut. W. S. Smith. 4. Pvt. Ed. Abernathy (passenger). 5. First Lieut. Wm. G. Moore. 6. First Lieut. C. Monthan (passenger). 7. Pvt. R. O. Getsinger (passenger). 8. Pvt. Ed. Battus (passenger) 9. First Lieut. T. S. Van Veghten. 10. First Lieut. S. B. Ebert. 11. Corpl. R. J. Reese (passenger) 12. Pvt. E. W. Marsh (passenger). 13. First Lieut. W. A. Frederick. 14. Cadet R. H. McCulley (passenger). 15. Mr. R. A. Anderson (passenger). 16. Second Lieut. N. P. Beasley.. 17. Second Lieut. S. L. Thompson. 18. Second Lieut. J. H. Wilson.. 19. W. O. Adam Truelle. 20. Pvt. Boyd Copeland (passenger) 21. First Lieut. Thomas Brooks. 22. Sergt. A. Hurza. 23. Pvt. Wm. J. Felgenhauer (passenger). 24. First Lieut. F. O. Albrook.. 25. Pvt. W. A. Dickerson (passenger). 26. Second.Lieut. T. M. Conroy. 27. Pvt. G. Ortez (passenger). 28. First Lieut. A. Pierson, jr. 29. Capt. B. E. Skeel. 30. Capt. H. M. Smith. 31. Capt. D. W. Bedinger. RESERVE CORPS 1. Second Lieut. E. S. Lawyer. 2. Second Lieut. A. N. Lee (passenger). 3. Mr. S. Bromley (passenger). 4. Second Lieut. LaRue Smith. 5. Second Lieut. R. C. Canny. 6. Second Lieut. S. A. Westall (passenger). Pilot's errors. Do. CALENDAR YEAR 1925 REGULAR ARMY 1. Sergt. Robert I. Lee (passenger). 5. Master Sergt. D. B. Grosvenor. 7. Staff Sergt. Theo Womack (passenger) 8. First Lieut. Clifford Elleman. 9. Maj. Charles C. Benedict. 10. First Lieut. John D. Barriger. 11. First Lieut. Arthur G. Watson 12. Staff Sergt. Otto Hansen (passenger) 13. First Lieut. Edward L. Searl, jr. 14. Cadet R. A. Strickland (passenger) 15. First Lieut. F. E. White 16. Sergeant Logan (passenger). 17. Second Lieut. J. W. Fletcher. 18. Captain Hale. 19. Pvt. Earl E. Harris (passenger) 20. Lieutenant Smith.. 21. Capt. W. L. Heptig (passenger). 22. Lieutenant Wheeler. 23. Lieutenant Catlett.. 24. Lieutenant Wyatt. 25. Sergeant Meulen (passenger) 26. Lieutenant Morse. 27. Technical Sergt. Aaron A. Porter. 28. Staff Sergt. Henry J. McCracken (passenger) 29. Pvt. Fred Smith (passenger). 30. Captain Gorman. 31. First Lieut. H. C. Brandt (passenger). Pilot's errors. Weather. Undetermined and doubtful. Power plant and pilot's errors. Pilot's errors. Power plant. Pilot's errors. Do. Power plant. Undetermined and doubtful. Power plant and pilot's errors. Pilot's errors. Weather. Pilot's errors. Do. Power plant. Pilot's errors. Weather. Pilot's errors. Undetermined and doubtful. Power plant. 1. Lieut. F. M. Seward. 2. Lieut. K. D. Fastenau. 3. Corpl. S. C. Rush (passenger). 4. Pvt. Elmer E. Hilliard (passenger) 5. Lieutenant Fuqua.. 6. Major Moose.. 7. Cadet Wm. Point (passenger). 8. First Lieut. C. Bettis.. 9. Cadet Wilson.. 10. Second Lieutenant Lawter. 11. Capt. H. J. Foster (passenger). 12. First Lieutenant Kunkel.. 13. First Lieut. A. J. Clayton (passenger). 14. Commander Burgh (Navy) (passenger). 15. Second Lieutenant Green.. 16. Cadet Wisley.. 17. Cadet Wilbur. 18. Lieutenant Johnson. 19. Mr. J. M. Muldon (passenger). 20. Lieutenant Barksdale. 21. Lieutenant Downing. 22. Lieutenant Hegardt (passenger). 23. Cadet Bazire.. Pilot's errors. Undetermined and doubtful. Pilot's errors. Do. Do. Power plant and pilot's errors. Weather. Pilot's errors. Weather. Power plant. Pilot's errors. Do. Undetermined and doubtful. Pilot's errors. Handling qualities. Weather. Power plant and pilot's errors. Fatalities in airplane accidents-Continued CALENDAR YEAR 1927-Continued Name REGULAR ARMY-continued 8. Second Lieut E. D. Raney, jr. 9. Second Lieut. W. L. Harris. 10. First Lieut W. A. Gray (passenger).. 11. Pvt. Yeager (passenger).. 12. Capt. C. T. C. Buckner, Marine Corps (passenger). 13. Capt. C. F. Woolsey. 14. First Lieut. J. W. Benton (passenger). 15. Maj. H. Geiger.. 16. Second Lieut. H. W. Gamble.. 17. First Lieut J. Thad Johnson. 18. First Lieut. C. L. Williams.. 19. Second Lieut. W. L. Howarth 20. First Lieut. L. D. Schulze. 21. Capt. O. W. Broberg.. 22. Capt. J. W. Signor... 23. Mr. Sleight, civilian (passenger) 24. First Lieut. M. E. Finn. 25. Pvt. E. R. Emery... 26. Pvt. W. D. Zolman (passenger). 27. First. L. S. Worthington.. 28. Enlisted cavalryman... RESERVE CORPS 1. Second Lieut. P. F. Cabell. 2. Capt. H. B. Sands. 3. First Lieut. J. L. Hosch (passenger). 4. Second Lieut. D. J. Voorhees. 5. Staff Sergt. Clifford Glenn (passenger). 6. Staff Sergt. James Reid (passenger). 7. Corpl. Melvin Andrews (passenger). 8. Second Lieut Herbert Van Atta.. 9. First Lieut. P. A. Pearson... CALENDAR YEAR 1928 Structural failure. Pilot's errors. Power plant and pilot's errors. Pilot's errors. Power plant and pilot's errors. 1. Capt. T. H. Miller. 2. Capt. W. M. Randolph.. 3. Cadet C. F. Bonner. REGULAR ARMY 4. Second Lieut. K. W. Boyd. 5. Corpl. E. E. Koch, (passenger). 6. Cadet J. D. Henderson.. 7. Congressman T. C. Sweet (passenger) 8. Cadet Irwin Best.. 9. Capt. B. V. Baucom.. 10. Cadet L. S. Draper.. 11. Pvt. Robert L. Wooten (on ground). 12. Cadet Ludo Garrels Wilkins. 13. Cadet Benton Boardman. 14. Cadet Philip V. Atkinson. 15. Second Lieut. Frank Carson.. 16. Second Lieut. James W. Snedecker (passenger). 17. Pvt. V. Villaroel (passenger). 18. Pvt. A. W. Hardesty (passenger). 19. Pvt. H. A. Gauldin (passenger). 20. Pvt. D. J. McCluskey (passenger). 21. Pvt. C. W. Harris (passenger). 22. Pvt. I. Self (passenger). 23. Capt. Robert J. Archibald U. S. Marine Corps.. 24. Sergt. Clinton W. Terry (passenger). 25. Lieut. Wm. Levere Cornelius. 26. Cadet Gaynor Tostevin. 27. Second Lieut. John J. Williams.. 28. Second Lieut. Joseph C. Soper, 29. Cadet Raymond Seider. 30. Mr. John L. O'Donnell (on ground) 31. Sergt. Sidney Hawkins (passenger). 32. Cadet Neville I. Wright.. 33. Cadet John B. Dawson.. 34. Second Lieut. Keith Roscoe, Reserve Corps.. Fatalities in airplane accidents-Continued CALENDAR YEAR 1928-Continued Name REGULAR ARMY-continued 1. First Lieut. Carleton Williams.. 2. First Lieut. T. J. Munchof_ 3. Second Lieut. Park Sanders. 4. Second Lieut. William H. Senges.. 5. Second Lieut. C. A. Lane... 6. Second Lieut. Chas. E. Bradshaw.. 7. Pvt. Fred G. Thackaberry (passenger). CALENDAR YEAR 1929 1. Second Lieut. H. F. Osterman, reserve. 2. Second Lieut. D. V. Johnston, reserve (passenger). 3. Second Lieut. H. R. Angell.. 4. Master Sergt. J. R. McCarthy (passenger). 5. Staff Sergt. H. Cronan (passenger).. 6. Staff Sergt. R. J. Lehutta (passenger. 7. Sergt. P. Conroy (passenger). 8. Pvt. (First Class) M. D. Kelly (passenger). 9. Pvt. C. E. Birch (passenger). 10. Pvt. S. P. Jones (passenger). Causes Pilot's errors. Do. No report received to date. Do. Undetermined and doubtful. Weather and undertermined. Power plant. Fatilities in lighter-than-air craft, United States Army Air Corps CALENDAR YEARS 1924-1928, INCLUSIVE ST. PETERSBURG HARBOR, FLA. Mr. JONES submitted the following LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TRANSMITTING IN RESPONSE TO A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, UNITED STATES SENATE, REPORTS FROM THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY, AND THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS, ON REVIEW OF REPORTS HERETOFORE SUBMITTED ON ST. PETERSBURG HARBOR, FLA., WITH A VIEW TO DETERMINING WHETHER ANY MODIFICATION SHOULD BE MADE IN THE EXISTING PROJECT FEBRUARY 25, 1929-Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with illustration Hon. WESLEY L. JONES, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 23, 1929. Chairman Committee on Commerce, United States Senate. DEAR SENATOR JONES: I am transmitting herewith a report from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated February 12, 1929, together with a copy of a report dated February 1, 1929, by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, with accompanying papers and map, on review of reports heretofore submitted on St. Petersburg Harbor, Fla., with a view to determining whether any modification. should be made in the existing project at the present time, called for by resolution of your committee. Sincerely yours, DWIGHT F. DAVIS, WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, Subject: Review of previous reports on St. Petersburg Harbor, Fla. 1. Referring to letter of the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, dated January 29, 1926, submitting a resolution of the committee of the same date requesting the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors "to review the reports heretofore 37250 S. Doc. 229, 70-2-1 |