Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C., January 8 to June 14, 1924 of chronometers with trial numbers greater than 35 omitted]

-1.40 -1.34-1. 34-1. 07-0.84-0. 73-1. 59 -1.47-1.66-1. 61-1. 51-1. 44-1. 43-1. 59 -1.43 -1.27 +0.61 +0.79 +0.31+0.01+0. 11+0. 29+0. 21+0.37 +0.44+0. 39 +0. 30+0. 53 +0.64 +0.76 +0.74 +0.64 -1.14 -1.29-1. 43-1.00 -0.71-0.74-1. 23-1. 17-1. 11-1.03 -0.93 -0.93-0.96-1. 14 -1.07 -1.11 +0.76 +0.90 +0. 46 +0. 14+0. 13-0. 06-0.36 -0.20-0. 16-0. 14+0. 13 +0. 10 +0. 17 +0. 26 +0. 17+0.07 -1.93 -1.93-2. 10-2. 40-2. 46-2. 17-2. 27-2. 07-2. 04-1. 93-1. 97-1. 89-1. 71-1. 66-1. 60-1.53 -1.79 -1.71-1. 96-2. 16-2. 04-2. 09-2. 43-2. 21-2.26-2, 24-1.81-1.87-1.83-2.00 -1.84-1.83 +0.61 +0.57 +0.21-0. 50-1.01-1. 29-0.26-0.36-0. 29-0. 23-0.30-0.26-0. 17 +0.03 -0.03 -0.04 +0.44 +0.40-0. 06-0. 16 +0.79 +1. 41 0.00 -0.20-0.34 -0.36-0. 24-0. 21-0. 26-0. 21 -0.20-0. 13 +0.10 +0.04 -0.50 -0.74 +0. 10 +0.66 -0.77-0.64 -0.80-0. 90-0. 97-1.07-0.81-0. 90-1. 10-1.11 +0.59 +0.61 +0.26-0. 21-0. 27-0. 19-0. 34-0. 10-0.01 -0.04 +0. 10+0. 19 +0.23 +0.43 +0.53 +0.67 +0.40 +0.27-0. 10-0. 40 +0.64 +1. 46 +0. 10 +0. 13 +0. 10 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13-0. 90-0.61 +3. 17 +3.04 +2. 81+1. 20 +0. 89 +1. 16+1. 71+1.73 +1.94 +1. 61+1. 44 +1.61 +1.59 +1. 70 +1.44 +1.40 +0.37 +0.27 +0.67+1. 19+1. 77+2. 03 +1.60 +0.31 +0.91 +1. 14+1. 67+1. 67+1.71+1. 64 +1.76 +1.83 +1.26 +1.41+0.93 +0.47+1. 41 +2. 14+1.00 +1. 10 +1.07 +1. 17 +0.30 +0.31+0. 29 +0. 51 +0. 66 +0.73 +1.29 +1.07 +1.64 +1.99 +3.90 +4. 60+1.77 +1. 73 +2.31+2.06 +1.81 +1.83 +1.66 +1.70 +2. 16+2. 09 +0.90 +1. 26 +1.04 +0. 61+0. 41-0. 71+0. 44 +0.86 +0.99 +0.90 +0. 79 +0.84 +0.96 +1.60 +1. 66 +1.01 +3.00 +3.30 +3. 43 +3. 19 +3. 59 +3.50 +2. 29 +2.39 +2. 51 +2. 63 +3.00 +3. 57 +3. 30 +3.31 +3.40 +3. 53 +1.59 +1.46+1. 11+0.87 +1.06 +2. 44 +2. 80 +2. 74 +2. 41 +2. 27 +2. 49 +2. 73 +2. 39 +1.80 +2, 19 +1.57 +1.44 +1.54 +1.04 +0. 19 +0. 93 +1.93 +0.03 -0.09 +0. 26 +0.37 +0.43 +0.53 +0. 14+0. 36 +0.34 +0.44 +0.81 -0.93 +0.51-0. 23-0.83-0.66-0. 06+0.06 +0. 31 +0. 23+0. 24+0.57 +0.69 +0.89 +0.64 +0. 60 +2.04 +2. 19+1. 53 +0. 11-0. 27-0.84 +0.60 +0.61 +1. 10 +1. 11+1. 14 +1.39 +1. 61+1.84 +1.66 +1. 60 -0. 17 +0.09 0.00 -0.44+0. 21+0. 57 -0.90-0. 27 -0.53-0. 23 +0. 14 +0. 24 +0. 11-0. 11 +0.33 +0.57 +1.03 +1.04+0.74-0.09+0.79 +0. 80 +0.03 +0. 26 +0. 27 +0.30-0. 14-0.07+0.07+0.07 +0. 14+0. 01 -0.46 -0.53-1.00-1. 23 +0. 20 +1. 16-0. 73 -0.66 -0.77 -0.87-0. 24-0. 27-0. 24-0. 23-0. 10+0.24 -1, 34 -0.91-1. 57-2. 19-1.57 -0.84-2.00 -1.83-1.61-1.57-1. 14-1.29-1.17-0.89-1.04 -0.84 -2.84-2. 41-2. 59-2. 21-1. 43 -0.83-3. 17-2.56 -2.86-2. 54-3. 53-2.79-2. 56-2. 34-2.39-2.27

TABLE III. Data of trial of old watches at the United States [The signs are astronomical, +losing; -gaining. Data

Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C., January 8 to June 14, 1924 of watches with trial numbers greater than 35 omitted]

-0.93 -1.11-1.00 -0. 16+0. 64 +0.71-0. 61-0. 53-0.69-0.73-0. 56-0. 43 -0.43-0. 33-0.17-0.21 +0.97 +1.07 +1.47 +1.83 +1. 77 +1.81 +0.83 +1. 30 +1. 33 +1. 11 +1. 44 +1. 21 +0.96 +0. 96 +1.04 +0.96 +2.61 +2.87 +2. 71 +2. 83 +3. 39 +3. 43 +2. 66 +2. 97 +2. 90 +3. 27 +3. 14 +3. 36 +2. 66 +2. 80 +2.47 +2.16 +1.14 +1.21+1.07 +0. 57 +0.96 +0.87 +0.87 +1.03 +0.96 +0.99 +1. 37+1. 34 +1. 33 +1. 47 +1. 36 +1. 49 +3. 17 +3. 11+2. 89 +3. 80 +4. 47 +4. 64 +3. 30 +3. 19 +2. 93 +2. 89 +2. 76 +2.50 +1. 93 +2. 11 +2. 43 +2. 17 +2.76 +3.00 +3. 27 +3. 41 +3. 94 +4. 40 +3. 11 +3.04 +3. 24+3. 24 +3. 17 +3. 01 +2. 73 +3. 49 +3.46 +4.04 +0.64 +0.93 +0.93 +0. 14-0. 46-1. 26 -0.70 -0.49 -0.04 -0.01 -0.09 0.00 +0.07 +0. 14 +0. 24 +0.47 +2. 14 +1.53 +1.87 +2. 27 +2.06 +1. 64 +1. 77+2. 20 +2. 43 +2. 59 +2. 89 +2. 86 +2. 83 +3. 16 +3. 06 +3. 20 +6.23 +6.29 +5. 69 +3. 44 +1. 74 +1. 34 +3. 30 +3. 40 +4.00 +3. 93 +3. 93 +4. 43 +3. 89 +4. 71 +4. 13 +3. 84

26870-NAVY 1924-18

REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE

NAVY DEPARTMENT,

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE,

Washington, D. C., September 11, 1924.

To: The Secretary of the Navy.

Subject: Annual report for fiscal year ending June 30, 1924.

1. The following report of the operations of the Bureau of Ordnance for the fiscal year 1924 is submitted.

2. The present chief of bureau succeeded Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, jr., United States Navy, on the 1st of October, 1923. 3. The fundamental naval policy as adopted is as follows:

The Navy of the United States should be maintained in sufficient strength to support its policies and its commerce and to guard its continental and overseas possessions.

4. The general naval policy which has been adopted is:

To create, maintain, and operate a Navy second to none and in conformity with the ratios for capital ships established by the treaty for limitation of naval armaments.

5. Conforming to the above policies, it has been the desire and effort of the Bureau of Ordnance to expend its appropriations for(a) Maintenance of the fleet;

(b) Research and development of new ideas and materials;

(c) Care of reserve stocks of material on hand and the supplying of any deficiency in these stocks; and

(d) Maintenance of necessary ordnance stations.

Any expenditures found not to be directed along these lines have been considered unnecessary and have been eliminated as discovered. 6. Subsequent to the World War the work of reduction in expense was begun, and as a result of the administration's policy of retrenchment there is concerted effort for economy of operation and consequently a much stricter supervision over all activities.

7. In 1915 the main working appropriation of the bureau, "Ordnance and ordnance stores," amounted to $5,800,000. On the 1st of July, 1924, the average wage of employees was approximately 165 per cent of what it was in 1915. The cost of material has increased proportionately. There are now more naval vessels in commission than there were in 1915. The stock of reserve material requiring care and attention on hand at the present time is several times as great as it was in 1915. Notwithstanding these increases in the cost of labor and material and the greater amount of work to be done at the present time, the present appropriation has only increased 55 per cent. In other words, there has been an increased economy of operation. This is further evidenced by the appended table, giving the number of employees at the Naval Gun Factory,