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...Navy is in first class condition; that economy has benefited the Navy; that the Air Service should not be separated from the fleet; that the machinery of many vessels could be advantageously improved if funds were available; that Commander Lansdowne was satisfied when he set out with the Shenandoah on her last trip...
Several officers who served aboard the ill-fated Shenandoah testified that the fatal flight was voluntarily undertaken, that the ship was in good condition, and that they did not regard it as unfit...
Rear Admiral Edward W. Eberle, Chief of Naval Operations, denied that Commander Lansdowne had protested against sending the Shenandoah overland; declared that he had consulted with the Chief of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics and Commander Lansdowne before ordering the flight, had given orders that naval officers should use their own judgment in making flights. He said further that the Shenandoah was not sent on a propaganda mission but was on a training flight, since the ship might at any time have been compelled to fly overland from coast to coast for military purposes...
...Court of Inquiry into the wrecking of the Shenandoah adjourned last week?probably for good. If the Judge Advocate of the Court decides to call Colonel Mitchell a second time,* the Court may reconvene. The final testimony was that of experts as to wind stresses, strength of the airship's frame...
Joseph E. Davies, counsel for Mrs. Lansdowne, widow of the Commander of the Shenandoah, having demanded of the Navy Department that either the Shenandoah Court be discharged or that he be allowed to appear in court for his client, was last week answered by Rear Admiral Edward H. Campbell, Judge Advocate General. Admiral Campbell pointed out that Mrs. Lansdowne was a witness not a defendant before the Court, and that neither in civil nor in military cases is a witness entitled to be represented by counsel. He added that if Mrs. Lansdowne or Mr. Davies had objections to the propriety...