1 Of which 71 are Regular Army enlisted men.
Information not available.

There is no reserve establishment in Japan.

Actual

Compulsory military service is followed by a definite period in the reserves.
Included in general service.
numbers in the reserves are not available. Above figures in Army and Navy estimated.

125 Unknown.

Unknown. Unknown.

450 (approximately).

300 pilots (approximately),
15 observers (approxi-
mately).

30,000 (approximately)...
300 pilots &

Navy

available for service.
Five hundred and forty-nine of these are in regular flying practice and are immediately

7 Includes warrant officers and petty officers.

• Estimated.

NOTE.-The above figures do not include the officers and men of the National Guard.

Item

Miscellaneous items

(2)

Airplanes to be added..

(2)

Additional aviation personnel, officers and men planned.

(2)

Aircraft production:

Number of planes to be delivered fiscal year 1925-26.
Number of planes to be delivered fiscal year 1926-27.

250

200

17.800

17 19 250

(19)

(20)

(19)

21 261

(22)

(19)

13.290

343

(22)

(92)

(19)

Unknown.

(19)

23 284

(24)

·(19)

1 Rate at which expansion will take place: In respect to the rate of expansion of the
home defense force, it was originally intended in accordance with the secretary of state
for air's statement of Feb. 17, 1926, that this would be accomplished by 1928. The secre-
tary for air states that, though it had become apparent that the expansion could not be
completed by 1930, the Government had decided, in view of the international and
financial situation, to decrease the actual rate of expansion. The actual date at which
the force of 52 squadrons is to be reached can not be determined, as, it is stated, the
decision is open to review in accordance with the international situation. No informa-
tion is available as to the rate of expansion to reach a total of 72 squadrons.

All plans for future expansion are based on the act of Congress referred to as the
5-year program.

3 To complete the ultimate program of 52 home and 20 overseas squadrons.
From a reliable source it is learned that the Japanese Army plans to have the following
strength by 1930:

That by 1930 there will be 800 planes of all types and that this figure includes those to be in reserve as well as those active. Rate at which expansion will take place:

The Japanese Navy will have 17 squadrons by 1930, or a total of 864 planes. Between
1930 and 1933 or 1934 Japan plans to have 11 more squadrons with a total of 1,435 planes
of all types exclusive of training planes.

7 Rate at which expansion will take place: 2 squadrons per year until 1928, 3 squadrons
per year from 1928-1932, 4 squadrons per year from 1932-1938. Program to be completed
by June, 1938. Of the 38 squadrons to be added, 23 will be in service and 15 in reserve,
which with the 12 squadrons now will make a total of 50 squadrons.

The Italian program calls for the following number of squadrons by July 1, 1930:

Included in general service. 10 Expansion estimated.

And that by 1935 it is estimated that Great Britain will have 1,416 service air-
planes, or an approximate increase of 678 service airplanes from her present day strength.
13 Exclusive of school planes. Planes in active service to be replaced with new planes
after 2 years' service.
13 Approximate.

14 Up to 1928.

15 Additional aviation personnel (regular establishment): Additional officers fiscal
year 1926-27, 1927-28. Additional men fiscal year 1926-27, 1927-28.

NOTE.-The most accurate information available under this head is that in 1930,
the Army expects to have the following:

Officer pilots.
Officers observers.
Enlisted men pilots..

Enlisted men observers.

This is an increase over 1926 as follows:

Officer pilots.

Officer observers.

Enlisted men observers.

8395

16 Additional officers fiscal year 1926-27: Officers, 102, of whom 30 are pilots. Addi-
tional officers fiscal year 1927-28: The contemplated increase is unknown. Additional
men fiscal year 1926-27: Men, 1,095, of whom 64 are pilots. Additional men fiscal year
1927-28: The contemplated increase is unknown.

17 Estimated.

18 Included in the 800.

19 No information.

20 Unknown. Increase in number of planes from Sept. 30, 1925, to Sept. 30, 1926,
66 (estimated).

31 Of which 110 are school or planes of servitude.

22 Can not be ascertained.

22 No information.

23 147 hydroplanes and 137 land planes are contracted for. Not known if entire delivery expected within the year.

24 600 planes of which 250 are to be metal.

1 It is not proposed to proceed further with the reconditioning of the R-36. ? Sister ship to Norge now being assembled; speed 120 kilometers per hour. It is mentioned in report of the Senate of March, 1926, that the Mediterranean is to be scrapped this year. Besides the Mediterranean the French report having 13 nonrigid dirigibles of which 7 are "es: courteurs" of approximately 360,000 cubic feet and 6 "vedettes" of approximately 100,000 cubic feet of which 4 are in service and 9 in reserve.

Lighter-than-air craft authorized

UNITED STATES

There has been authorized for the Navy 2 rigid airships of approximately 6,000,000 cubic feet each and 1 metal-clad airship, experimental, of approximately 200,000 cubic feet volume.

Lighter-than-air craft authorized, United States Army: 2 TC's per company and 1 TA per 10 students.

1 Now being built by the air ministry for military purposes.

Now being built by the Airship Guaranty Co. (Ltd.), a Vickers subsidiary. Eventual use, commercial.

10 of this type.

16 of this type.

Army aviation.........

(No figures as to amount to be spent on new aircraft army.) Naval aviation....

Total allowed new construction, navy,

The above amount to be expended under subtitles, as follows

New machines, 2 squadrons.

Tools, spare parts, and equipment for bases_
Aviation field and bases..

Civil aviation............

This includes navigational equipment, radio, instruments, etc.

10, 114, 369

2,735, 142

1, 471, 365

420, 000

337, 026

714, 339

4, 280, 375

Great Britain: Fiscal year ending March 31, 1927, subsidies to civil aviation amounted to $874,800.

Japan: Fiscal year 1926-27 subsidies to civil aviation amounted to $181,781. France: Subsidies to civil aviation in 1926 amounted to $2,101,350.

Italy: No figures on totals.1

Rates used for conversions: Franc at $0.03, yen at $0.4913, lire at $0.0423. NOTE. Attention is invited to the more or less unreliable sources from which some of the information contained herein was obtained due to the difficulty of obtaining official information from foreign governments upon their military strengths. Attention is further invited to the fact that while the foreign budgets noted in these tables are for convenience of comparison stated in terms of dollars, the purchasing power of these amounts converted into local currency is considerably greater.

There are four subsidized air lines which are granted subsidies per kilometer flown and weight o mail carried. Subsidy amounts to 50 per cent of cost of each kilometer flown and 17 lire for each kilogram of mail carried.