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Mr. Sjsson. You will hare on exhibition the various types of planes that have been developed by the war and a comparison of the machines, so that the progress may be seen by looking at them?

Mr. Walcott. The whole aircraft development: yes.

Mr. Sisson. In the event we do not use this building for this purpose when it is abandoned by the War Department, the building, of course, would go to rack and ruin: it would soon be removed, and the amount of money invested in the building would be a complete loss?

Mr. Walcott. Yes, sir.

Mr. Sjsson. But since the Government has the building—which represents, perhaps, an investment of less than $20,000 on the part of the Army—you could use that building economically for this purpose, and if you did not use it now as a place in which to put these machines, I believe you say they will be dissipated because the Army would have no place and no occasion to take care of them, and that is your especial reason in urging this particular item ?

Mr. Walcott. Yes, sir; I understand that the plant at Dayton, Ohio, will he broken up the 1st of next July, and most of these machines are there to-day.

Mr. Stsson. These machines will not cost you anything?

Mr. Walcott. They will cost nothing, because they are already paid for.

Mr. Stspon. These machines will be supplied to you by the Army and the Navy?

Mr. Walcott. Yes, sir.

Mr. Stsson. You will have the hydroplanes, as well as the others, will you ?

Mr. Walcott. We expect to have all of the types. There is one feature about it I would like to mention. We are talking about the development of civil aeronautics, and we hope to do it. There will be asserrbled here tre different types of machines and all the paraphernalia that goes with them, so that any manufacturer, or any inventor, or anyone interested, can come there and study the state of the art up to date, and we hope to keep it up to date, and it will be the only place in America where it will be.

Mr. Stsson. In other words, it is your purpose to keep up with the state of the art from year to year as improvements are made?

Mr. Walcott. Yes, sir.

Wednesday, February 19, 1919.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

STATEMENT OF MR. ALBERT F. POTTER, ASSOCIATE FORESTER, ACCOMPANIED BY MR. A. 0. WAHA.

Forest Service.

for general expenses.

Mr. Sisson. "For general expenses of the Forest Service, including the same objects specified under this head in the Agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1919, $221,300." You had an appropriation for this year of $3,247,935 ?