“It should be fully realized that the French Government has always taken a most liberal attitude and has been most anxious to give us every possible assistance in meeting our deficiencies in these as well as in other respects. Our dependence upon France for artillery, aviation, and tanks was, of course, due to the fact that our industries had not been exclusively devoted to military production. All credit is due our own manufacturers for their efforts to meet our requirements, as at the time the armistice was signed we were able to look forward to the early supply of practically all our necessities from our own factories.” THE HUGHES REPORT The committee appointed by the President to investigate the charges of misappropriation of funds reported in November, 1918, on the number of training planes and engines built. Justice Chas. E. Hughes was chairman of the committee: AEROPLANES AND ENGINES DELIVERED DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1918 The reported deliveries of Aeroplanes and Engines made prior to June 30, 1918, are as follows: AEROPLANES Elementary Training Planes JN4-D 2972 SJ-1 1600 —— 4572 Advanced Training Planes JN4-H Training 402 Gunnery 321 JN6-HB 100 S4-B 100 S4-C 73 Penguin 50 —— 1046 Combat and Bombing Planes DeH-4 529 Bristol Fighter 24 —— 553 —— Total planes 6171 ENGINES Elementary Training OX-5 5474 A7a 2188 —— 7662 Advanced Training Hispano 150 H. P. 2188 Gnome 100 ” 209 Le Rhone 80 ” 68 Lawrence 28 ” 114 —— 2579 Combat and Bombing U. S. 12 Cylinder (Army Type) 1615 U. S. 12 Cylinder (Navy Type) 775 Hispano 300 H. P. 2 ———— 2392 TOTAL ENGINES = 12633 NUMBER OF MACHINES AT THE FRONT Report prepared by Statistics Branch, General Staff, War Department, March 22, 1919, concerning the 628 De Haviland 4 planes put in service at front before armistice. The following table and diagram shows the status of production, shipments and use overseas of De Haviland 4 service planes at the date of the armistice: