Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-06
OF NATIONAL INTEREST.


tary of the treasury. today. transmitted
to Congress the estimates of appropria-
tons required for the service of the fiscal
year ending June 49, 1900, as furnished by
the several executive departments.
These estimates, including permanent an
nual appropriations. aggregate 1888 .0AS.37S
as against 1852 S15 ,5l3. the amount of the
appropriations. including deficiencies and
miscellaneous for the fiscal year 1899 and
S462 ,64l .SS5, the amount of the estimates
for 1899
Following is the total recapitulation:
Legislative establishment. 81 AIS .995: ex-
ecutive establishment, So. sCs, 112: foreign
intercourse, 81, OPS; judicial establish
ment, s707. $40; military establishment.
M45, 1la 4$1: naval establishment, s39,114,-
652: Indian affairs. $7.O69316 pensions,
service, 81 2G5. sSS; miscellaneous, 81 5l4 .2o3:
permanent approximations. S12S SIS. 220;
grand totals 1893 04S.31S.
The appropriations for the military eS-
adjustment for the fiscal year 1899
amounted to $2S1 Sal ,446, and for the naval
establishment. Sl01 $40. 46S. For the mill
year 1900 covering the more important
items together with the increase in each
item over the estimates for 1899 are given
as follows:
Contingencies of the army $4,000 in
penses of the army $50 43o 909, increase
$4l ,4i3.S 81, subsistence of the army ST.
supplies quartermaSter'S department S14-
U0o.mo increase s120o0.O0o incidental ex-
600: increase $1,000 600; transportation of the
army and supplies S29 Sl3 So increase
about 81 800 600; barracks and quarters
2,300.000. increase 81 80. 600; medical and
hospital department. 81 200. 200. increase
81 ,s.2.oGo; ordnance stores and supplies.
81 10000, increase 81 $50 000 manufacture
OF arms $4,000. increase $500 600
For the naval establishment the fol-
lowing are the principal items: Pay OF
the navy, 49, 226, 40; increase. about 81
auo.oeo increase Of the navy. $l5 49,, 4o2; in
crease about I,l5o GOO; outfits for naval
apprentices. bureau of navigation. S112, 500;
increase; S!s. 80; ordnance and ordnance
stores. Sl.Sl5.000 increase, 1864. 900: naval
hq2ss d1,a Chelsea Mass, $500 new,
mitted by the lighthouse service: For a
steam fog signal at Little River Head,
Ne. Slo,5oe; for light and fog signal sta
trance to York Narrows. Me. S14 600: for
improvements at navy yard. Portsmouth
s ~; Il, S5eeo0o; at navy yard, Boston,
Under the war department: For i'm
provements at Watertown arsenal, Mass.
s96, 2io. The total amount asked for forti-
nc and other works of defence IS
The total amount asked for continuing
Or completing improvements of rivers and
harbors is $25,523 rs, some of the items
being as follows: Boston hareor S163 751
harbor at Gloucester, Mass, Si00ol5; har-
Dor at Newburyport, Mass. 100000; har-
Dor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann,
1dttSS., SZJu,uUH.
Representative Edwin c. BurIeigh of
Augusta, who is located here at the
richmond. said, today: Il see that a
Washington paper has recently mentions
ed me as being against the annexation of
the Philippines and it might be inferred
against the acquisition of Cuba and Porto
Rico AS matter of fact, ! have not
should await further information about
the Philippines and have the case made
up before deciding what our policy is TO
be. 1t may be that the American COM
nllSSloners. now in Paris. in posses
sion OF information not yet made public
winch Will be presented To the Senate
when that body comes to consider the
treaty with Spain There will be time
enough then for use to determine what
disposition we are to make of the con-
quered territory"
Representative Fitzgerald of Massachu
setts. today, introduced in the House a |
resolution instructing the secretary OF |
the treasury to investigate the circum- |
stances in connection with the recent /
disaster to the steamer Portland ito de- |
termine whether due care and vigilance
We're exercised by the officials of the /
owning and controlling that
steamer in allowing her to proceed to sea
on the evening of Nov. rs and to make
particular inquiry in regard to the char
actef OF the NE boats and life preservers !,
used upon this steamer
Government receipts from customs |
S5.S. 220: internal revenue, 81. 404 $50: ms
retlaneous, Sl13G02; expenditures ST. 1872
300. /
Representative Sulzer of New York |
r Democratic member of the |
House committee on military affairs. in +
lroduced resolution 'Authorizinp ana
the committee on military af
fairs to investigate the war department I
md the conduct of the Spanish American
WIZ The resolution is as follows.
Resolved. That the committee on mill !
Iary affairs be and the same hereby IA
authorized and directed to investigate tho I
war department and the conduct of tha
,ecent war between Spain and the United /
states and report all of said procaedings
with their findings. conclusions and rec- I
concentrations to the House of Repre- /
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