The herald., 1898-12-06
APPROPRIATIONS
Secretary Gage Submits the Several
Estimates Made

with the requirements of the law, the Sec
retary of the Treasury today transmitted 10
Congress- the estimates of appropriations
required for the service OF the fsca! year
ending June 30, 1899, as furnished by the
several executive departments. these esti-
mates, including permanent an annuai appro.
SS0S, ,875 ,5l3, the amount OF the appropria-
| tions including deficiencies and mlscel-
laneous appropriations for the fiscal year
| 1859, and S462, ,647 1856, the amount OF the
estimates for 1899
Following is the total recapitulation, cents
omitted:
Estimates for l9OO-Legislative establish
ment, S4,476,995; Executive establishment,
S22. .30S, ,ll2; judicial establishment, $707 500;
Foreign intercourse, Sl,833,02S; Military
establishment, $l45,ll9,43l; Naval estab-
lishment, $39 ia, ,602 Indian affairs, 81 O69.-
3l6; Pensions, $l45, $50; Public Works,
$50 027 ,OsO; Postal Service, S4,267 1888; Mis-.
cellaneous, $37 7,3l4, 1903. Permanent annual
appropriations, Sl2S,67s,22O grand total,
$593, ,04S,37S.
Estimates for lss9-Legislative establish
ment, 81, ,532; Executive establishment,
$40, ,O25, 4S4; Judicial establishment, $685.
$50; Foreign intercourse, sl,850,428; Mil
| itary establishment S24 ,043; Naval es-
tablishment, s29,929, ,539; Indian affairs,
S7,375,6l7; Pensions, SAL ,257, $50; Public
Works, 1866, ,l34; Postal Service, s6,04S,-
| ll2; Miscellaneous, S35, ,l87, ,402. Permanent
annual appropriations, $ll7 7,S36,22O; grand
total, $462, ,647 1856.
Permanent annual appropriations, sl2s,-
CTS, 800; Sll7 1886, 900. Grand totals, $685.
O4S,37S; S462, ,647 ,sS5.
The appropriations for the military es-
tablishment for the financial year 1899
amounted to S2S7 ,S4l ,446, and for the naval
establishment, sl07 sic, ,46S.
For the military establishment, estimates
for the year 1900 covering the more import
ant items, together with an increase in each
item estimate for 1899, are given as follows:
Contingencies of the army, S950,000; in
crease, S432, 900; pay and travelling expenses
of the army, s5,430, 900; subsistence of the
| army, 1885,, ,437; increase, about Sl6,000,-
| 900; regular supplies, Quartermaster' De-
partment, Sl4,000,000; increase, $4,000; in
cidental expenses, Quartermaster's Depart
ment, 49, 600; increase, s., 800 600; trans
portation of the army and supplies, S29,Sl3,-
S75; increase, about s27,3O0,000; clothing
and camp and garrison equipage, Sl4,744,-
43l; increase, about $4,000, 600; barracks
and quarters. s., SOC, ,000 increase, 81, $50, ,000
Medical and Hospital Department, So l0O.-
200; increase, 81 ,475,0 900; ordnance, ordnance
stores and supplies, Sl,755,0O increase.
81, $50, 900; manufacture of arms. $500, 900:
increase, 100000.
For the naval establishment the following
are the principal items known:
Pay of the navy Sl3, 226, 440, increase about
81, ,5OO 600; increase of the navy $40, l92, ,402,
increase about sl,75O,O outfits for naval
appretices, Bureau of Navigation, SIP 800,
increase S78,7 $50; maintenance of naval train.
ing station, Yerba Buena Island, Cal. $780,
900 new; ordnance and ordnance stores
Sl,S75000, increase 1861, 900: equipment of
vessels 81, 225, ,4S0, increase s74l ,S27; provis-
ion
tion and repair s3.000000, increase $5O0,00O
repairs to United States ship Constitution,
$3.50, 900.
Among the items under the head of pub
lie works are the following:
Building for laboratory, marine hospital
service, $4,000; public buildings at Sitka,
Alaska, $4,000; post office buildings, Chica-
60, $4,000 public building, San Francisco,
S500,0
Following are among the more important
items submitted by the lighthouse service:
Near Point Arugello, California, $4,000;
at Point Buchon, California, $4,000; at
Middle Ground, Columbia river, Oregon,
s24, 900; on Burrows Island, Wash, $4,000;
Ceaihoo Bay, Wash, for eleven lightho
each; for light vessel off Cape Mendocino,
Cal, $4,000; Improvements at naval sta
ton, Port Royal, S. c., $l45, 600; at naval
station Key West, including purchase of
additional land, Sll2,5OO; Improvements at
Mare Island, CAL, navy yard, 1851 $50; at
Naval Academy, Annapolis, $2,l2O,00O.
Under the War Department:
For the improvements at Rock Island
arsenal, Illinois, 1926, $50; for gun and
mortar batteries, s4,4l0,000; sites for fortif-
cations and sea-coast defenses, 100000; !;
torpedoes for harbor defense, 100000; for
armament of forty fortifcations, 7,07l 1893.
The total amount asked for Notifications
and other works of defense is Sl2, 900.
For buildings and grounds at West Point
Military Academy, $249,77 for construc-
ton of buildings at military posts, $1,000
600; for improvements in Yellowstone Ma
tional Park, $4,000; for Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Parks, 100000; for
Gettysburg National Park, $4,000; for Shi-
loh National Military Park, $4,000.
The total amount asked for continuing
or completing improvements of rivers and
harbors is S2S,523,776, the larger items in
cluding:
Humboldt harbor and bay, California,
Sl43, lis; harbor at Oakland, Cal, $l33, 900;
hreakwater at San Pedro, CAL, $4,000
harbor at .Yaquina Bay, Oregon, S400, 900;
Grays Harbor, Wash, $500, 900; Columbia
river at Cascade, 100000; Columbia and
lower Willamette rivers below Portland,
Sl50,000; entrance to Coos Bay and harbor,
Oregon, 100000
The Postmaster-Geperal estimates the
deficiency in the postal revenues for 1900 at
81 265,SSS.
The estimate for army and navy pensions
is Sl44,000,000; cost of pension service, 81,
233,860.
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