Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-03

less than half to support. At no distant
day the Islands themselves will be able to
pay for their own police protection. Pro-
vision should be made therefore for a mini
mum force of 1000, and with an authorized
maximum Of 100000, and with authority to
use native troops in place of American SOL
dierS.
Secretary Root Cuts Down Estimates.
The Secretary of War forwarded today to
the House committee on appropriations a
comparative statement of War Department
estimates for the fiscal years 1901 and 1902,
together with a statement of appropriations
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1901. The
estimates for 1901 amounted to $1S5, 903,-
551.O3 and the estimates for 1902 amounted
to $171,773, S55. rs. The appropriations for
the present fiscal year amounted to $14S,-
205, 1874. 90.
In an accompanying letter the Secretary
says that there is net decrease in the es-
Inmates for the civil establishment for the
next fiscal year of $2S 220. This decrease
is on account of salaries of employees in
the war Department, lit being the policy
OF the department." says the Secretary "to
reduce the temporary force as rapidly as it
can be done without detriment to the best
interests of the service" The estimates
for the military establishment which pro-
vide Tor the support of the army and the
support and maintenance of the Military
Academy, amount to STA. $50, 800.
They are $1,O17 ,9O9S3 less thar the total
amount appropriated for like purposes for
1901, and $14. 602, 264 Is less than were the
estimates for the present fiscal year This
reduction is made principally in the items
OF pay OF the army and quartermaster's
expenses, including land and water trans
pCrtation.
Public Works.
The estimates for public works, includ-
ing rivers and harbors, Notifications etc,
amounting to $25, 46O, 665, are s1S3, 245 more
than the estimates, and $24, ,S51 more
than the appropriations for the present fis-
cal year. This increase is accounted for
by the fact that an aggregate sum of 500
100000 is included in the present estimates
for the river and harbor work, exclusive
OF continuing contract work, for which no
appropriation was made for the current
fiscal year, and by an increase of s., $3.50 900
in the estimate for gun and mortar bat
teries and an increase of s. 1856, 1913 in the es-
innate for armament of Notifications
Under the general head of miscellaneous
the estimates show, an increase of s317,544
over the estimates for the same objects for
the present fiscal year. The increase is
chiefly due to the additional amount re-
quired by the managers of the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
These estimates, however, are s153921 less
than the amount appropriated for the cur
rent fiscal year.
The Secretary's Summary.
'"To recapitulate," says the Secretary in
conclusion, 1.-The estimates submitted for
tho ensuing fiscal year for all ex-
penses in and under the War Department
under the four heads, civil establishment,
military establishment public works and
miscellaneous show an increase of s23, 567,-
92O.T over the total appropriations for 1901.
The present estimates. however, include
900 for river and harbor work for
which, as stated above, no appropriation
was made last year.
1.-The total appropriations for 1901 were
$14S, 205. 93498, and excluding, for the pur-
pose of comparison, the estimate of $780,
OOO, 600 now submitted for river and harbor
work, the estimates for the ensuing fiscal
year ending June &c. 1902. aggregate $751;
773,855.75, as against $14S, 2O5, 1874 SO appro-
priated for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1901, for the same objects, an increase of
g, 567, 92O.77 The total estimates now SUBJ
mitted for the ensuing fiscal year, Sill, 49,
1885, 10, as compared with the amount of the
estimates submitted last year for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1901, $1S5, 1903, SOL OBJ,
100 Gg5 0S'