Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-08-22
More Than A Billion.
THE ExTRAvAaANoE OF CONGRESS SHOWN
BY OFFICIAL FIGURES.

A dispatch from Washington to the Bal
timore Sun, dated 10th instant, says:
From official figures given out at the CAPT
tol to-day setting forth the exact sum oil
money appropriated at the recent session OF
Congress, 1t appears, In the light of estimates
made by the Treasury Department, that this
Government at the end of the present fiscal
year will be confronted with an apparent
deficit amounting In round numbers to
$423 s15,SS1.
Congress at its recent session appropriated
the enormous amount Of 81 ,063, S36,O6l IS,
Thus 1t is shown that the Republican Con-
gress s fairly over the first half Of the road
to the two-billion. dollar mark. The ex.
penditure Of this sum is far In excess of the
revenues to be derived during the year, and
the result may be bond issue.
The appropriation figures for the first ses-
sion of the Fiity-seventh Congress were an
nounced to-day by the clerks Of the two COM
mittees on appropriations. The total Of
more than 81 900 900 900 includes money to
be spent during the year, as we'll as money
to be distributed under the continuing con-
tract system. During the last days OF the
recent session statements were given out by
Representatives Jos. g. Cannon, chairman
OF the House Committee on Appropriations,
and Leonidas F. Livingston, the ranking
Democrat member of the committee. Mr..
Cannon avoided the question of total appro.
priations in rendering his statement. He
was satisfied with simply declaring that
there would be disparity between the to-
tai amount appropriated and that expended.
The latter amount he figured at $500 900 900.
Mr.. Livingston, however, after careful
calculation, thought that the total amount
appropriated would reach 81 ,96o ,b77 ,062.-
His figures, however, fell short, as the total
amount authorized is several millions more
than that sum. Mr.. Livingston also gave
an interesting comparison Of figures show.
ing that during corresponding session Of
the last Democratic Congress the total
amount appropriated was only $3.50, 600 900,
or about one. half the sum appropriated dur
ing the recent session.
The statement given out to day shows In
detail the amount appropriated TO be ex-
pended this year was $500, 1924, 400 90, and
the amount under continuing contracts was
$262, ,465. These contracts include $751;
069, 500 for additional ships for the Navy,
$15,943, $50 for additions TO old public build
ings and the construction Of new buildings,
$38 1886, 100 for the improvement Of rivers
and hsrbors, $500, 900 for the improvement
of buildings and the erection Of new build.
ings at the Military Academy and $3.50 600,
600 for the construction OF an isthmian ca
nal. 1t might be observed In this connection
also that the Canal bill psased by Con-
gress authorized the Treasury ~ Panment
to 20 into debt Ia the SUN OF $50 100000,
that amount representing the value Of bonds
TO be issned as part OF the expense Of the
waterway.
Another item Of appropriation during the
session which Involves an increase over that
Of two years ago relates TO new offices Gre
ated. These new offices and employment
of civilian character specifically authorized
amount to 5,221, with aggregate compensa-
ton for the year amounting to $oO64,bl4 %.
In addition TO the new civil offices estab-
lished the statemant shows an increase pi
65 in the military establishment at an annual
cost of $42y308, and 800 officers, together
with 5000 seaman and 76O men In the Ma
rine Corps, whose total yearly pay will
amount to $1,343,777 so.
Salaries of Government officials are in
creased TO the amount of &10b, 486 10, affect
ing 100 persons.
Comparison of the total appropriation
made during the late session with those Of
the corresponding session OF the Fifty sixth
Congress shows an increase during the first
session OF the Fifty-seventh amounting TO
&C, 2S5 800 SO. Increases are made In the
Agricultural, Diplomatic, the District of Co
lumbia, Legislative, Naval, Military Acade-
my, Postofice and Deficiency appropriation
bills, while the River and Harbor bill and
Isthmian Canal bills are counted as increases
10 their entirety. There appears, however,
to have been slight reductions in the amount
carried by the Army, Notifications, Indian
and Sundry Civil bills, and also In pursuance
Of certain requirements Of the Pension APP.
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