The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-28
Nearly Seventy-Eight Mil
lion Dollars in
Aggregate.
a REDUCTION 0F ONE : THIRD
Departments Requests Cut
Down in Committee.
DETAILS OF APPROPRIATIONS
Recommendations as to Construction Of
Battleships-RecOgnitioH of Public
Sentiment Favorable to Building Ships
IN Government Yards

Sentiment Favorable to Building Ships
IN Government Yards
Chairman Foss today rported 10 the
House the naval appropriation bill for the
fiscal year ending June 30. 1903 TIE
amount carried by the measure is ST.
sos, 1858. which is. S442.4C4-37 less than
that appropriated for the service for inc
current year.
The original estimates of the depart
ment amounted to 9S,a10, 9S4-69, to which
were added supplemental estimates
amounting 10 81, 153, zoe and additional es-
Inmates Of $1,000, coo. The committee,
however, reduced these estimates by SGT
405, 2sS, and recommended the total first
mentioned above
The following are the various items Ct
the bill under seperate heads:
Naval Establishment.
Pay of the navy, SIC, 13S, Is9; pay. mis-
eellaneous, s660, 600; contingent. navy
$4,000; emergency fund, 100000; Bureau
of Navigation, 81 ,2s9, e71.25; Bureau OF
ment. s., 3G6, 2g2. %: Bureau Of Yards and
Docks. $742 2140S, public works-Bureau
of Yards and Docks. S6561, 075; Naval
Academy. $500. COO: Naval training sta
ton. California, SS1 500; Naval training
station, Rhode Island, Sil4,2S0. Naval War
College. S6e,0e0; public works-Bureau Of
Ordnance. $685., zoo. naval Observatory So
eco; Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery,
$2S6, zoe: Bureau Of Supplies and Ac-
counts. S, sos. 932.2S; Bureau Of CCnstruc-
ton and Repair. IS SIS. So. %; B.areau Of
Steam Engineering, sass 800; Naval
Academy. S2Z9. 905-7T; Marine Corps. 81
93S. z65. 70: increase of REPRESENTATION
and marchinery, S12,303 010i arrnor and
armament, s., 009, Goo; equipment. S4G0, 900
equipping navy yard to build ship, $40
600. Grand total. 81 659. 1868.
The above totals are made up as fol-
lows:
Bureau of Navigation
Transporting. recruiting, and con-
tingent, S275. OOOs gunnery exercise. ST.
600: outfits for naval apprentices. ST.
600; outfits for landsmen, S225, GOO; out
fits on first enlistment, S135,oo0; mainte-
hence OF GOLFERS under equipment last
year, 1850 600; naval training station
California. $50. 600: naval training station
Rhode Island s55 900: Naval War College
Rhode Island s14.246.25: Naval Home
philadelphia, S75. 425. Total, 81 S9, 671-Z5-
Bureau of Ordnance
Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1000;
reserve supply ammunition. 5000 con
version Of guns. S25. 008; purchase and
manufacture smokeIess powder, COCO;
battery for Newark, SIZE, eco; batteries
for New Orleans and Albany, S200, eco;
equipment storeb0uge- New York, 81 goo.
steel casting plant Washington, $4,000;
chemical laboratory 8. GOO; machine tools
Pensacola, zee. machine tools. Puget
Sound. $4,000; machinery, Washington
So fC9: reserve guns for ships Of navy
szzO. Coo. torpedo station Newport S65, eco
erEory ana eauipment naval militia. $780,
e0G: repairs. 81. G6e. miscellaneous items
s75, eco: civic a5!ishments, S41,oo6.' 20
Total. S2.1C9. 6t5.T5-
Bureau Ct Equipment
CcaI and transportation. 81, soc. coo
equipments Of vessels. s.. 0o3, 600; ocean ant
lake surveys. 500 zoe. depots for coal
$4,000. contingent. go. c0e; civil estab
Iishrnen-. s21. E02-52 Total S5.206- 202-52-
Maintenance of yards and docks, $500,
Geo contingent. $4,000; civil establish
ment. sIG2- z14-JS. Total S742-214-0S-
Pu5Iic Works
Portsmouth. sG72 675; Boston. $FO2 700
New London. 81. O00 New York, S49s,0G0
League Island. S447. 800i Washington
s24o. COO; Norfolk. sS44 600; Key West
$50 eco. Mare Island, so, 500; Puge
Sound. s74S. SOC: Porto Rico, $4,000; Pen
EacoIa. &. 500. New Orleans. 1885,. 600: fou
dry decks. $I,G50 ,0G0; Tutuila, $4,000
Charleston, S250, 600; repairs and preseTva
ton OF yards, $500, 600; Cavite, 1888 500
plans. S30. 900. Total, S6,561,075-
Bureau Of NdVigdtiOn-NaVal Academy
$500 Geo; naval training station, Caiifor
MA. So, 500; naval training station
Rhode Island, s114 $50: Naval War Col
lere. $50. 600. Total, sos. $50
Bureau of Ordnance - Naval magazine
Iona Island, SIS, 200; naval magazine, Do
YER $50. 600; naval magazine, Fort Miffiin
$5-cC0; naval magazine, Norfolk, s46,500
naval torpedo station, Newport. SIS. coo
naval proving ground, Indian Head, $23,
000; naval quarters. Rose Island, $500
naval magazine, Fort La Fayette. $25, 600
naval magazine Man Island $50, coo; nava
magazine. Puget Sound, $50 600 Total
s3s2 go
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Medical department. SIZ5. 600: naval hos
pItal fund. so, 000i contingent. s35, GOO, re-
so, 600 Total, $280,00o
Supplies and Accounts.
Provisions. navy, $500 600; contingent
s2oe 0o0- civil establishment, SLO3, 1922
Total. $. 500, s92. 2S.
Construction and Repair.
Construction and repairs Of vessels
S. 100000 Improvements. construction
plants Portsmouth. 81, 600: Boston. $50,
coo; New York. $50. 200; League Island
$50, coo; Norfolk, $50. 600; Mare Island
S50, GOO; Puget Sound. So coo; New Or
leans, 1Sl5, 600; Philippines, $50. coo. fOul
steel tugs, $40 coo; civil establishment
tZ5. SZ4-25 Total s.. 595, g2425.
Steam Engineering.
Steam machinery. sS.405. 600; contingent
$1,000. Machine plant: League Island
$4,000 Norfolk. $4,000; Mare island
$50, coo; Puget Sound, 1925 000 Building
experimental station, 500. SOC, civil estab
lishment, 1880. Total. g. 9s3. COO
Naval Academy.
Pay of professors and others. $55. 191
pay Of watehmen. mechanics and others
$40, 25s. IS; pay steam employees. SI,I54 50
catboats, "a SOC; repairs. 80, 600: heatin
and lighting. 80, 000; contingent, $61, 500
Total, 1928, s95-77.
Marine Corps.
Pay. 81. 707. 649 %: provisions 1886, OF. Sc