The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-12
DEMAND FOR MONEY
Departments of Government
Send in Estimates.
ARMY AND NAVY EXPENSIVE
Reports Indicate Both Branches Are
Rapidly Carrying 0ut Wariiise
Plans nj Home and on Island Pos
sessions appropriation for Hos
pitaI Ship IS Asked For.

That the House Committee on Appro-
priations win stand by the line officers in
the navy was the belief expressed yester-
day by a member Of that committee. in
discussing the recommendation for ur-
gency deficiency appropriations forward
ed by the Secretary Of the Treasury, and
including an item for SO $40 to put the
United States hospital ship Relief in CONF
mission
According to the report. that much
money win be needed to equip and oper-
ate the ship, Of which Or Stokes is 10
have command. from February to July
H. Whether or not the member of the
committee meant to say that no such bill
would be reported by the committee, or
that no such item would be included
within the bin that is reported, the MEN,
Der OF the committee would not say.
Referring to the unpI ecedented action
Of the Secretary OF the Treasury In ask
ing. under the head of urgency deficiency
appropriations. increases, promotions, and
new positions in his department, this
same member said:
Probably 10 per cent Of those recon-
mendations will be acted upon. The 9TH
ers will not be included"
The estimates of the several govern
mental departments Of the amounts that
will be needed TO carry on the business
of the government between now and the
beginning Of the next fiscal year amount
to S9.76S, 7gSl5 and for the postal service,
payable out OF the postal revenues, 1885,
S51g1
Want Salaries Increased.
Increases in salaries for 203 employees in
the Treasury Department are asked for
and l26 new positions are created. Such
"a recommendation IS departure from
custom. and the members Of the appro-
prlations committee were generally loath
to talk about it, Concerning the request
from the Navy Department for the money
20 put the Relief into commission, there
was general belief that the House
would get a chance TO express itself by
ballot on the BroWnson-Rixey contro-
versy. In which the President has sided
with the Surgeon General OF the Navy.
it is interesting 20 note that the cecom-
niendation is made for an increase from
twenty-eight TO forty special revenue
agents. for whom. with the fees and ex-
penses Of gaugers. salaries, and expenses
OF storekeepers and storekeeper-ga ugers.
and for miscellaneous expenses, the sum
Of $4,000 is asked. The report says that
during the past year but twenty-eight
special agents have been employed, but
that the law permits forty. and there IS
a probability that the interests OF the
service will require the employment Of
/ the full number authorized by law.
Much for District.
For the District Of Columbia. the total
Of ls9aO7 is asked Included in this
amount Is a request for $1,000 for fur
nishing an equipping, complete in every
detail. the new municipal building. for re-
pairing and renewing the old furniture,
and cost Of removal TO new building"
It is estimated that the expense OF the
employees required 10 maintain the new
building will be something ike $l2.500-
For completing the grading and paving
Of the approaches to the new Anacostia
bridge. S25.000 is asked, and the recon-
mendation made that the time for com
pletion be extended to January J. 1909.
For additional temporary services,
maintenance and repairs 10 the new bath
ing beach, 1920 is asked but no notice
is made Of any requirement for a new
suit of clothes for Commissioner Henry
L. West who took an unprecedented
plunge into the water at the beach last
/ summer For the schools $l,C00 is asked,
and S2,32A47 is asked for a site for a mu-
nicipal almshouse and burial place.
Service branches Basy.
In the estimates for the War and Navy
departments, there are OminOus items
that indicate that these departments are
/ losing no time in getting Notifications
into ship-shape condition in the event of
trouble. For IRE control in Manila and
subig Bay. 100000 is asked for. and an
additional $4,000 is estimated for the same
/ purpose in other insular possessions. Fire
control in this instance means the neces-
sary work 10 connect mines electrically
with some central point from which the
mines and guns can be fired by pushing
/ a button.
For regular supplies, S1S65,SSS.05 is
asked for Incidental expenses amount to
/ 500, 240.7e, made necessary by the occupa-
ton Of Cuba by the army Of pacifcation,
| and recruiting
! For coal and transportation, the Navy
! Department asks for an Immediate $1,000
/ 900. This is made necessary by the recent
movement Of the feet, and is but the first
of a great expense that will be incurred
| by that movement.