Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-08
WARNING AGAINST BIG
WAR APPROPRIATIONS
Hale and Other Senators TAX Against
q Greater Army and Navy
Tor Country.
70 MUCH BEING EXPENDED FOR THEM
70 MUCH BEING EXPENDED FOR THEM
Senator Hale Declares That Seventy
Per Cent. of the Governments Rev
enues Are Being Spent for warlike
Purposes and That Peace Appro-
priations Have No Chance.
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WASHINGTON. ID. c.. April -
a warning against increasing expen
ditures fer the military establishment
OF the United States was sounded in
| the Senate today by Senator Hale.
chairman of the committee ON naval
anairs and his alarm was taken up
and repeated by other seniors.
The discussion was based on n
signed article printed in the Washing
, ION Post today saving in effect that
Secretary Taft favored rnorganiza-
ZION and an enlargement Of the army
ina; would bring II up to 10000 mon.
rhe immediate occasion for Senator
iiale's speech was the passage yester-
day of the army appropriation bill ear
ryinE nearly $l00,000,00O and he used
II US showing the tendency of the
times.
Moving TO reconsider the vote by
which the army bill was passed Mir.
Hale said senators did not realize that
more than 40 per cent. OF the revenues
iof the government were today eypen.
ded for what has been termed the
needs OF past. present and future wars.
What is going on. continued Mr..
Hale, without senators of the country
being aware of il, are the enormous
increases of The military establish
ment to the prejudice of all other
claims?
we cannot get consideration of ali
other bills because as everybody
knows, the revenues are waning and
we are likely TO be confronted with n
deficit and in not many months ahead
we shall he found spending more mo-
ney than comes into the treasury from
tue existing and ordinary sources. We
cannot pass the omnibus appropra-
ton bill which has thousands of items
mat ought to be passed as much as n
not at hand; We are to have no river
and harbor bill because Il Is peace
Dill: we can have no public building
bill because the military expenses arc
mounting so rapidly that we cannot
afford these items that are for peace"
Mr.. Hale recapimlated appropria-
lions for military purposes and said
every item represented great apprO-
nriations for the future. There had
lie said. been an increase of $4,000
600 In the appropriations for the army
and about the same increase for the
navy. This he said. did not repre-
sent the enormous increase for the
navy as only two instead or four bat.
tleships are provided for.
Building of Ships Only the Beginning.
| When YOU build up navy" he
declared, you only begin to spend
money You commit the country Ia
repairs and maintenance. making nee
essary an increasing appropriation
and If YOU so on we are going to have
a naval appropriation in three or four
years that will amount TO $4,000, 900
annually"
Senator Gallinger said the article in
the Post today seemed to be inspired
Senator Warren. chairman of the
committee on military affairs said he
did not believe that the published plan
referred to was inspired
This is the first have heard of
the secretary of war having any such
idea about increasing the army" said
Mr. Warren.
This is probably matter under
consideration in the department ana II
has arrived at point where il has
been heard OF by newspaper writer "
81 hope" said Mr. Hale, resuming,
that this enormous. unreasonable and
wicked program is not the judgment Of
the secretary of war"
Mr.. Hale declared that anyone who
talks with the general staff of the
army. as Senators have done. within
a few DAYS will be told that the army
has got 10 he doubled
That" he said. is The opinion OF
the chief OF the general staff, who is
the head OF the operating part of the
army with authority during the pro
longed. frequent and necessary absen-
ces of the secretary OF war"
New Army VIII Cost 100000, 600.
IF this program is carried ont we
will have an army costing $200.00
600 an nothing short OF that will salts
! fly the armv. | hone whenever the
secretary of war shall be we shall no!
be called upon to make this enormous
expenditure. still have on my mind
n residium of hope that that alleged
program for army enlargement is moi
TO be carried out and that the secre-
tary of war has not program for
such expenditures of funds drawn
(. from all the peoDle wish TO cal
/, attention 10 this distinctive feature oil
the enormous increases of the mill