Evening star., 1912-11-08
Contracts Authorized.

Permanent appropriations. $133, 3,2O6.
424.12
Contracts Authorized.
I'm addition to the specific appropria-
tions made it is shown that contracts are
authorized to be entered into for certain
public works requiring future appropria-
tions by Congress in the aggregate OF
so6, 423 800. These contracts cover the
following objects and amounts, namely:
For construction Of one first-class battle
ship, two fuel ships, six torpedo boat de-
stroyers, one tender. eight submarine tor
pedo boats, submarine tender, including
estimated cost of armament OF the pat
tleship, 1850, 500; for improvement OF
the Ohio river, 81, 200. 900, and for certain
fertilization work. $371 400.
"A comparison of these contract ia.
bilities with those OF the last session OF
the Sixty-first Congress. amounting TO
$45. 454, ,146 shows decrease OF $9,u5O. 24b.
1.-The new offices and employees specific-
ally authorized are 20,964 in number, at
an annual compensation of SO. 193. $50,
and those abolished or omitted are l3,9lo
In number. at an annual compensation
of $14. .496, ,917.50, a net increase or I,V4S
in number and $7.66, ,662.5O in amount.
Figure In Increases.
This net increase in new employees in
cludes 1900 enlisted men in the navy at
an approximate cost of 81, $4,000 per an
mum and a net increase of 2,616 postal
employees at an apparent annual cost OF
S., 726, $40; however. one-half or more OF
the latter sum is required under general
provisions in the postal appropriation act
increasing the pay OF 10 per cent OF
clerks in the lower classes in post ofnces
and IS per cent of letter carriers in the
In, nnH
employees in the railway mail service.
aside from these increa ses In the pos
tai and naval services, the exhibit shows
that forty-two additional members or
Congress, at 1900 each, were authorized,
and that other net increases in federal
employment were authorized as follows:
Twenty in the Navy Department. fifty
three in the general land office, fifteen In
the new children's bureau, sixteen in the
public health service. four with salaries
amounting to $26, 600 for the new govern
ment of the Panama canal. twelve in the
bureau of fisheries, thirty in the pay
corps and sixty for the new dental corps
of the navy: 413 additional officers and
enlisted men in the Marine Corps and
fifteen in tthe Indian service.
Reduction in House.
I'm the House of Representatives.
aside from the increase Of its member
ship, a net reduction is made of sixty
two in its number of employees. with pay
amounting to $50, ,730 and in the Treasury
Department reduction is made of 14I
employees. with annual pay of $1S1,5O0.
Appropriations made solely for the
employment Of personal services. the
number employed and rate of compensa-
ton being left to executive discretion.
are In lie net sum of $6,5O3. .36o.S. Of
which sum $4,21O,OOO Is for rural free de-
livery service, including sufficient amount
to advance the maximum pay of rural
mail carriers from Si,vJ0 to S1,1OO per
annum And 1t also includes more than
81. 900 900 for clerks in the smaller post
offices and for temporary clerks in other
post offices.
..The total number of specific salaries
Increased in the public service is 3OS, in
the total sum of $91.74o, the number re-
duced being sixty-nine, and in the ag-
gregate of $500. Notable among the
latter is that Of the secretary to the
President, reduced from $500 to $1,000.
MANY other salaries are increased,
notably in the postal service, as already
stated, and In the Agricultural Depart
ment by provisions increasing the num-
bers in high grades and reducing those
in the lower grades Of employees.
Army Bill Reduced.
..The army bill is reduced s2,416042.99.
the naval bill is reduced So, 253, 800 As. and
other reductions are made of s., 1856. .O53. so
in the District of Columbia bill, 81, 437 ,412
I'm the fortihcation bill, 81. 161. .6S6.47 in
the legislative, executive and judicial bill
and $40. 225. $50. "A in the sundry civil bill.
'sThe largest increases made are: Pos
tai service bill, $12 295. 136. river and har-
bor bill, $7,2O4. .O2s5O and pension bill,
$11, ,464, 1854.
"The comparison of the appropriations
made for 1913, by the last session Of the
nresent Congress, 81 ,019, ,412, 71O.91, with
those made for 1912, at the last session
of the previous Congress, 81 .028 6s2, ,SS1 72,
shows a reduction of $7,27O, 17OS1.''
Solons Sail to View Canal Zone.
NEW YORK, November s.-Six mem
bers of the House committee on appro-
priations. headed by Chairman Fitzger-
aid. have sailed for Panama on their an
pual trim to the Canal Zone Leader Mann