The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-07
MORE THAN BILLION
 DOLLARS ASKED FOR
 GOVERNMENTS NEEDS

Washington, Dec. 7.-Estimafes pre- scented to Congress today put the cost of conducting the government during the fiscal year 1916, which begins on July 1. next, at 1.0sO. 775,1s4.
 This sum is s, 392, ,S62 less than the current fiscal year ending next June S0th and SIT. .eos.64S less than the es- inmates for the current year.
 Without salary increases of any kind, no estimates whatever for new public buildings and all items reduced by order of President Wilson to what department heads consider the mini mum, the estimates represent the ad- ministration's effort to keep the gov ernmenta1 expenditures within it's in come which has been decreased by. the European war. By grand divisions, the estimates submitted today are as follows:
 Legislative establishment, $7,641, ,049 Executive establishment, 31,8 ,845. .889 Judicial establishment, 1,240s530 Department Of Agriculture. 20.7O6, ,013 Postal service. 27. .355,16 Foreign intercourse, 4,607, ,182 Military estab1ishment, f05, ,866. .849 Naval establi blishment 142. SIS, ,0oS Indian affairs, 9,633, 463 Pensions, te6, ,1Oos 600 Panama Canal, IS, 931. .865 Public works 79, 917,54l Miscellaneous, g, ,843, 325 Permanent annual appropria
 tions 1z1. .567 ,2o7
 with the expectation that the Postal Service will continue to be self-sus- taining the postal item of $297 ,355. .164 will be deducted as 1t is returned to the treasury from postal earnings, leaving the actual total of expendi- lures at $793, ,419. .970.
 As there is such a. comparatively small change in the estimates there is also comparatively little change in the items of fixed charges and new esti- mates for expenditures have been re duced to the minimum. While the rule is one of reductions, the army and navy establishments alone show increases of any note The army es- innate is increased to $105. s66, $50 as against d current appropriation of S101, 977, ,8ez; the naval estimate is $441,- 619, ,033 against a current appropriation of s141, ,393, ,217.
 In the army estimates, $a00, 600 is provided for the new aviation corps, $7o0, 900 for buildings and grounds of the Military Academy at West Point and $150,0Do for automatic machine r1- des The sum for militia maneuvers is reduced a. million dollars and left at 25Oo0; $400,00O is asked for bar racks and quarters in the Philippines;
 
 tice; $250, 900 for the manufacture of arms For public works in the War Department s62.e00.o coo is estimated, of which ffty-three million dollars is for rivers and harbors, an increase of $27 300 GOO ocer last years estimate. For Notifications and other works of
 defense, $5. 800, 900. slight increase over last year. is estimated Further construction and maintenance of the Panama Canal is estimated at $19,- 0o0e GOO.
 In the navy $2s, 1000 Is asked for increases heretofore authorized and 1 SIS, COG, 800 is estimated for the 1916 1 building program. The estimate for I arrraing the naval militia is doubled making it $25o,000
 l Tn the Interior Department pen- l sio1as are estimated at $1e6, 900, COG, 3 1 three-mfllion dollar drop since last year.
 For fortifyflg the Panama Canal 3 tota of s1 ,942, ,22s is estimated, an in
 crease of $817, ,7o3 over last years ap- 1 propriation In this estimate is in
 cluded $so, ,o00 for searchlights and | s1OO GOO for reserve equipment.