Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-06

sW WASHINGTON, Dec. e, NC gov
ernment OF the United States Wants
billion, and a quarter dollars for run
ming expenses in 1917.
This estimate today was transmitted
to Congress by Secretary of the Treas.
ury McAdoo.
The total reaches the tremendous
sum of 81, ,2S5, ,S57, ,SOS16.
Deducting the sinking fund of $780,
727, 900 put away for the redemption
of bonds and the estimated postal
receipts of $316, 6,364,879. the administra-
TONS estimate of the cost of run
ming the government is $90S, 765,9 ,92y. II
in 1917
This is nearly 80 for every man
woman and child in the United States
The estimates are an increase OF
s167. .S31, 40i.61 over 1916 appropriations
Increases in the war and navy de-
partments account for $146,S57, 235. 81
of this amount.
The European war entailing new
work was directly responsible for a
large part of the increase In the State
department estimates.
Defense Program Details.
Details of the defense program are
shown in the war and navy depart
ments' estimates, as follows:
War department-Pay of the army
increased from $40, 366, 1872 to $6S, 706, ,307;
supplies. service and transportation,
from s3S.452.679 to 56,3S2, 702; medical
department, from $500 to 81. l64. los
engineering equipment, from $4,000 to
$3.50, 900; ordnance stores, 100000 to
SO. 1888. 900; manufacture of arms. from
$250,000 to $1,012,559; ordnance stores
and supplies, from $1,000 900 to $4,757.-
500; automatic machine rifles, from
$3.50, 900 to $1,400.000: armored motor
cars, from $4,000 to s150,000; for en-
campments and militia manuevers,
from $3.50, 900 to $780, 900.
An increase from S6,060,07 to $685.
305. 1913 is shown in the coast and other
defense fortifications, some of the
items being:
Gun and mortar batteries, new, and
the undermining of older emplace-
ments. increased from $6S5,000 to
So eli, 500; casemates, galleries, etc,
lfor submarine mines, from $31 900 to
1854. .O60; alteration and maintenance
of seacoast artillery, from $3,390, 00O
to s12, SGT, 500: tests of new ordnance
from $4,000 to 100000; building of
barracks and quarters for seacoast
New works include;
I cites for fortifications and seacoast
defenses. 81, ,S67, 900; armament of forti-
ficationn, 50 1886, 500; ammunition, 81
III 900: seacoast defense cannon,
81 .764 500; ammunition, $3,000,O00.
Totals for canal zone fortifications
show an increase from $2,6S9,04S to
IS, ,2S4, 100.
For the first years work on the
navy building program, for the hulis
outfit and machinery of two battle
ships. two battle cruisers, three scout
cruisers, fifteen destroyers, two gun
hoats, one hospital ship and one fue
oil ship, an estimate of $27,64T, 900 |:
made. For the hulls and outfits fol
the first years expenditure for the
torpedo boat fiotilla of five fleet sub
marines and twenty-five coast sub,
marines, .s7,675.000 is estimated.
For reserve munitions, $8.0O0.000 Il
estimated.
.'Toward the erection and equipment
of a plant for the manufacture oi
armor on a site to be selected by the
president, to cost when completed, not
to exceed 1885, f07,'s there is est'mat-
ed for 1879 2l1.702. For a projectilt
nlant to cost not to exceed 81, All ,222
there is set aside $705,6l1.
There is further provided q nava
flying corps to be composed of Isl
officers and student flyers and $50 en-
listed men, appointed, command, en-
listed and in the fair grades and rat
ings of the navy.