Evening journal., 1915-12-06
By Ma United Press.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.-The gov
ernment Of the United States wants
billion and quarter dollars for run
ming expenses in 1917.
This estimate today was trans
mitted to Congress by Secretary Of
the Treasury McAdoo.
The total reaches the tremendous
sum OF S1,285,S57. .S0S.16.
Deducting the sinking fund OF $780,
727.000 put away for the redemption
Of bonds and the estimated postal re-
CENTS of s316.364 ,ST9, the administra-
tion's estimate OF the cost of running
the government is $90S,765, ,929.l6 in
1917
This is nearly 50 for every man,
woman and child in the United States.
The estimates are an increase of
S167, ,s31 ,401.61 over 1916 appropri-
ations. Increases in the war and
navy departments account Tor Sl46,-
S57. 1852 Of this amount.
The European war entailing new
work was directly responsible for a
large part Of the increase in the
state Department estimates.
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 S49,366,732 TO $685.
7O6 3O7. supplies, service and trans
nortation. from S3S .452,679 to S56,3S2,-
700. medical department, from $780,
oOO TO S1164,105; engineering equip
mont from $4,000 to S660,O0O
ordnance stores. 100000 to $685.
OOO. manufacture OF arms, from $500
Oo0 to S1.O12,559; ordnance stores anc
eunnlies from 81 900 900 to S4,151,bOOi
automatic machine rifles. from $3.50,
oOO 10 81 .4OO. 600: armored motor cars
from $4,000 TO S15O,00O; for encamp
ments and militia maneuvers, IRON
$3.50. 600 to $4,39O,OOO. 100
An increase from S6,06007S to S23'
2O5.123 is shown in the coast AM
other defense fortihcations, some o
he items being:
Gun and mortar batteries, new ant
the modernizing OF older emplace
ments. increased from S6S5OOO L
S2.6f1 500; classmates. galleries, etc
for submarine mines, from $4,000 L
s254 O6O: alteration and maintenance
of sea coast artillery from S5,39O.OO
10 S12.567 500; tests of new ordnanc
from $4,000 to 100000; building O
arsenals from S653.60 to Sl,S42,55O
barracks and quarters for sea cOas
defense from S25,000 to S473,S6O.
New works include:
Sites for fortifications and sea coas
defenses. 81 ,S67 600. armament q
fortifications, S2,4S6,500; ammunition
S2.7l1 900: sea coast defense cannon
S1.764, 800: ammunition, S3,O00,0OO.
Totals for canal zone fortihcation
show an increase from S2,639,O4S
SS.234, 100.
For the first years work on th
navy building program, for the hull
outfits and machinery of two battle
ships, two battle cruisers. three scot
cruisers, fifteen destroyers, two gun
boats, one hospital ship and one fu
. oil ship, an estimate of S27. SAT 600
made For the hulls and outfits fC
the first years expenditure for II
torpedOboat fiotilla of five fleet submit
rines and twenty-five coast subm;
rines, S7,675.OOO is estimated.
For reserve munitions, $4,000. 600
estimated.
Toward the erection and euuiI
ment of a plant for the manufactui
OF armor on a site TO be selected L
the President to cost whe
completed, not to exceed S6,635. .1O7
there is estimated for 1917, $2,211
7O2. For a proiectile plant to co
not to exceed 1,4l1 ,222, there is 81
aside S705.6l1.
There is further provided a nav
flying corps to be composed of $50 o
ficers and student flyers and $50 ei
listed men. appointed, commando
enlisted and distributed in the variol
grades and ratings OF the navy.