The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-16
NATION SEEKING
 MORE REVENUE,
Must Find a Way to Raise ~ About $iy 24O, 100000.
DEFENSE TIE BIGGEST ITEM.

teoB Now at Work DeVising an Et-
 foIsnt Method to Meeting Deficit
 That ls Sure to ArisO.
 The question Of finances promises to occupy much time in the approach ing session of cOngress-hOw Is the government going to raise sufficient revenue tO meet the ordinary running expenses of the nation and at the same time provide funds to carry out the proposed improvements in the army and navy,
 As yet no definite method has been outlined by the leaders of the party in power, and before the revenue raising bills are passed there will be much debate, pro and con, from both the small and the big army and navy ad- vocates.
 The largest estimates of government expenditures ever submitted to a sec retary of the treasury of the United States In time of peace wero presented for the next fiscal year, as required by law, for discussion by congressional committees in advance of the regular session They are being examined in detail by President Wilson and his cabinet.
 With an estimated increase for na- tIonaI defense of about S15O OOO00OO over last year, together with the cost of new tasks imposed on the state de- pertinent and other branches of the government by reason of the Flu ropean war, it is probable the amount of expenditures win be augmented to a total of about $1,24OOOO,OO0.
 Plans For the Navy.
 Secretary Daniels has prepared a five year building program for the United States navy which contemplutes the creation of a new fleet.
 This program provides for fEom if teen to twenty-eight fighting ships Of the dreadnaught and battle cruiser types, with a proportionate number of seagOlng submarines, coast submarines scout cruisers, destoyers and auxilia. ries.
 President Wilson and Secretary Dan. IeIs are agreed that to be adequate, Iy prepared for defense the present strength of the fleet must be almost doubled in the next Ave years, with the addition of many of the latest type Of. a a FVrlH H-sf,N r~0 FF
 The five year naval program when completed would add, in addition to. dreadnaughts and battle cruisers, near ly a hundred submarines, about seven. ty destroyers and several scout cruis. CTS, and Q proportionate number of fuel and hospital ships
 S24s,OOO,OOO This Year.
 The total cost of the proposed pro. gram for the first year, according tel present plans, Is estimated at nearly S2+S,OOOOOO, or about $lOO,oOO,oOO in crease over last year.
 Complete plans for defense of New York against land attack by an inTad' jpq army have been prepared by the war deDartment Similar plans for Boston and Philadelphia have been. worked out,
 Every foot of ground within striking distance of New York has been gone over by military officers, and the to- poCraphy has been mapped. These mans indicate where and how trenches shall be dug. the number of tools nee essary and the number of men re Quired
 The plans are locked in safe deposit boxes, subject to the instant call or army officers on duty at the various military headquarters.
 Military experts are now experiment. ing with trench digging tools that are expected to take the place of pick and spade, but meanwhile thousands Of sbovels are being manufactured to be stored in each important city.
 The Army Program.
 The army program as 1t now stands calls for substantially the following:
 First - Establishment of training camps to teach the rudiments of war fara to 133.OOO men expected annually to enlist Each citizen soldier will re celve six months actual training dur ing during three years.
 Second.-The addition to the aerial eouipment of the army Of at least twenty aeroplanes of most modern  type.
 Thlrd.-The purchase of armored motor vehicles such as are now being used successfully in the European war
 Fourth.-Large increases in the ar tiTery branch of the service. now lam entabIy weak.
 Fifth.-Thc laying iD of vast supplies Ofreser7e ammunition.
 Sixth. - A standing army whose strength will be a compromise be tween the figures of the small army advocates, who are opposed to any in. crease, and the "big army" forces that desire an urmy of 100000 to 3OO,oO0 men. The nddiHor of ten infantry reg. tments and rorty-siX companies of coast artillery Is now fhn nIaD of the admin