Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-05
ARMY AND NAVY WILL ASK
SUM OF S000;0OO,0OO
iotai OF estimates Already Submit,
ted and Made Public Is +.
$15T,5St 800.
LARGE INCREASES OVER ,cl7
About $t3,0o0,OOO rs &c Spent for
Training and Equipment OF Ma
tional Guard and S1,J0O.O0U Nd.
ditional for Training Camps.

ditional for Training Camps.
n As.or.~,ca pres.l
WASH lNGTON. December 4.-k:sti-
mates for maintaining and strength
on!nS tho army and navy during the
fiscal year 1918 indicate that Cougf,ss
Will he asked this winter To provilc
about SSoo.o'o.ooo for tina, purpose.
The total of estimates already sub
united and made public to-day when
Congress convened is :5a..5S4.5.u tu
cover the military activitieS Of both
departments. Statements made 10y
navy officials to the House Naval Com
miticc. now considering that bill have
foreshadowcd however. large supple
mcniary estimates To hc submitted
the War Department;
The preliminary estimate for the
army is s31S.o1 4.5G5. AN increase OF
abcuj S'o.oo".ooo over the amount APP
nronvlated for 1917. The navy total
OF S3'''''l''ol is an incrcas" OF s'6.-
i3i.li" over 1917 figures panama
Canal Qualifications will take S5.aIG.-
SOC. an increase of about sSon.oro
Novc than Slo.ooc.G00 Of tn, amy
i''"r."ec Will 20 into the paymcn. Of
regulars. national cuardsmen and
members OF the reserve. \ total OF
sas.'a+.""3 is spugh; under the pay
item. and the estimates show that the
number Of rriNates provided Tor under
this section is 2lS.5a+. OF :ha; to.al.
49,? would nc in the regular service
and l6i.Sl3 i'll The National Guard
Provision also is made for me pav
ment OF $4,000 members Of tho -c-u-
lar enlisted reserve and for fuil-ratc
payment OF these men for fifteen DAYS
field trimming during the YEA: The
provision for payment Of reserve Of
iicsrs is $3.l5l."S3 and that for paying
National Guard officers s3,3aG.94O
Another s2.0G".Go0 OF the increase
Will go In the avintion section, which
submits estimates for .he expenditure
during 1918 or SG.2o0.oo on new aero
planes and sl,o0o.Ooo for balloons. A
separate item submitted il is stated
at The request of the Navy Department
IN the Panama Canal estimates, Ia
$4,000 for the establishment Of an
aviation station in tho zone.
STS0.O0o IS ASKED EOH
PROTECTION OF CANAL
For the protection 81 the canal 1t
is shown that s7So.oOo is to be ey
PENDED for armorcd ears and locomo-
iivcs, scarchliEhts and other comm
inent for the mobile troops which army
officials have declared must be ready
To rcpel au attack by land. New milf
tary roads TO ne laid out under
this plan. More than sl.5oO.c 600 will GO
into new big guns and cmglacements
for the Seacoast dcrcnseS of the canal
In round figures. an additional si3.-
he
and equipment OF the National Guard
and sic.ooo0oo more than the 1917 ap-
preparations for reserve stores of am
muniti"n. guns. rifles and field artil-
lcry. y million additional is asked for
armored motor cars. $500 900 addi-
rionai for civilian training camps and
SJ.o0o.eoo in new items for the Reserve
Officers Training Corps. Authority to
make contracts totaling many millions
in addition to the purchases actually
made, also is asked. following the pre-
ccdent set last year. so that the or
dcr!nS OF cannon and ammunition NAV
he carried forward without delay, al
though deliveries may be more than
two years ahead.
The Ordnance Bureau asks for 5000
200 10 manufacture jigs. gauges and
other fixtures for the cuuipmcnt of
private machine shops to make gov
eminent arms o. ammunition Con-
srcss approved this plan last year.
and the tools will he held in store
against ii war emergency.
indie. the head of coast defenses.
as".6cS,a is asked with which TO pur-
chase guns of all types from tie great
SiXteen-inch weapons for the fixed bat :
tiers TO light mountain guns Last
year Congress provided $3.50. 900 for
these items. and the Increases are i'm
line with the four-year policy approve
at that time. under which the coast,
dercnses will be improved at "A cos, of
Siu00oo.6a0 and a store of reserve am :
munition and material TO cost "a similar
amount viii he gathered
The Increase in the general item OF
!'Fllhc"tions and other works OF de-
Tense for 1918 total more than $50. 900 :
900 over last year
ESTIMATES FOR NAVY
WILL BE; LARGELY INCREASED
The general features Of the naval
estimates already have been discussed
at open hearings before the House
naval Committee. which is rapidly
whipping the bill into shape TO con-
'ihue ships already building or au-
thofizcd. the department seeks Sis
"''.l'i'' and for ships to lie author
yea this year sSS.500. O0u. 1t has been
Sh""h during the committees hear
lhes' however. that the latter figure
Is only rough estimate. and prob
amy Will be increased NAM millions,
even If the building program recon :
'ncndcd is not exceeded. with $1,000
ION hattleships in prospect while the
hHurcs arc based on the 32.000-ton tyne
last authorized. il is virtually certain
That an increase of s25.00O.OOO will be
necessary before the program can he
carried out.
me estimates make no mention OF
several ambitious projects for navy
ward hcNelOnmcn; which arn n,dnr