New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07

Total ............ .$l3,O1S,725.595
Greatest Sums for Army and Navy.
The greatest sums, of course, are
estimated for the army and navy. Els
Inmates previously submitted in terms
of thousands and occasionally millions
are low stated in terms OF millions
and billions.
For the signal service, which in
cludes the great army for the air, ST.
1888, 240, 315 is estimated. This sum in
cludes the $G4O. 600, 900 previously ap-
propriated for the great air fleet.
$500, 900 900 for Big Shells.
A billion dollars is asked for pay
and miscellaneous expenses Of the
army: more than two billion dollars
for the quartermaster corps; $157,000,-
900 for hospital and medicines; $135,-
OOO, 900 for the equipment of engineer
troops and 1892, 100000 for the ex-
penses of their operations in the field.
Ammunition for the great guns to
blast a way through the German fronts
is estimated to cost $3.50, 10000 For
machine guns, the deadliest weapons
Of the war. more than $4,000, 900 is
asked. For armored motor cars more
than $4,000 900 is estimated.
No estimate appears for. the COM
mittee on public information, the ex-
penses of which are being paid out Of
the Presidents 500. 100000 war
emergency fund. B.
Nays Estimates.
The navy's total Of a little more
than 81, 900, 600, 900 is distributed prin-
cipally in this way:
Pay of officers and men, $426,OO0,-
600; aviation, $4,000. 900; improving
and e%quipping navy yards for con-
struction of ships. 100000 pay,
provisions and clothing for the marine
corps, SCI, 100000; recruiting, trans
p~ortation and QUILTING recruits, $751;
OOO, 900; arming and e%quipping naval
militia, $1,500,0O organizing naval re-
serve force, 100000; schools and
camps of instruction for naval reserve
recruits, $2,60O,OOO; ordnance strictly
in the Bureau of Ordnance. $26.5O0,-
600; new batteries of guns for ships,
$38, O0O, 900; ammunition for ships
alone, 1000, 600; torpedoes and tor
pedo appliances, 81, 900, 900; extension
Of the naval gun factory at Washing
ton, $4,000, 900; reserve supplies OF
ordnance, $33, 600, 900; for a new naval
proving grounds, $1,000, 00O; for ex-
periments, $3S5,00O; maintenance Of
yards and docks and contingent ex-
penses, $12, OO0, 900; for medicine and
surgery, Sc, 500, 900; care Of hospital
patients alone. $4,000. 900; provisions
for bluejackets. $4,000. 600; rams
portation charges 5 1900. 900.
Compared with these estimates In
billions and hundreds Of millions,
some Of the comparatively minor
items stated in simple millions are:
For the extension Of the military
academy, $4,000 900; horses for cav
airy, etc., $2S 1000. 900; barracks and
quarters, $26, 00O, 900; construction and
repair of hospitals. $25. 200. 900; manu-
facture of arms, $50 ,000. 900; small
arms target practice, SIS. 0OO. 900: CT
william military training camps. &c.
OOO, 900; rifle ranges for the instruc-
ton Of civilians, ST. 10000; equip
ment of home guards. $4.500.000.
For the food administration $1,000
900 is estimated; for the fuel admins
t~ration, $ .5O0.000.
Many estimates are submitted for
the national parks. The sums, which
in all cases are increases, follow: Vel
lowstole, $135,0O0. Glacier, $169,o0o;
Yosemite. $2so.oO0; Sequoia. $4,000;
General Grant. $500; Mount Rainier,
100000; Mesa Verde. $25, 900; Crater
Lake, $17,500; Wind Cave. $4,000;
Platt's, $500; Lassen, 5000; Mount
Mckinley, 10000; 'Sieur de Monts.
$4,000. For new buildings ut Hot
GprinRs. Ark, 900 is proposed.