The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-03
THIRTEEN BILLION
FOR WAR EXPENSE
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while for care of Germans in thi
country Qnterned) Sl'oVo'Voo
sought.
The war department estimates in
cluded in addition TO the billion o
more for aviation, S3,42l.tIS'4sf ~
expanding coast Notifications, arse
nails and military posts. rms
slightly more than was appropriate
for the same purpose for TINS year.
For purchase. men and test OF al
tillery, s225,000,00O is asked ana =
provide ammunition S2.612,OOo,ooo.
On coast defense cannon, the de
lpartment plans to spend Slz'1oo'1 =
and S6.060,O00 for ammunition.
! For alteration and maintenance o
the mobile artillery s31o.50o,oo0 1:
asked, s330,0OO for alteration of coas
| defense guns and S93O00,000 for ar
hilary practice ammunition.
Additional coast defense batteries
are to be constructed in Hawaii ano
ltha Philippines. Half million dol
! lars is sought for Hawaii with S2el ,uut
additional for strengthening land DE
lenses, installing search lights aho
otherwise expanding the defensive sys
TEN.
For the Philippine coast defenses
$500 600 is asked, with $4,000 more
for search lights for the most import
ant harbors.
A total of s1,433.5 is asked for mil
itary purposes in the island posses.
sions of the United States. part OF
which is to build sea walls and IN
prove harbors.
The department wants approprla
tion totaling s7S,l01 900 to increase
facilities at arsenals making artillery
and guns other munitions. Protec
ton of the Panama canal requires
s255 con for land defenses including
search lights. armored cars and loco
motives In addition 100000 is
asked for construction of military RAN
roads and railroads in the canal zone;
SOC 600 for repair of fortihcatlons
principally structures erected lor ue
| fense against torpedo attack
construction of an army cantonmen'
| in the canal zone is to cost sl,so4,ooo
Requested APPROXIMATIONS for test o.
ammunition. installation of hre-con
| troll building of store houses, etc
brings the total for the defense OF tn'
canal to s7,6T5,340.
| For the pay of the army, S1,Uuo,
933,676 is asked.
For this year. ss44,639,11S was ap
propriated-
only s29S. 405,655 is sought as agalns
s401, 100000 appropriated Tor TINS
year.
To transport the army from camps
to the seaboard and thence TO France
ssO9 sag OPS is sought Purchase ant
4 8 aTN <175r
will require 1888, 172,148, the depart
ment's estimate said.
/ For the medical corps s157,111,S9
is asked, the sum to include the pun
chase of gas masks: S1,O2I 100000
for engineer equipment for field SCI
/ vice. $1,000 600 for military maps
s390 600 900 for small arms mum
itions. sT5 200, 900 for ammunition 10
small arms target practice; $4,000
600 for rifle and revolver manufat
tire at national armories; S1,53l,O2;
for machine guns.
For guns and ammunition for hom
guard examinations, the department
requested s4500,o00.
| Thirty-fiye million dollars is re
ouired 70 build signal service stor
house In France.
| For pay of the navy, s213, 229 90
was asked: for improving and equiv
ping navy yards for construction
ships, 100000; for ammunition
s32. 100000: for new batteries TO
certain war vessels. s3s,309,o00; TO
an ammunition reserve, s33,OOO,OOO
for torpedoes, 100000.
Three hundred and fifty thousan
| dollars is asked to bring home tn
bodies of the navy's dead, while SIS
| 0OO 900 is the estimate put on III
needs of the navy's medical diVlsio!
! for the year.
| For aruling an equipping the nava
militia and the naval reserve. Daniel
asked s1,72T,000. Expansion of tn
Great Lakes training station at CHI
cago viii require s725.o00 while i'm
proyements at other naval training sta
lions VIII total s2,655,G00.
| Daniels asked for s22, $4,000 70
pay of the marine corps, with S3S
( s5o, 600 more for clothing and provis
ions for the SOLDIERS of the sea-
! Improvement OF the rivers and han
bors is estimated to cost S29,507 50
as against s34,s31, $50 appropriated 70
! this year. This includes S1,400,000 70
/ improving and maintaining the passe
Iof the Mississippi river.
| Estimated pension department need
| for the year are S157,060,oOo, a de
icrease Of So 100000 over the sum az
/ propriated for this year
! Collection Of war taxes, exclusive o
( the munitions, viii cost 100000
Secretary McAdoo estimated.
( This is double the sum appropriated
: for this year. Collection of munition
i-aveo will reurire s400 600. and tn
income tax $780, 600 Expenses o
! administering the war risk insurance
law will be $4,000 for the year
( Ncsdoo estimated The bulk Of this Il
salaries Of $500 employees, which to
( tai $3.50, 900.
! Sporadic Street Car Service.
! limited Press Leased Wire Service.