Evening journal., 1917-12-03
Uncle sam NEEDS
S13,5O4.S57.939
TO CONDUCT WAR
Continued from First Page.

i02, 500, lag or $2,5S1, ,973.216 more thaIl
was appropriated last year. The in
crease is due to expansion OF the avla-
tion program, plans for enlarging fOrtl-
fcations and arsenals and greatly ln7
creased payroll.
The Navy asks st,Oi7,9i4,027 against
81. 500, ,S64 ,3S2 appropriated for TINS year.
The Food Administration asks So,OOO-
600 double its appropriation Tor tnis
year. 80.
The Fuel Administration asks $500
0OO for salaries and expenses
The Council OF National Defense re-
quests an increase Of $4,000 over the
$4,000 appropriation made for the cur
rent year.
For the relief Of American prisoners
Of war in Germany $4,000 is asked,
while for care of Germans interned IN
this country siOOO,OOO is sought
The War Department estimates IN
cluded in addition TO the billion or
more for aviation s3,i2L7i3,A97 for ex-
panding coast fortifcations, arsenals
and military posts. This is slightly
more than was appropriated for the
same purposes for this year.
For purchase, manufacture and test
OF artillery s225,OOO000 is asked and to
provide ammunition S2,672OOO,OOO.
on coast defense cannon the depart
ment plans to spend Si22OO,4i5 and
s6O60OO0 for ammunition.
For alteration and maintenance OF
The mobile artillery, S3i0,5OOOOO is ask
ed S330,O00 for alteration of coast de
/ fense guns, and S93000,000 for artillery
/ practice ammunition.
Additional coast defense batteries arc
| TO be constructed in Hawaii and the
/ Philippines. Half a million dollars is
sought for Hawaii. with S20i 900 addi-
/ tional for strengthening land dcfenses
/ installing searchlights and otherwise
expanding the defensive system.
! For the Philippine coast defense S32O,-
900 is asked with $4,000 more for
searchlights for the most important
/ harbors.
A total Of 81. .l33, 500 is asked for mill
/ tary purposes In the island possessions
/ u the United States. part Of which is
to build sea walls and improve harbors.
The department wants an apprOpri-
/ alton totalllng s7S07O,i00 to increase
/ facilities at arsenal for making am
munition, guns ana other munitions.
! Protection OF the Panama Canal re-
/ quires S355,0O0 for land defenses in
cluding searchlights, armored cars and
] locomotives. in addition S2000,OOO is
asked for construction of military roads
and railroads In the canal zone: s25,OOO
/ for repair Of fortiilcatiOns, principally
structures erected for defense against
torpedo attack.
Construction Of an army cantonment
in the canal zone is TO cost si.95i,560.
Requested appropriations for test Of
ammunition, installation Of fire control.
/ building of storehouses. etc, brings the
total for the defense OF the canal to
! S7676,3i0.
For the pay Of the army si,O03, ,933, ,676
is asked For this year Ssii.639iis was
appropriated. For purchase Of food,
however, only s29S, i05,655 is sought, as
against si0i 100000 appropriated for
this year.
To transport the army from camps
TO the seaboard, and thence 10 France,
sSO9532,025 is sought Purchase and
manufacture OF clothing for the army
VIII require SSs3i72, lis The department
estimate said
For the medical corps Si57,iif ,894 IL
asked, the sum to include the purchase
Of gas masks; si,O27O0O for engineer
equipment for field service 81 100000 for
military maps; s39O,OOO,OOO for small
arms ammunition; S75.20000O for ammu-
milton for small arms target practice !;
S50000O00 for rifle and revolver manu-
facturo at national armories; 81 ,53i ,O23
for machine guns.
For guns and ammunition for home
guard organization, the department re-
quested Si,j0O0O0.
Thirty-flve million dollars is requested
to build a signal service storehouse in
France.
For pay Of the navy S2i3.229 600 was
asked; for improving and equipping navy
yards for construction Of ships, $4,000
CO., For ammunition, S32, 10000; for new
batteries for certain war vessels, $685.
100000; for an ammunition reserve, S33,-
000000; for torpedocs, 81 100000
Three hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars is asked to bring home the bodies
Of the navy's dead, while 100000 is
the estimate put on the needs Of the
navy's medical dlvisicd for the year. For
arming and equipping naval militia and
the navalTeserVes, Daniels asked 81 ,727. =
GOO. Expansion Of the great lakes train
ing station at Chicago Will require S72J.- =
training stations will total 81 1865 600
Daniels asked 22,i53.OOO for pay for
the marine corps with S3S,95S,OOO more
for clothing and provisions for the "sol-
diers OF the sea"
Improvement Of rivers and harbors is
estimated to cost S29,5O7 $50, as against
S3i.83i,iJ appropriated for this year.
This includes S2,i75OO0 for Improvement
Of New York harbOr; 81, $4,000 for Del
aware river; si,540O00 for Norfolk har-
bor; 81, 10000 for improving and main
tanning the passes of the Mississippi
river; S5.OOO,OO0 for locks and dams on
the Ohio river below Pittsburgh with
a view TO obtaining navigable depth Of
nine feet.
Objection Of war taxes exclusive Of
the munitions will cost 100000 Sec
retary McAdoo estimated. This is double
the sum appropriated for this year
Collection of munitions taxes will re-
quire 100000 and the income tax
s3700OO0.
Expenses Of administering the war
risk Insurance law will be 100000 for
the year McAdoo estimated. The bulk
Of this is salaries Of $500 employees
which totals S3250,OOO.
This estimate" McAdoo said, is
based on a close study OF the expenses
Of the pension bureau and a number Of
large insurance companies
MORE MONEY FOR SMOKES
FOR SOLDIERS IN FRANCE