The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-04
Over Eleven Billions of It Is
Chargeable to the War
Account. \.

Deducting an item Of $153,000, 900,
intended as an annual appropriation
toward a sinking fund for the dis.
charge of the old public debt and
some $3.50, 100000 which will be turn
ed back to the Treasury from postal
revenues the estimated sum for which
Z Congress actually is expected to ap.
propriate is $13,01S,725,595. No pre-.
vious estimate ever has exceeded two
billions.
Here follows general statement of
the estimates by General headings:
Legislative, Ss,026.325.
Executive, 65,329,369.
Judicial, 1,396,190.
Agriculture, 26,45S,551.
Foreign intercourse. 6.5S5,072.
Military (Army) 6.615,936,554.
Navy, 1,014,077,5OS.
Indian, 12,255,210.
Pensions, 157,060,000.
Panama Canal, 23,171,624.
Public works practically all forti.
fications, 3,504.91S,055.
Postal service, 331,S1S,345.
Miscellaneous, 1925, 20S,S17.
Permanent annual appropriations,
I'll, 166,S25.
Total (cents -ommitted here and
above, SIS, 504,357,940.
Deduct linking fund and postal re-
turns. 4s5,632,S45.
Total, $13,01S, T25,595.
The greatest sums, of course, are
I. estimated for the army and navy. Els.
Inmates previously submitted in terms
of thousands and occasionally mil.
lions are now stated in terms OF mil.
lions and billions.
For the. signal service, which in.
cludes the great army for the air,
4 81, 13S,240,315 is estimated. This sum
includes the $64O,000,000 previously
appointed for the great air fleet. 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
hospitals and medicines; S135, 100000
for the equipment of engineer troops
aud 1892, 100000 for the expenses OF
their operations in the field. Ammu.
milton for the great guns to blast a
way through the German fronts Is es.
tfmated to cost 1890, 100000. For ma,
chine guns, the deadliest weapons OF
the war. more than 237,000,000 is
asked. For armored motor cars, more
than $75,000,000 is estimated.
Compared with these estimates IN
billions and hundreds Of millions some
of the comparatively minor items sta
ted in simple millions are: For the
extension Of the Military Acadamy
$4,000,000; horses for cavalry, etc.
. $2S,000,000; barracks and quarters
I. $26,000,000; construction and repair
OF hospitals, $25, 100000; manufacture
of arms, $50000,000; small arms tar.
get practice, $75, 100000 civilian mill
tary training camps, $6,000,000.. rifle
ranges for the instruction Of civilians
$b700,000; equipment Of home guard
organizations; S4,500,000; supplies fol
reserve officers training camps and
ordnance stores for the same, $4,000,
600; ordnance equipment for military
schools and colleges, $1,138,000. For
gathering information, the General
Star asks s2,00O,000.
The Nays total of a little more
than $1,000,0O0,0o0 is distributed prin
cipally in this. way: Pay Of officers
and men, $426. 100000; aviation, $94,
100000; improving and equippine
navy yards for construction Of ships
$4s000,000: pay, provisions and cloth
ing for the Marine Corps, $61, 900 900;
recruiting. transportation and outfit
ting recruits, $15,000,000; arming and
equipping naval militia, $1,50000O;
organizing naval reserve forces, 5000,
900; schools and camps of instruction
Tor naval reserve recruits, $2,600,000;
ordnance strictly in the bureau Of or
dnance S26,500, 900; new batteries OF
guns for ships, $3sO0O,000; ammuni
ton for ships alone; $32,000,000 tor
pedoes and torpedo appliances, 81.
600, 100000; extension Of the naval
gun factory at Washington, S25o0.
900; reserve supplies of ordnance
$33,000.000: for a new naval proyinp
grounds. $4,000 900: for experiments
$SS5,O00; maintenance Of yards and
docks and contingent expenses, SIPS.
0e0;000; for medicine and surgery
$500, 900; care Of hospital patients
alone. $4,000.000; provisions for Blue
Jackets, S64.000,00o; transportation
charges on the same, $4,000,o00; for
maintenance In the bureau of sun
plies and accounts, including fuel for
the Navy and transportation Of the
same, $60,000,000; construction and
repair Of ships, s60y000,000; engineer.
Ing, which includes the motive power,
$50, 100000.
For the Food Administration, $1,000.
600 is estimated; for the Fuel Admin.
tstration. $2,5o0.000.
The estimates for all other depart.
ments besides showing increases for
their expansion due to activities con.