The Benson signal., 1917-12-08

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, $4,000,0O0; horses for cav
airy, etc, $28,000,000; barracks and
quarters, $26, 100000; construction and
repair of hospitals, $25,OOO0OO; manu-
facture of arms, $5O00O,000; small
arms target practice, SIS, 100000; ci-
william military training camps, &c.
O00,000 rifle ranges for the instruc-
tion Of civilians, $1,700,00O; equip
ment of home guard organizations,
$4,500,000; supplies for reserve Off
GERS training camps and ordnance
stores for the same, $5,00O,O0O; ord
nance equipment for military schools
and colleges, $1,138,000.
For gathering information the gen
eral staff asks $2,O00,000.
Navy's Estimates.
The navy's total of little more
than 1,000,000,000 is distributed prin-
ClpdlIy Ill CulS way
Pay of officers and men, $426,O00,-
600; aviation, $94,000,000; improving
and equipping navy yards for con-
struction of ships, $4,000,000; pay,
provisions and clothing for the marine
corps, $61OOO,OO0; recruiting, trans
portation and outfitting recruits, $751;
100000; arming and equipping naval
militia, $1,500,000, organizing naval re-
serve force, 100000; schools and
camps of instruction for naval reserve
recruits, $2,600,000; ordnance strictly
in the Bureau of Ordnance, $26,500,-
900; new batteries of guns for ships,
$38,000,000; ammunition for ships
alone, $32,000,000; torpedoes and tor
pedo appliances, $1,000,000; extension
of the naval gun factory at Washing
ton, $2,500,000; reserve supplies of
ordnance, $33,O00,0OO; for a new naval
proving grounds, $1,000,000; for ex-
periments, $385,000; maintenance of
yards and docks and contingent ex-
penses, $12,000,000; for medicine and
surgery, $6,500,000; care of hospital
pdCISnC0 9t,OOO,OOO,
for bluejackets, $64,000,000; trans
portation charges on the same, 81
100000; for maintenance in the Bu-
reau of supplies and accounts, includ-
ing fuel for the navy and transporta-
ton of the same, $60,000,000; con-
struction and repair of ships, $60,00O,-
600; engineering, which includes the
motive power, $50,0O0,OOO.
Food Administration, $5,0oo,ooo.
For the food administration $5,000,-
tration, $2,5OO,000.
The estimates for all other depart
ments, besides showing increases for
their expansion due to activities con-
sequent to the war, reflect generally
the increased costs of everything gen
eral throughout the country. Some
increases of salaries for government
employees are submitted, but there is
no blanket proposal and most of the
amounts for pay are due rather to in
creases in numbers of employees than
to rising scale of wages.
Inc state department. T0V1V0S 1LS
proposal for an under secretary of
state at a salary of $500. Congress
rejected the plan when submitted be-
FORE The office is proposed in addi-
ton to the three assistant secretaries
now serving.
More Asked for Diplomats.
For additional clerks the depart
ment asks 100000. To meet the in
creased cost of living for consular and
diplomatic officsrs, which is recog
nized as being out of proportion to
their small salaries, the department
asks 100000, an increase of 100000
over the sum for the same purpose
asked last year.
Many estimates are submitted for
the national parks. The sums, which
in all cases are increases, follow: Vel
lowstone, $135,0OO; Glacier, $169,O00
Yosemite, $29O,OO0; Sequoia, $43, 900;
General Grant. $4,000; Mount Rainier,
100000; Mesa Verde, $25,000; Crater
Lake, $17,5O0; Wind Cave, $4,000;
Platt's, $8,5O0; Lassen, $4,000; Mount
Mckinley, $10,000 Sieur de Monts,
$4,000. For new buildings at Hot
Springs, Ark, $150,OOO is proposed.