The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-03
Appropriations by New Con-
gress Greatest in History.
OF S13,5OO,OOO,OOO Total, SILL
OOO,OOO,OOO for War Alone.
S6,615, ,930, 900 GOES TO ARMY
More Than a Billion WIN ~
Navy's Share of Funds.
Three and a Half Billion To
Build u. S. Fortifications.

Washington, Dec. 3.-Estimates OF
more than $13.5OO, 0O.00O-the great
est in the nations history-for the
conduct of the government and prose-
cution of the war during the fiscal
year, 1919, were submitted to con-
gres today by the treasury depart
ment.
In round figures more than SILL
OOO, 100000 of that vast sum is for the
war alone. Only part of it will be
realized from taxation; the remainder
will come from issues of liberty bonds
Deducting an item of s153, 600,
intended as an annual appropriation
toward a sinking fund for the dls-
charge of the old public debt. and
some s33O,0OO,0OO which viii be
/ turned back to the treasury from pos
tai revenues, the estimated sum Tor
which congress actually is expected 70
appropriate, is $13,01S, ,959. No
previous estimate ever has exceeded
, two billions.
Here follows general statement of
1.-THE estimates by general headings:
Legislative SS.026.325.
Executive $65, 1853.
Judicial S1,396,19
Agriculture s26.45S,551-
Foreign intercourse $6. .53e.072.
Military (army) s6,615, ,936,554.
Navy $1,014.077, sos.
Indian $12.255.21
Pensions 157,060,O0O.
Panama canal $23.i71.624.
Public works practically all forti-
fications) S3.5O4, ,91S.055.
Postal service $331,S 49, 345
Miscellaneous $1,026, ,20S,317.
| Permanent annual appropriation
/ S711. .166.S25.
/ Total (cents omitted here and
above) 13,504, 357,940.
- Deduct sinking fund and postal re-
turns $4S6,632, ,345.
| Total lois, 725. .5e5.
Billion for Aero Service.
For the signal service, which in-
! cludes the grea- army for the air.
| $1,138, ,240,315 is estimated. This sum
includes the $50. 100000 previously
appropriated for the great air fleet. A
billion dollars is asked for pay and
miscellaneous expense of the army;
more than two billion dollars for the
/ quartermaster corps, Sl57, 100000 for
! hospitals and medicines; $1S5,ooO,ooO
for the equipment of engineer troops,
/ and $S92,OOO.0OO for the expenses of
/ their operations in the field. Am
/ munition for the great guns to blast
/ a way thru the German fronts is
| estimated to cost $3.50, 100000. For
of the war, more than $237. 100000 is
| asked. For armored motor cars more
than 10000 600 is estimated.
! Compared with these estimates in
( DllllOnS ana nunQTeOS OF nllilOnSs some
I of the comparatively minor items
stated in simple millions are:
! For the extension of the military
academy, $4,000,OO0; horses for cav
airy, etc, $2s,00O,00O; barracks and
quarters, $26,000,000; construction
and repair of hospitals, $25. 900, 900:
manufacture. of arms $4,000, 900;
small arms. target parctice, $75,O00,-
600; civilian military training camps,
| $6,000,000; rifle ranges for the in
struction of civilians. S1,70O, 900:
! equipment of home guard organiza-
{ zation, s4,500,000; supplies for re-
Nserve officers training camps and
/ ordnance stores for the same $4,000
/ coo.
Navy's Expense Bill
/ The navys total of little more
/ than $1,000. 900, 900 is distributed prin-
cipally in this way:
Pay of officers and men, $4z6, ,000,-
900; aviation, S94.0O0,0o0; improving
| and equipping navy yards for con-
struction of ships. S4,00O,0OO; pay,
! provisions and clothing for the marine
corps, $61,0Oo,000; recruiting, trans
] portation and outfitting recruits, $15,-
600. 600; arming and equipping naval
militia, $1,500.000; organizing naval
reserve force, $200,000: schools and
camps of instruction for naval reserve