The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-26
Virginian Says F uture Calls for
Money Must Be More Close
ly Scrutinized
SENATE HURRIES URGENT
DEFICIENCIES MEASURE
Effort to Rehabilitate Navy
League F ai..s-Cnly Soldiers
Who Can Be Equipped to
Be Called

the senate was hurryinS the se,oop'-
600, 900 urgent deficiency bill to final
passage today. Senator Martin, of
Virginia, the Democratic leader. ut
tered a warning that lavish expendi-
lures must cease.
''The time has come" he said, for
Gs 10 scrutinize more closely the huge
estimates from the administrative de-
partments
We have provided for more than
$40 oee. 600. 900 within FIVE months.
Next year the expenditure might
reach $4,000. GOO. ooo,"
Although. as head of the appro-
priatio committee he has handled
billions and billions Of dollars az ap-
preparations during this war congress
today was the first time he has raised
his voice III any protest
Nv viva voce vote the senate
passed the great urgent deficiency bill
late this afternoon As 81 passed. IT
totalled s1eeI. s2S22o. The figures
were slightly changed from vester-
iav fer sl2se 0GN~-a comparatively
sr>au figure nowadavS--~rvas taken out
ara $500 nao was added.
81 5na.7seT2s ard the senate added
svfa. 247 saA To this, making total
% s4e5sns4t2q for the military es
taN}'shr1ent The navy WAS given
go ntsfaa n the house and the
81 gtn eef8ton was *24 a49,5G9 The
sr t}2e ravv is e1es9.te
cash aNpr9nristions OF The h3N
c~e 'han ST. S0s. 9G2 Gao and the
a. hnrfya tiat for contracts amount 70
ir ~vcess of s2,So545S 1913
New ,hanrea ware made today
Tf'e t9ost snanortsnt was that the So.
o. g aea provided for tive exa mtuation
% sold ers was limited to the mum
tn tha, es1 be clothed. armed ana
ertfsnei for service IN the army"
~h's lirsHa'ion viii prevent eNaT9ina-
ter ~ all r~r'a ming me7 registered
th"neh not called out The war de-
rartnNnt frst desired that all he eN-
4 49, Snea Mt sE4s time,
II II said however that sven with
xhs~ Limitation q viii he possible 10
lNve in all 500 0ea ~ en under arms
~ October IS, according 10 The mtl-
t,a~v utan Mr. Martin suggested the
l3rs station today AT the request Of
Provost Marshal General e'rowder
Another change was when. on mo-
sicn Of Senator Wadswnrth of New
York the si24o roo fer the civilian
training ca INNS WAS taken ont Of the
bill. The objection was made that a .
the section stood II dif not make 4.
clear that the men trained would be
come officers cenrtor Wadsworth
shouwht the word!nG iranlied a con-
t'nnatton Of tl'o 'Piattahurg plan"
spstead Of the pres~ ~. offieerS train
srr camps The section will be re-
drawn and presented later when the
hin goes 10 conference between the
two houses
An amendment nv Senator Gusts
authorizing the secretary Of the navy
- accept garments fnrnirhed free hv
the comforts committee ot the Navy
league was stricken ont This sec.
fion was predessined to revive the
ro~t between Secretary Daniels and
the Navv league. There was an In
terchanEe Of few words upon II
teday before II was thrown out on a
point OF order.
Senator Martins speech was made
when Senator Robinson OF Arkansas.
offered an amendment aupropriatinx
91se.0oo for the United States eYn-
ployment bureau which comes under
the department Of labor II ia a new
enterprise. The appropriations COM
mittee had refused to include the
amendment in the bill so Robinson
offered II INDEPENDENTLY.
Although the house nassed this
Mill Of $1,000 900. 900 in three DAYS.
the very day afterwards we were
asked for new appropriations OF
e40o.ooo,ooo more" said the Virgin
ian And the estimates are still
coming after we have been COM
PEELED to shut our eyes and pass huge
sums for this war, but now we must
ston and inspect them all
The committee did not consider
that this appropriation FOR $4,000
would add In the slightest to the win
ming OF the war. The labor DEPART
nent could do the work indicated.
n we keen on setting up independent
.A~encies for everything where will we
etors
We might as well turn over all
the resources to the administrative
dena -tr'~nt and tell them to do with
u what they please. The situation is
peralonsi''
Nevertheless the senate passed this
pa rftcu'ar appropriation by a vote.
OF g to IS. first cutting 1t from
s75o.o0o to $500. 600.