Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-03
ESTIMAT
ON COST Of.
.WARINl9l8.
SUBMIT TED
Budget for Fiscal Year To-
tails $13,5O4, 1857, $3.50, Ac-
cording to Figures of Sec
rotary Of Treasury.
Expenditures for War Pur-
poses Figured at $37, O00,-
600 a Day-Big Appropri-
ations for Construction OF
Tanks and Airplanes.

Washington, Dec. s.--War expenses
and maintaining and improving mill
tary establishments, will aggregate
Sls,go4,s67.s3s for the year ending
Juno 20, 1919, according to estimates
submitted to congress by Secretary OF
the Treasury McAdoo today.
This II at q rate Of practically $751;
100000 day.
For the pay Of the army, sl,oos,sss,-
s7s II asked.
For this year, ss44,sss,11s was ap-
propriated.
For purchase OF food. however. only
$2es, 405, 665 Is sought as against $401.-
100000 appropriated, for this year.
TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS.
To transport the army from camps
TO the seaboard and thence to France
Sso9,532,o25 Is sought. Purchase and
manufacture Of clothing for the army
will require $sS3.172,14s, the depart
ment's estimate said.
For the medical corps, 1857. III. 1914
IL asked, the sum to include the pur-
chase OF gas masks; $1,027, 100000 for
engineer equipment for field service;
100000 for military maps; $3so,oo0,
900 for small arms munitions. $780,
100000 for ammunition for small arms
target practice; $50, 000, 900 for rifle and
revolver manufacture at national ar
mories; s1,531.o23 for machine guns.
HOME GUARD AMMUNITION.
For guns and ammunition for home
guard organizations. the department,
requested $4,500,000.
Thrty-five million dollars is re.
quested TO build a signal service store
house In France.
For pay Of the navy, $213.229, 900 wa!
asked for improving and equippins
navy yards for construction of ships
$4,000.000 for ammunition. s32, 0o0. 900
for new batteries for certain war yes
sells, $38. 1909, 900; for an ammunition re
serve, $33,o0o,oOo; for torpedoes 81.
= 900 900.
Three hundred and fifty THOUSAND
doll IS is asked to bring home I'll:
bodies of the navy's dead, while S.,
100000 is~the estimate put on the need
of the napy's medical division for TIL
year.
THE NAVAL MILITIA.
For arming and equipping the nava
militia and the naval reserve, Daniel
asked s1,727,00 Expansion of tn
great lakes training station at Chicag
will require s725,000. while improve
ments at other naval training station
will total s2,655 900.
Daniels asked for $22, 153, 900 for pa
Of the marine corps. with s3S,95S, 90
more for clothing and provisions 70
the soldiers of the sea-
Improvement of the rivers and har
bors is estimated to cast $29.507,55O a
against s34,831.150 appropriated fc
this year. This included $1,4O0, 900 fc
improving and maintaining the passe
Of the Mississippi river.
Estimated pension department nee6
for the year are $157,060, 000 a de
crease Of $4,000, 900 over the sum apprc
priated for this year.
COLLECTION OF WAR TAXES.
Collection of war taxes exclusive
the munitions, will cost $4,000, 900 Sec
rotary McAdoo estimated.
This is double the sum appropriate
for this year. Collection OF munitior
daxes will require s4o0, 900; and the ir
come tax 100000.
Expenses of administering the w;
risk insurance law will be $4,000, OF
for the year, McAdoo estimated. tt
bulk Of this is salaries of $500 Ell
ployes, which total $3,250.00O.
BIG TANK PROGRAM.
Recognizing the value Of tanks
demonstrated by the British, Il
United States proposes to spend SIS
$4,000 in constructing these lar
dreadnou0hta and ofhar armored mr.