Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-07-28
YEARS WAR COST TO
U.s. Sll,65I,l94,OOO
Loans May Send 1t To Seventeen
Billions
GREAT SIEGE GUNS FOR ARMY
10 Be Used by The Artillery Presi-
dent Wilson To Impose Strict
Rationing

The Government requirements for
war and other purposes for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1918, will reach
$1O,7S5.S07,OOO, according to an es-
innate submitted by Secretary Nc
Adoo yesterday to the Senate Finance
made. pending, or proposed aggre-
gate $11,651 $4,000, the Secretary
figured, leaving a margin of nearly
OOO,OOO,OO0 to care for any unex
pected emergency.
These figures showing the huge
scale of war expenditures, surprised
the Finance Committee, which had
not expected any such demand upon
the nations financial resources for
the year. The estimates were sub
mitted to the committee in response
to it's request to Sec. McAdoo to
let ii know precisely what was need
ed
The committee had been asked by
the Secretary of the Treasury to pro-
vide additional revenues of $5,000,-
100000 beyond the $1.670 100000 car
ried in the War Revenue bill. The
estimate given yesterday convinced
the members that the $4,000 900 900
must be provided
OF the $11, ,651 $4,000 given by Mr..
McAdoo as the aggregate of appro-
priations made, pending or contem
plated. $S,673 100000 was mentioned
by him as having set aside for uuses
of the army and 100000 for the
use of the navy. For the conduct of
various other Governmental depart
ments $1,000 100000 has been ap-
propriated
Army to Use Giant Siege Guns.
The agitation over the supposed
plan of the Government to place the
fortifications of the country in a bet
ter condition for defense was short
lived. The War Department explain
ed that its estimate of nearly two and
a half billion dollars for armament
of Notifications" submitted yester-
day by the Secretary of the Treas
ury to the Senate Committee on FL
nance, was not to be utilized for the
apparent purpose slater, bnut would
be devoted to the manufacture of
heavy and field ordnance to be sent
to France and wherever American
artillery was to be employed against
the enemy.
The War Department plans to en-
ploy artillery on the fighting fronts
on a huge scale. On the highest au-
thority the statement was made at
the departemnt that there was no
truth in report that no American
heavy artillery would be employed in
France.
To Impose Strict RatiOning.
All of the facts in connection with
the exports problem, including argu-
ments for and against a strcit sys-
tenn for placing the northern neutral
nations on rations, which would make
it impossible for them to send any
and other wartime commodities into
Germany, are now before President
Wilson and a decision of far-reach-
ing CONSCIENCE is expected soon from
the White House.
The policy of the Export Council
has been to withhold from the pub
lie so far as possible specific infor-
nation in regard to the steps which
it has taken, and this may be follow
ed out in the future. 1t can be stated,
however. that great pressure has
been brought to bear in some quar-
ters to shut off the flow of supplies
from the United States to the neu-
trails, and that unless he receives
such a plan is fallacious President
Wilson probably will remain firm in
the position he is said to have taken
in favor of it,