Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-05-18
GREATEST WAR
BUDGET REPORTED
Senate Body Votes 1890, 1885,
600 for Conflict.
s75o,oOo,ooo FOR SHIPPING
conferees on Army Bill Finally
Agree 20 Report Measure Author
izing Wilson to Form Roose-
veIt's Volunteer Division.

Washington, May 16.-All appropriate
1ion records of congress were broken
when the senate appropriations COM
mittee reported the war, army and
navy deficiency bill carrying a total
of S3,390,946,000, including 100000
600 for construction and purchase of
sn American merchant marine.
The committee added 1858, 392, 600 to
the house bill. Among the senate in
lcreases we're 100000 for the council
of national defense, $1000,000 for de-
tention of interned Germans, 10000
900 for army machine guns and $780,
100000 for heayS army ordnance.
$4oo, oo0,0jo for Trade Ships.
For the new American merchant
feet they directed immediate apprOpri-
lation of $4C0,000,000 and authorized
i$350,000,000 more for use later as an
emergency shipping fund"
The bill authorizes the government
to commander shipyards. factories or
the products Of such factories and to
take over existing shipbuilding con-
tracts of private individuals or for
,cilities taken over are to be paid for
at a reasonable price. Persons refus-
ing to deliver requisitioned factories
ior establishments would be penalized,
Other Provisions of Bill.
Other provisions were:
For army CONSUMPTION, S2.65S, 900 !;
army subsistence. $50926.000; army
transportation, $61, 100000; Panama
canal Notifications, $1,7S6,000; schools
for naval recruits, $2,50O,O00; naval
ordnance stores, $2000,000; naval re-
serve ordnance, S10.0000O0 Hampton
Roads naval base, 100000: naval hos
pital construction, $3,500,000, and con-
struction and repair of naval vessels,
100000; eastern marine corps post,
100000.
Reductions of $79,0O0,000 were made
in the house, mostly for army ordnance
and Notifications, and $20,000,000 for
manufacture of smokeless powder for
the navy.
r. r. Army Plan Accepted.
Senate and house conferees on the
army bill agreed to report the meas
ure with the provision authorizing
the president to raise the volunteer
division Colonel Roosevelt desires to
lead to France. No other changes in
the bill We're made by the conferees.
The conferees accepted without
change the house provision for the
Roosevelt volunteers. AS the senate
by large vote previously approved
the volunteer force, its final adoption
by both houses is regarded as certain
The full force of the administration
is against it.
Whether Colonel Roosevelt and a
volunteer force go abroad, however
remains for the president to decide
as the provision agreed TO by the con
ferees makes it optional and not man
datory upon the president. Conferees
,decided not to reopen other questions
The CONSUMPTION age remains from
Etwenty-one to thirty years inclusive
sBcfore the week ends the conferees
hope to have the bill finally adopted
by both houses and sent TO the presi.
dent.
Many senator's are dissatisfied with
the proposed increase of the maximum
conception age of thirty years and
Jan effort to reduce it TO the original
senate figure of twenty-seven was an,
,ticipated.
The senate section barring liquor
from military camps and otherwise
protecting morals of the new army
promised some house opposition, but
1t was believed the clause would be
retained.