El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-03
Appropriation Is Made for
Army Of 1000, 900 Men in
the Expense Bill.

washington, u. G. Dec. "A great
war budget to pay army and navy
costs during the fiscal year 1919 faced
congress today when the governments
estimates were presented. So far as
the estimates show it provides only
for raising and maintaining an army
OF 100000 men and carrying out of
naval and coast fertilization increase
projects already authorized.
The chief item in the budget is for
the military Establishment of the
army to cost S6.615. S&5. 553. an increase
Of s1,365.907, sos over the total Of
army appropriations made at the last
session. The only means of deter
mining the size OF the army provided
for is in the estimate Of Sl.0O3,933,646
for pay. This is S159.294 ,55S greater
than appropriations obtained last ses-
sion for the pay Of $1,000 officers and
100000 enlisted men of the line and
39S. 900 enlisted men OF the various
auxiliary corps.
Details OF Estimates.
The estimates call for staff officers
as follows:
General staff. s47: adjutant gen
erals department PSI. Inspector gen
eral, 245; engineers, 400; ordnance,
1000: quartermaster. $500; medical
A1sNUNH lAAe< alAAh EAeAAI EEAAF7A o. HfNN D.
signal corps Cncluding aviation,
With these large staff increases
and foreign service pay increases to-
falling nearly SS0.00O.0OO also esti-
mated for. it appears that the total
increase in the pay item OF Sl59.ZSf.-
55S does not cover any material eN-
tension OF the original military pro-
gram Of an army Of 100000 men
Fortifications estimates total
$3.50. 445.122. or an increase OF
S1.155,1Oe,S74 over appropriations OBJ
tanned last year
All Kinds of New Equipment.
Striking items in secretary Baker &
estimates are. S113S.907. sos for the
signal corps. which is sS99.1T2.64S in
excess Of the existing appropriation
including the special $40. 100000 avi-
transported ton and supplies. an in
crease Of S32A0O0.00O. mostly for
clothing and camp equipment. S2S.-
155.991 for the purchase Of cavalry
and artillery horses; SI5T,111,S94 for
the medical department. to include
and $l11.00O.OO0 for medical and hos
pital supplies: S135, 900. 600 for engi-
ueer equipment for troops. which in
cludes the gas and flame devices. star
rockets. hand grenades and signal
lights Of all kinds, 1892, 100000 for en-
AllEeL pei LAQLlH IN the LlEA4s All H.
crease Of $500, 100000 and covering
bridge railway and road building and
operating equipment; S390,000.00o FOR
ammunition. an Increase Of S175,-
100000; 500. 400 900 for ordnance re-
pairs. which covers the expenses Of
operating the great base arsenal in
France: S237.144.00O for the purchase
Of machine guns: ST5.550, 900 for ar
mOred cars. A new item is $4,000, 600
for arms and ammunition for the
home guard and S6.01S.OOO is asked
10 conduct civilian training camps.
For the military academy a total
OF $5,I13,254 IS sought some $4,000
eco being for expenditure on build
ings and grounds.
The Naval Estimates.
Secretary Daniels estimates Tor the
navy show that the store OF guns and
ammunition is rapidly being gathered
and that estimates have been reduced
in many particulars under appropria-
tons received last year. The chief
increase is in pay. the total being
S213,229,55I against S126.532,44S- Pro
visions also call for more at S644S5.-
35S against s4l.sS5.s35- Marine eorps
pay estimates have risen to S22.ls3.c10
against S13.531. 500. Naval aviation
calls for s94.OOO.0O0 an increase Of
more than S3O.O00.0O0.
Navy Yard Appropriations.
Under the heading OF public works
the navy department asks appropris-
tons for various yards and stations.
including the following.
New York. sl.600,00 Philadelphia.
S2.40O.0O0. Norfolk. Va. S3.450, 900;
Naval Academy. S2.275,0O0; Mare IS
land. Calf. $1,000. 900: Puget Sound.
Wash. $500, 600. Tutulla, Samoa. $50
600. Guam. 100000; Guantanamo.
Cuba. 100000: Training station. san
Francisco. $4,000. marine barracks,
Picking. China. $4,000; marine bar
racks. san Diego, Calf. $500, O0o.