The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
Army Gets Bulk.
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Army Gets Bulk,
The greatest sums, OF course, are ettl-
mated for the army and navy Esu-
mates previously submitted In terms Oi
ihousn nds and occasionally millions are
now stated in terms OF millions ana bH-
lions.
For the signal service, which includes
The great army for the air, N,l9S2t0 ,Slb
IL estimated This sum includes the $500
600 900 previously appropriated FOR the
great air fleet A billion dollars Is asked
Tor nay and miscellaneous expenses OF
the army. more than two billion dollars
for The Quartermastet corps, !loi WV WV
for hospitals and medicines; tl3b. .OOO,OOg
for the equipment OF engineer troops and
ssgs 900. 900 for tho expenses OF their op-
eratkons In the field. Ammunition Tor
Inc great guns TO blast way through
the derman Sronts is estimates to cost
$500, 900, 900
FOR machine guns, the deadlIest weap-
ons ef the war, more, than t25l,OOOOOO ls
asked. For armorcd motor cars more
than t15, ,O00. 900 is estimated.
Compared with these estimates In bill.
lions and hundreds Of millions, some OF
the comparative minor items stated In
simply millions nre.
Here Are items
For extension OF military academy
81 900 900; horses for cavalry, ETC., t2b, %
900, 900; barracks and quarters, $4,000,
Ooo; construction and repair OF hospitals
s25, 900 900; manufacture OF arms, $50 0W.
900, email arms. target prncuce N.o''
O00, 900; civilian military trHlulns, w.,
100000 rifle ranges for the instruction o
guard orssnisStions. W,56C 900; supple
for reserve officev' training camps an
ordnance store for the same. $4,000. 900
ordnance equipment for military school
and colleges, N,iSS,OOO; for, gatherln'
informa ton the general starr asks w.
O00,0 200.
Navy Gets eIlllor
The navy's total OF n little more than
81 ,Ooe, 000. 900 is distributed principally IN
this Way; Pay OF officers and men
Sia6, ,OOO, 900: aviation. S9i,0O0,OOO; I'M
proving and equiping navy yards for con
struction " ships, ~, 900 900; pay, pro-
visions and clothing for the marine corps
,sl, 1000: recruiting. ,rsnspotuns
and outfttins recruits, tb 1000 900 arm
ing and eauiping naval militia. N.SOS'OOooSS 'OoSS
pchools and camps OF instruction for ma
Val reserve recruits. $500, ,OOOi ordnance
strictly In tho bureau Of oronance, wv
500 900; new batteries OF guns Tor hhipS
s3s. 900 900; ammunition for ships alone
Ss2, 900 900: torpedoes and torpedo ap
pliance.. al. .0OO, 600; extension ot the ma
val gun factory at Washington, 600
reserve shops OF ordnance, tSSWO,W WV
for new naval proving grounds. " On'
O0o; for experiments, sSb9.oooi mhlhle
nance OF Yards and docks and contlngen
expenses. $4,000 900; for medicine an
tients alone $4,000, 900; provisions ic
blue Jackets. SCI. 900, 600; transportatio
charges on same, tt0OO.000, for main
tensnce In tho bureau OF supplies Nn
accounts, including fuel, for the navy au
transportation for the same, ,sOygo oo 0C
construction and repair Of ships, ttooOo
900; engineering, which lncinnes 'he H'
tive power. $50, ,0oo,O 900.
MIlllon for Hoover.
For the food administration t5, 5,0O0,ooo
estlma ted, for the fuel administrator
The estimates for all other department
besides showing increases FOR thelr o.
pansion, due to activities consequent
the war, reflect generally the increas,
costs Of everything In general throusl
out the country. Some increases oi Sh
aries for government employees are sul
mitted but there Ia no blanket propost
and most OF the amounts Tor pay a.
due rather to increases In numbers
employees than TO rising scale Oi wage
No estimate appears for the commltt
on public information, the expenses
which are being paid out Of the pres
dents 3lOO,OOO0Oo war emergency iun
lansing Wants AID.
The state department revives It's pr
posAl for an under secretary ~ state
a salary OF i7bOO' Congress rejected q
plan when submitted before The Off
is proposed In addition 10 the three a
Bistant secretaries now serving For 4
ditional clerks the department asks VIZ
100. 10 meet the increased cost Of liVl
for consular and diplomatic office
which Ia recognized M being all out
proportion 10 their small salaries, the d
partmant asks $500 900, an Increase
$500, ,0N over the sum for the same ~
pose asked last year
international Donations
The usual appropriations for the Am,
lean government contribution 60 Int
national bureaus or commissions prov
ed by treaty or law are included
One new Item proposes ;25, 600 FOR I
erection OF legation buildlng nj =
Salvador The total sum placed un,
the head Of foreign intercourse exce'
$500, ,00O and represents to a large
gree the increased activities OF the q
iomatc service because ~ the wnT.
In the treasury department the grow
OF the war risk Insurance bureau VIII
now Includes insurance for the, lives
soldiers, sailors and merchant crewe
"A Will rs merchant ships. calls for an a.
mats OF $4,000, 900 The federal IN
Nm bureau presents \ new Item OF 81,
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