The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-17
GREATEST WAR
BUDGET REPORTED
Senate Body Votes $3.50, 946,-
600 for Conflict.
S75o,ooo,ooo FOR SHIPPING
Conferees on Army Bill Finally
Agree to Report Measure Author
izing Wilson to Form Roose-
velt's Volunteer Division.

Washington, May 16.-All appropria-
ton records of congress were broken
when the senate appropriations com
| mittee reported the war, army and
navy deficiency bill, carrying a total
of $1,000, $4,000, including 100000
900 for construction and purchase of
an American merchant marine.
The committee added 5000, 1872 900 to
the house bill. Among the senate in
creases were 100000 for the council
of national defense, $1,000,000 for de-
tenti0n Of interned Germans, $4,000
900 for army machine guns and $780,
600 600 for heavy army ordnance.
$500, 10000 for Trade Ships.
For the new American merchant
fleet they directed immediate apprOpri-
alton of S400,000000 and authorized
$3.50 100000 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 shlpbuilding con-
tracts Of private individuals or for
elgn governments. Construction IA
cilities taken over are to be paid for
at Il reasonable price. Persons refus-
ing to deliver requisitioned factories
or establishments would be penalized.
Other Provisions of Bill.
Other provisions were:
For army CONSUMPTION. S2,65S,000;
army subsistence, $5O,926,000; army
transportation, $61 100000; Panama
canal Notifications, $1,7S6,000; schools
for naval recruits, $2,500000; naval
ordnance stores, 100000; naval re-
serve ordnance, $10000,000; 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,
S2,500,OOO.
Reductions Of $70,000,000 were made
in the house, mostly for army ordnance
and Notifications, and $20000000 for
manufacture of smOkeless powder for
the navy.
T. 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 were made by the conferees.
The conferees accepted without
change the house provision for the
Roosevelt volunteers. As the senate
by n 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
volunteer force 90 abroad, however,
remains for the president to decide.
as the provision agreed to by the con-
ferees makes II optional and not man
datory upon the president. Conferees
decided not to reopen other questions.
The CONSUMPTION age remains from
twenty-one to thirty years inclusive.
Before 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
conscripton age of thirty years and
an effort to reduce 1t 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