The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-12-03

tlr sfl ltt. or as.ottitf 10 hipi
than wag appropriated last year TIE
incfeaae lgldle 10 expansion OF The
ruan0n program, plans for enlars'
frg forfinrati0ns and arsenala and
greatly Increased pay roll
Tho navy asks iio47,sltozl
against fi556.ss43S2 appropriated
Tor ilia year
Tho food administration asks So
600 600. double its Appropriation for
This year
Tho fuel administration asks "
6on.0a. Cor salaries and expenses.
The Council OF National Defense
rafuf an Increase 81 $4,000 over
she $500 600 appropriation made Tor
fha curr al year
For bo relief % American prs
oner af War in Germany $4,000 10
asked. while for care OF Germans
informed 10 this oouatry 100000 Is
sought
Tne war department estimates IN.
cluGrd IN addition 10 the billion or
more f0- aviation 81 427,7l3,481 for
oxpanding coast fortacations. az
senals and military posts. This Is
slightly mor8 than WIS appropriat'
90 Tor tbo same purposes FOR this
year
Tor purchase. manufacture and
fest ~ artillery $4,000 600 Is ask
cd and 10 provide ammunition 81
$1,000 COO
0, enact defense cannon the de-
pariment plans 20 spend sl2,2OO,tlh,
and s6.0sO.000 for ammunition.
For alteration and maintenance
OF The mobile artillery S3ie,5e0,0ots
IS asked, s330.000 for alteration OF
coast defense guns and $4,000 900
for arallery practice ammunition
Additional coast defense batteries
nre 10 BE- constructed ia Hawaii, and
the Philippines. Half a million dol.
lars is sought for Hawaii, with S2ol-
600 additional for strengthening land
defenses installing search lights and
otherwise expanding the defensive
system,
For the Philippines coast defenses
1920 600 il asked, with $4,000 more
for searchlights for the most import
ant harbors
A total of s1,4s3 500 is asked for
military purposes in the island pos
sessions of the United States, part
~ which is 10 build sea walls, and
Improve harbors.
TIE department wants an appro-
priatlon totaling s7s,070,l00 20 in
crease facilities at arsenals for max
ing ammunition, guns and other
munitions
Protection OF the Panama canal
requires SS55.000 for land defenses
Including searchlights, armored cars
and locomotives. In addition 81.
QUO 000 is asked for construction Of
military roads and railroads IN the
canal zone. SOS 900 for repair OF
iortihcations. principally structures
erected for defense against torpedo
attack
Construction OF an army canton
ment in the canal zone is 10 cost
sl,9E4.5s0
Requested appropriations for test
of ammunition, installation Of IRE
control. building OF storehouses,
etc. brings the total for the defense
az the canal TO $7.6T6.34O.
For the pay OF the army, Sl,oo3,-
1888. SIG Is asked. For this year sSS4,-
639.1lS was appropriated. For pur-
chase OF food however, only t2ss,-
a05, 655 Is sought as against stoi,-
zoe, 900 appropriated for this year
To transport the army from camps
20 the seaboard and thence TO
France 1909 $500 is sought Pur-
chase and manufacture OF clothing
for the army will require $3.50, l72,-
Jas, the departments estimate said.
For the medical corps s157.11l,s94
IS asked, the sum 20 include the pur'
chase OF gas masks. s1,027 ,000, 900
for engineer equipment for field ser
vice 100000 for military maps;
$500 10000 for small arms NUM-
tons: $4,000, 900 for ammunition for
small arms target practice; $4,000
900 for rife and revolver manufac-
tire. at national armones; $l,53l,-
023 for machine guns.
For guns and ammunition for
Aome guard organizations, the de-
eartment requested s4.500.000
Thlrty.five million dollars Is re-
uuestod 10 build signal service
Btorehcusc in France.
For pay Of the navy s213,229 900
was asked for improving and equip
ping navy yards for construction OF
ships 100000: for smmuniuons
$500 100000; for new batteries for
certain war vessels, $4,000 900: for
an ammunition reserve $4,000, 900;
Tor torpedoes 81 100000
Three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars is asked 10 bring home the
bodies OF the navy's dead.
For arming and equipping the
naval militia and the naval re-
serve, Daniels asked St.T27, 900. Ex-
panion OF the Great Lakes training
station AZ Chicago will require s725..
600 while improvements az other
naval training stations viii total
t2,e55.000
Daniels asked s22153.Oo0 for pay
% the marine corps. With sSs.95s.o 600
more for clothing and provisions
FOR the soldiers Of the sea"
Improvement OF rivers and har
bors Is estimated 20 cost f29 .507, $50
~ against S34,S31,150 appropriated
Tor this year This includes s2.475..
Doc for improvement OF New York
harbor. sl.155.000 for the Delaware
river sl.540.000 FOR Norfolk harbor
$1,000. 600 for improving and main
laining the passes Of the Mississippi
river. $4,000 900 for locks and dams
IN the Ohio river below Pittsburgh
with a view 90 obtaining a naviga-
bic depth Of nine feet.
Estimated pension department