The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-04

approx tId tlOlS IOI the HGAL hF'th
year, transmitted to Congress today
through Secretary OF the Treasury
-dc Adou, reVea:eu plans OF the war
and Navy Departments TO eXpend ap-
proXinl;.tely ST. 100000 In the de-
NelupIuent OF their scheme TO make
the Chesapeake Bay and its leading
tributaries Il great naval and mill
tary base. About Sill, 100000 of
this fund is for expenditure around
Norfolk ana the lower pay, and
100000 around Baltimore and III
the upper bay sections.
In Maryland the plans of the War
and Navy Depal tmentS involve the
Immediate expenditure OF 100000
for the establishment of great war
supplies and ordnance storage ware
houses on Curtis Bay; the spending
of 81 100000 III developing the Abb
erdeen Proving Grounds in Hartford
county, $4,000 of which is to be
used for expenses of officers stationed
there or living in Baltimore and
$500 for maintenance and other
expenses; the using OF 100000 in
pushing the 35-foot channel in Cur
tbs Bay and Spring Gardens branch
of the Patapsco river; the eXpendi-
lure vi Sl,1OU,UUU lOI SnIdI SllS lAS
Indian Head Proving Grounds and
the erection of new buildings at the
naval powder factory at Indian Head,
and s176,775 for the purchase of the
city quarantine station and equip
ment, so that the Federal Govern
ment may have complete control of
the quarantine service in the Chesa-
peake Bay.
The War Departments plans in
the lower section of the bay call for
the expenditure of $3,500,000 for the
enlarging of the Norfolk Navy Yard,
the construction of new buildings
and other work so that the largest
battleships can be built there. The
sum of $2,SO0,O00 is wanted to fur
Their develop and maintain the naval
base and training station which has
been located on the site of the old
jamestown Exposition. Approximate
ly 81 $40, 900 is asked for the dredg-
ing of a 40-foot channel from the
navy yard through the Norfolk har-
Dor to the sea. This channel Will be
1000 feet wide in some places and
will be one of the deepest harbors in
the United States. More than S.
100000 is wanted for the construc.
ton of an ammunition shipping and
storage warehouse system in Nor
folk.
In addition to these recommends
tions, the Department of Commerce
asks for $275, 900 for the enlarge
ment of the present lighthouse depot
of the Fifth district at Portsmouth
and 100000 for the construction Of
two new lighthouse tenders to oper-
ate in the Chesapeake Bay. The sum
of $160,000 is asked for gas buoys
and other aids of navigation for the
bay and Potomac river to make the
increased travel of those bodies of
water safer. Approximately $1,000
600 is wanted for pushing work on
the Cape Henry fortress, which will
protect the Chesapeake from inva-
sion.
These sums, it was stated today,
will lead to the ultimate expenditure
of more than $25,000,000 in the
Chesapeake Bay, mainly at Norfolk
and Baltimore. Representative ].
Fred G. Talbot, of Maryland, the
ranking Democratic member of the
House Naval Affairs Committee, in
speaking of the Governments plans,
said today the. Chesapeake Bay viii
not only be developed as the great
est naval base in America, but the
greatest naval base in the world"
The Estimates also revealed the
fact that the Federal Government in
tends to have it's leading naval prov
ing ground in Maryland as well as
its leading army proving ground.
The s1,000,000 asked for the pur-
chase of more land at indian Head
will give the Navy Department a
proving ground almost as large as
the one in Hartford county The ma
Wy has complained for years that the
proving ground at Indian Head was
too small for emergency needs. The
estimates also show that approx
mately 2,600,O0O,0OO of ordnance
will be tested at the Aberdeen prov
ing ground.
Maryland and Virginia waterways
did not fare well in the Army Engi-
neers' estimates Only $4,000 was
asked for maintaining the channels
of number of small harbors and
estuaries along the Chesapeake Bay
in Maryland. These same waterways
generally are given about $25, 900.
The James river from Richmond to
the sea, the Rappahannock river
ITOn + fredericksburg To tue Day anu
a number of other Virginia water
ways were cast aside entirely.
Funds fer work On new postoffice
buildings in Maryland and Virginia
and West Virginia, which already
have been started, were asked for as
follows:
Maryland-To complete the Sails
bury postoffice, $18,500; to complete
the Cambridge postoff1ce, $64,50U.
Virginia-To complete Farmville
postoffice, s29,5G0; same at Front
Royal, $1,000; same at Leesburg,
S26,500; same at Salem, $34,750;
same at Waynesboro, $4,000.
West Virginia-To complete post
office at Charles Town, $50, 500.
More than s1,00O,000 is asked for
the maintenance and improvements
of the Naval Academy. This sum is
$105,000 larger than the estimates
submitted to Congress a year ago.
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