Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-04
Thirteen and a Half Billion
Dollar Estimate Furnished
by Secretary McAdoo for
Fiscal Year

mainder will come from Liberty bonds.
Deducting an item Of $153.000.000. in
tended as an annual appropriation to-
ward a sinking fund for the discharge OF
the old public debt, and some $3.50, 900, 900
which will be turned back to the treas
ury from postal revenues. the estimated
sum for which congress actually is ex-
pected to appropriate is $13,01s, 725. 595
No previous estimate ever has exceeded
two billions.
Here follows a general statement OF
the estimates by general headings:
Legislative, $S,o26.325.
Executive. $65,329,36e.
Judicial, S1,396,190.
Agriculture, S26,45S,551. ..
Foreign intercourse, S6,535,072.
Military (army), s6.615,s36,564
Navy, s1,014,077,508.
Indian, $12.255,210.
Pensions $157. 100000.
Panama canal, $2S,171,624.
Public works practically all fortin-
cations), S3,504, 91S,055.
Postal service, $331,S1S,345.
Miscellaneous, $1,026, 20S,317.
Permanent annual appropriations
s711,166,s25.
Total (cents omitted here and above),
s13,5O4, 1857, $40.
Deduct sinking fund and postal return
s4S5.6s2.S45.
Total, s13,01s.725.5s5.
Signal Service
For the signal service, which in
cludes the great army for the air, 81
1Ss24O,315 is estimated. This sum IN
cludes the $640, 100000 previously APP
propriated. A billion dollars is asked
for pay and miscellaneous expenses or
the army: more than two billion dol
rfo eff T.
OOO. 600 for hospitals and medicines;
s135. 600, 900 for the equipment or en-
gineer troops, and 1892, 100000 for the
EXPENSES of their operations in the field
Ammunition is estimated to cost $780,
100000. For machine guns more than
s237. 900. 900 is asked. For armored mo-
tor cars more than s75,000,00O is esti-
mated. Other items are: For the ex-
tension of the military academy, $4'-
600, 900; horses for cavalry, etc, $2S,OOO,-
900; barracks and quarters, S26,OOO,OOO;
construction and repair of hospitals,
SEE. 600. 900; manufacture of arms, $780,
900 900; small arms target practice,
SIC. OOO. 900; civilian military training
camps. $4,000, 900; rife ranges for the
instruction of civilians, $1,70O,0O0;
equipment of home guard organizations,
81. 500. 900; supplies for reserve officers
training camps and ordnance stores FOR
the same 100000; ordnance equip
ment for military schools and colleges,
s1.13s.OOO. For gathering information,
the general staff asks $2,OOO,OOO.
Navy Department
The navy's total of more than $1,000
900 600 is distributed thus:
Paw for officers and men, $426, 900, 900:
aviation, S94,000,000; improving and
eouipping navy yards for construction
of ships, $4,Oo0,000; pay, provisions and
clothing for the marine corps, $4,000
600: recruiting transportation and out
fitting recruits, $4,000, 900; arming and
euuipping naval militia, $1,50O,00O; or
ganizing naval reserve force, $2Oo,OOo'-
600. schools ara camps of instruction
for naval reserve recruits, $2,60O,O00;
ordnance strictly in the bureau of ord
nance, s26, 500, 900; new batteries of guns
for ships, $3S.000,0o0 ammunition for
ships alone, $32,000,00o; torpedoes and
torpedo appliances. $1,000,000; extern
sion of the naval gun factory at Wash
inston, $4,000, 900; reserve supplies OF
ordnance, s33,O0O.O00; for a new naval
nroving ground, 100000; for expert
ments. 1885,, 900; maintenance of yards
and docks and contingent expenses,
$4,000 900; for medicine and surgery
$4,000. 600; care of hospital patients
alone, s4,000.00O; provisions for blue
Jackets, $4,000, 900; transportation
charges on same, $4,000, 900; for main
tenance in the bureau of supplies and
accounts, including fuel for the navy
and transportation of the same. $780,
0OO, 900; construction and repair OF
ships. $50. 0OO. 900; engineering which in
cIudes the motive power, $50,000,0OO.
The estimates for all other depart
uents reflect generally the increased
costs of everything.
state Department Estimate
The state department revives Its pro-
posal for an under secretary of state at
a salary of $500. For additional
clerks the department asks 100000.
To meet the increased cost of living
for consular and diplomatic officers. the
department asks 100000. The total
sum placed under the head of foreign
intercourse exceeds S6.500,0O0.
In the treasury department the growth
of the war risk insurance bureau. which
now includes insurance for the lives
Of soldiers. sailors and merchant crews,
calls for $4,000, 900. The federal farm
loan bureau presents $4,000. For the
maintenance of forces abroad for the
auditing of accounts for the army and
navy, $500 900 is asked
The internal revenue bureau shows a
large increase in expense 70 rthe COL
lection of the many war taxes. Elk
penses of ordinary collection are placed
at $4,000, 000 collection of income tax
is placed at $S,7OO,OOO, and for cellec-
ton of the special war taxes, $1,000
600 is estimated
In the war department the ordinary
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