Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-03
1919 BUDGET FOR
u. 5. GREATEST EVER
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estimated sum for which Congress
! actually Is expected to appropriate
is S13.01S,726.595. No previous esti-
mate ever has exceeded two billions.
Army and Navy Ask Most
The greatest sums are estimated
for the Army and Navy For the Sig
nal Service, which includes the great
| army for tho air, s1,13S,240.315 is
estimated. This sum includes the
$64O,OO0,0O0 previously appropriated
for the great air fleet. A billion dol
lars is asked for pay and miscella-
neous expenses of the Army: more
than two billion dollars for the quar-
termaster corps; S157 ,000, 900 for hos
pitals and medicines; $135. 900 for
! the equipment of engineer troops and
| $SG2, 1000, 600 for the expenses of their
operations in the field. Ammunition
for the great guns Is estimated to
cost $500, 100000. For machine guns,
more than $237, 900, 900 is asked. For
armored motorcars more than S75,-
000,000 is estimated
Some of the comparatively minor
items stated in millions are:
For the extension of the military
academy. $4.000,00 horses for cav
airy. etc. S2S.O00.000; barracks and
quarters. $26. 900; construction and
repair of hospitals. $25.0O0.0O0; manu-
facture of arms, $50,000,000; small
arms target practice. S75,000,000; ci-
william military training camps. &c.
100000: rifle ranges for the instruc-
! tion of civilians. $1.700.000; equip
ment of home guard organizations.
$4,500.0 600; supplies for reserve OFF,
GERS training camps and ordnance
ct fnr ha A~1
nance equipment for military schools
and colleges, $1.13S,000.
The Navy's total of n little more
than $1,000, 900, 900 Is stributed prin-
| cipally in this way:
Salaries BiE Item
! Pay of officers and men. sac, 900.
600; aviation. $94,O0O,O00 peY, provi-
slons and clothing for the marine
corps. s61,000,000; recruiting, trans
portation and Quitting recruits, s15.-
100000
| For the food administration $1,000
600 is estimated: for the fuel ad-
ministratlon, S2,5OO,0OO.
In the Treasury Department the
/ growth of the war risk insurance
| bureau. which now includes insur-
ance for the lives of soldiers, sailors
and merchant crews as we'll as mer'
chant ships. calls for an estimate Of
/ 100000. The Federal farm loar
bureau presents a new item of $337.
600. The internal revenue burea,
shows Il large increase in eXpens,
for the collection of the many wa
taxes. Expenses of ordinary collec
tions are placed at $3,000.000: col
lection of income tax is placed at So.
100000, and for collection of the spe
cial war taxes S9,000,000 is estimated
The Department of Commerce ask
100000 for promoting commerce ii
Central and South America; a lik
sum for promoting commerce in tn
Far East. and 100000 for commercial
attaches for the embassies abroad.
For continuing the construction
and operation of the Alaskan rail
ways more than S7O0O.00O is asked
Other items are: Education of ma
tives. $225,000; medical relief for ma
,, tives, SS2.5OO.
Many estimates are submitted 70
the national parks the sums, in al
cases, being increased.
Million For Intcrned Germans
The Department of Labor increase
are due principally to the problem
of employment and the settlement o
labor disputes. For the enforcement
of the child labor law, the depart
ment asks s1G5. 900. For the expense
, of the interned German civilians a
camps under the jurisdiction of tn
, department, S1,000,000 is asked. r
, extend the employment service tn
department. asks $750,0O0.
In the Department of Justice tn
a principal increases are to provide 10
prosecution of crimes against Unite
, States. One million dollars is aske
for that work.
Virtually all the increases in tn
, Department of Agriculture are {
l cover the work of stimulating foo
{ production and furthering the preseI
l walton of plant and animal life as
1 war measure. They include the an
nual item of $4,000 for the distribu
? tion of free seed by Congressmer
the usual million dollar estimate fo
, eradication of foot and mouth diseas
1 and the annual $4,000 appropriate
$ for Federal aid to good roads.
= novel exhibit appears in the depart
= ments estimate for motor vehicle
, 1t gives the name of every man wh
1 operates a Government vehicle an
: tells scientifically on what basis Il
{ uses it,
= Extend Indian Service
In the Indian Service, work OF RI
g lieving distress and preventing dis
ease has been extended to an iT
creased estimate of 100000. An il
creased estimate OF $500, 900 is show
for industrial work among the ma
tion's wards and to teach them til
. care of timber. Total estimates fC
the Indian Office, which include til
usual sums for maintenance and i'm
provement, total more than $4,000
$ 900.
The Interstatet Commerce Commi:
= sion asks n little more than five mi
$ lions. The expenses of the shippin
board are place at $S99,51750O. Fc
Z the Council OF National Defense 1910
5 600 is asked. The Federal Trad
: Commissions expenses are estimate
/ at $1.429.24O. The usual $4,000
asked for the Federal oBard for tn
Mediation and Cancellation of Inter
: state Transportation Wage Disputes
A new item of s57,5 is presente
for salaries of the United States EN-
ployes' compensation commission an
their employees. The estimate for tn
, National Advisory Committee 70
Aesonautics is increased to $500, 0O(
For collecting information of tn
prevalence and geographic distribu
tion of disease the public health serv
ice asks $4,000. An increased esti
mate of $250,000 for studies in rura
sanitation Is submitted.
The exhibit showing the great sum
the Government spends each year 70
rented buildings in Washington /
especially interesting this year be
cause of the great number of sucl
buildings taken for war activities
Ranging in character from hotels an.
:, n Inft &c ctr