The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-07-26
AMERICA PLANNING
TO Send 100000
Men ACROSS SEA
CONGRESS ASKED FOR FIVE Bill.
LION DOLLARS TO COM.
PLETE PROGkAM., /
HUGE sums STAGGERS SOLONS
REQUEST UPSEIS CONGRESS.
I0NAL PLANS-ARMY WILL
BE RE-ARRANGED.

Washington, July z5-Secretary of
the Treasury MAdoo without warn
ing yesterday asked the Senate
finance committee for $4,000, 100000
additional to the SIZE 70,00S, 900 auth.
orized by the war revenue bill.
Back of the request lies almost a
complete reformation of the American
military plans. Impressed with the
apparent unreliability Of the Russian
offensive the President and his mill
tary advisers are rapidly swinging
around to the original plans of the
army general staff fo: an expedition
airy force Of over million and half
of men.
This will require thar the national
army be increased from the half mil
lion originally planned to almost a
million.
Senator Simmons was Just about to
introduce the war reven le bill in the
Senate, when Mr.. McAdoo arrived at
the capitol with the startling request
of the administration. The introduce
| ton of the bill was Immediately
| checked.
| 81 asked the committee to withheld
further action on the revenue at this
t;me," said the secretary later, "be-
cause have been notified that the war
| department needs fumes to be used IN
| n1obilizing, training and transporting
the great new army.
81 have received no details of the
estimate, but l told the committee
that the revenue bill might as well be
delayed until these estimates could be
worked out. After seeing these esti-
mates the Senate financial committee
will consider the necessary changes in
the bill"
Whether the enormous new sum
| will be raised by taxation or by
bond issue is still question. Most
members of the finance committee
| were so knocked off their feet by
the request that they had not time
to collect their thoughts. Senator
Simmons, however, said there were
many sources of taxation still avail
able.
Means $14,226,O00. 900 Budget.
The statement in the Senate by
Smoot in Utah that the proposed
SIS, OOO, GOO, 900 would bring the total
war budget to $14,226,000, 900 caused
CONSERVATION.
eve have already approved war
bill of 1926, O00, 900 and we have not
even got our army together" said
Smoot.
The Utah senator's statement was
made just as the news of Mr.. Me-
Adoo's arrival and the nature Of his
request flashed through the corridors.
Mr.. Smoot said that the $4,000, 000;;-
600 was almost equal to all Great
Britian's war bond issues. Half Of the
So, O0O, OO0,0 loan has been handed
to the Allies and the rest will be given
over within short time, he pradicted.
He added that he expected another
loan Of ST, GOO, 00o. 900 to the Allies.
| Members of the Senate finance com.
mittee asked Mr.. McAdoo to do his
utmost to hurry to them the estimates
of the money needed by the war de-
partment and by all other DEPART
ments. There is an idea that the
shipping board and the Navy DEPART
. ment will ask for more money. The
total sum is expected to exceed
greatly the IS, 000, 000, 900 named yes
terday.
Il After Mr.. McAdoo made his state
ment to a hastily called meeting Of
the finance committee the sugges-
ton was advanced that 81, 000, OK, 600
be added to the taxation in the bill.
The committee refused to be stamped
ed and contented itself with passing
a resolution asking the secretary to
!, tprepareean estimate of governmental
: needs. ;.
It had been expected to begin do
bate today on the war revenue bill.
But the request for the huge new
sum has thrown every plan into con-
fusion. Weeks Of work will be neses-
!, sary to prepare the gigantic new
war budget even after the policy has
hen determined upon.
q Mrs. w. McNiece, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hoople arrived by
car Tuesday night from Minneapolis.
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