The sun., 1918-12-03
$7,443,415,838
EXPENSES PUT
IN 1920 BUDGET
$5,212,OO0,OOO Is for Army
and Navy and $893,OOO,-
600 to Pay Interest.
BIG CUTS ARE EXPECTED
S579,0O0,000 Asked of Con
gress for -Epbuilding of
the Merchant Marine.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-War ex-
penses, persisting in peace times but
falling Off rapidly, will make the Gov
ernment's outlay in the fiscal year
1920, beginning next>July 1. STAB
415,S3S, Of which $5,212 100000 will
go to the War and Navy departments,
$s93, 100000 to pay interest ON war
debt, and S579,OOO,OOO for continuing
the building OF the merchant marine,
according to departmental estimates
presented to-day to Congress.
These expenses compare with the
S24, 500. 100000 appropriations for the
current year, ending next June 80,
with the S1S,OOO,OOo,OOO which prob
ably will be actually spent this year,
and with the ordinary annual ex-
penses of about million dollars be-
fore the var.
The advance estimates are neces-
sarily rough. and many departments
expect to cut them down during the
next few months as committees OF
Congress work over the figures in
drafting appropriation bills. Hereto
fore annual estimates have exceeded
the appropriation authorizations. and
the actual expenditures have usually
been considerably less than the appro-
priation. Secretary McAdoo transmit
ted without comment the estimates OF
various departments as submitted to
him and compiled at the Treasury.
Army and Navy Needs.
The War Department wants 1885,
600. 900 next year for bringing the army
home from Europe. maintaining part
Of the force, continuing fortihcations
and other purposes, and the Navy De-
partment estimates its needs at 81
656, 100000. even more than this year.
The Shipping Board asks S5o0,OOO,-
900 TO build ships already authorized
by Congress. 100000 900 for operation
Of vessels. sl7.451 900 for recruiting
and training officers and crews and
81, 1,453.0O0 for incidental administra-
ton expenses.
The item OF ssS9, ,O0O. 900 as interest
on public debt includes provision for
meeting the semi-annual payments on
Liberty bonds already outstanding and
those TO be issued in the near future,
and this sum is not subject TO any
great alteration.
There Is small provision for post
offices and other public buildings and
tor river and haroor improvements.
Only $l567, 900 Is included in the esti-
mates for buildings and practically all
| OF this is for continuing construction
already under way. Similarly about
| half of the s19,S70 900 for rivers and
| harbors Is for maintenance or con-
tinuation of existing projects; $5,000,-
900 is asked as a general fund for use
by the Secretary OF War and $4,000, 900
| for flood control on the Mississippi
River.
For Congress, It is estimated that
, the expenses will be 1885. 900; for
the President and a few bureaus re-
volving about him, $5,9s1 900; for the
State Department. sl2.725. 900; for the
/ Treasury and all fiscal purposes, ST.
| 427 $4,000; Panama Canal. $12 .216,0OO;
| Interior Department and a number OF
! public works projects, s270,2S3,000;
! Department of Agriculture. So, ,2SS 900;
| Department OF Commerce, $39. .3SS 900:
| Department OF Labor. 26,712,000; De-
| partment of Justice, $l4,1SS,000: Fed
eral courts. s1,410,0OO; for foreign
intercourse. including consular activl-
! ties. s11,042 900; for Indian affairs,
| Sl1 $780, 900, and for pensions arising
out of past wars, 1920, 900 900, the usual
| sum sought.
sinking Fund Proposal.
! There is provision in the estimates
| for s2s7, 100000 for the establishment
OF a sinking fund, reported perfume
torily in previous years. In the face
| Of tremendous public debt, however. It
is regarded as probable that Congress
now will provide for n real redemption
fund with which to pay bonds when
! they fall due! The estimated total of
| 81. .433, 900 900 does not include this
item or 1858 ,3O7 900 for postal SER
vice. the needs OF which are covered
| automatically by appropriations but
are met directly from postal revenues
That officials count on the continued
functioning OF the War Risk Insur-
ance Bureau 10 administer Soldiers and
sailors insurance and compensation
| payment is indicated b. the request
for $l2,367, 900 for administration ex-
| penses.
The cost Ct collecting Federal taxes
is put at $27.345. 900, and this would
be spent largely in the administration
| of the taxes during the calendar year
1919.