The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-16
OVER SIX
BILLIONS
FOR "
Largest Deficienc Sill OF
American Cong7 Submit-
ted to House Say by
Chai7
TOTAL OF $6, ,345, ,755, ,eee
TOTAL OF se,s45,755,e ,ees
Nearly All Is Needed to Place Three
Complete American Armies In
France by Next
July.

EUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-The larg-
est deficiency bill Of the American
congress, carrying $6,S45,755. $50. .04.
was submitted to the house today by
Chairman Shirley of the appropria-
uons committee.
OF the huge sums granted in the
bill, $6,152, ,062, ,704.52 goes to the war
department for carryiH .sato Z ct
the new enlarged army program look
ing to the placing of three complete
American armies in France by next
July, and 107,217.77S.26 goes to the
navy department.
In addition to the billions appro-
priated, the bill authorizes the presi-
dent to create salvage committee
to recommend to congress the dispo
sition of government property acquir-
ed during the war. The measure
gives the shipping beard power to ac-
quire, construct, establish or improve
any plants or land or to make loans
to private persons for this purpose
with the approval Of the president.
Heretofore the board has had only the
right to ''reQuisition." The ship
board act IS also extended to give the
government control of dry docks, ma
rine railways and piers as we'll as
ship yards. The amount carried in
the measure brings the total ap-
than $4,000, 100000, two thirds Of
which is for army activities.
The 52,O62,70452 granted the
army in the bill reported today is di-
vided into s3,s5S, ,349.776 in contract
authorizations and s2,393, 3,712,92S.52 in
direct appropriations.
The quartermaster corps gets ST.
635, ,S21 ,562.52 to take care of army
pay, subsistence and transportation.
Included in the quartermaster ap
propriations are s1S3,1S6 for pur-
chase OF the Ohio state rifle range
and S1,500000 and s1,6CO,0G0 for ac-
QUESTION of artillery ranges at Fay
etteville, N. c., and West Point, KY
The ordnance department is given
$3.669 ,256,G42 including s1,093,937, ,S97
for field artillery: 1882. .46O,445 for
field artillery ammunition and $65.-
175061 for field artillery practice am
mUnition. These appropriations rep
resent the new emphasis the war de-
partment is placing on the artillery
program, which according to approp
creased in the last few weeks.
The clinical warfare service is Civ
en- S25o00O.o0O. The imrortant items
in naval funds are s2652.464 for new
batteries for ships; S2S, $50. 61 for
naval training camns. $4,000 for
Boston navy yard: 1856. sos. so for Nor
folk navy yards; s1,50o,00o for Mare
Island and S55,00O for the California
naval training station.
Seventy million is appropriated for
allowances to families of men in the
service.
The amount carried in the bill is
$3.50. .375, ,9S5.45 less than the
partm ents.
Chairman Shirley was enabled to
make these huge cuts when study of
appropriations for the entire session
OF congress revealed many larce dup
lications due to faulty bookkeeping
and hurried preparation n estimates.
Legislation in the bill besides the
salvage commission and extension Of
the shipping board powers provides:
THAT the shipping board shall not
require payment for vessels chartered
to the war depart1n
"That the pay of field clerks in the
army shall be $1,000 instead of 81 900
year.
"That s25000o of army subsist-
ence funds nay be used for develop
ment of farming and gardening about
army posts" This appropriation is
designed to allow the government to
put interned enemy aliens to work at
a profit to the United States.
The big bill will be taken up by the
house today.