The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-02-20
NEW DRY DOCK AT
CHARLESTON TO COST
ABOUT four MILLION
Daniels Asks for Sum of $23O,O77,152
TO Further Expand the Navy's
Great Building Program
TO BUILD NEW DESTROYERS
Marine Corps Will be Expanded to
$4,000 Men and Part of Sum
is to Pay New Men

Washington, Feb. 18.-Special:
Charleston's Navy Yards to have a
great new dry dock Of the first class
costing $4,000,OOO An es:imatc for
this dock with the specific limit of
cost, AID with an initial appropria-
ton of 81 100000, was sent to Con-
grcss today by Secretary Daniels,
through Secretary Of the Treasury
McAGcc.
The new provision is substitute
for the previous estimate for an ex-
tension of the present dock.
The possession Of the 3O-foot chan
mel from the Navy Yard to the sea
has proven of enormous value to
charleston in the emergency oppor-
tunltles of the war. If that channel
had to be provided now, the loss of
time involved would divert maoy mil
hons Of dollars worth of government
improvements depending upon imme-
diate access to the 80 foot basis
10 Enlarge Eavy's Program
washington, Feb. 18.-Congrcss
was asked by Secretary Danels TODAY
for $230,077, 1872 to further expand the
n&Vy's great building program, pro-
Vldc Tor mora ordnance and ammuni-
ton, cover additional pay for an ex-
panslon of the marin, corps from
thirty thousand. to fifty thousand men
placed III TINS years naval apprcpria-
ana meet other expenses not contcm..
plated in this years naval appropria-.
tion bill
Of the total $10O,O00,O00 is for adj.
dltlonal construction and to speed con-
structlon now under way. Mr.. Dan
icls said most of this amount would
be spent for vessels smaller than
cruisers, and explained that the un-
paralleled rapidity with which some
yards were turning out dcstroyers had
made it possible to place more con-
tracts for these boats than had been
thought possible. About a dozen new
contracts already have been placed.
Some of the money will be spent for
more OF the er-dcstroycrs" being
built by Henry Ford in his Detroit
plant.
Included in Estimates
The estimates include $3G000O for Il
railroad from Washington to the
naval proving ground, TO be built by
some railroad company; $2,000,00O for
the Norfolk navy yard dry dock, in
cludlng quay wall connections, in ad-
dition to the $3,450,000 previously cs-
timatcd; and 81 100000 for dry dock:
at the Charleston, S. c., Navy Yard,
with limit of cost $4,000 900, instead
OF merely providing for Extending
dry docks"
This naval emergency fund of $780,
100000 is to "cnablc the President to
secure the more economical and eX-
pcditious delivery of materials, equip
ment and munitions, and to secure the
more expeditions construction of ships
authorized and for purchase and con
Structlon of such additional torpedo
boat dcstrOycrs, submarine chasers
and other naval small craft, to be ex-
pended under the direction and dis
cretion of the President.
TO Expand Marine Corps
The language Of the estimates sub
mittcd by Secretary Daniels author
ICES the temporary increase of the
marine corps from the present 10000
to $4,000 men, and the pay of the
marine corps originally estimated at
W., l33,37l, is increased by $l2,30O,-
600: 1t also increases by 25,O0O the
limit of cost Of submarines authorized
IN the naval act of 1916.
The supplemental estimates include
reserve ordnance supplies, $4,000. 900
increase over the previously estimated
S33,O00,0 900; ammunition for vessels,
%3,000,0O0 in addition to previous esti-
mate of $32, ,6SG, l20 new batteries for
ships OF the navy, $l0,000,00O in
crease.