The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-04-12

no foundation 10 SilEt liNH'
Three large appropriations inc'"u,
Ing the S6io.UOn. 600 act passed without
n roll call. made total OF S69l,oo"'o"o
available for the first year. Al oi u'''
has since been obligated.
Last April the air service had an
almost negligible force OF 60 officers
and l.120 men. small dying heloS'
! less than 300 scCond-rate planes, prnC'
| tically no aviation industry. and oh'y
| the most scanty knowledge Of the kn'
| leidoscopic development abroad Inc
! first two months OF war were required
! TO secure information. establish stan
aud work out the program hnalis
adopted. The problem was twofoid-
first. personnel and. second. EQUIP
nent.
Today the personnel Is ever lVp
times that OF n year ago, prscuchh'
every member a skilled man VINO mas
gone through an intensive course OF
training. Schools OF IL different
kinds have been institutes. courses
OF instruction laid out. and instEue
tors secured. including foreign n-
| perts in score OF lines.
Development Of Navy.
The development OF the navy during
the first year OF war has given ths
greatest satisfaction. Its growth snc
achievements during this period may
be epitomized In the following para
graphs:
Strength Of the navy today Is
nearly 1,0OO officers and $4,000 en-
listed men; strength year ago was
4,792 officers and 779t6 enlisted men.
Estimated total expenditures OF the
navy during first year OF war: DIS
bursements md outstanding oolisa'
tions, 81 ,SS1 100000.
Total naval appropriations. real ano
pending. S3,333.17l ,665o4
American destroyers arrived NJ
British port 10 assist In patrolling Eu-
ropean waters IS days after the decla-
ration OF war.
There are now four times as many
vessels in the naval service as year
ago.
Nearly 1900 mechanics and other
civilian employees are working al
navy yards and stations
When war was declared, lcs naval
vessels were building or authorized
and contracts have been placed since
that time for a49 vessels.
More than 700 privately owned veS
sells have been purchased or chartered
by the navy.
Six new authorized battleships ars
signed to be Of Al 500 tons. the larg
est battleships In the world.
Our $4,000 ton cruisers, 35 knots
will be the fastest in the world, theil
speed equalng the fastest destroyers
Prompt repairs OF 100 interned Ger
man ships. partially wrecked by theil
crews, added more than 100000 toni
, TO our available naval and merchant
, tonnage.
The navy has developed an Amer
can mine believed TO combine all th'
, good points OF various types OF mines
and is manufacturing them In quanti
ties.
During the year the latest type o.
naval 16-inch gun was completed foi
our new battleships; II throws a pro
jectile weighing 2,100 pounds.
Navy has In It's possession now
stock OF supplies sufficient for tn
average requirements for at least on
=. year.
Several hundred submarine chaseri
built since the war, have been deliv
! cred to the navy by 81 private con
n Germs and six navy yards; many o
. these boats have crossed the Atlantic
some in severe weather.
Naval training camps have ca
pacity of 10000 In summer. e4,0O
:. men in winter.
Shipping Boards Progress.
Up to date congress has authorize
81, 2,O34, 100000, OF which 81 600 90
;, has been appropriated, for tn
= United States Shipping board an
Emergency Fleet corporation; o
March 1, S353,247 955.S7 of this sur
had been expended.
The Emergency Fleet corporatio
:, had reQuisitioned March l, 425 stet
vessels and contracted for 720 stet
vessels. making a total of 1,145 stet
: ships. Of an aggregate deadweigt
u tonnage of S,164,50S tons; II had Il
o contracts for 400 wooden vessels, ay
u gregating approximately 1.715,OC
L dead weight tons 1t had repaired an
d put in operation 7SS,000 deadweigf
/ tonnage seized from Germany an
y Austria.
'r On March the building progral
e Of the Emergency Fleet corporate
s. was being carried on In 151 plants.
u First Years War Cost.
e. Total estimated expense Of II
E. United States government In the AR
year of war. without loans to Il
le allies, is S12, 2,O67. .27S6 S679.07.
N To help meet this expense. the trea
n ury department foated $6616,532,3 81
10 subscriptions to Liberty bonds.
ID Bonds, certificates Of indebtedness
War Savings certificates, and Thri
IT, stamps issued by the treasury up
IS March IL, totaled $3.50, ,S02, ,052.96.
N The United States government h,
s. loaned to foreign governments ass
,d ciated in the war on March IL, 191
$4.436, 329. .75O.
To March II the war risk insu
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