Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-16
BIG WAR MEASURE
REPORTED IN HOUSE
FROM COMMITTEE
Bill Appropriates 1885,:
131,651.49, Chiefly for the
Military Operations.
CARRIES LARGEST SUM
OF RECORD IN HISTORY
Total of $sO,228 for District In
cluded, With Provision for In
crease in Statutory Salaries.

crease in Statutory Salaries.
greatest appropriation bill ever Of
fered by any nation in the history Of
the world was reported to the House
today by Chairman Sherley of the
appropriations committee.
The estimates were: $S,599,SS9. .599.3S
for the military establishment and
War Department, including fortifica-
tions; s125.o64,6O1. for the naval es-
tablishment and Navy Department,
and s161,177,450.S5 for the civil serv-
ice, including s134.o0o,oo0 for payment
of military and naval family allow
ances. In the committee a net reduc-
ton was made of $3.50, 5,9S545.
Amounts Recommended.
the military establishment and War
Department, including Notifications,
s2,293,712,92852 in cash and authorize
ton for s3,S5S, S,349,776. making total
of $6,152,062,704.52. For the naval es-
tablishment and Navy Department,
$lO7,217,7 1886 in cash. For the civil
services, including s70,o00,Oo0 for pay
ment of military and naval family al
lowances. ss6,475.1Ss.26 cash.
The bill carries $8o,228 for the Dis
trict of Columbia, with appropriations
to cover theincrease in statutory salar-
les contained in the District appropria-
tions act, the increase to be paid from
July l, if the employees are otherwise
entitled to receive it. The District
items are: For enforcement of the
minimum wage law, 3,75o; for repairs
for fees for Jurors in Police Court,
s1.478, and for fuel for the Workhouse,
$4,000. / O..
For Army Equipment.
The appropriations recommended for
the Quartermaster Corps total $780,
e4as58a. 52,4 with authorization for an
additional $15,750,O 900; for the ordnance
department, $2s6, 1865, with authori-
zation for an additional s3,3S2,599, ,716;
for chemical warfare service, 500. .00O.-
600 IN cash and authorization of an
additional $150,008.000.
The authorization of $15,750,000 for
the Quartermaster Corps is in addition
to $86,469,930 for construction and re-
pair of hospitals.
The other items allowed for the
Quarternaster Corps are:
Pay of the Army, mileage and COM
mutation of quarters, 779,740,505;
subsistence of the Army. 155,302.O87;
Corps, s65,O70,770: transportation of the
Army, $441, ,946,317; clothing and camp
and garrison equipage. $59.138.433;
horses for cavalry, artillery and en-
gineers, $2O,616,331; water and sewers
at military posts, $1,613.O17; military
post exchanges, $1,SS0,712; barracks
and quarters, seacoast posts, $4,00O,-
900; improvements at disciplinary bar
racks. Leavenworth, Kan, 100000;
purchase of Ohio state rifle range,
s1S3,1S6; Fayetteville, N. c.. acquisi-
ton of artillery range, $780, 900; West
Point, KY, acquisition of artillery
range, $1,6O0,O0O; disposition of re-
mains of officers, soldiers and civilian
employees, $710,274.52.
Ordnance Department Items.
The cash allowances for the ord
nance department are: For seacoast
cannon and ammunition, $5,000,000;
for field artillery and payment of au-
thorizations in the Notifications act,
S28O,000,00O; seacoast cannon and am
munition for the Panama canal, S.
S66: for armories and arsenals' ST.
a9S.OO0.
The authorizations for the ordnance
department are: Ordnance stores, am
munition, s41O,SO2,43O: small arms
target practice, $59,7S7,56s; manufac-
ture of arms, $S5,156.S75; ordnance
stores and supplies. ss7,ooo,ooo; ia auto Ito
armored motor cars, s1s4,217. 500; field
artillery, acquisition. $1.093,937,S 1897:
field artillery, ammunition, $780,
46O,445; field artillery, practice am
munition. $65,175,061.
The appropriation for the signal
service is $5O,00OOO0 cash and au-
thorization for $45,OOO,OOO.
Provision for Medical Branch.
For the medical and hospital de-
partment of the military establish
ment an appropriation OF S3O,oOo,OO
cash and authorizations for $65,-
Gao 600 are recommended. Engineer
ing operations in the field are allowed
s136. 100000 in cash and authorization
for an additional 00.OOO,0O0.
other cash appropriations for the
military establishment include: Con-
tingencies of the Army, 100000; mil
itary information division. $500. !;
Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe,
Va. $64. 500; division of military aero
nautics, $50 100000; Office of provost
marshal general, expenses of selec-
ton of registration, $20,00O,O00, and
prevention of deposits in New York
harbor. $4,000.
Grand Total for Navy.
The grand total Of appropriations
for the naval establishment and
Nayy Department is $107,217 7,778.26.
The principal items are SIS, .SO7.61
for training camps and $26,529,464 for
new batteries for ships. The other
items are apportioned as follows:
Payment of temporary employees,
$3.50, ,102.73.
Contingent expenses, 100000.
Claims on account of collision dam
ages, s537.55.
Bureau of navigation-Recrea of
enlisted men. 100000; outfits on first
enlistment, s15,00O.0o0; gunnery and
engineering exercises, 100000.
Bureau Of ordnance Ordnance and
ordnance stores. $11,1S5,3O1: ammuni-
ton for vessels, $9,230,000: reserve
ordnance supplies. 100000.
Public works, bureau of yards and
docks-Navy, yard. Boston, Mass,
$1,000 naval operating base, Hamp-
ton roads. Va. $1.174.556:6s; navy
yard. Norfolk: Va, $s5S.5os:ss navy
naval training station, California. $685.
900: ordinance stations, improvement,
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