The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-14
Although Subjected to a Big Cut
from Original Estimates, 1t Is
the Largest of Its Kind in the
History of Congress.
WAR, NAVY AND OTHER
BUREAUS TO BENEFIT
S8l 100000 to be Expended for
Mountain, Field and Siege Ar
tillery, in Addition to Over
s1,O00,0oO,000 Already Spent.

! Washington Feb. 10 A billion
dollar urgent deficiency uppropriu-
/ ton bin the largest OF it's kind in
4 the history of congress. although cut
a half billion from original estimates.
( was fiiNoruhN reported 20 the house
I today 10y Chairman sherloy of the
appropriations committee. Tho hili
( provides for the immediate needs Of
! the war navy ana other departments
Among the amounts asked for va
/ rous military activities was q total
OF almost tsl0U0, 900 for mountain,
! neld and ~czo artillery In addition
/ "a more fhan Sl00o. .0ro. 400 alrcaoy
I spent and contract authorizations ut
! y1fa,0oU 0nu additional The testi-
mopy ot col Nmcs. of the ordnance
| department said TINT the tuul amount
available Tor this purpose since the
! beginning of the war under direct
! appropriations and contract Iuthuri-
3 zatiuns was Sl.NlG.uOU.UUU of which
amount orders have hoon placed rp-
/ purinp ultimate expenditure of ST.
.5@, 900, 900. leaving sim uvdiithl, .ur
/ contracts SsGl 600 UOO. ~, said thr
/ Sl,NlG,u0u. u.UHp was intended 90 sup-
ply ammuurou. upon revised o-tl.
, mates uf the Quantities needed tor
two million men mcludirg the ann
munition needed Tor the Hight trench
mortars Hc said the SNl."oU Gao ud
ditiuu asked rs the result of tho
| change boz the military program, in
! clu, ig new requirements for larg
/ or number of shells. for ammunition
/ for guns mounted on tanks. and 81
/ 600, COO for plant designed for the
filling of proi"ctles with pnses. and
! Sg.00o.uou for plant Tor the same
| purpose to hc erected IN France
! At his examination before the COM
mittrr chairman Sherley report
! said. General Wheeler uf the ord.
| nance bureau brought out @lnt tho
( government had AN arrangement
with the French to supply artillery
| ana ammunition to e certain number
| of American troops arriving In
| France. but after these units are sup
I piled the CniicH states would fulN
/ equip additional troops
our IicSourCcs Are Amplc,
| Americas resources, Gen. Wheeler
testified, were sufficient 20 meet an
war needs He asserted the war de-
| partmeut had q billion dollars worth
| uf ammunition contract
Major General Squier. chief sigma
! officer. testified the signal corps had
I spent or obligated an the $Gi0.0pu,-
! uOu appropriated tu carry out It's air
plano program and has incurred obi
| cations that viii equal $pO.oUo 600 IL
addition. and may go beyond that toi
| the present fiscal year Hc aslSe,
, S255i32,u00 To procure bombs fol
the uirplancs.
Federal Food Administrators lloovc
said the combined food and fuct al
mipistrators 40 lar have had top
appropriations uf S5,5t5.uuu out %
which there has been an actual "a
ponditurc OF StyN5,i2g, and there lr
now outstanding obligations of 81.
2t2,8N3, leaving Xi,s55.g5O balance.
| Nh Hoover testified that the foo,
administration is directing tho buy
ing of SlGu000.uoU Of foodstuffs
month FOR the allies rlone
Fuel Administrator Garfield denie,
60 the committee hc had advised peo
pie not to buy coal last summer an,
explained that what he advised wa
to buy an the coal needed hut no
go into the market TO buy In eNccs
of needs ana thus add 20 the trans
purmtion difficulties.
/. | Provost Marshal General crowder
IN asking an additional $4,000. .0u
for draft registration and selection
testified that there is complet
registration already OF an alieus. in
cluding enemy aliens. betwcan 81 ap
80 ana that on Iupc there wpr
l2uo,0 alien, rot enemy aliens
between the draft ages of - and %