The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-03
NAVY HEADS WANT OVER
 TWO BILLION DOLL AIRS
Shipping Board Wants a HaH Billion to 6uild Ships and s6oooo,ooo for Their opcratlor--It IS Estimated That it Win Cost over Two Billion to Bring Troops Home.

Washington. Dee 2.-War cx- penSes persisting in peace times, but falling off rapidly, will make the government outlay in the fiscal year 1920, beginning next July 1, S7,443. % ll5,S3S, of which g 6l2.000,G00 will go to the war and navy departments, SSS3 3,o00, eco to pay interest on war debt, and s570,O00, ,00O for continuing the building of q merchant marine, according to departmental estimates presented today to congress-
 The expenses compare with the $24 4,699 ,O0g000 appropriation for the current year. ending next June 30. with tho $lS,000,0 ,000,000 which prob ? ably will be actually spent this year aud with the ordinary annual cx- penses of about a billion dollars be- fore tlle war
 The advance estimates are noces- sarily roueh, and many departments expect 10 cut them down during the next few months. as committee work over the figures in drafting appropri- Q ation tills. Heretofore annual esti- mates nave exceeded the appropria- tion authorizations and the actual expenditures have usually been con siderably less than the approprla- tionR. Secretary tMcAdoo transmitted without comment the estimates of the various departments as sumbit- ted tO him and compiled at the treas ury. The war department wants s2,- 556 ,C00,Gt0 next year fer bringing tho army homo from Europe, maintain ing part of the foreign forces, con tinuing Qualifications and other pur- poses and the navy department es- timates It's needs at $2.656, ,000,000, even more than this Year.
 The shipping board asks S500,0Oo, 0C0 for building ships already autho- rlzed by congress, $60, 100000 for op- eration of vessels, $174f1 600 for re- cruiting and training of officers and crews and $l. .i53.OO0 fer incidential administration exposes.
 The item of $S93,00 0o0 as intor esd on public debt includes provision for meeting the semi-annual pay ments oa Liberty bonds already out standing and these to be issued In the near future, and thls sum Is not subject 10 any general attenuation Only $1,l67000 is included in the es- inmates for public buildings About half of the Sl9,570. coo estimate for rivers end harbors Is for maintain ence or continuation of existing pro- iects: S5,000,000 Is asked as a gen eral fund for use by the secretary of war. and s4C0O 900 for flood control on the Mississippi river.
 For congress, it Is estimated, ex- pense5 will be S17955 .00o; for the president and few bureaus revolv- Ing about hm, s5,9G0.0 .000; for the state department $l2, ,725 coo: for the trcasrry and all finance purposes $Is42I5I5,QO0; Panama canal $I2,- 2i6. 090; interior department of labor S26,722 GOO; department of justice S14.1S8,O00, federal courts $t,4l0, - coo. for foreign intercourse, includ- ing consular activities $1i,042 DOC; for Indian affairs s11.939000 and for persons arising out of past war; $220, eco GOO the usual sum sought. There is provision in the estimates for $2S7 100000 for the establishment of a siuEng fund, reported perfume torily i'll previous years. In the face of tremenduous public debt, however it. is regarded as probable that con gress now wil apply for q real re- demption fund with which to pay bonds when they fall due in future years.
 The grand total ot $7,443,oooNoC tloes not include this item nor SSJS, BOT coo for postal service, the needs Of which aro covered automatically