Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-12-06
SEVEN BILLION TO
RUN U. S. IN 1920
Figures Sent 10 Congress by Sec
retary of the Treasury
McAdoo.
s29,S79,82l,648 1919 COST
Total Appropriations in Naval Estab-
lishments for 1919 Were st,59t..
t6s,so5.s4 and for the Army
$t2,274, 4,245, ,9f9.2s.


Washington, Dec. 4--It will require
total of So, ,442. 2.415,S5S.0T 10 Conduct
the United States government during
the fiscal year of 1929. The total es-
timates for the fiscal year of 1919. in
Guiding supplements, was $29.S7D.-
S2l, ,64S,74.
These figures were sent to congress
by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo.
They We're made public almost before
the session of congress began instead
of "A hours ahead of time. as has been
the case In the past
The totals are divided among the
various branches of government as
follows:
Legislative establishment, SS,Osa.-
90L75. executive establishment, SlO6.-
S1S,425,06; judicial establishment, 81
4l0,40O; department of agriculture.
S50,04S. 1866 foreign intercourse $tI,-
042,23666 military establishment.
81 ,922. .93s, ,434s6; naval establishment.
S2,59a, 7S4, 4,5I6,05: Indian affairs. $ft,-
2396i3; pensions. S22Og50650;
Panama canal Sl2.2l6.114; public
works, S67G.Si2 702.9G; postal service.
$35S, S,307.37T; miscellaneous S2T6Tfsl..
5l0'03; permanent annual appropria-
tions, Sl,266.745T59
The total of more than seven bill
lions is exclusive of the sinking fund
requirements and postal service rev
cnaes
The big comparisons are of course
in the military and navy establish
nents. The naval establishment shows
a big incrense because Of the fact tlat
IL now Is going ahead with its original
caliul ship program deferred because
of the war. The total appropriations
In the na9al establishment for 1919
were 1851, 16s. .S95.SI.
The army total appropriation for
1919 was $12,274. 4.2459197S. The prun-
Ing here was made possible through
the cancellation Of all munition con
tracts, contracts for guns aud equip
ment
These estimates, although charac-
terized as for 1920, are for The fiscal
year 1920, commencing on July
next
A good part of the army costs goes
20 actual maintenance. For instance
there is appropriated in The bill for
the use of the quartermnsters corps
S9l1 7S9. .549 For pay and general ex-
penses the army viii require 1927 39S.-
36S0S.
THAT the air service Is 10 be eun-
tlnued by the army is Indicated by the
appropriations there. although for the
coming year total Is asked for mir
service military requirements Of $i0.-
933. 1851, as compared with SiS4,30r.-
75S for the current year For air seFv-
ice production total Is asked this
year of S144943,514.7l. as compared
with $760.O00000 in the current appro-
priation
For the pay of the navy q total Ss
asked for the coming year of SJ709fei.
971. AS compared with So. .372,g46 I'm
the current bill For naval aviation
the department wants 90 spend next
year S22l000000 as compared with
203S3. 10 IN the current bill.
The big expense of the navy Is of
tbufet itH FApduNipii hi'bE Nif hutT
Of capital ships The estimates asked
this year which were heretofore author
lied total SOB, ,98J. 600. In e'curreat
bill this item tOtaled SJ9.397 900. For
the new ihree-year program n total 0f
5000 O0O0,0 000 is asked. This item is
absent from the current measure.
There are few general wage ad-
vances and these are for the most part
IN the minor positions
There is absent from the bin this
year amy great river and ha"bof esti-
mates. All such work now Is under
the direct supervision Of the army en-
gineers who are simply continuing the
work already started, but are not han
ding any new propositions.