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estimates brought this up to s29,S79,-
S21.6iS.74. and the total approprla-
,ions were $24,599. 730, 1885,
Estimates by Departments
BY departments the estimates are:
Legislative, SIT ,955.644.03; executive.
s5.9S1, ,420: State Department, $l2,723.-
:7s.66: Treasury Department. $i.43l'-
515.s443S: independent offices, $6l4,-
20. 40: District of Columbia. $16.S7S,-
4le: War Department. s2.556. 0S1 .551 .16;
Panama canal. s12.216.114; Navy De-
yartment, $2.656.S22, ,126.05: Interior
Department. s270,2S3.263.64; Post Of
postal service. payable from postal
revenues. s35S,307.577; Department of
Agriculture. $5S.2S3.7S6: Department
of Commerce. $39,3SS.740: Department
Of Labor. s26.712,313; Department OF
Justice, $14.1Ss,043.15.
Estimates for salary increases for
District employees, supplemental to
the other estimates, run to $1,6OO,OOO.
Estimates for increases for practi-
cally all the government establish
Army Cut Heaviest.
The principal reduction was for the
military establishment. which estimates
its needs at s1.922, 100000 in 1920 as
compared with the S12.274 100000 ap-
propriated for this year. Before the
signing Of the armistice with Germany
It had been expected that the Army
alone would need more than S19, ,000, ,000,-
600 for 1920.
The Navy's estimates for 1920 are
81, 595 900, 900 as compared to $1,591,-
900. 900 appropriated for the current
year, an increase Of a billion dollars
despite the closing of the war. There is
nothing to show what 1t was estimated
the Navy would have needed had the
war continued.
These estimates may be later pared
down considerably when the actual
needs of the government in closing
out war contracts become clearer. At
the same time it must be taken into
consideration that actual expenditures
seldom have reached advance esti-
mates. ..-
Including the s574,237,ooo estimated
for fortifcationS, the total cOntem-
plated outlay on the Army amounts to
sa.497,00o, 900. There is comparatively
little provision for other public
building or rivers and harborS i'm
provements.
For Air Service Production.
A striking figure in the Army esti-
mates is the $144,943,000 for air serv-
Ice production. The appropriations
last year under this head were $780,
100000. 1t is evident that in reducing
war estimates the War Department is
proposing not to lose all that has been
gained in aircraft development during
struction and manufacture on a large
scale. Liquidation of war contracts
undoubtedly accounts for much of the
sum estimated, but the department is
known to anticipate aircraft develop
ment in peace time disproportionate
he Ayvo
wise.
The largest single reduction from
the 1919 appropriations for this year
for the Army is in pay, travel and
general expenses. the new estimate
for next year being s327,67S.000.
priated for this year. OF similar size
is the reduction made in quarter
masters estimates for supplies, cloth
ing, quarters. including cantonments.
and similar expenses, the new figure
being S911, $4,000, as compared to $5,-
451.o00.000 appropriated for this year.
Practically all estimates for various
Navy purposes show substantial in
creases over appropriations for the
current year. The pay item goes up
10 S579.s46.000 from 1927. 900: ex-
pcnditures on ships already author
ized goes to $233. 1856, 200 from $50, 397,-
600 this year. and an additional $780,
100000 is asked as the first increment
on the new three-year program which
( has been proposed. Subsistence and
supplies is given as S202.3 $4,000, as
compared with 75,520.O00 this year,
and ammunition, needs are estimated
at 25.o00.000. as compared to $S2,-
$4,000 this year.
For new. post offices, customhouses
and other federal buildings. only
s1.567 900 is asked. but this Is in ad-
dition to existing appropriations for
these purposes not spent during the
war. The request for rivers and har-
bors amounts to $19,S70.003. barely
enough to continue existing projects
The shipping board puts its require
ments at $579, So 900, about one third
of the S1.505, 100000 already appro-
priated for next year.
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