The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-06
HAVE MORE AMMUNITION
 THAN GOVERNMENT NEEDS
Secretary Baker Tells Senate Com. mittee That Most Construction Work of the War Department Was Stopped Soon After the Signing Of the Armistiee-Musele Shoals Nj. trate Plant 10 Be continued

Washington. Dcs J---Secretary cf War Baker told the senate finance committee today. that, through con- tract cancellations, the war depart
 nent expects to save approximately $I250,.4Q,CCo Of tAc $2i,2S1 .00G, 900 voted hy congress for tho army dur ing the way.
 Earlier In the day the house ap- propriations committee, which i5 in vcstlgating to determine what part of war appropriations can ne returned to the trcasnrg made public state ment from Nil. Baker showing an es- timatcd saving of about twelve Dil- lions Of dollars. or nearly half the total appropriation
 Chairman Shcrley explained later. how ever, that this estimate was made some time ago and that revised fig lures furnished Dy the war deparl- nlent 5howcd an estimated saving Of about seven liliions of dollars. "Cf necessity the figures change from day to day." explained Mir. Sherloy but if would seem that something moro than seven billions Of the appropriations for the army could be converted Lack into the trcasurs'
 The war secretary told the senate Finance committee today, 1neu.5ers Of the committee said. that congress wall need 10 appropriate only about Si 100 ,0G1,o60 to cover contracts made nnder the $S,0OO,O00 ,0tD of authoriza- tions provided by congress and for whdch no actual appropriations have been made.
 The secretary's statement to the house appropriations committee said the departmentz disbursements to dutc iu the Unite States total s., 0o,01o,oOO and those in France $i,- 16S,000.C1o.
 AIr Baker previously had informed the committee of contract caDcella- tions aegregating about S2,GC09c0, 600. These include:
 Powder, S215, 0,GGa; artillery, s75O,G0O,ooo; motor vehicles, s2S2,- 000,J.0; textiles, S2G2,OO0c00; aero plane parts, S256.C00,0G0: gas defense equipment $13O,000,00 Contracts for rifles, shoes. harness, rubber goods, chemicals, bar5cd wire and steel ond iron products aggrcG gal v ius millions Of dollars, also have oeen cancelled.
 Forty per cent of the cancellations have been divided among states, MT. Baker said, enumerating those in Massachusetts as amounting 10 $251,- o0G,090; Michigan, sit9,00o,G.0; Con aecticutt, s.5,c01,001; New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Missouri. 999, 600 coo each: Illinois anl "cnnes- gee, S55.OO0.090 each; Maryland. s2.~ 100000; Virginia $5,o0),000, and Cali lornia, $i,4.1GC0.
 Preparations for tsc cancellation of army contracts To-o updortabel be- fore the siguing ot the aruistice. Ir. Baker relating tha, conferences on taiu question were held with the War industries board on NoveNlAcr q Manufacturers working on c1n- tracts that arc to he completed, Sct- re:ary Baker sad had been assistet ic many instaacc5 by permission Se ing s.ren for civilian orders tc ;aHe pe.,tGencc over goTernmcnt srders "Thc army he said, "has powder in excess of it5 needs" "I am very much em5arrassed,' the aecretary added. "as to how to store the amo1nt of powder and explo- eivcs which we have Operation of the Muscle Shoals ni- trate plant probably Will be contin- ued, he said.
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