New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
L. s. Will Save
Is Billions i'm
" ar Expenses
S7,l79,155,944 in Cash to
Go Back to Treasury; Can
cellations a Million More
Army's Showing Is Best
House Committee Plans to
Leave Ample Funds to
Cover All Obligations

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-Savings of
more than fifteen billion dollars in the
contemplated war expenditures of the
war and navy departments were re
ported to Congress day in a bill
framed by the House Appropriations
Committee. The measure provides for
the return to the Treasury of $7,179,-
l56,944 in cash and for the cancella-
ton of authority for the departments
to obligatc the government for s8,221,-
029,294 additional
With slightly less than four billion
dollars available. the savings from the
navy were small as compared with
those from the military establishment.
The War Departments savings amount
to S6,S44 795,077 in cash, and $3.50
O29,294 in authorizations, while the
aggregate provided for the department
was $24, 5,425,2 200 in cash and $685.
C57,601 in authorizations. The navy's
total was S3,376,956,208 in cash and
$3.50 760,0 900 in authorizations, with it's
savings 1894 .36l.S SOC cash and SO ,OOO,-
UOo authorizations.
Deficits Elsewhere
While the savings were from numer-
Gus items of war expenses, deficits have.
ben incurred in others so the bill pro-
vides $295.244,329 to meet these ex
pcnses. Sufficient money also is left
with tho departments to meet their
expenses for the remaining five months
of the fiscal year
IN recommending that various sums
snail be covered into the Treasury"
sald report filed with the bill. "thc
committee does not mean to affirm in
any sense chat the total of moneys left
with various bureaus is needed or
should be expended, or to approve or
disapprove of various activities. There
should and doubtless viii be large saw
ihgs made form these balances.
ne report continues:
ne Dill conveys into the treasury
great sums voted to the army and
navy for the prosecution of the war
ana now made unnecessary for expen-
azure due to the signing Of the armi
S'icc last November. The repeal Of
appropriations and withdrawal of an
Vhoflzatlons has been confined to the
military and naval establishments not
because funds voted to other depart
ments are al required. for such IS bv
no means the fact, but because the
magnitude of the task made impossible
d. thls tlme review of other depart
ments and it is hoped that in connac-
ton with other bills that manv of
these surplus funds may DC dealt with.
Ample Funds Planned
" hat the committee has endeav-
urea 10 90 IS 10 cover into the treas
ury sums that plainly are not needed,
but as 1t is necessarily uncertain inst
to what extent the government NAV he
able by cancellation of contracts and
Glscontlnuance of of projects to re-
duce ITS obligations the committee has
deemed 1t wise to leave funds amnlv
SUFFICIENT to meet such obligations.
The labors of the committee have
peen greatly added to because of the
absence OF any modern or uniform
system OF keeping accounts by the
various departments and it desires to
express the rope that Congress may
provide soon for such a system Of
accounting"
Inc largest savings were from the
quartermaster department of the
army, which gives up S3.74O.3S5.3O7 in
cash and S15,750 900 in authorizations
and the ordnance department. which
returns nla 81 o8,369oo9 in cash and ST.
'l4,279294 in authorizations. The
bureau OF aircraft productions, which
had Sl,499,067,766 available cash. re-
turns S4O2.000,000 of the amount.
Some Navy Cash Savings
The navy cash savings included ord
nance, S164 1888 ,S43; aviation, sos. 600
GOO; navigation. bureau, S4,5OOO0O;
supplies and accounts, $23, O96, 900. and
marine corps. S41.216,S66.
In the deficiencies that are provided
for by the bill the navy receives $3.50
1922 25, most of. which is for pay and
provisions for it's men. 1t also re-
ceives 100000 for liabilities in
surred in the rush work of construc-
ton Of destroyers. The War Depart
ment receives s6,473.782, to meet def
clencies IN pay of temporary civilian
employees and for other purposes.
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