The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-21
'Ss5,OOO,OOO NAVY
AIR FUND RESTORED
Senate Committee Fears
House May Insist on
Cut, However.
WASTE is CORRoB0RATED
Three More Engineers Testify
to Seeing Army Clothing
Burned in France.
Special Ds.pstcA TO run sus.

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| WASHINGTON. June 20. - The Senate
Naval Committee accepted to-day the
suggestion Of Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels and restored the appropriation
Of ss5, zoo, 900 for the development OF
naval aviation in the next fiscal year.
In this the committee made an issue
with the House Of Representatives. which
had scaled the appropriation down to
$4,000, 900 in the face Of the secro-
tary's request for the larger sum.
The Senators who voted for the IN
crease are by no means hopeful that the
House will ratify their action and rear
that when the measure goes to confer"
ence 1t will be found that the House
economists stand Arm for the lesser ap-
preparation, particularly IN view OF the
| conditions regarding future military and
naval armaments and the known feeling
in legislative circles against the up
building Of two separate air establish
ments by the army and navy Instead OF
a consolidation of the national air SER
vice---military. naval and civil-under
single headship.
Confederation of the destruction OF
shoes, rubber boots, clothing and other
army supplies by the bonfire method In
France was furnished to the Foreign
Expenditures subcommittee Of the War
Expenditures Committee Of the House
to-day.
Three of the men signing the COM
planning report submitted yesterday to-
day were located and appeared before
the committee. Corporal Charles w.
Seymour, Chicago; Thomas Il. johnson.
Ontario. Ore. and w. T. Gardner. Port
land, Ore. men of L Company, Twenty
third Engineers, all testified to having
witnessed what Chairman johnson (S.D.)
referred to as ''wanton destruction of
property"
Asked when the fire was extinguished
that had been raging for a month burn
ing up old and new supplies brought to
the salvage dump between Souilly and
Ippecourt, the men said that II was
quelled Immediately after they had fled
their complaining report with their COM
pany officer.
Gasoline, which was very expensive
in France. was thrown on the burning
pile of goods to help the flames along,
1t was testified.
Explaining why they had made q re-
port Private Gardner remarked: at
grated to see the stun go to waste"
They had been able to rescue new
breeches for themselves from the pile,
they said.
wagonloads of blankets, some new
some old. but all serviceable. were
brought to the dump and thrown on the
fire. Gardner testified.
THE Seventy ninth Division, camped
near by. was getting ready to get out"
Seymour explained, land they were SAL
vaging material. The way they would SAL
wage 1t was to send It in trucks to the
salvage dump"
New and old material, apparently too
difficult to sort out. was then thrown
into the fire and burned.
WAsHINGToN, June 20.-Decision of
the Senate Military subcommittee to pro-
vide for an army OF 400.o 900 for the
next fiscal year was upheld by the full
committee tonight in considering the
army appropriation bill. Appropriations
approximating $500, 000. 0oG, instead of
were recommended.
With but minor changes in the more
important appropriations as fixed by the
subcommittee, the full committee vir-
tually completed consideration OF the en-
tire bill tonight. Following a short
meeting tomorrow for the purpose of
attending to minor details, Chairman
Wadsworth plans to report the measure
to the Senate.
As the bill now stands II will provide
for the appropriation of approximately
$500. 200, 900 for military purposes. COM
pared to S731. 1000 carried in the
House bill.