Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-13
NAVAL SUPPLY Bill
CUTS INTO ESTIMATES
House Committee Reports Appro
priations Totaling s377 "a ,Ss8
Less Than Asked For
DROPS BIC ITEM ITEM

Carrying with ii ss9s, ssS. 7s48s foi
the next fiseaI year The naval appro
prialton bill. was yesterday reported
to Congress Ia the House by the Com
minee On Naval Affairs
This Ii reduction Of s377 "a $50
40 from tho estimates submitted By
Secretary Daniels aud sI22 024, s. ~
less than the BIN reported y the last
session
The bill carries s2.s50,O00 70 com
picte construction of coastguard yes
scla..
In accordance with the wishes 81
Secretary Daniels the sp.called big
navy. program WIS eliminated, com
pletion Of the three.year program only
being AUTHORIZED
MaFiHe Corps Increased
The enlisted strength 81 tho navy Ii
fixed by The bill at 24i 900 until Sep
tenlber 40. 100000 from then until he.
cainber III anu 10000 during the last
ilalf of the fiscal year. Tho strength OF
the Marine Corps Is Increased FROM
III 400 "a III. 400 The number of ofsi-
GERS In both ihe navy and the Marine
Corps III liked 1T four pcr cent III tile
enlisted personnel
One of the principal itenls Is an ap.
preparation uf $751; COZ. 900 for cofitins
ued construction Or the 1916 building
program No new construction Is
authorized. The bill provides for b
temporary enlisted strength 81 24i.0OO
men until October + $4,000 "a Janu,
airy and i70.e00 TOR the remainder af
the fiscal year, with i permanent III.
crease IN pay If enlisted men from
si7.5a 10 $3.50 l month
For Aviation
Tho appropriation for aviation WAS
reduced from SIS ZOO, o0uto sf5sn0unoe
The committee explained this amount
was intended only for the mailtc
nance of the mesent naval ali service
until definite policy for future ez
panaian could he determined
The measure will pe considered by
the House today
Abandonment pf the navy's cxten
aiye plans for experimenting with
rigid and non rigid types Of lighter
thanair flying machines was said by
naval officers yesterday 10 be presaged
by the ACTION Of the House Naval 40
fairs Committee III cutting the avias
tion appropriation for the navy from
S45.0oO.00O 10 $l5.000,000
Secretary Daniels said II would
take the navy Il long time 10 recover
from the effects OF the setnack naval
aviation would receive should the re
vlsed flgures stand Hope was ex,
pressed by the secretary that the Sen
aic committee would revise the APP
propriatioa upward
We had outlined d program for the
coming year, Mr.. Daniels said that
would have placed the United States
navy on footing with other navies
Of the world With regard TO ayiation.
and ii followed up consistently Tor
the next few years, probably would
have made the United States the lead.
er iii the field Of ma gal aviation lf
We arc limited 10 the sum set In the
House bill We will hardly be able 70
benefit from tine lessons learned from
The NG-4s flight across The Atlantic
and Will certainly not he able to carry
on tho experiments with aircraft Of
the Zeppelin type that We had plan
ned,
The Zeppelin type Of aircraft con.
stitutes the eyes Of the modern fight.
ing iiect. said Capt e 4. Craven, N
rector of tho naval aviation. and our
navy stands practically alone among
these IL tho world powers IN lis lack
Of this Indispensable type Of aircraft,