Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-26
WAR ECONOMY BILL WOULD TURN BACK APPROPRIATIONS Vast Sums for War Work
 Would Go to Treas
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LARGEST SUM FROM
 QUARTERMASTERS
Bill Would Provide for All Deficiencies.

Washington, Jan. 25.--The report on special war economy bill intro duced today would turn back to the departments large sums available from appropriations made to carry on the work until July 1, 1919.
 The total war expenses provided for the departments and from which the savings were made, amounted to $36,- FIG 6,451 ,l31. The cash to be returned is from direct appropriations made by Congress for paying expenses to be in cured by July lst, next, while the au- thorzations were the grant of Con gress to the departments to make con tracts for expenditures to be covered by future appropriations. Chairman Sherley of the committee explained that cancellation of contracts follow ing the signing of the armistice. did not affect the amount of the authori- cations. A part of the report follows: "The bill covers into the treasury great sums voted to the army and navy for the prosecution of the war and now made unnecessary for ex- penditure due to the signing of the armistice last November The repeay of appropriations and withdrawal of authorizations has been confined to the military and naval establishments not because of the funds voted to oth- CT departments are all required, for such is by no means the fact, but be- cause the magnitude of the task made impossible at this time a rev:cw of other departments and it is hoped that with other bills many of these surplus funds may be dealt with.
 Sums Not Needed.
 What the committee has endeavor- ed to do is to convert into the treas- ury sums that plainly are not needed, but as it is necessarily uncertain pust what exten the government may be able by cancellation of contracts and discontinuance of projects. to reduce it's obligations, the committee has deemed it wise to leave the funds am- ply sufficient to meet such obliga- l tions."
 The labors of the committee have been greatly added to because of the absence of any modern or uniform system of keeping accounts by th various departments, and it desires to express thA hope that Congress may provide soon for such a system. of ac- counting.
 Largest Returns.
 The largest savings were from the quartermasters department of the arr my which gives up $3,740, ,385,307 in cash and $15,750,000 in authorizations and the ordnance department which returns $1,503, ,369;0O9 in cash and $7714,279,294 in authorizations. The bureau of aircraft productions, which had SLABS, ,067,766 available cash, re- turned '$402, 100000 of the amount. The navy cash savings include ord- nance 164,833,84 aviation $08,0OO,- 900 navigation bureau $4,500,0 sup lies and accounts. $23 3,096,0 ,000 and Ma rine corps $41. 1.216,866.
 In the deficiencies that are pro- vided for by the bill, the navy re- ceives $28O, O,762, ,225 most of which is for pay and provisions for it's men. It also receives $32OOO,O0O for liabili- ties incurred int he rush work of con struction of destroyers. The war de- partment received $6.473,782 to meet deficiencies in pay of temporary civ ilian employees and dpfor 9faer purposes.