New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-14
$6O6,846,968
Cut in Supply
Bills i'm House
Republican Leaders Make
Big Progress in Their
Program for a Total Saw
ing of a Billion Dollars
No Army Training Money
Appropriation as Report
ed Shows $685. 53,O76
From Bakers Estimates

From The Tri6uno's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 13.--With two
big money bills-the sundry civil and
be slashed by the House economy sur
geons Republican leaders already have
succeeded in pairing nearly a billion
dollars off the estimates submitted by
the executive departments for the fiscal
year Of 1921, which begins July 1.
The net reduction in appropriations
thus far reported for 1921 over similar
ones made for 1920 totals $500, 1868.
The Republican economy program calls
for billion dollars saving. 1t will be
possible to slash hundreds of millions
off the sundry civil bill The general
deficiency bill ia not expected to be any
where near as large as the one year
ago.
The biggest reduction made by the
House economizers came TODAY when
the army appropriation bin was re-
ported. 1t carries only s377,246, 944, and
the War Department had asked for
$s82,800,020. This is $605, 5o3,076 less
than the estimates. The 1920 appro-
priation was for $772. 324,s77.50, or
No Money for Army Training
The army bill introduced in the
House to-day provides the money for
the army reorganization bill as re-
Gently passed by the House and now
before the Senate. One big reduction
was the elimination of universal trairt-
ing. But the real economy came in pro-
viding funds for an army of only 1885,
nj, tod Ia
The authorized strength of the army in
the bill is 100000 enlisted. men.
House leaders have advised the War
Department that they will present
deficiency bill to take care of the ex-
pense in case more than 175,OOO men
are enlisted. 1t is their belief that
the department will be unable to raise
an army in excess of this number un-
less there should be serious trouble
of some sort.
No provision is made in the army
appropriation bill for the voluntary
military training written into the army
reorganization measure by the Senate.
This propably means the House in
tends to do its best to knock out the
training provision when the bill gets tc.
conference.
In only two appropriation bills has
the House provided more money than
In similar bills last year For forth
fications an increase of s7,600,000 was
made, but this was reduction from
the government estimate of $47,50O,-
900. The postofice bill was increased
$25,000000, but was 100000 less than
the department estimate. This bill
carried s461, 100000, but $75,000,0o0 of
it was for increased pay to employees
OF the department.
Other Big Reductions
Other reductions from the 1920 APP
preparations made in the money bills
as acted on by the House follow: Navy,
$189,617,427; diplomatic and consular,
$1.966.214; agriculture, So 1853, 1877; In
dian, S2,300,000; legislative, $23,515,-
667; pensions, s1,01O,0O0; District of
Columbia, 100000 and rivers and
harbors, S20,000,O00. In addition the
House trimmed an urgent deficiency
bill in December, in which the execu-
tive department asked ST. 100000, to
$33,000,000, a saving of S38, 100000
The executive department estimates
were trimmed 1922 ,341 900 on the navy
bill: S11,000,000 on the agricultural;
S18.000,000 on the legislative; $4,000
900 on the Indian; $4,000 900 on the
diplomatic and consular; 100000 on
pensions, and $27 100000 on rivers and
harbors. and 100000 on the District
Of Columbia