The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-29
|SUNRDY CIVIL
FUND BILLCUT
House Appropriation Commit
tee Indicates Desire to Re-
turn to PreWar Basis.
AMOUNT LESS THAN ASKED
Report Total Of $b2,237,
Less Than for Similar Pux
nose Last Year.

washington. Dec 2s.--tA. P.)~sf'tt
sundry civil appropriation bill. Carry
Ing total of ySSysli. 29y. or ytzlNf<<-
1s2 less than was asked by the fgoSeef-
mont departments was reported ke1ey
by the house appropriation comniifk4f.
II was the rrst Of the big slii*i<
mea sure FOR the next fiscal year No f@
completed and It's total was xbx.2vl .t<f
less than tho amount appropriated f<f
similar purposes this year.
Indicating desire to pm govern
ment expenditures on 4 .prtWar zt'Et
the committee, iirat takiIfx care % Iz@H
disabled nv war, set aside only xteN.
6il, ,2sz fpr actual snndvy crvI expAnNe#
OF the Eovernment. which was wtfni<
D,OuU OF the total amount appf4.
priated tor 1915.
rhe largest single reduction Slt7,oQ1
900 applied to the shipping board eua<f+
Kency Meet corporation, the bin pf1s
supported entirely out Of vatlptl&
sources OF income.
Requests from the department u
Justice for Sa0u,UUu for enforoemcnf of
the national prohibition act was H<fH|A
mated entireiy Tho sum OF yt6.0vv N14
appropriated, however. for supprep8iuk
liauor traffic IN Alaska.
chief slashes.
Othcr PRINCIPAL sIanhes IN the
amounts asked by the government do
partmcnts Include; War risk insurr
SIS, ,UuO,OUU. military posts, $50. .yiz,sl4:
national cemeteries. sts.u0o,v ,vUv. Hood
control, Mississippi river s,SSu.ouv;
nitrate plant slu.uUD.Uuu; Panama
canal, Sz.isT. .lss; immigration seryic>.
sg,ba7.bSai employment service. xi.ssf.r
nni, reclamation service, xh.Suas 5uus
public health service, u,tb7,uuu; ar
mories and arsenala se,sys.vV0: public
buildings. yT.7gA s0Us bureau OF mines.
81. s.Ii2,ouo, and department Of justice.
Result World War.
The hin Includes ss2a.0oo,oo0 on ne-
count of military ind naval ccnpensa-
tlon for death or disability of soldiers.
sailors and marines, medicnl surgical
aud hospital treatment OF benehriarfna
ot the bureau OF war risk insurance
and vocational rehabilitation Of sol-
disrs. sailora and marines. al growing
out Of the World war.
with this amount deducted from the
amount recommended IN tho hin only
] .3fH0,nif,i0e wns left for HU other pur-
poses. Aa compared with SlRG,pa2, Thn
the total carried by the eundry civil
act for thu fiscal year 1918
The principal increases over this
vear's approximations were tii.soa. 900
for tho reclamation service; $500, QUO
Tor food controli si,aai 900, for ma
tionai home for disabled volunteer sole
diars; si.ooo,voa for lighthouses and
heaconr. and sslafoe tor the govern
The appropriation proposed on ee-
count of medical AMI hospital service
for wAr risk nntients wNs tas.0Qn. .eaa
| or fis.noOopn lsHs than the total flas
AL. The estimate fT ipaaewAs stus-
SVS1v "Tmere wore is.ssi patients receiv.
| ing treatment on Nov. ~. 1890" said
| thD committee report ACCOMMODATING
| the blil ''and the estimate - that the
number win rsnVh 10000 during the
| fscai year 1893 These patients arr
cared Tor In public health, servire hos
pitais. In hospitals at various soldiers
homes, In army and navy hospitals
and IN contract hospitals AZ VARYING
ccst rates. The amount proposed y on
the basis of sp. 900 patients throughoat
n. i.wai year 1874, At the approximate
- For veratlonal Training.
while there was an apparent rettur-
tlnn ~ S2b000000 IN the amount pro-
nnsed fer 1899 for vocational training
unexnanded balances. estimated q
si0. .bo00 900, making the total proposed
FOR this service t7S,s00,0e1.
Appropriations for Alaska include
81. 600 600 for railroads; tsas,soo for ed
ucailon, seo.01o for medical reiiei;
ttfH,NJu TOT tNiN VI WV tf1<..S.
for protection Of game, and ssi.ooo for
the national park service.
For the enforcement of Antitrust
laws $500, 400 IL proposed ~ against
$500 900 asked by the department. 81
Justice The approximation for fha
railroad labor board u 100000 annir-t
the $3.50, 900 renuested. while the Ffsip-
pinR board. estimate Of tSps.ooo ~ fus
10 stsa, 900. For the construction of
military posts only $4,000 vas iil-
lowed NJ against the sgt.tss.slb asked.
Tha total recommended was 20 ~
Wnent In the Hawaiian Islands, no nt'-
pronrlatlon heinR .pr0noaed fnr tne
Panama canal. and shn contlncntai
United states and Alaska.
The committee cut out entirely slV.-.
on0. 900 asked Tor the construction ~
nitrate plants IN Alabama. but u ~.
lowed ttl,lss for wharf. foslhs anu
sewers ~ Fart Monroe, Va.
FoR NATIONAL PARKS.
AppFoprlatIons fec0mmended Ter
national military parks ireluaea
sae, 900 Cor chiakAHaauga and chas.
tanoo0a, ear 500 for vieksnurui
stp,ASs for shiloh, and $1,000 TOR
oullferd Courthouse.