, 1922-06-10
REPORTED
TODAY IS STILL
UNDER ESTIMATE
of DEPARTMENT
Net Increase Of AZ NIL
lion Dollars Is Made
Over House Measure;
Expect No Opposition

WASHINGTON, June 10.
Appropriations of 1884,
235.000 are made in the an
nual naval appropriation bill
as reported out today by the
senate appropriations commit
tee. This represents a net Increase of
S42 .os5 900 over the house bill but
si3i PSI 900 less than requested by tho
navy department.
The bill is to be called up next Toes
day. by agreement TO lay aside tho
pending tariff bill Temporarily. nder
plans made by Senator Poirdextcr.
Republican. Washington. who will
have active charge OF the naval bud.
get.
Much less opposition than usual was
anticipated in the senate because OF
h committees action In agreeing
with tho house to an enlisted person
OF $4,000 men and 10. 500 marines.
but notice has been given OF objection
to several Of the committee increases.
senator King. Democrat. Utah. is ex-
pected to move to reduce the marine
corps personnel to 10000 men. and to
terminate marine operations in Haiti
anu odnto domingo.
Principal increases in navy apprc-
Citations noted In the committee re-
Port were: Navy buildings TO- 900, 900;
new aircraft s6.537. 900; pay SOS. 900:
engineering 81, ss5. 900 and construc.
tion and repair OF vessels Sc. 900, 900.
The SIC. ooo, 900 additional Tor con.
struction the report said was "neces.
sary in the interest OF economy and
of the attainment and completion OF
tho plans OF now ship construction of
the various classes. of ships contain
plated by the arrangements made In
the recent conference on the limita-
ton of naval ornaments and by the
additional plans of congress and OF
the navy 5crsrtment to
the tevms OF ths amz limitation
treaty"
As revised by the committee the bill
entails a large reduction in naval ex.
p~enditures. the appropriations for the
present fiscal year being 1895, ASS. 900
or si1s 900 900 more than the bill re.
Ported today.
The bill carries no appropriations re.
que5ted by the navy department for
new Pacific coast naval bases. thu
committee rejecting requests for a
new torpedo destroyer Ease at San
Pedio. Cal. the proposed fleet base at
Alameda. Cal. and an aviation base Mt
Sand Point. Wash.
Tho committee. however, authorized
1857 500 increase for the Puget Sound
and Pearl Harbor. Hawaii navy yards.
In this connection the report said
these are the only naval bases which
the United States has on the Pacific
capt BILE of properly receiving and ac-
com'podating u largest armed and
equipped battleships.'
And the arms Limitation treaty pre-
venting the development OF nava bases
farther west" tho report continued.
these stations become of increased
Importance. The main feet OF the navy
Is now stationed in the Pacific and il
is necessary for its maintenance that
there should he deep water bases at
which it can find shelter, supply. re
pair and equipment"
Regarding the naval aviation in.
crease, +hb committee said that tho
absolute Independence of the air sery.
ice as a branch OF the naval warfare 3.
Gao been demonstrated. The total ayi-
alton appropriations werc s14,7 700, 900
and h report sal that SIS 900. 900
had been appropriated for the army air
service. a total for both of S2e, 7o3, 900.
as compared with aviation budgets of
$50. 424, 900 by Great Britain, $4,000
900 by Japan.