The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-10
NAVAL BILL
REPORTED OUT
BY COMMITTEE
Calls for $42, 900. 600
Over House Bill; L.
$l31, 900, 900 Less
Than Requested

WASIffNGTON, June i0.--kD@
preparations of s29s,235. 600 are
made IN the annual naval appfU-
priatlon bill a. reported out today
by the senate appropriation COM
mittee. This represents a not In
crease OF sf2sS5. 900 over the
housc bill but slsl. 251.0 .0os less
than requested by the navy depart
ment
The bin j. 10 he called up next
Monday by agreement to lay aside
the pending tariff bill temporarf.
g under plans made by senator
ioinhextef republican. Waahineton
who ,yili have active charge OF the
naval budget. Aas
Much less opposition than usual
was anticipated la the senate be-
cause Of the committees action lIf
agreeing with the house 10 an enr
listed personnel Of 5000 men aud
1880 marines but notice has been
given ~ objection 10 several OF the
committee increases, senator King
democrat Utah. IL expected 70
move TO reduce Tho marine corps
personnel TO 10000 men and 60
terminate marine operations In
Haiti and san Domingo.
frincipa, increases In naval ap-
propriations noted In the commit
te. report were; Navy buildings
1000. .0o0. new air craft to,sa7.-
0o0. pay tge.0l6 O00: engineering
s2.ssb,O00 and construction and re-
pair OF vessels $4,000. .09o.
The tle.90o. 900 additional for
construction the report said was
necessary In the interest Of econo-
my and OF the attainment ana
completion OF the plans or new
ship construction of the various
clDsses. OF ships Contemplated ~
the arrangements made tn tho re-
ce1t conference on the limitation
OF naval armament and by the ad.
ditional plans OF congress and Of
the navy department conaonans to
the terms OF the arms limitation
treaty"
Entails Reducsion
As revised by the COMMITTEES
the bti entails a large reduction
In naval expenditures. the rppto-
priations for the present fiscal
year being tf25, tse 900 or siis.-
600, geo more Than the hiii reported
today.
The bill carries no approprla-
tions requested BY he navy de-
pnrtmeni for new pacific coast
naval hnsee the committee re-
jecting requests for a new torpedo
destroyer base at San Pedro. Calf.
tnr proposed fleet base az Alamada
Calif.. and an aviation base al san
Pulnt Wash.
rae committee. however. author
ized teS5 SEQ Increases for the
pudget Sound ana Pearl Harbor.
Hawaii navy yards. Ia this com
ncCtior the report said these are
tho only nhva- bases which the
United States has On the Pacific
cauahie of properly receiving and
accommodating our largest armed
ana equipped battleships"
And the arms limitation treaty
preventing the development OF
naval bases farther west" the re-
purt continued. these stations bs-
come Of increased Importance. The
main fleet OF the navy IN now
stationed in the Pacific and N IL
necessary FOR lis maintenance that
there should b. deep water haser
at which ID can find shelter, sup
pay. repair aud equipment"
keEaf ding the naval aviation Ia
crca-cs, the COMMITTEES said that
the Iban ite Independence % thc
air service as branch OF the naval
J warfare had been demonstrated,
The total aviation Approprta
. tlous worc sif sO3.0uu and the re-.
I port said that $4,000 900 had
I been appropriated for the army
air service, a total for both oi
429 1u1 600 a. compared with
aviation budgets Of s6.t2t zoe D,
| Great Britain. $40 sec 900 b.
] France and f1s.g23. .00O BY Japan