The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-17
ARMY ESTIMATES
GIVEN BY WEEKS

ciated Press THE mistaken opin
ion of Secretary Weeks and military
advisers that the nations military
policy can not be adequately sustain
ed with a regular army of less than
$4,000 officers and 10000 men was
again laid before President Harding
today by the war secretary, who was
accompanied on visit to the White
House by General Pershing.
The conference had to do with es-
Inmates submitted by the war depart
ment for the coming year calling for
total appropriations of 1929 ,287 $50
as compared with current appropria-
tions of 24O,8S4,122. The army bud
get, however, still must be approved
by the director of the budget.
The war secretary made it plain
that he had not changed in his be
lief that the present army of 10000
officers and 10000 men could not
fulfill all of the missions '"escribed
by the national defense 4 :. The
new estimates do not provide for an
increase in the regular above figures,
but Mr.. Weeks has officially express
ed the judgment of the war depart
ment that only the most urgent rea-
sons for national economy would war
rant continuing the army at reduced
size.
The principal item in the estimates
Of
the regular army" at $212,7O7,379, as
compared with 1923, SIP for the
current year. Included in that item,
however, is the pay, subsistence and
clothing for all branches of the army,
including the National Guard, OF
ganized reserves, reserve officers
training corps and other arms of the
service, and the overhead expense OF
all posts, camps, schools, hospitals,
and other portions of the military
plant used jointly. by regulars.
puardsmen and reservists
The estimates provided for main
tenance of the National Guard and
various training corps at the expense
of the regular establishment in order
with the budget figures. For the
guard, total of $33,91O,O22 is pro-
posed against $25 5,815 900 this year;
for the organized reserves, $2,628, ,1O9
with no exact comparable figure; for
fthe reserve. ofFicersss trainineAs corps
$4,4O1 600 as compared to 50, 100, loo
this year; for civilian military train
ing camps, $2,972,15O as compared
with $1,8O0,O00.
/ These figures with the smalle,
items make up a military budget for
next year of $3.50 ,42S,175 as compared
to $257 ,356,6S1 this year This
non-military items, including river
4 and harbor work, reaches a total o!
sos, ,S90,375 as compared to $79,736,'
4O6 in current appropriations.
The National Guard appropriate.
estimate is based on the computation
that the guard will have an average
strength of 23S,OOO during the next
fiscal year. This would have required
expenditures of SAT ,592 800 and it was
thus found necessary to cut the pro
vision so that allowances were made
for an average force of 215,OOO men
The estimates submitted for thG
, organized reserves provides three
months training for $50 officers an
. Is days training for $4,000 officer;
with no provision for enlisted per
: sonnel of the reserves. For the re
serve officers training corps, com
posed of 225 institutions whit an en-
rollment of $4,000 students, increased
funds were necessary owing to in
creased enrolment but no provision
was made for additional educationa
institutions to be added to the lists.
> Civilian military training camp
would receive funds sufficient to trail
81, 900 men next summer, funds no
being available to provide for tn
, SO, 1000 men the department had plan
, ned to train next year.
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