New-York tribune., 1922-06-11
Senator's Favor
Navy Budget of
s294,235,OOO
r,mmittee Report Provides
Iucrease Of s42,965,O0
Over House Bill; Cost in
1922 Is S425, ,486,O 900
NewPacifcBasis Dropped
r,b, TO Reduce the Marine
Corps to 10000 Men Is
Anticipated on the Floor

xIsHrycTON. June lo.-Appropria-
A., Of s2s4,2S5.oOO are made in the
--,.i naval appropriation bill as re-
- Gu, to-day by the Senate ApPro-
.,,.n. Committee. This represents
-, Increase Of s42.e65, 900 over the
60. bill, but sisi PSI, 900 less than
'..v,.t.d .. By the Navy Department.
r.billisto be called up next Tues
!, by agreement to lay aside the
Liar tarif bill temporarily, under
p, n.d. By Senator POindexter, Re-
,.AEe,n. Of Washington, who will
~. active charge Of the naval budget.
ps,h less opposition than usual was
.,,I,ipsted in the Senate because Of
=. committees action in agreeing
.,h N. House TO an enlisted person
81 Of 5000 men and ls,5oo marines,
-, ,o.iee has been given Of objection
;. ,,,,r.l Of the committee increases.
e.-,,o, King. Democrat, Of Utah. is
.v,,,tss TO move 70 reduce the Marine
cn,,, p.rsOnnel to 10000 men. and TO
t,rnins.. marine operations in Hayti
and san.o Domingo.
pi.tributlon OF Increases
PRINCIPAL increases in navy appro-
,ri,,ions noted in the committee re-
nor, were: Navy building, SlO.ooo,ooo;
,.v aircraft. ,s.o51,0Oo; pay. s26.o16.-
oOO; engineering. s2,e95,oOo, and con-
.,,ve,,On and repair Of vessels, $1,000
900. ,,,..,
..-n,,ion. the report said, was "nec-
.,.,,v iu the interest Of economy and
- ~, attainment and completion Of
a.. nl,ns OF the new ship construc-
,,nn AZ the various classes of ships
sn..enplsted By the arrangements
r,s, IN the recent conference on the
Ir,i,ation OF naval armament and by
d. additional plans Of Congress and
Of the Navy Department consonant TO
II. terms Of the arms Limitation
treaty
Az revised by the committee the
Bill entails a large reduction In naval
expenditures, the appropriations for
The present fiscal year being $425,-
$4,000.
The bill carries no appropriations
requested by the Navy Department
for new Pacific coast naval bases, the
committee rejecting requests for a
new torpedo destroyer base at San
Pedro, Calf, the proposed feet base
At Alameda. Calf, and an aviation
tas. a, Sand Point, Wash. The COM
nit,s,, however. authorized s6S7,000
Irs,,ass for the Puget Sound and
Pearl lIsrbor, Hawaiian navy yards.
IN this connection the report said:
these are the only naval bases which
n, United States has on the Pacific
capable Of properly receiving and sc-
esnnsdsting our largest armed and
equipped bsttleships."
Arms Limitation a Factor
The arms limitation treaty prevent
ing the development OF naval bases
further west" the report continued,
'ihese stations become Of increased
Importance. The main feet Of the
navy Is now stationed in the Pacific,
and Il is necessary for its mainte-
nance that there should be deep water
bases al which IL can find shelter,
supply repair and equipment"
Regarding the. naval aviation in
reases, the committee said that "the
bsolute Importance of the air service
A branch Of naval warfare" had been
The total aviation ap-
were s14,7o3,o 900, and the
port said that SIS 100000 had been
for the army air service,
total for both Of s29, ,703,o 900, as COM
,red with aviation budgets of $685.
a 900 by Great Britain, s44,60O 900 by
rance and s1s,723. 900 by Japan.
The full committee in passing on the
m rejected the subcommittee recon-
,endation that the appropriation for
he army and navy helium plant at
'ert Worth, Tex, be reduced from
100000, the figure fixed by the House,
o $500 900. The 100000 aPpr0pria-
ion was restored to the bill.
The full committee also increased the
for the Great Lakes
.svsl training station from 100000 to
200 900.