Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
NAVAL PACT WILL
SAVE 400 MILLION
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the proposed naval appropriation is
less than IA per cent.
The British budget for all purpos.s
calls for fTS0.5Si.l2l. of which sol. :
ls6.S69 is for the British Navy: f94.-
$4,000 for the British Army. ana
fls.oS3.i00 for the aviation, naval and
military.
The Japanese government has pro-
posed budget calling for an outlay
Of l.i5G.OOo.o00 yen, or about ST2S.-
100000. OF which 394.O0O.O0O yen is
to go TO the Japanese Navy and esq.,
OOU,OO yen TO the Japanese Army
VIII Raise lob Cost. ~
II Is carefully explained by naval
authorities in accounting for the fact
that the cost of the navy for next
year will be In excess OF the cost
this year. il Congress ;sgrecs, of
course. that the naval holiday ap-
plies only 10 capital ships and does
not apply To all OF them. This gov
crnment will complete two super
dreadnough,s in order to even up
with Japan. which is allowed to COM
plete the Mutsu.
BESIDES, the United States is going
right ahead with its construction OF
auxiliary ships. This includes cruis-
ers. destroyers. submarines and two
airplane carriers. Much naval con-
struction is halted by the interna-
tional agreement. but not all Of IL by
any means.
Then. too, the Navy Department
expects 10 maintain Two great battle
iieets. just as before, in which there
VIII be eighteen. powerful dread
nouShts and the necessary auxiliary
vessels which go TO balance n fleet
only sixty-iivc of the 400 flrst-l
destroyers. however. are in commits
sion and these with only So per cent
compliments OF men.
When the naval budget for next
year WAS first prepared. il is stated
in official circles. II was found 10
reach the enormous total Of 1870. 900.
600. In arriving nj that sum. how
ever. the Navy Department had not
taken into account the naval holt
day and the economies which would
now from n suspension OF work on
capital ships. The secrctary.s council.
composed OF bureau chiefs, later went
over the original estimates and cur
them down to s423.00G.00J They
were later revised to provide Tor
s425.952,pO0.
The biggest Item in tho budget Is
Sli'.O00.0uo for the pay of officers
and men. an estimate based upon Il
corps of 100000 enlisted men and
100 line officers. Most naval experts
argue that more men will be needed.
/! any efficient fleet is maintained.
but the department executives are
willing to get along with 100000, Ii
Congress will allow for that many.
TO ration Il corps OF that size. the
department asks for s2f,5O0.0 900. This
allows 30 cents a day for each man,
exclusive OF officers, who pay their
mess bills out of their salaries
For engineering the sum OF SIS
100000 Is asked; for construction and
repair. S20,oU0.000. and for ordnance
and ordnance stores. Sl3.3O0, 900. For
fuel and transportation. $4,000. 900
is fixed as The sum needed and for
transportation and recruiting. So
100000
y total OF 1000. 900 has been rec
commended f"r lViatlou. Because ot
recent developments in aviation, in
Guiding the bombing tests In the
lower Chesapeake, the navy assumes
that Congress Is convinced OF the
imperative need OF further expansion
in the air forces of the country.
One OF the biggest Items In the
naval budget is S5,O0O.O0O TOR in
crease in tile navy" This means new
construction which added 10 the sums
for construction and repair and for
engineering makes approximately
SI25000,000 for construction purposes
Of; one sort or another.
The SS5.o00,00o for new construc-
ton and s2S.5O0 for the pay and
maintenance of the Marine Corps are
expenditures which naval authorities
hope will be considered as not direct
ly connected with the maintenance
and operation OF the navy. Even so,
1t all goes into the sum total and ac-
counts, In part, for the fact that the
navy for the fiscal year 1928 has
asked for more money than for the
fiscal year 192l-22. Notwithstanding
the naval holiday and the suspension
Of activities In many directions.