Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-11
Annual. Naval.
Bill. REPORTED
BY COMM! TTEE:
Appropriations of $780,
235,000 Are Made in the
Measure; Will Be Called
Up in Senate Monday.
tBy The Associated PressJ

Washington, June lO.-Appfo-
priations of $294.2S5,000 are made
in the annual naval appropriation
bill as reported out today by the
senate appropriations committee.
This represents a net increase of
$42,965,000 over the house bill but
S131,251,000 less than requested
by the navy department
The bill is to be called up next
Monday by agreement to lay aside
the pending tariff DILL temporarily
under plans made by Senator
Poindexter, republican, Washing
ton, who will have active charge
of the naval budget.
Much less opposition than usual
was anticipated in the senate be-
cause OF the committees action IN
agreeing with the house enlisted
personnel of $4,000 men and 49,
500 marines but notice has been
given of objection to several Of the
committee increases. Senator King
democrat, Utah, is expected to
move to reduce the marine corps
personnel to 10000 men and 20
terminate marine operations in
Haiti and San Domingo.
Principal increases in navy ap-
propriations noted in the commit
tee report were:
Navy buildings, s10,000,O00; new
air craft, s6,531000; pay. $26,Ol6.-
900; engineering, S2,695,000 and
construction and repair of vessels,
$2,000,000.
The $10,000,000 additional for
construction the report said was
necessary in the interest of econ
omy and of the attainment and
completion of the plans of new
ship construction of the various
classes of ships contemplated by
the arrangements made in the re-
cent conference on the limitation
of naval armament and by the ad-
ditional plans of congress and Of
the navy department consonant to
the terms of the arms limitation
treaty"
As revised by the committee the
bill entails a large reduction m
naval expenditures, the appropria-
tions for the present fiscal year be-
ing $425, ,466,000 or $4,000, 900
more than the bill reported today.
No New Naval Bases.
The bill carries no appropria-
tions requested by the navy de-
partment for new Pacific coast
naval bases, the committee reject
ing requests for new torpedo de-
stroyer base at San Pedro, Calf,
the proposed fleet base at Alame-
da, Calf, and an aviation base at
San Point, Wash.
The committee, however, author
lied $6ST,500 increases for the
Puget Sound and Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, navy yards. In this con-
rection the report said "tllese arc
the only naval bases which the
United States has on the Pacific
capable OF properly receiving and
accommodating our largest armed
and equipped battleships."
''And the arms limitation treaty
preventing the development of
naval bases farther west" the re-
port continued, "these stations be-
come of increased Importance. The
main fleet of the navy is now sta
toned in the Pacific and IL ls
necessary for its maintenance
that there should be deep water
bases at which 1t can find shelter,
supply, repair and equipment"
Regarding tho naval aviation
increases the committee said that
"the absolute Independence of the
air service as a branch OF the naval
warfare had been demonstrated.
The total aviation appropriation
were $f4,703,000 and the report
said that $4,000, 900 had been ap-
propriated for the army air service
a total for both of $29,703,000 as
compared with aviation budgets of
$66, $4,000 by Great Britain. s44,-
100000 by France and s1s,723,000
by Japan.