Arizona republican., 1922-06-11
ANNUAL NAVY
BUDGET BILL
To Be CALLED
Up N IN NDAY !
Senate Appropriation Bill
Carries 1924, ,235, 900 An
Increase OF 42,963, 900
Over The House Bill

WASHINGTON, June 1o.-Appro.
priations of 1924, ,235, 900 are made ir
the annual naval appropriation bill as
reported out today by the senate ap-
preparations committee. This rep
resents a net increase Of $42,965,00(
over the house bill but $131. ,00C
less than requested by the navy de-
partment.
The bill is to be called up next
Monday by agreement to lay aside
the pending tariff bill temporarily,
under plans made by Senator Poin-
dexter, Republican, Washington,
who will have active charge of the
naval budget.
Much less opposition than usual
was anticipated in the senate because
of the committees action in agreeing
with the house to an enlisted per-
sonnel of $4,000 men and 19,500 ma
rines, 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 to terminate marine oper-
ations in Haiti and Santo Domingo.
Principal increases in navy appro-
priations noted in the committee re-
port were: Navy buildings. 10000
900; new air craft $6,537 900: pay,
$26, ,016,000; engineering, $2,695,000,
ana construction and repair of ves-
sells, $2,000,000
The $4,000, 600 additional for con-
struction the report said, was 'neces-
Sary in the interest of economy and
of the attainment and completion of
the plans OF new ship construction of
the various classes, of ships contem-
plated by the arrangements made in
the recent conference on the limita-
ton of naval armament and by the
additional 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 large reduction in naval
expenditures, the appropriations for
the present fiscal year being $425,-
46S,00O or s119,000,000 more than the
bill reported today.
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, Cal, the proposed fleet base
at Alameda, Cal, and an aviation
base at Sand Point, Wash.
The committee, however, author
lied S6S7,500 increases for the Puget
Sound and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
navy yards. In this connection the
report said these are the only naval
bases which the United States has
on the Pacific capable of properly
receiving and accommodating our
largest and best equipped battle
ships"
And the arms limitation treaty
preventing the development of naval
bases farther west" the report con-
tinued. these stations become of in
creased importance. The main fleet
of the navy is now stationed in the
Pacific and it is necessary for it's
maintenance that there should be
deep water bases at which it can find
shelter, supply. repair and equip
ment"
Regarding the naval aviation in
creases, the committee said that ''the
absolute independence of the air SER
vice as a branch of the naval war
fare" had been demonstrated. The
total aviation appropriations were
$14, ,70S,000 and the report said that
$15,000,000 had been appropriated for
the army air service, a total for both
of $29,703,000 as compared with avia-
ton budgets Of s66,424,00O by Great
Britain; s44600,000 by France and
$1S,723,000 by Japan.