The Washington times., 1925-01-02
BILL LAID
BEFORE HOUSE
GUT DEEPLY
Total Is $331,131,114, Re-
duction Of $6,552,159
Under Present Year

Another Governmental saving Of
six and one half million dollars was
proposed today when the Army
appropriation bill for the fiscal
year 4 beginning July 1, was laid
before the House.
The bill carried total of $751;
131, ia, a reduction Of $685., 15S
under the War Department appro-
priation for the current year.
The bill included appropriations
for the military activities chargeable
to the national defense, non-military
activities and the Panama canal.
For the army and direct military
activities the total of the bill is
$25S, 317,S58, and for non-military
activities it is $72,S13,156.
An army Of 10000 commissioned
officers and $4,000 enlisted men,
exclusive Of 5000 Philippine Scouts,
the same size as at present. is pro-
vided.
Pay for Personnel
The number of officers on me
active list is now about 1880, Sud
graduations of this years class at
West Point Academy will bring the
total up to full strength.
The number Of enlisted men in
the regular army is about 1880.
The pay appropriation in the bill
is based on an average throughout
the year Of 1885 officers and
lis, $50 enlisted men. Pay is pro-
,vided also for 1,O15 warrant Off
GERS, 5000 Philippine Scouts, 2S
contract surgeons, 500 army nurses
and .289 field clerks and messengers.
On the retired list pay is provid-
ed for 1900 command and warrant
officers, 1000 enlisted men, six pay
clerks and two veterinarians. There
is an increase from $3.50 to
$214,470 for pay Of retired officers
on active duty.
Other Items In the BIN
Items in the bill include: Adju.
tant generals office, 1908, $50:
pay of army, $121, 204.067 subsis-
tence, $12,935.OOO regular supplies,
$12,626,965 clothing and equipage.
$6,093.1S6; transportation, SIS, 774,-
963; horses. $500 900; barracks and
quarters, $4,240, 900: water and
sewers, $2,450,0 roads and
wharves, $849, 1881.
Construction and repair OF hospi
tails, $4,000.
Signal corps, $1,s27,s7O; sea coast
defenses, $1S0,576.
Army. air service, $14, zoo, 900, an
Increase Of $1,5S6,s56 over the cur
rent year.
Medical department, 81 1855, All.
Army engineers, $36O,470; seq
coast defense. SAIL .O24; insular pos
sessions defenses, $121,596.
Panama Canal defenaes 323f, 12O:
sea coast cannon, 500. 900; amml-
milton. 100000.
= Ordnance service, 1885, 900; stores
II .OOO. 900; manufacture Of arms.
1888, 900; automatic rifles, $1S8, 900;
field artillery, $635,00O: alteration
and maintenance, 100000; ammu-
milton. $3S6,000; sea coast cannon
$4O7 900; ammunition, $3.50, 900.
Repairs Of arsenals, $675;OOO.
Chemical warfare, service, $751;, $3.50.
United States Military Academy,
pay and maintenance, $2,6S3,93l.
Militia bureau, national guard,
x2yS63,746; organized reserves, 49,.
222, 466: citizens military training,
$6,141 900.
Non-military activities-RiveFs and
harbors. $4,000, 900; surveys, $780,
coo; Muscle Shoals dam No. 2, 49,.
O4O $3.50: flood control on Mississippi
river, $4,000. 900; Sacramento river,
$500, 10000.
National cemeteries, $6S2,725; ma
tional military parks, $166,21O.
Washington-Alaska cable, main
tenance, $150,000: construction of
roads and trails in Alaska, 5000 900:
Soldiers homes, 1921, 400.
Panama Canal, government, 49,
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