New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
Non-Miitary Acivii6ss Call for $S0,433,W -S50,00o,0 of ns Amount is Allotted to River and Harbor Pro- jects.
Deficit Said to Exist in Ammunition Reserve "But Not in Alarming Amount" Ordered Eliminated.

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 Washington, Jan. 3l R--Carry- ing a total of $sss.ooo. 900. including sSo.4s3,O00 for non. military settvt. ties. tho annual army appropriatioa bill was reported to the house today by its appropriations committee.
 Over Current Funds
 The amount represents an in- crease of &s.65t.000 over current funds. but a decrease Of 9SSt.ooe under the budget estimates.
 The committee said that after ( Careful study into the foundattoa of published reports" 1t had found that a deficit existed in the na4ion'e ammunition reserve, but not in aa alarming amount. It asked that e7.- 393.000 be used for procurement of ammunition next year and said the war department plans to present . program for 1S30 looking to the gra dual elimination of the existing deficit. Of the total military allet- ment, $50.000.O00 was made ayall- able in q lump sum for the cavry- ing out of existing river and harboe projects. Continuance during the next, fiscal year of an army of 11s,75o men, h. cluding 1.:4s men to bs ahserh44 into the air corps under the hve year aviation program, also w9s 1so- ! yided. AtF Cueps N
 The appropriation tor tho - corps amounted te ,33% ,sSe. .ee4sap}ae contract authorization of, Skse4s- 900. The committee satd .tAa& 3n total number of planes tho. .aeo6ad increment of the five year ,pe61fsaa will be more than met at tho snd see the year.
 There will be on hand. sscspt possibly as many as l01 .plassss ea order. 1898 planes as against tAs program figure of 1853 planss." the report said. "In types Of planes there will be . shortage of s1 betn. bardment planes.
 Some DisaattseAct10
 ''There is some dis0stisfaetion with the estimate because 1t is net intended to permit the purchase es more than c3 bombardment ptsnss and because 1t contemplatss tho ,use of Liberty motors in all of the 1ts observation planes provided for. The committee believes 1t would be un. wise to proceed at . more repi9 rate in the procuremt 1t Of bon. bardment planes in view of the faSt that an advance typs is new saly at the test stage. s.
 with respect to using Liberty motors. the army still posseasee ever 2,c0o. It costs around t70o ts pot one in a plane as against e 1uch as 5000 for . more modern types of which two or more are bouGht for each plane. No convincing raa- son has been advanced as te -Why this type of motors should Het hs used"
 The bill proposes to apprspsiats 34,S7l,o00 in cash" towards AeW construction Ut military posts, ana also provides for contracts tnvolvinS an additional &2.l15,ooo.
 Construction Cared For "This takes care of all censtrue- tion work authorized to date" the report said. "Since the act of March 12, 1926, creating the military pest construction fund. authorizations l have been made for new conGtrtte- tion at military posts to cost e3o,- 297, 900. Of this sum 113,3os.too has been previously approprtsteA
 The committee said that funds fer rations contemplated placing tho army on an equal basis with the navy and marine corps. It quoted Major General Charles P. Sun- merall army chief of stan. as 0y- | ing that the increase for subsistence is the finest contribution 10 the army since I have been in it." Set Forth Needs
 The primary needs of the army were set forth as continuation of the housing program. larger cut lays for maintenance and repair. carrying on the fve-year air yto- i gram. checking further retrogreageea in the ammunition reserve. proceed- ing with approved sea coast defense projects within and without the con. tinental limits of the United 0ta4a4 and continuing experimental and 6e- velopment work in all branches.
 The appropriation bill as pressnt- ed to the house calls for an increase from $290 to S5cs in the amount d. lowed military attaches for entsf- tainment purposes requested hy ] Colonel Stanley H. Ford, assastant chief of staff. who declared that s,'ch a move would immeasurAbly aid lA the collection of military infofma- tion which would be valuable in case of war. This money, he ax. plained. would be used to promsta contracts with forst9n o4SceT0 = that facts concerninx the milttafy power of other nations might es learned ''just as foreign edEIcefS SA tain information esacerning e0e army"
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