Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-04
War Department.

include: For the War Department
proper. $433, 1857; Inland Waterways
Corporation, $4,000, 900; National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, s1o.-
making a total of $463,452,777 Added
to this is an unexpended balance for
the War Department proper of $780,
900 reappropriated for 1880, making
the real total for expenditure during
1880 $463,752,777.
The budget estimate for the fiscal
year 1891 calls for the following alloca-
tions: War Department proper, $443,-
529612; National Home for Disabled
S11 1851 500, making a total of $780,
626,332. This is an increase of So
654,255 for the War Department proper;
a decrease of S10,000,0 900 for the Inland
waterways Corporation; an increase of
ST. 10000 for the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; an in
crease of $1,850,000 for the Panama
Canal, making a total of $12.s73,555 in
increases and $10,00G,000 in decreases,
or net increase of $2,S73,555.
Military and NonmiIitary Activities
Exclusive of National Home for Dis
abled Volunteer Soldiers and Panama
Canal.
The amount estimated for the main
tenance and operation of the Regular
Army. supplemented by the use of other
funds which will be available to the
War Department for this purpose. will
provide for an average strength
throughout the year of 10000 commits
1880 enlisted men, exclusive Of the
Philippine Scouts. for which an aver
age enlisted strength Of $500 is pro-
vided. The amount estimated for the
civilian components will provide for tbs
training of 10000 reserve officers for
an average of two weeks and of $40 re-
serve officers for periods varying from
one month to one year, of which NUM-
Der 1922 will be on active duty for one
year with the Army Air Corps; for the
attendance of $500 men at citizens
military training camps in the United
States and 5000 In the Philippine Is
lands; for an enrolment Of 127,500
students in the Reserve officers Train
ing Corps units; and for the mainte-
nance of the National Guard at an ag-
gregate strength of 100000
The Budget estimate also provides
for essentials connected with the main
tenance and operation Of active military
posts, camps, and stations as not con-
stituted. The estimates for 1881 for
these purposes for barracks and quar-
tiers. other buildings, and utilities,
amount to total of S11 1852, 060. which
is a decrease of $499,7 24 from the ap-
preparation for 1880, made possible by
new construction. For new construc-
ton at military posts, under the Army
housing program, including the United
States Military Academy, of barracks
and quarters and utilities and appurten-
ances thereto there is carried in the
1881 Budget the sum of $1,000 $50, an
increase OF Sl,620,9l0 over the amount
appropriated for this purpose for 1890
In addition to the amount submitted
for appropriation, provision is made in
the 1881 Budget for obligation by con-
tract to the extent Of 100000.
Provision is made for necessary Army
transportation, including the operation
OF the Army transport service, and for
the purchase of 800 horses, 500 mules,
and S495, $50 worth of new motor cars
trucks, ambulances, and motor cycleSs
for the maintenance in part of war re-
serves; for surveillance of and protec-
ton of stocks of ammunition to pre-
vent deterioration and spontaneous
combustion; for the upkeep of existing
Notifications and accessories, and for
carrying forward the general plan for
the protection of the Panama Canal.
For the Air Corps of the Regular
Army $35,823,473 is estimated as
against net appropriation for the As
cal year 1880 Of So. 44o.7S5. In addi-
ton. the Budget makes provision for
Army aviation to the extent of $780,
766,825, various sums aggregating this
amount being included in the estimates
for the pay and supply branches Of the
Army for application to the mainte-
mace, operation, and expansion of the
Air Corps of the Regular Army and In
the estintes for the National Guard,
Organized Reserves, and Reserve ON
GERS Training Corps. The amount pro-
vided in the Budget estimates for the
purchase of airplanes, their spare parts
and accessories, aggregates $1S, SAB,
Corps of the Regular Army, $649, 1875
for the National Guard, and $634,137
for the Organized Reserves and Reserve
Officers Training Corps. The amount
provided in the Budget for the purchase
of new airplanes will procure 443 such
planes for the Regular Army Air Corps,
the total number pertaining to the
fourth increment Of the 5-year expan-
sion program.
The estimates provide $500 600 for
the national rifle matches on the same
basis as for the fiscal year 1880.
Excluding all items Of nonmilitary
character, the total amount provided
for national defense in the War De-
partment Budget estimaes is $339,4l9,-
! 1852.
The Budget estimates for military
activities of the War Department show
net increase of $7,719,151 over the
amount appropriated for 1880, due
principally to the depletion of surplus
stocks left over from the World War,
to the growth of the retired lists of the
Army, and to increased requirements Of
the Air Corps expansion program, and
&, the Army housing program.
| Funds recommended will care for the
various nonmilitary activities. of the
! War Department, such as national
! cemeteries, national military parks. ma
tional monuments and memorials. the
, Alaska cable and telegraph system, and
] roads, bridges and trails in Alaska.
For rivers and harbors $55, 600. 900 Us
carried for the maintenance and i'm
| provement Of existing river and harbor
works, an increase of 100000 over
the appropriation for 1880. This is in
| addition to S6,862,600, which is ap-
proXimately the annual amount avail
! able from permanent specific and in
definite appropriations and contributed
and advanced funds. For flood con-
troll on the Mississippi River $35 .o00,-
600 is estimated as against $50, 900, 600
appropriated for 1890, and for flood
control on the Sacramento River ST.
100000 is estimated, being the same
amount as the appropriation for 1890
In addition $350,000 will be available
from contributed funds for hood-control
work on these two rivers. For the
maintenance and operation of Dam No
2 Muscle Shoals, Ala, including its ty-
droelectric power plant, $260,000 Is es-
timated. The total provided for all
items OF river and harbor work, includ-
ing flood control and maintenance and
operation Of Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals
is 500, 1882 500.
Home for Disabled Soldiers.
The Budget estimate provides for the
maintenance and operation of the II