Evening star., 1935-01-07
$79Q,44,265
ARMY-NAVY FUNDS
President Lays Greatest
Peace-Time Defense Bud
get Before Congress.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
In Americas greatest peace-time
national defense budget, President
Roosevelt today asked Congress to
appropriate 1892 ,484 ,265 for the Army
and Navy in the next financial year.
WITH this cash, Mr.. Roosevelt prof.
ected in his budget message to Con-
greSs new warships, new planes, and q
better equipped Army and Navy.
The budget called for an increase
Of S180,000,000 over the current years
S612, 2,785,756 of outlays by June 80,
and represented more than $300,000.-
900 increase over the amount actually
expended on national defense In 1884.
Makes Up for Delay.
The President explained his request
in these words:
This increase is due to the current
policy of Congress and the Executive
to make up for the delay by the
United States in meeting the provis-
ions of the naval treaties of 1922 and
1880, and to provide replacement and
improved equipment for the Army"
OF the $489,871 BAT granted the
Navy for the fiscal year 1886 an in
crease of s164, $685. ,096 over the cur
rent year-S179, sou, 900 is earmarked
for construction of "a new destroyers
and submarines to be laid down in
1895 at a cost of s32, 100000 and to
continuing work on warships already
under way at a cost of $108, 900 900.
These increases will lift the Navy to
the total tonnage strength permitted
under the Washington treaty. 1t now
is 78 vessels under the number au-
thoriZed.
Providing airplanes for the new
ships under construction will cost
12,500,0O0 and an additional $l4,-
100000 was necessary for replacement
of planes now in commission.
Channel and harbor improvement
at the Nays Pacific base at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii. was estimated to cost
approximately S3000,OOO.
The budget also provided funds to
permit an increase in enlisted man
power for the new ships to total
93500 at the end of 1886, and an in
crease in officers by having each
member of Congress appoint four
instead of three men to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
recommendations for the War De-
partment came to S315,259,600, an
increase of S46000,000 over the cur
rent year, with the greatest gain ear
marked for enlargement and improve
ment of the Air Corps.
This branch was granted s48 .383.-
400, an increase of Sl9,011,910. There
was included provision for s22,l38,000
for plane purchases, almost double the
amount in the current budget.
Air Corps Expansion.
The budget estimated this sum
would buy SAT planes, giving the Air
Corps a total of lat serviceable
planes at the end of 1886. The War
Department, because of high plane
prices revealed in recent contracts,
estimated it would buy only 469 new
planes. leaving the total 1858.
Other recommendations would per-
NIT all pilots to fly 300 hours yearly
instead of $50; arm all planes with
80 and so caliber machine guns
and equip all planes with radio.
Among funds recommended was
| 81 900 900 for purchase of trucks. The
budget recommended completion of
/ mechanization of the 1st Cavalry at
Fort Knox, KY.
The National Guard would be
granted S30,S12,798, including funds
for 25 planes and anti-aircraft equip
ment to begin siX-year moderniZa-
ton program.