The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-05
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100000 outlay to finance the
army's greatly expanded activi-
ties for the year starting July
/, the committee said It would
bring the total Of defense appro-
priations, contract authorizations
and recommendations since last
July / to $S0,ll6.061.1 l2-ex.
elusive Of the $1,000, 900, 900
provided for the lend-lease pro-
gram and the 50. 600, 600. 900 re-
quired to complete the two
ocean navy.
Despite these gigantic OUTLAWS,
the committee said that barring
a slackening Of the defense pro-
grams tempo, the pending bill
would not be adequate for the
coming fiscal year because costs
already were higher than when
the estimates were prepared. The
committee pointed out that of
the total recommended. @o,82e,-
500, 400 was in cash and $780,
145,6o5 In .contractual authority.
Some Of the major allotments
in the bill included $2,650, 000,.
900 for 1856 additional war
planes, including bombers, pur-
suit and cargo ships; 81, 208,.
100000 for pay of the 1,418, 600
man army; $45,O00,000 for the
purchase Of 5000 barrage bal
looms; $92, 100000 for seacoast
deienses, chiefly to begin . COM
plete modernization Of those de-
lenses along the Atlantic and
Gulf coast; $245, 900, 900 for spare
engines and parts for bombers;
$5l 900, 900 for continuation Of
the development of the new At
lantic island bases; $276, 900, 900
for new military post construc-
ton; $402, 900, 900 for the acqui-
sition Of additional Critical and
essential" weapons and other
equipment, and $750,000, 900 for
the maintenance and operation
of plant and equipment.
COAST STRATEGY CHANGED
Apropos Of undermining coast
defense installations Gen.
George c. Marshall, chief of
staff, testified that "our concept
of our sea-coast defense require
ments has been changed as q re-
suit of the change in status Of
the French feet and as to the
future possibility of q less active
English feet in the Atlantic"
Marshall testified-On April
28-that the army tentatively
was planning at that time on
demobilizing the national guard
upon completion Of its year of
federal service, starting about
Sept. IS, and that about 655, 900
men would be maintained in the
regular army during the coming
fiscal year. He said, however, a
final decision on whether to hold
the national guard in service be-
yond the scheduled year would
be made some time in June and
would be determined largely by
the international situation.
. The appropriations committee
put $25,000,O00 in the bill as q
special contingent fund for Mar
shalps use In meeting constant
ly arising situations" and also in
cluded q provision to give broad
power to place orders for equip
ment for whatever additional ar
mored division or units he deem
ed warranted by world affairs.
'The committee confesses to
the general contasion of en-
thusiasm for these potent contri-
buttons of the machine age to
modern warfare" the group
said, in explanation.
Virtually complete equip
ment for six armored divisions
already has been approved, the
committee said, and som e
Roadway has been made toward
supplying critical" items for
two more.
Maj. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee,
chief Of the armored force, told
the committee in q detailed anal
ysis Of the development and use
Of mechanical weapons that the
only defense against operations
such as displayed by the German
Panzer divisions in France and
the Balkans was by "armored
units of equal or superior
power
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