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Show !il SERVICE TO COST 1103,867,5111 House UoniniiUee Cuts Down Estimates Es-timates of Department, but Still Leaves Increase. iOBSOX EMPHATIC IN HIS MINORITY' REPORT Marcs That World Is Drifting Toward M ars, and That We Must Be Ready. r'B WASHINGTON, April S. The uuval yj'.JK? appropriation bill, authorizing the con-). con-). frfjHif ftruction of two instead of four baltlc-ships baltlc-ships and eight instead of four submit-kltjB' submit-kltjB' rine torpedo boats, and carrying t to-.jBpltnl to-.jBpltnl appropriation of $10o,9G7.51S for Bi"tiie naval service for the fiscal year ;i jnB(cmlii!g Juno :iU. 11)01). was reported to iNHthc Ilouse today by f'hairman Foss of tilBr the Coinmitteo on .Naval Affairs. JtijjK The total appropriation recommended 'uibs'Wi'.is -V2'2.-jli'1S:!l loss than the aggregate t estimates submitted by the department, 5pBffaiid .4J.(Hk5,D1G more than the amount B: appropriated for I he fiscal year ending ?foB,..Jiinc 30, 1908. ilR Tue bill carries an item of . 1,000.000 tunMJluward (he construction of submarine IffrB torpedo boats and an item of $443,000 toward the construction of subsurface ',,vp;torppdo boats. Provision is made for v"j-,lhc enlistment of G000 men to man the uSiB following ships, which are to be put. in -Mk commission within the next few mouths: Jfjrfff New Ships to Man. TK. M'Jic California, Mississippi, Idaho, imiMy&v: Hampshire, South Dakota. North 'wjiR Carolina, Chester. Birmingham and Sa-kawjtJcni, Sa-kawjtJcni, and for 1500 men required to man ''2&,torpcilo boats not now in commission. UrftBl Keprescntntivo liobsoo of Alabama submitted a minority report, rccom-fTjiM rccom-fTjiM '"'"''T"T that provision bo mado in the tfebpR hill for four llrsl-eiass battleships in-(tr'ftaK in-(tr'ftaK stead of two. moug the .Hems in the bill are the iSl-- 'ollowincr: Naval training station, TXm (Jreat' Unices, .-l,09a,ti00; construction toiVl' 0,1,1 imiehin.Ty. $9.8o2.9il2; armor and b&W armament. .-r7.000.000: equipment, $400,-"'TH- (i00' snl)urfaco aud submarine boats. L ',1.1 I'J .Willi. An iiH-rx '? of $50.0,000 over las,c lcnr s '1l,r,',').-)ifcion was allowed in the ""S ;J1PTrtl' i;' fot ordnnneo and ord- 1,3 3-iinnce stores, iuainlv' for far'of. jirac- Zfii i ticc. and bivauso tlicrc will be in full 'mi or pmtial commission during the fiscal Aii ; year twenty-four battles-hip's, twelve a ', Hrst class cruisers, sixty-six ocoml-rnte "x and third rate vessels, sixty torpedo I U'Sjels and liftcen auxiliaries, niakinj; i?S i total of J 77 vessels. ivi There is an increase of $150,000 for as fe-sniokelcss powder. Bj jf Would Buy New Guns. &tj i- Jnc 'll further provides an appro- viO Spruit ion of $41o,000 for replacing the nS three pounder and sixpouuder guns bv it gthrrcineh ,50-calibcr or larger guns be- Arra 5ca,isc " hr increase in the effective ms ,1?J1r oL' ,aleet tyi'e r torpedo. 'U& fyr." .now guns arc doKtinod to give- JJCSSi fe'tnp ships protection against long-range Jau torprlo discharge. Provision is made $lor olllpr l'hanpes intended to krep the nC 3riatterios of the ships in the highest. i."T .J-Jtjil" of cflicicncj-. Nine hundred aud 'r!!3 t,l0"sn'1 dollars is appropriated to Jjlr lorpcdos and the converting of tor- v Lloil0 boats The appropriation for arm- cill ing and equipping the naval militia is h & dnKvnw to $100,000, "in order that si?53 j!."t' branch of thn naval reserve of tho ium fll mjed States may be more efliciently ittee H-imdm-led." tt i i lie appropriation lor equipment of Hi Vc?oh is increased $500,000 over the. -Oil? acurrent fiscal year, on account of the I''rcaK-d number of ships in coiumis-jtkfl coiumis-jtkfl fSion and the jiuccspjtv of titling thorn vith ijo now gnu-firing apparatus and itt wireless tele-graph v. 2 Th. appropriation for coal and traus-cfTS,' traus-cfTS,' VJiortalion is increased $850,000. For ' f. provisions for the navv an appropria- Mion i made of .rt).547,!i0.'?. The report jasnf pmuupjuuinj, tho bill slates that an jltf a"ovi'd increase of $100,000 in 'the ap-(flj ap-(flj r.ropnation for provisions for tho ma-jl ma-jl J m '0Tpi "Ih ,0 '"creased cost ili lb per cout in tho price of rations," ?'fi' t' t" Many VossdIs Building. 'rIo report, shows that there are in Hoursc of building seven battleships. .our armored cruisers, tliree scout cruii- ' vc 'orP'do boats destrovcrs, four Fbinarino tori.edo boats, two colliers. itll ,wo s-:oing tus. Tho amount 3 k?n3fiaarv 'I' b"' PP"'Prinll to pay i MJ "jSL worH ow V'ogressmg and con-III con-III Wi,J..rd"r"tf "e next fiscal year hi (Jl','pW,2. Coder the heading ''sJi tr-i val 'rogramnie," the conimiftee If,00?"",0 n(ls that tho PresideiiT, bo an-touIliA? an-touIliA? v'fvo ro'Utructcd two first-fi!rT first-fi!rT ,,HtVl'hips. to cost, exclusive of tnnnonr!1"'1 """fiment. not. oxeee.ling $0,-i. $0,-i. W . c,acl,; 10,1 l,'nfdo boat destroy-i destroy-i Wit0 Tv Ul" highest pract.icali'lc t! ;i,?nT an(1 t0 "ost- "x-Iiiiv of anna-of'yJ anna-of'yJ 'tin l' "" ,0 SOO,000 each; thai. M Ffn iWri'tnr'V of '""T authorir.ed Mm V p1on;',r,i',ted right submnrino tor-&W tor-&W Son. lT'H"Ar-r 5,1 Ul6 derogate not . l?l nnn onn1 .':!-y0.000. which amount, O'.i fn!. 000 ,,s appropriated; ono snbsur-?cowt snbsur-?cowt L.nrt ,,0!lt- nt 0- ,o- to ex-ffi1'100'000' ex-ffi1'100'000' a'"1 tw small vessels of dJ 'caol, "?C4 'l0'," t0 e-y1 ' ,,ftst $22,500 Fr toftr. n"a. .total authorization of $U.VM5,- OOnKvlV1'1' w,n bt' incrc-ised $7.000, -1 thc liotIllL?fiSp;.r,ni,,5 und lufppinir ijff T 0thcr Povors in Line. W Wu'.i;fP0rts b,,ows Ll,:tl th(i naval con-To2&" con-To2&" P1'0""""" of the several TO Llitn n, ?nvo,'s ntomplatp tho expen-W expen-W S?5 lu ' -,lu;. olloxvin- amounts for 1$ (fiwI .vViS.,n,,K"Uc1 ,ll,ri"K tho coming iwftfc,d. -li,rov battleships of the 'iSi. fi 'n0' c,lft "Ht unarniored '.Tl1' ilwelv-'K 'i'", OCOi'"-Koii.g destrovcrs, 1 i t ' lw,,-uo't cruisers, twelve ' Continued on pag0 Two NAVAL SERVICE TO COST $103,967,518 Continued from Pago One destroyers and several submarines, $30,-575,Sb'0. $30,-575,Sb'0. Japan, $17,965,793 for construction and repair, including the restoration of Russian warships taken as prizes. Russia $15,000,000 for construction and repairs. Brazil Throo battleships; Iwo scout cruisers, eighteen iorpeuo boats and destroyers. The relative positions of tho several powers in naval strength is shown to bo as follows: Ships built Great Britain, United States, Franco, German', Japan, Russia, Rus-sia, Italy, Austria. World, Drifting Toward War. Prefatory of the, schedule of reasons rea-sons given Mr. Hobsonj for tho necessity ne-cessity of putting into effect a determined deter-mined policy of-navy- enlargement, he says: ieH may be remarked that at this critical juncture, when the world is drifting toward wars, tho failure on the part of America to build up tho naval power adequate to keep peace in the Pacific ocean will be hablo to entail not 011I3' a war between America and Japan, but ultimately a war bo-twoen bo-twoen tho white race and the yellow race, and would prevent the carrying of tho gospel of peace throughout Asia. The true policy for a christian to advocate ad-vocate is to have his country, the great peace country, keep the p'oaco sccuro and create the opportunity for the church to reach the myriads of Asia and carry the gospel until every knee shall bow.' |