ARMY BILL GOES BACK TO legislation FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE PREPARED FOR QUICK settlement supporters of administration expect ed to make determined effort to secure construction of sixty six vessels wash washington in agton national nation al defense legislation in congress Is approaching completion on monday the conference committee on the army appropriation bill submitted a complete agreement and the conferees on the naval bill voted to disagree on the big construction st ruction program and personnel increases the only remaining points of dispute in the measure so that the issues might be referred back for quick settlement by the two housed themselves members of the house the majority of whom are away on vacations will be called back to washington next week for a vote on the building and personnel sections of the naval bill president wilson navy department officials and other adequate defense champions of the administration are expected to make a determined effort to induce house leaders to yield to the senate program for construction of sixty six vessels eight of them to be capital ships during 1917 the tha house provided for only five capital ships it if it votes to insist on its original provisions it is said the senate conferees will offer to give up tho the three year continuing program in the senate bill as an inducement to house leaders to reconsider and accept the big program for the first year among the big army appropriations as agreed to are for aviation pay for or officers of the line transportation por tation clothing 20 subsistence ordnance stores and ammunition i of which shall be mended expended for purchase of munitions the remainder to be used tor for manufacturing fac turing ordnance stores and supplies armed motor cars reduced from field artillery and ammunition for national guard reduced from for automatic machine rifles reduced from 15 for or training camps such as that at plattsburg Platts burg the bill appropriates a reduction from in the senate bill