Show I ARMY Bill CUT Measure Still Carries in Excess of the Appropriation of Last Year Washington Feb 6 GA A cut of or nearly near In the army appropriation bill billis billIs billis is the net result of ot weeks of consideration tion by the house committee on military affairs which today agreed to report the bill The bill as decided on carries a total of or less than the estimates urged by Secretary Taft Last years appropriation was the appropriation agreed upon by the house committee for the coming fiscal year yar y r is excessive of that by The total estimate for clothing of the army was cut to which amount the committee considers adequate to carry out ont with respect to uniforms etc the present policy of ot ac accumulating accumulating accumulating cumulating sufficient stores of equip equipment equipment equipment ment for the placing In the field of a large army at short notice should uch such sucha ucha a contingency arise The departments supplemental esti estimate estimate estimate mate of for expenses of enter by officers in support of which Secretary Taft made a special representation was disallowed by the com coin committee committee |