Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-14 | Page 2 | Committee Adopts Naval Programme

COMMITTEE ADOPTS 11 PROGRAMME Provision Made for Two Dreadnoughts and Several Auxiliary Vessels. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Provision for the construction of two great dreadnoughts, dread-noughts, six torpedo boat destroyers, sixteen coast defense submarines, a seagoing sea-going submarine, a hospital ship, & transport and a fuel ship at an aggregate aggre-gate cost of $53,16S,82S, is made in the naval appropriation bill as agreed upon today by the house naval committee. commit-tee. All told the bill carries $143,500,-000, $143,500,-000, of -which $22,903,98 is directly appropriated ap-propriated for new construction. While the construction programme falls far below the plaus urged by Representative Rep-resentative Hobson and other advocates advo-cates of a larger navy, it includes the two battleships asked for by Secretary Daniels and provides for more auxiliaries auxil-iaries than the secretary had contemplated. contem-plated. Chairman Padgett protested that the committee was "running wild" with appropriations. The programme proposes the building of: Two battleships at not more than $7, S00,000 each, exclusive of armor and armament. ISix torpedo boat destroyers at uot more than $925,000 each, exclusive of armament. One sea-going submarine at not more than $1,400,000, exclusive of armament. arma-ment. Sixteen submarines at not more than $550,000 each, half to be built on the Pacific, coast if difference in cost does uot exceed cost of transportation from Atlantic coast. One hospital ship at not more than $2,25U,000. One transport at not more than $2,-129,700. $2,-129,700. Representative Hobson gave notice that lie would carry to the floor of the house his fight for three battleships, two battlo cruisers and additional destroyers de-stroyers and submarines. The total appropriations in the bill exceed the estimates of the navy department de-partment by $3,000,000, but it was pointed point-ed out that this was offset by appropriations appro-priations for a battleship being built from the proceeds of the sale to Greece of the battleships Mississippi and Idaho.