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Show 11 COSTS) TRIMMED Principal Reduction Is for Military Establishment; Establish-ment; Substantial Increase In-crease for Large Navy I By Aolat Prs. WASHINGTON. l- 2. .('pstion of war will rr- dull in a rtMlurtioii ot government govern-ment expenses for the fiscal year 1920, utartiiiR next July 1, to t7,43l.41S.J from th $24.69,000.0O0 appropriated for th current year, accordins to tentative etlmate ub-mittad ub-mittad to conirreaa today by Secrets Secre-ts McAdoo. tranamlttinit the report of the various deparlm'-nt. TerxUlfll'' rdncon wns for the mililHry esiaiinIiinil. ulurh eTI-mat.-n Ita needn at $l.9'J!.0O0 ono In l;o. aa compared with the I1M74.. ooo aoo appi-oprlnied for this . year. Before tho armlallra It had been figured fig-ured that the armv alone would need more thhn I1K.O00 000.000 for IS.'". NAVY'9? STIM ATE S. The navy's etlmate for 1-'0 are 1 Ono.ooo. aa compared with $1.-691,000.000 $1.-691,000.000 appropriated for the current cur-rent yeare. an IncreaHe uf a billion lollara dejplte the cloains of the war There la nothing; to allow what It w estimated the navy would have needed need-ed had the war continued. Theae eallmatiyl may lie pared down ronMerahly when the actual need of the povernment in clowinn out war con'ricTa bectme clearer. Iii4kudina $574.237.(n)0 estimated for fortification. . th t-.l il contemplated outl.iv on the army amount to 487.000 000 A trlkinK fimire In the army eatlmate I the $144 4.1.0O0 for air aervlce production. The appropriation appro-priation laet year under thia head were I710.eoo.000. It ia evident that the war department I propoelnr to continue construction and manufacture manufac-ture of aircraft on a fairly huge cal. OTHER REDUCTIONS. The lamest Blnul reduction from the appropriation for th: year for the army i In pay. travel and general emienae. the new entimat for next year being PM1.S7H.0o0. a nalnt P2,-att7.ono.0004 P2,-att7.ono.0004 appropriated for thl year, similarly large reduction I made tn qimrtVrrnaTer' CHlllliale for tip-plle. tip-plle. clothlnr. quarter. Including the new figure belnr $11.7S9.0O, aa compared tp r..451,000,000 appropriated appropri-ated for thia year. Tractlcally all eatlmatea fr varioua navv purponca nhow nutKtantta1 In -creanee over appropriat ona for the current vear Ttie pay tt-m roe up to ir.7!.94i.OOft from fr'J7.1Ti.0OO: ex- ( penditurea on Phla already authorised author-ised Ke to tJ1i,yi'i00 from i9.-S i9.-S it 7 0 AO thia year, and an additional j $200,000, 000 la asked aa the firat ere n lent on the new three-year pro-rram pro-rram which haa been proposed. Bub-rt(tenre Bub-rt(tenre and euppllea la iriven aa t-O2.S43.00o. aa compared with I7V-620.000 I7V-620.000 thia vear. and ammunition needs are estimated at $l?5.000,ooo, aa compared to 2, 519,000 thia year. |