Show i i COSTS GOSTS REDUCED I TO MAINTAIN PRESENT ARMY I Committee Recommends Same Number of Men Be Retained With Cut of 6 I Million in Appropriation W WASHINGTON WASHINGTON- Jan Tan fi Main Main Maintenance of the regular army during I the coming fiscal year at its present pres- pres ent authorized strength of commissioned officers and enlisted d men exclusive of Philippine s scouts outs is proposed in the j war department appropriation bill J r reported ported today to the house As approved by the appropriations appropriations appropriations committee the measure draft- draft I 1 I cd ed by a subcommittee headed by Representative Anthony Republican can can Kansas carries or less than the amount available for expenditure this year and about less than budget estimates Of at the total is for tor military and for I l tary activities Included n c in ln the allotments Is S a ump lump ump sum appropriation i for Improvements to rivers and harbors harbors the the total proposed by the budget bureau for exp expenditure durIng during dur dur- ing the fiscal year beginning next July 1 1 but ut an increase of ot 26 over the amount carried in last years rears bill to PROVIDES FOR DAM The bill also carries a as s recommended commended by the budget for the completion of dam No Ko 2 a at t Muscle Shoals Ala This together with in included included in- in eluded in a deficiency estimate re recently recently recently re- re submitted the committee re report report report re- re port s said id will complete the dam damand damand da m and the eight power units F For Tor r tho army air service 14 or the full amount recommended mended b by the budget is carried In addition Is provided provide d I for contract authorization which I the report pointed out out makes th the e total available for the air service e I I approximately more tha than n 1 fur for the present year i Of at the appropriations i la Is s I for the purchase c pC of new airplanes and this plus pIus the thc contract authorization author author- gives a total of ot for new planes or about more than available for the current year ear GIVES PLANES Approximately new airplanes the major portion o of which will be used In training schools the report estimated could be procured with I this appropriation The department is proceeding on on n the theory It was wag added that the most Important thing to the air service is training of personnel and Is therefore devoting a considerable part of ot Its funds to the purchase of primary types of airplanes which can be used with safety for training purposes An appropriation of ot Is recommended for bombing tests against obsolete vessels Previous tests of this nature the report said have been held against anchored vessels and the ability of an airplane to sink a battleship battleship bat bat- has been fully demonstrated Bombing a moving vessel veasel however presents a different problem nn and the die committee feels that experiments experiments experiments ments of ot this nature would be well worth while For the sea coast defense the bill carries a reduction of ot under the amount of the current year and less than I requested by the budget A part of this amount is to be available for the construction on the Pacific coast of a firing position for a Hinch 14 H- inch railroad gun battery batter and the construction of ot a Inch 16 battery for defense of the Panama canal Provision is also made for continuing continuing con con- construction of ot carriages already started at the canal for 16 inch guns and antiaircraft guns and anil for forthe the production of ammunition ammunition tion both for tor the canal and the Hawaiian Hawaiian Hawaiian Ha Ha- islands The national guard would be allotted al allotted al- al the the tot total l budget recommendation Although this is below the current appropriations appropriations the total available for the next fiscal year ear will be larger as the committee 1 carried oVer et from the present present present pres pres- ent year ear REDUCTION PREVENTED This Increase the report declared was necessary to prevent prevent a reduction reduction tion of of- the personnel personnel of the guard from it its present strength of ot I to about The budget figr figure fig fig- ure it added would not have been r sufficient to care for additional pay and allowance to the guard and nd the increased expenses brought about by large larg attendance at camps andI and I armory drills The growth of f the guard in the last year earo the report said has been gratifying it having increased about since singe February 1924 The budget estimate of for the organized reserves is rec recommended as Is the budget request of ot for the reserve officers officers' officers officers' officers officers' cers' cers training corps Citizens' Citizens military mili miU tary training camps also would be allotted the budget estimate of 2320 2 Although the bill recommended 40 for fOl rivers and harbor harbol I work the committee report said I that by including the unexpended balance of ot the current appropriation tion approximately would be for this purpose The amount was as recommended in a lump and no particular projects were specified Total expenditures expenditure 8 for the present year ear averaged approximately approximately ap ap- approximately ap- ap proximately per month month the report added |