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Show OPPOSE IKASE III DEFENSE FUND HOUSE PASSES THE ARMY AP- PROPRIATION BILL, CARRYING HUNDRED MILLION. Advocates of Immediate Strengthening of the Military Establishment Defeated De-feated In Effort to Get Increase of Appropriations. Washington. After two dayB of do-bato do-bato on tho general stato of tho national na-tional dofenses, tho houso on Friday night passed without a roll call the army aproprlation bill, carrying $101,- 000,000. Advocates of immediate strengthening strengthen-ing of tho military establishment fought to tho last for additional appropriations, appro-priations, but their efforts met with no encouragement from either Democratic Demo-cratic or Republican leaders. Tho last Toll call on a motion by Represontatlvo Gardner of Massachusetts Massachu-setts to recommit tho bill with instructions in-structions to report back an amendment amend-ment carrying $1,000,000 for aviation, was defeated, 253 to 34. Tho bill, which carries funds for tho maintenance of all branches of tho army during tho coming fiscal year, Includes $300,000 for tho purchase of twenty-flvo 'aeroplanes and $50,000 tor an armored motor car. These items, and efforts to add to them, furnished texts for long discussions on tho use of the aeroplanes and armored motor car In tho European war. The appropriation appro-priation for tho purchase of field artillery ar-tillery material waB increased from $25,000 to $170,000. |