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Show REPUBLICANS LOP APPRECIABLE SUM FROM DEFICIENCY WASHINGTON, Juno 12. Tho v House of Representatives on appropriation. appro-priation. In reporting the deficiency appropriation bill for tho fiscal year 1919, known as tho third deficiency bill, has succeeded in lopping off appreciable ap-preciable sums. Tho committee recommended In tho bill, In round numbers, $21,-000,000. $21,-000,000. This is upwards of $5,000,-000 $5,000,-000 less than tho bill which passed the Houso at the last session and over $17,000,000 below tho nmountH, In way of demands from tho dcpait-mcntH, dcpait-mcntH, consldcicd by tho committee. Not only that, but It made an important im-portant cluuigo In the bill In icspoct of transfer ot appinprlullona for tho military establishment. lly a clever maneuver, there was I put Into the bill In Fcbiuniy In the House tho bill failed In the Semite a povlslon thnt looked on the fnco of It llko a i eduction but was really a reduction of n past i eduction educ-tion nnd thcicfore actually an appropriation ap-propriation for tho War department, quartermaster corps,, ot ?829,000- 'H Tho House committee on appro- jH prlatlons instead ot making an out- r right appropriation to meet thla iJ $829,000,000 deficiency, which has iil to bo met somehow aa long aa It haa il been spent, haa met It in tho revised. :M bill by compelling tho uso of unox , H ponded balances of the ordnance da- " M pnrtment and other branches of the? , f department to mcot It. M Tho real effect of thin (Wfon H to 'M save tho country $829,000,000 for rH tho reason thnt If tho UauApoiiuud H balances referred to wero not applied B to meet tho quartermaster ioiim Jo- H tlclency ns Indicated, Uioso balances " B would bo spout In dlfefcnt dlrccUouu. HBl Then tho 829,000,000 woum aivvo H to bo met by n dltcct aprpoprl.tuon. HBl j In making up tho bill the ..om. ut- HBl tee discovered rases hwlch membura HBl declared Instances of glnrlng e cu- HBl tlvo Inefficiency. BVJ In one case tho navy depnrtnu nt HJ with 11,000 seamen In hospituln, uld flBa iiotebtlmcto for a dollar for i icdtcat H uuppllca on ships and tho 1 k ufior H Match 30, nt the timu when li sltoulil M have estimated. Had Conci- - " d H 'the d t'Mency bill before I. H tlio I' : -. thoro wluM ha H Ipni .u-) for such uuppl - cr H 'Match 30. H I |