Show defence funds are increased washington president coolidge asked congress tor for an additional appropriation of for or various naval activities including for the marine corps to meet expenses entailed by the marine mall mail guard and to maintain the corps at its full enlisted strength ot of men for or the remainder ot of tho the present fiscal year other allotments would include continuing construction ot of submarine S 48 and improvement at puget sound besides approving the house provision tor for an increase in the size ot of the standing army to men the senate appropriations committee has added to the annual war department appropriation exceeding the budget estimate by |