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A NEW OUTLAY of $8,063,000,000 for the U.S. Army, Navy and Maritime Commission, including funds to accelerate merchant shipping construction to two vessels daily by early next year, was recom- mended to the U.S. House of Representatives by its Appropriations Committee yesterday.
Of this total, $4,760,000,000 would go to the Army, providing equipment and maintenance for a land force of 1,727,000 men, which is 309,000 more than the present strength.
It would also include "critical" domestic SPPV BCC and chartered, dems for an army of 3,000,000 ¦ to Britain for the Red Sea service.
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If the appropriation is approved I would swell to a new high the revard of $15,328,000,000, the und made available to the Army for the fiscal year which opened un July 1
to 16,712,000 tons, the Committee adde 1.
It explained the Army's share of funds to provide for one year's maintenance on a combat status of an air force of 83 groups in- stead of the 54 groups planned at present.
Increase of the Army's man. power would consist of 152,000 men needed in connection with
the expanded training pro gramme of 30,000 pilots and an additional 157,000 men needed for new units being created this fiscal year.
Out of the Army's funds. $3,409,000,000 would finance the avquisition n{ huge ammunition reserves and places for storage. This sum would also permit a vast increase in the number of tanks, Officials reported that already anti-tank guns and other artil- 2.300,000 tons of shipping had lery equipment. been transferred to Lease and Lend traffic in the North Atlan.
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Naval Crews
The Navy will receive $1,569,- The Cotumittee said an encour= |000,000 including funds fur in- inging note was the testimony of¦creasing. enlisted strength from The Committee recommended the Maritime Commission that 1250,000 to 369,000 men in order to $1.698.000.000 in cash and con- deliveries on the construction. of 'provide crews for the expanding tractual authority for permitting new ships, now making a rate of fleet and the construction of 541 freigh-two vessels a week, would be
increased in lo one daily by Nov – This would also finance the ember and two daily by Junumy acquisition of 350 others to mert or February Reuter.
ters.
the serious shortage of ships, i Created at least partially by th Lease and Lend programme.
Tonnage Increase
"Every effort should be made (to buld every ship that possibly can be produced in this country,"
Ships For Charter
Maritime Commission officials the Committee said. told the Committee in testimony - On completion of the present published yesterday that 100 Am- programine the U.S. Merchant Would have increased
erican mat rehantment had been or Marine shortly would be withdrawn from from the present 10 million tons
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Naval funds also include $300,000,000 for the construc- tion and improvement of shore baɛes many of which
are outlying islands. Another $300 millions will go for expanding naval shipbuilding facilities.
increase the from 46,000 to 75,000 men.
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The sum of $160 millions earmarked for 'additional ship re- pair facilities.
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The Committee has effected reductions amounting $9.250.000 In the Budget Esti mates, chiefly generalised
minor cuts in naval items.
An additional $5,000,000 is pro-
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Mr. Robert Patterson, Under- Secretary for War, told the Com- mittee that the Army request for $1,300,000,000 for ordnance wea- pons was made in order to "Torns a pool of items which will be needed, we are quite sure, things get more serious or if we go into actual conflict.
"I think we would all be blind to what is going on abroad if we did not recognise that protection against aircraft In the shape of A.A. weapons and mechanisation in the shape of tanks and protection against tanks, will be the items most urgently needed by the Army." The Army's Chief Signal Off- cer, Major-General Mauborgne, told the Committee of plans to procure secret equipment "ur- gently required by the U.S. at the earliest moment, by the Air Force Combat Command, Coast Artillery and Signal Corps." The items were listed as "in-
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Electrical Torpedo
An additional $340 millions is requested for equipment.
The Committee was also told about plans for the purchase of Army searchlights also that ex- periments are being made with the electrical: torpedo for the Navy and that the Navy is. de- veloping new kinds of material..
One naval item of $1,800 is for the maintainance of an ob- servar at Dakar, French, West Africa.
It was disclosed that the Navy' Department has prepared plans for naval censorship of all out- going cables. Congress is to be asked soon to legislate on the subject. Router:
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