ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1915. General object (title of appropriation), date of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object. Contingencies of the Army UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT. SECRETARY OF WAR. For all contingent expenses of the Army not otherwise provided for and embracing all branches of the military service, including the office of the Chief of Staff; for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, exclusive of personal services in the War Department, or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices at Washington, District of Columbia, arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified; to be expended on the approval and authority of the Secretary of War, and for such purposes as he may deem proper (act Mar. 2, 1913, vol. 37, p. 704, sec. 1).......... NOTE.-The change in wording of this item will enable the Secretary of War to make expenditures for certain necessary purposes which arise from time to time in the course of affairs connected with the War Department and for which no provision can be made under existing appropriations or relings of the officials of the Treasury Department. For instance, it will allow the Secretary of War to provide for extraordinary expenses devolving upon officers detailed on special duties, and will enable the Secretary of War to extend official courtesies similar to those now enjoyed by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Navy. The increase of $25,000 is made necessary by reason of the prospective entertainment of visiting foreign officials attending the ceremonies incident to the opening of the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco.- Lindley M. Garrison, Secretary of War. Army War College OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF. For expenses of the Army War College, being for the purchase of the necessary stationery; typewriters and exchange of same; office, toilet, and desk furniture; textbooks; books of reference; scientific and professional papers and periodicals; printing and binding; maps; police utensils; employment of temporary, technical, or special services; and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, including $25 per month additional to regular compensation to chief clerk of division for superintendence of the War College Building, $9,000 (act Mar. 2, 1913, vol. 37, p. 704, sec. 1)... Contingencies, Military Information Section. General Staff Corps— For contingent expenses of the military information section, General Staff Corps, including NOTE-The act making appropriations for contingencies, military information section, General Staff Corps, As a con The item itself, to wit, "actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred by the military attachés abroad under orders from the Secretary of War," is omitted from the present estimate. The item "cost of special instruction at home and abroad and in maintenance of students and attachés" is included in order to permit the War Department to defray in necessary cases certain expenses entailed on officers performing the duties in question, and places the War Department in a position to extend to these officers, in a degree, the same benefits as are enjoyed by officers of the Navy engaged on similar duties. An estimate of $5,000 is included for this purpose. Other changes in the wording of this appropriation are made necessary on account of the recent technical objections of the Auditor for the War Department to the use of this appropriation for certain purchases and services, incurred under varying and dissimilar conditions abroad, for which expenditures had been made and approved by the auditor for many years.--Leonard Wood, Major General, Chief of Staff. United States Service Schools- To provide means for the theoretical and practical instruction at the Staff College (including the Army School of the Line, Army Field Engineer School, and the Army Signal School) at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., the Mounted Service School at Fort Riley, Kans., and the School of Fire for Field Artillery and for the School of Musketry, at Fort Sill, Okla., by the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, the purchase of modern instruments and material for theoretical and practical instruction, employment of temporary, technical, or special services, and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, to be allotted in such proportions as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be for the best interests of the military service (act Mar. 2, 1913, vol. 37, p. 704, sec. 1).. NOTE.-The insertion of "employment of temporary, technical, or special services" is considered necessary in order to allow these schools the opportunity of employing such additional services as may be required. For instance, it would permit of the employment of teachers in languages from time to time, when needed, and enable the schools to dispense with the services of one or more officers at present on duty as instructors in languages.— Leonard Wood, Major General, Chief of Staff. Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915-Continued. General object (title of appropriation), date of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. Contingencies, Headquarters of Military Departments, Districts, and Tactical Commands- NOTE.-Under War Department orders of February 6, 1913, territorial divisions have replaced tactical divisions, Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va. CHIEF OF COAST ARTILLERY. 1. For incidental expenses of the school, including chemicals, stationery, hardware; cost of 3. For purchase of special apparatus and materials and for experimental purposes for the department of artillery and land defense (same act). ... 4. For purchase of engines, generators, motors, machines, measuring instruments, special appa- Provided, That section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER. Signal Service of the Army- Purchase, equipment, and repair of field electric telegraphs, signal equipments and stores, NOTE.-Act of Mar. 2, 1913, carrying $375,000 for the fiscal year 1914, included a provision for the expendi- NOTE. The provision of legislation with regard to rendition of property returns is desired, as it is consid- Hereafter all moneys arising from the disposition of serviceable Signal Corps supplies and NOTE. This provision is desired to enable this office to promptly close appropriation accounts after the 7,000.00 3,000.00 5,500.00 2,500.00 Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915-Continued. General object (title of appropriation), date of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object. Military Aeronautics For the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of aeroplanes, airships, and other aerial machines and accessories (act Mar. 2, 1913, vol. 37, p. 705, sec. 1)..... NOTE. The appropriation for military aeronautics for the fiscal year 1914 is included as a part of "Signal Service of the Army," $125,000 being authorized to be expended. The increase in the amount estimated over the appropriation for the fiscal year 1914 is necessary if the United States is to keep abreast with developments in this science and be prepared to cope with other first-class powers in case of war. Proposed expenditures are as follows: Purchase and Maintenance of Field Glasses for Infantry and Cavalry- 12, 500.00 Purchase of Motor Cycles For the purchase and maintenance of motor cycles for Signal Corps troops (submitted)... NOTE. The motor cycle has now reached such a stage of development and reliability as to become a dependable means of continuing lines of information in the field and a valuable auxiliary in the transmission of information between the different elements of an army division. They have therefore been adopted as a standard piece of equipment of the Signal Corps, and under this apropriation will be purchased and supplied to field and telegraph companies and to aeroplane squadrons, as estimated below: Maintenance of Annunciator Buzzer Systems at Target Ranges- NOTE. This is 10 per cent of the cost of annunciator buzzer systems which have been authorized under previous Special Infantry Telephone Equipment For the purchase of special telephone equipment for the Infantry (submitted).......... NOTE. This estimate is submitted to cover the cost of special equipment which the Signal Corps is instructed to 250 miles buzzer wire on spool, at $11. 300 ground rods, at 22 cents. 300 hand reels, at $2. $6,600 2,750 66 600 -George P. Scriven, Brigadier General, Chief Signal Officer of the Army. Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915-Continued. General object (title of appropriation), date of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object. Signaling Equipment for Coast Defense Posts— For the purchase of mortars, rockets, shells, Very pistols, heliographs, acetylene lanterns, flag kits and other signaling equipment to supply coast defense posts for signaling purposes (submitted)...... NOTE. This estimate is submitted to cover the cost of equipment which it will be necessary to supply to the coast defense posts to enable them to comply with the requirements of A. R. 4184 and paragraph 13 R. I. and T. P. of Coast Artillery troops, 1913.-George P. Scriven, Brigadier General, Chief Signal Officer of the Army. Commercial Telephone Service at Coast Artillery Posts For providing commercial telephone service for official purposes at Coast Artillery posts (sub- NOTE.-The Chief of Staff approved the transfer of this duty from the Quartermaster Corps to the Signal Corps Pay, etc., of the Army- Pay of officers of the line: QUARTERMASTER CORPS. Six major generals, at $8,000 each per annum (acts Feb. 2, 1901, vol. 31, p. 748, sec. 1; May Sixteen brigadier generals, at $6,000 each per annum (acts Feb. 2, 1901, vol. 31, p. 748, Two hundred and thirty majors, at $3,000 each per annum (acts Feb. 2, 1901. vol. 31, p. 750, Additional pay to officers for length of service (R. S., p. 220, sec. 1262, 1263; acts May 11, NOTE. The number and grades of officers authorized by law in the several branches of the line of the Army Pay of enlisted men of the line: Eighty-two regimental sergeants major and sergeants major senior grade, Coast Artillery Fifty-three regimental quartermaster sergeants, at $45 each per month (same acts). Seventy-seven electrician sergeants, second class, Coast Artillery Corps, at $36 each per One hundred and two color sergeants, at $36 each per month (same acts).. Seventy chief musicians, bands, at $75 each per month (acts Mar. 2, 1899, vol. 30, pp. Two hundred and eighty sergeants, bands, at $36 each per month (same acts). $48,000.00 96,000.00 412,000.00 287,000.00 690,000.00 .2,522,400.00 .2,140,000.00 .1,637,100.00 6,600.00 44, 280.00 99, 360.00 6, 240.00 51,480.00 23, 400.00 21, 600.00 27,000.00 42, 660.00 33, 264.00 63,000.00 16,800.00 33, 600.00 30, 240.00 120,960.00 201,600.00 231, 840.00 422, 820.00 Seven hundred and seventy-four quartermaster sergeants, at $30 each per month (same acts). 278, 640. 00 $12,000.00 6,000.00 7,839, 100.00 1,616, 218. 27 Six thousand five hundred and thirty-three corporals, at $21 each per month (same acts)....1,646,316.00 1,702,440.00 602, 640,00 Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915—Continued. General object (title of appropriation), date of acts, references to Statutes at Large, or to Revised Statutes, and estimated amount required for each detailed object. Pay, etc., of the Army-Continued. Two hundred and twenty-five horseshoers, at $30 each per month (acts Mar. 23, 1910, vol. Five hundred and eight-three farriers and artificers, at $21 each per month (acts_Feb. 2, $81,000.00 146, 916. 00 One hundred and eighty-three saddlers, at $21 each per month (same acts). One hundred and twenty-six mechanics, Field Artillery, at $21 each per month (same 101, 196.00 31, 752.00 281, 520.00 .10,713,780.00 Fifty-nine thousand five hundred and twenty-one privates, at $15 each per month (same Forty cents per day for 56 Indian scouts for use and risk of horse and equipments (same Additional pay to 8,440 gunners, first class, at $3 each per month (acts Jan. 25, 1907, vol. 34, Additional pay to 203 observers, first class, at $9 each per month (same acts). Additional pay to 215 gun commanders, at $7 each per month (same acts).. Additional pay to 115 observers, second class, at $7 each per month (same acts). Additional pay to 885 mess sergeants, at $6 each per month (acts May 11, 1908, vol. 35, p. 109, Pay for certificate of merit, 109 men, at $2 each per month (R. S., p. 223, sec. 1285: act Additional pay for length of service of enlisted men of the line (same acts). . Provided, That hereafter no officer or enlisted man in active service, who shall be absent from duty on account of disease resulting from his own intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors, or other misconduct, shall receive pay for the period of such absence, the time so absent and the cause thereof to be ascertained under such procedure and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War: And provided further, That hereafter an enlistment shall not be regarded as complete until the soldier shall have made good any time in excess of one day lost by unauthorized absences; or on account of disease resulting from his own intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquors, or other misconduct; or while in confinement awaiting trial or disposition of his case, if the trial results in conviction; or while in confinement under sentence. NOTE.-General Orders, No. 8, War Department, dated Mar. 30, 1912, and its subsequent modifications by direction of the Secretary of War, provides for an authorized enlisted strength of 89,566 enlisted men, including the Military Academy, but excluding the Hospital Corps, Philippine Scouts, and Quartermaster Corps. The Secretary of War, however, under date of May 29, 1913, estimates that the number of enlisted men actually in service during the fiscal year 1915, exclusive of the Military Academy, Hospital Corps, Quartermaster Corps, and Philippine Scouts, will not exceed 85,000 of all grades. The estimate is therefore based upon the actual number of enlisted men anticipated to be in service during that year, viz, 85,000, and their pay is computed at the rate provided for each grade by act of May 11, 1908. The estimate for additional pay for length of service has been carefully computed from data compiled from an actual count of the enlistment periods of the men borne on the rolls for September, 1911. The item of legislation preceding this note is inserted in the estimate by direction of the Secretary of War under date of Sept. 27, 1913. The act of Congress approved Mar. 3, 1909 (35 Stat., 733), provides as follows: "Provided, That from the enlisted force of the Army now provided by law the President may authorize the The estimate as above submitted is of the same form as appropriation for fiscal year 1914, and includes enlisted [Alternative Estimate.] To avoid the confusion which has heretofore existed, and with a view to a better understanding of the esti 8, 176.00 43, 380.00 216, 288.00 95,784.00 303, 840.00 2,856.00 9, 660.00 18, 060. 00 23, 604.00 63, 720.00 2, 616. 00 $18, 170, 884. 00 |