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(Continued From Page 34.) motions, $57,020 for miscellaneous cur-! rent expenses, $24,942 for rent of offices, and & new item amounting to $342,000 for rent, heat and light of living quar- ters for diplomatic officers in foreign | countries where there are no Govern- ment-owned residential buildings. | The expenditures under expenses of | Foreign Service inspectors has been eomparatively small during recent years, | but the department advises that it is| the intention to increase the force of inspectors if the additional Foreign | Service officers recommended in the 1931 Budget are allowed, and with that in view this estimate is increased from $22.000 to $25,000. The increase recommended in the estimate for allowance for clerks at consulates from $1,645,000 to 81,884,266 | consists of §81,026 for promotions, $57,- 420 for additional consular clerks, and $100,820 for the employment of person- | nel to securs trade information for the | use of the Secretary of Commerce as provided by the act of February 14, 1903. Contingent Expenses, | Contingent expenses, United States consulates, is increased from $1,063,000 | o 81,782,140, of which increase $25.099 | Is for additional personnel including two | supervision of construction, inconnection with the erection of consular bulldings in foreign countries, $27,603 for promo- | tions, $78,278 for traveling expenses in- cluding $28,278 for travel within con- | sular districts in foreign countries and $50,000 to be used by consular officers when visiting in the United States on their statutory leave for travel in con- ferring with business men at important commercial centers, $10,000 for tele- | graphing information regarding triae opportunities, $10,000 for subscription | to important trade journals, $35.250 for | miscellaneous current expenses, $110,810 | for rent of offices including $53,000 for.| rent at Shanghai during construction of the consulate general on the present | site, and & new item of $422,000 (ori rent, heat, and light of living quarters for consular officers in foreign countries where there are no Government-owned residential buildings. An increase is recommended for immigration of aliens, Department of | State, from $505,640 to $614,797, of | which $5,640 is for additional personnel | and promotions in the department, $62.- 570 for additional clerical personnel in | the field including $30,000 on Account of the national origins act and $28.000 for | consular clerks to be employed in con- | nection with the examination of in- tending emigrants in Canada and Mex- ico, $20,022 for promotions of consulsr‘ clerks, $14,593 for rent of dffices, and $6,322 for miscellaneous current ex- penses. The estimate for salaries, Foreign Bervice officers, has been increased from 3,001,000 to $3.298,500, which increase &cluds $167,500 for 67 new officers in addition to the 40 now on temporary detall to the department whom it is g:apesed to send to the fleld after they ve been replaced by permanent per- sonnel, and $120,000 for promotions of 178 officers. The scope of the text of transporta- tion of Foreign Service officers has been materially extended to cover items of nse not heretofore allowed, and the | total amount of the estimate has been increaser from $410,000 to $518,000, which includes an increase from $45,000 to $110,000 for the return on statutory Jeave of officers who have performed three years or more of continuous serv- ice abroad and who shall while on such leave be available for trade conference work or duty in the department, $12,000 to meet the increase in the rates of | subsistence as provided by the subsist-) ence expense act of 1926, and $31,000 for an increase in the members of offi- cers’ families. | Retirement Fund. The smount recommended for in-| clusion in the 1931 Budget toward Bnancing the Foreign Service retirement and disability fund is the same as the appropriation for 1930, §216,000, and is based on the advice of the Government actuary. Section 12 of the act of May 24, 1924, authorizes the President to grant to diplomatic missions and to consular ces at capitals of countries where there is no diplomatic mission of the United BStates representation allow- ances out of any money which may be appropriated for such purpose from time to time by Congress, and there is sub- mitted for the first time an estimate a%l; such allowances amounting to $92,- The estimate for water boundary, United States and Mexico, is increased from. 858,000 to $71,660, the principal items of this increase being $3,600 for an assistant engineer and $7,160 for new nzg and cable stations for stream aging. 8o or the maintenance of the boundary | line between United States and Canada | and Alaska and Canada, as provided by the treaty of February 24, 1925, there | is recommended an increase from $29,- 525 to 833,125, consisting of $4,600 for & geodetic engineer and an increase of $300 in the salary of the secretary, but the increase in this estimate is reduced to 83,600 by decreases in other items. Waterways treaty, United States and Great Britain: International Joint Com- mission, United States and Great Brit- ain, is increased from $164,000 to $191 - 585. The allotment for the United States section of the commission is in- creased from $34.000 ‘o $60.355, an amount of $16,230 is r-comm:nded for Investigation by the Puolic Health Serv- | ice of probable dama-e to human life by fumes from the sme ‘er at Trail, British Columbia, in coniinction with the in- | vestigation whic” the Agriculture De- partment is conducting as to the effect of these fumes on plant and animal life, | while the &mount for the measurement | of the waters of the Kootenai and other | boundary_rivers is reduced from $90.- 000 to $75,000, making a net increase in this estimate of $27,585. 1 A reduction has been made in the| estimate for the Foreign Service build- ings fund from $2,000,000 to $1.700,000, as_this amount with the unexpended | balances from prior appropriations will | ba sufficient to carry the building pro- gram through the fiscal year 1031, all funds provided for this purpose being available until expended. The estimate for marking the bound- | ary line between the Unit-d States and | Canada and Alaska and Canada, under | the treatv of April 11, 1908, is reduced | from $23.060 to $17.460, as the field | work has been completed and it is ex- | pect-d that all maps. reports, and other | e office work will be finished in 1931, after | which no appropriation will be required for this purpose. H Mixed Claims Commission, United | States and Germany, and Tripartite Claims Commission, United S§ates, Aus- tria. and Hungary, is reduced from | $132,027 to $125,075, and it is thought | that the work of these commissions wig be completed in 1931 and no further appropriations will be required. Treasury Departmen (Exclusive of interest on and retire- | ment of the public debt from ordinary | receipts.) » Appropriated for 1930, $316,270,634.00; | estimate of expenditures under perma- | nent and indefinite appropriation, and | special funds, $26,275,181.50. ‘Trans-; ferred from the Executive Office for the | White House police, $85900.00. Unex- pended balances in no-year appropri- ations for public buildings under act of May 25, 1926, brought over from previ- | ous fiscal year, $41481,099.03. Unex- ndcd balances in appropriations for/ 1929-30, $1.463.045.00. Total available ' for 1930. $385.575,850.83 065. Estimate of expenditures under permanent and indefinite appropriatione and special funds, $26,004,935. Ap- proximate additional amount required for new public building projects under act of May, 1926, for which a supple- mental estimate will be transmitted | propriation “Salaries and Expenses of | of the 10 new cutters recently author- | | reductions made possible through con- | 1931, $353,107,000.00. Decrease, $32,- 468,850.83. In connection with the above sum- mary it should be stated that of the $41,481,090.03 unexpended balances for public buildings under act of May 25, 1926, brought forward into 1830 from the previous fiscal year it is expected that about one-half will be carried forward into 1931, correspondingly in- creasing the amount available for that year and decreasing the amount avail- able in 1830. If tne amounts carried over are eliminated in respect to both years the decrease of $32,468,859.83 will be changed to an increase of $9,012,~ 239.20. This increase of $9,012,239.20 is the | net result of the estimates for 1931 showing increases in the amounts ap- proved for certain purposes compared with the appropriations for 1830, and decreases in others, the principal items of increase or decrease being as follows: Office of the Chief Clerk. An increase of $25,000 for contingent expenses, to provide for the increased requirements of the Bureau of Customs and Coast Guard headquarters for office | equipment, and to effect necessary re- placements in the department's stock of typewriters. Division of Bookkeeping and War- rants: An increase of $50,000 in the estimated requirements for recoinage of silver coins. Public Debt Service. A decrease of $219,500 in the annual appropriation for expenses incident to the maintenance of the public debt service, due to transfer of certain work and the personnel employed thereon to the Office of Treasurer of the United States, and to the continued reduction in the amount of the public debt. In the indefinite appropriation items there | 5r s net increase of $2,873,555. is a decrease of $35135 for “Expenses of Loans” authorized by the aeot of September 24, 1917, due to a reduction in the force on work connected with public debt issues, and there is an 1n-‘ crease of $52.703 in the item “Prepara- tion, Custody and Delivery of Farm Loan Bonds (Reimbursable),” due to greater activities in bond issues of this | class. | Customs Service, A net increase of $479,300 In admin- istrative expenses, including $52,390 for 24 additional positions at headquarters | in Washington and $440,000 for addi- | tional personnel in the fleld. There is also a decrease of $13,090 in the pro- vision for contingent expenses. Aside from administrative expenses there is a | reduction .of $500,000 in the indefinite | appropriation . item “Debentures or/ Drawbacks, Bounties or Allowances."” Federal Farm Loan Bureau: An in. crease of $80,000 to provide for the| 4ncreasing and complicated work of this | activity. Treasurer of the United States. An increase of $48,660 to provide for work and personnel transferred from other branches of the Treasury Depart- ment and for one-step promotions to | eligible employes two or more steps be- low the average of their grade. Comptroller of the Currency: An in- crease of $200000 in the indefinite ap- | National Bank Examiners” to provide for examination of the trust depart- ments of national banks. Internal Revenue Service. A net decrease of $303,870 in the appropriation for expenses of collecting the internal revenue, made possible by a reduction of $232,300 now paid for| rent of privately owned property be-| cause of the prospective occupancy on July 1, 19380, of the new Internal Reve- nue Building in Washington, and a further decrease in travel expenses of $56,500. The amount for personal services in the District of Columbia is increased to provide for the appoint- ment of 25 attorneys and 25 stenog- raphers in the Office of the General Counsel. The amount required for this | additional personnel is reduced to| $64,580 because of a reduction in the| messenger force, due to greater facility | of handling business in the new Inter- nal Revenue Building. There is also an increase of $10,000,000 in the item for refunding taxes illegally collected, due | to increased requirements for this pur- pose. § Cuast Guard. An increase of $2,208869 involving 844,545 for additional salaries at head- quarters in Washington, $1.030,146 for pay and allowances due principally to automatic promotions, additional men for new vessels placed in commission, and provision for mileage heretofore | appropriated for separately, $283.150 | for outfits and ship chandlery, including | lifeboats, radio supplies, and ammuni- | | tion, $269,000 for rebuilding and re- pairing stations, $72,000 for communi- cation lines, including new lines in Florida, $1,330,000 for reconditioning 12 Navy destroyers to replace 12 destroyers now in the Coast Guard service, the continued operation of which is no| longer economical because of large ex- penditures for repairs, $800,000 for 5 fast offshore patrol boats, $20.000 for | 10 high-speed picket boaf nd $320,000 for new seaplanes and their equipment. | The estimates for 1931 also provide | $800.000 for completing the ninth cutter ized by law and $100,000 for commenc- ing the last cutter, also $45.000 for | establishing a new Coast Guard station | at Quillayute River, Wash. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. A decrease of $251,260, due princi- pally to reduction in number of plate printers and junior operators ineident | to the new small currency program, and | eolidation of appropriation items hereto- | fore carried separately. Secret Service Division. An increase of $28,600 due princi- | pally to an increase of $18,400 for the | White House police force, and $10,200 | for the Sectet Service force in the fleld. Public Health Service. An increase of $619,229 made up principally of $19,684 for automatic prometions of commissioned officers, | for the National Guard, and $634,137 “THE “EVENING "STAR, "WASHINGTON, "D. "C.,, “WEDNESDAY, "DECEMBER 4, “19%. TREASURY BUDGET $32,468,859 remodeling public bulldings, $300,000 for rent of rary quarters during reconstruction,® ??o.noo or mechanical equipment, $44,670 for general expenses of public buildings, $350,000 for oper- ating force. $90,000 for furniture and repairs to same, and $143,500 for oper- | ating supplies. The increases in the | above-mentioned items for operating expenses are principally due to the enlargement of old buildings and the expected completion of 40 new bulldings in 1931. There is a decrease of $180,000 in the amount provided for outside pro- fessional services. Appropriations for the fiscal year 1930 include: ~For the War Department | proper, $433,375,357; Inland Waterways | Corporation, $10,000,000; National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, $10,- 066,420, Panama Canal, $10,011,000, making a total of $463,452,777. Added to this is _an unexpended balance for the War Department proper of $300,- | 000 reappropriated for 1930, making | the real total for expenditure during 1930 $463,752,777. The budget estimate for the fiscal vear 1931 calls for the following alloca- tions: War Department proper, $443,- 520.612; National Home for Disabled $11,235,220; Panama Canal, | 854,255 for the War Department proper; | a decrease of $10,000,000 for the Inland | Waterways Corporation; an increase of 181,168,800 for the National Home for | Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; an in- crease of $1.850,000 for the Panama | Canal, making a total of $12,873,555 in increases and $10,00C,000 in_decieases, Military and Nonmilitary Activities (Exclusive of National Home for Dis- abled Volunteer Soldiers and Panama Canal). The amount estimated for the main- tenance and operation of the Regular Army, supplemented by the use of other funds which will be available to the War Department for this purpose, will provide for an average strength throughout the year of 12,000 commis- sioned officers, 998 warrant officers, and 118,750 enlisted men, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts, for which an aver- age enlisted strength of 6,500 is pro- vided. The amount estimated for the civilian components will provide for ths | training of 20,000 reserve officers for | an average of two weeks and of 840 re- serve officers for periods varying {rom one month to one year, of which num- ber 322 will be on active duty for cne vear with the Army Air Corps; for the ttendance of 37,500 men at citizens’ military training camps in the United States and 3,000 in the Philir ine Is- ; for an enrollment of g Corps units; and for the mainte- nance of the National Guard at an ag- gregate strength of 190,000. ‘The Budget estimate also provides for essentials connected with the main- tenance and operation of active military posts, camps, and stations as not con- stituted. The estimates for 1931 for these purposes for barracks and quar- ters, other buildings, and utilities, amount to a total of $11,152,060, which is a decrease of $498,724 from the ap- propriation for 1930, made possible by new construction. For new construc- tion at military posts, under the Army housing program, including the United States Military Academy, of barracks and quarters and utilities and appurten- ances_thereto, there is carried in the 1931 Budget the sum of $16,062,860, an increase of $1,620.910 over the amount appropriated for this purpose for 1930. In addition to the amount submitted for appropriation, provision is made in the 1931 Budget for obligation by con- tract to the extent of $3,000,000. Provision is made for necessary Army transportation, including the operation of the Army transport service, and for the purchase of 1,500 horses, 500 mules, and $495,650 worth of new motor cars, trucks, ambulances, and motor cycle: for tHé maintenance in part of war re- serves; for surveillance of and prote tion of stocks of ammunition to pre- vent deterioration and spontaneous combustion; for the upkeep of existing fortifications and accessories, and for carrying forward the general plan for the protection of the Panama Canal. For the Air Corps of the Regular Army $35823473 . is estimated as against a net l;ipm riation for the fls- cal year 1930 of $32,440,785. In addi- tion, the Budget makes provision for Army aviation to the extent of $36- 766,825, various sums aggregating this amount being included in the estimates for the pay and supply branches of the Army for application to the mainte- | nace, operation, and expansion of the | Air Corps of the Regular Army and in | the estimtes for the National Guard, | Organized Reserves, and Reserve Offi- | cers’ Training Corps. The amount pro- vided in the Budget estimates for the purchase of airplanes, their spare parts and accessories, aggregates $18,423,548, of which $16,939,586 is for the Air Corps of the Regular Army, $849,825 for the Organized Reserves and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. The amount provided in the Budie! for the purchase of new airplanes will procure 443 such planes for the Regular Army Air Corps, *he total number pertaining to the ourth increment of the 5-year expan- sion program. ‘The estimates provide $300000 for the national rifle matches on the same basis as for the fiscal year 1930. Excluding all items of a nonmilitary character, the total amount provided for national defense in the War De- ga;!ment Budget estimaes is $339,418,- 62. The Budget estimates for military activities of the War Department show a net increase of $7,719,151 over the amount appropriated for 1930, due principally to the depletion of surplus stocks left over from the World War, to the growth of the retired lists of the Army, and to reased requirements of the Air Corps expansion program, and the Army housing program. Funds recommended will care for the $56,844 for 18 additional commissioned officers, 14 of which are for assignment } War {0 duty in consular offices in Canada | cemeterics, national military parks, na- and Mexico as technical advisers in im- migration cases, $20,900 for 16 addi- ' Alaska cable and telegraph system, and tional acting assistant surgeons and £27,000 for 15 additional sanitary in- spectors for border quarantine stations, | carried for the maintenance and im- | $314.826 for increased personnel and nses of hospitals due principally to v hospitals being opened in Cleveland and Detroit as well as a new relief station in Philadelphia. the foregoing $200,000 is provided for replacing quarantine boats at New York, San Diego, and Honolulu. Office of Supervising Architect. ‘The appropriations for the fiscal year 1930 for public bullding construction under the act of May 25, 1926, and for ! additional land in the so-called “tri- i angle” in the District of Columbia amounted to $39,475,500. The un- expended balance on July 1, 1929, of appropriations made in previous years | for the same purposes amounted to $41,481,099.03, making the total avail- able for 1930, $80,956,509.03. Against this total the Treasury contemplates spending $50,562,934 in the fiscal year 1930, leaving $21,393,665.03 to be car- ried over to the fiscal year 1931. The Budget for 1931 includes $30,000,000 for buildings and land and a supplemental estimate of $5.000,000 for new projects will be transmitted at a later date when the Treasury Department has concluded its survey of projects desirable to be undertaken at this time. On this basis the estimates for 1931 are $4,475,500 iess than the appropriations for 1930, { but because of the fact that public Budget estimat‘s for 1931, $322,102.- buildin, appropriations are immediately available and available until expended comparison between appropriations in one year and estimates for the succeed- | ing year are useful only for statistical purposes, Aside from public buildings and land the estimates for the Office of the when the Treasury Department has con- cluded its survey of projects to be un- dertaken at this time, $5,000,000. Total, Supervising Architect are $936,520 in excess of the appropriations for 1930, made up of $150,000 for enlarging and In addition to | Proximately the annual amount avail- various nonmilitary activities, of the Department, such as national tional monuments and memorials, the roads, bridges, and trails in_Alaska. For rivers and harbors, §55,000,000%s provement of existing river and harbor works, an increase of $5.000.000 over { the appropriation for 1930. This is in | addition to $6,862,600, which is ap- imble from permanent specific and in- definite appropriations and contributed and advanced funds. For flood cen- trol on the Mississippi River $35.000,- 000 is estimated as against $30,000,000 appropriated for 1930, and for flood control on the Sacramento River 81,- 000,000 is estimated, being the same amount, as the appropriation for 1930.] In addition $350,000 will be avatlable from contributed funds for flood-control work on these two rivers. For the maintenance and operation of Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., including its hy- droelectric power plant, $260,000 is es- timated, The total provided for all items of river and harbor work, includ- Operation of am Ra. B Nee e e m No. 2, Muscle oals, 15 $98,982,600. Home for Disabled Soldiers. The Budget estimate provides for the maintenance and operation of the 11 branch homes of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and for ald to State and Territorial homes for dis- abled soldiers and salilors, Panama Canal. . For the Panama Canal the Budget stimates provide for essentials neces- sary for the normal maintenance and {operation of the canal, and for the sanitation and civil government of the Canal Zone. In addition, provielon is lights; $132,000 for the purchase of three towing locomotives; and $2,000,- 000 for continuing the construction of the Madden Dam across the Chagres River, at Alhajuela, Panama, com- menced during the fiscal year 1829, to provide for additional storage of water for use in the operation of the canal. The total cost of this dim, including approach road and a hydroelectric power unit, is estimated at $12,000,000. |, In connection with Budget estimates for maintaining and operating this eat national asset the following in- ormation is of interest: The investment in the canal and its adjuncts is partly for national defense and partly commercial. To June 30, 1929, the investment charged to na- tional defense was $113,127,338, and to commercial use $273,680,586, the total investment being $386,807,934, which is exclusive of fortifications, military posts, and naval bases. The total gross revenues from the opening of the canal to June 30, 1929, amounted to $407,- 156,730, derived from tolls, taxes, and business operations. Deducting from this the expenses incident to transitin, vessels through the canal, $113,665,096, and expenses connected with business operations, $176.107,669, which includes the value of services, supplies, and ma- terials sold, leaves a net revenue, ex- cluding interest on the investment, of $117,383,065. Of this, $109,958.896 was from tolls and taxes and $7,424,169 from business opsrations. Included in the expense account for the canal are fixed annual charges of $989,938 for de- preciation and amortization of canal fixed property and $887,949 for depre- clation on canal plants and equipment. The amount of tolls collected has in- creased from $5,631,781 in 1917 16 $27,- 123534 in 1929, the increase for 1929 over 1928 amounting to $180,021. Best Purgative for the congestion, reduces com. plications, hastens racovery. BOSTON OR PROVIDENCE Sunday, December 8 SPECIAL THROUGH TRAIN Vis Hell Gate Brid, Route Leav: hi; " Y metmen eenn BUNDAY Returning, Iv. Boston, N. Y. . H. & H. R. R. 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