New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1925, Page 9

ARMY EFFICIENCY AND FINANCE GUT General Stall Ordered to Investi- gate Possibilities Washington, May 28, —(AP)-=The irmy general &taff has been directed to make a study of the effect upon the military establishment of fur ther progressive reductions in army Zappropriations, should that be or dered under the admimistration's conomy an, The » s understood to have been ordered on the basis of a White House communieation to the war de- | partment, Whether other & v ment departments have received similar budget economy suggestions hias not been disclosed. At the navy department, Secretary Wilbur would not eay whether nava)l budget offi cors were engaged In a study siml 1ar to that of the warepar Despito officials to discuss the subject and that secrecy which surrounds the study being made there it is fndicat. ed that the progressive r appropriations under . would become effective for the fiscal vear 1927 tp run for several years hereafter before reaching the cu- mulative total reduction contemplat- cd In the White House suggestion. The general budget business meet. ing of the government will he held fune 22 and it Is probable that the . war department study as well as any refusal of war e similar studies which may he pro- | ceeding in other departments may | e intended for consideration and final actlon at that time. Nothing Definite, No definite information as to the ontemplated agzregate cut in war | epartment appropriations is avafl- ble. There ara indications, how-| ever, that it would run (o a figure of between $25,000,000 and $30,- 100,000 to be lopped off the military appropriations’ ineluded in the total | of $389,707.971 appropriated for all war department activities for the 1226 fiscal year, The military por- tion of the budget for the year is $255,888,074 which represented a| reduetion of approximately $4,000,- ! 000 from thé similar nppropnzt!onni for the preceding year. | Despite rigid secrecy requirements | impesed on army officials {n regard | to the study they are making, it is known to be a matter of grave con- | cern because of the effect of a $25,-| 000,000 to $30,000,000 reduction | would have upon the whols achemo of national defense as outlined in ihe act of 1920 and which imposed | upon the war department responsi- bility for development of tha new| three-part army as a substitute for | the old regular army and national guard system. | Some officlals go #g far as to con- tend that such a cut in appropria- tions would compel the virtual aban- donment of the organized reserve element of the new army and sharp | curtailment of federal assistance to the national guard. The discuesion has brought to light that during preliminary budget dis-| cussiohs this year a definite pro~‘ posal was made to curtall army ay propriations by reducion of sigength to an aver for the year 1926 of 111,000 men, in the rank, the army as compared to 118,000 malntained for the fiscal yoar The authorized strength is 1 | but pay appropriations control ac NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, sserted by responsible .my officers t the present strength of this in- uctor force was at its absolute | ninlmum and that a further reduc- | tion would mean that the whole mil- Itary policy would have to be re- written, | administration rejection of t | in detail all such queseions as this. |ization of the regular army [ ent glves it & strength In thesg spe | training duri strength and lnled It in 10256 to the 115,000 figure, It required the personal persua FAMLLY 1§ RESGUED .| Waterbury People Taken 1roj 1026 figures | 000 proposal when the o Btary Windon Wil Teacat were under consideration 3 | Various Opinions, Jecause of the tendency shown by government financial officers dur ment s Ablaze, Waterbury, Conn, May 28.—(AD) | ing this discussion, some officials are | —When smoke 80 thick that it Inclined that At a mew [foreed firemen to-wear gus masks, | proposal fc 000,000 1o §30,- [Blocked escape by the front and | 000,000 appropriation reduction for |rear exits, the family of William | ictioned, the cut will | Tedesco were taken through tlhe the expe of the reg of their gecond d personncl and the force |ment when fire threatened to de- to 111,000 or lower. The |stroy the combination store and Jy is unc 0d to coVer{tenement building at 5§49-8 window story tene- | Main street shortly after midnight The belief that any further ex-|(ecupants of three tenements tenstve cuts in mliitary appropria- | toread to flee in night clothes as | tlons must be borne by the civillan|pa famen confined to the fish mar- lements of the army ia founded up- | kot and g (ot S AR Ry on the theory that the highly spe-|nyngaro at 855 North Main strect clalized aervices added to the mill-|yoenn 4o olimb to the %acond and tary catablis Juring the war |, o' q 0y can be waintained only directly by A the federal government as a part of s coae 1e ihe regular army. Theso include such | AVOids Hitting Child arms as the alr seryic rviee, and the bulk of the fleld artillery | sfhce this includes now much motor |, | equipment and heavler gune than| pre-war light field batteries All of thiese involve too heavy an| expense and too much technical ! tralning to be left to even the na- tional guard. The theory of organ- at pres- were yment An automobile owned and driven eeph Blelawa of Berlin was b vd datiaged last night at the cor- | ner of Booth and Iroad streets when the driver swerved it fnto a parked machine in an effort to avold hitting (@ child that ran into the street, di- ‘rrm"_\ in the path of his car, RECEPTION FOR PRINCF, cial services in the event of war, muet ba supplied almost entirely at the ontset by the regulars Conpled with the maintenance of | special services, the respon- sible first of all for rity of the overseas pos 3 and maln- | tains full trength s in Pana ma, the Ph 18 therefors Stevnsrust, Orangs Free State, 8. (AP)—The Prince of Wales |was given hig receptions vesterday and today at a number of towns | where he stopped in the northeastern section of the Orange Fres State, | At Winburg «o many farmers and | thelr families assembled from all | the smurrounding veldt that the | in total arn neth could ©lcrowds broke down fences erected | only by & infantry, "|around the railroad station as cat- | and unlts in the United [1a pens. States, f duty now i the| At Kroonstad anothar larga recep- ha summer of 1he ltion was given the prince. At Gun- various elements that make up the hill he reviewed a local assembly of civillan componcnts under the mew |1,200 horsemen, gathered from the | military policy. In congressional |ranches of that reglon to parade in | hearings this year, it was repeatedly |his honor. | | JEWELERS - SILVERSMITHS Announce the Opening of Their OPITICAL DEPARTMENT At 354 MAIN ST. 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