Army Increase to Cost a Billion

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 18, 1915

Army Increase to Cost a Billion

A SIGN of our times may be seen in the greater appropriations for the increase of the army of the United States which Congress will be asked to make, according to the plans of Lindley M. Garrison, Secretary of War:—

If no new projects were launched, the army and navy, as they stand today, would cost $1,000,000,000 for maintenance during the next five years. In a nutshell, the plans of the administration for national defense call for approximately an extra billion dollars during that period.

The official outline of the army plans was made public tonight by Secretary Garrison. It shows that under the Garrison plan, which has been approved by Senator Chamberlain of Oregon and Representative Hay of Virginia, who are, respectively, chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Military Affairs, Congress will be asked to make the following appropriations:—

Fiscal year 1917.........$182,717,036.08 Fiscal year 1918.........212,815,879.70 Fiscal year 1919.........228,315,879.70 Fiscal year 1920.........228,315,879.70 Fiscal year 1921.........182,234,559.70 Total ............$1,034,399,234.88