(3) An increase of $24,000 is necessary due to increased cost of aliber 30 ammunition from $26.48, the price that prevailed when he estimates for 1938 were made, to $29.44. (4) The increase of $3,000 under this item will be required to meet he cost of maintenance of targets and ranges as indicated by computed cost of material required for this purpose as per lists subnitted by the depot of supplies, Philadelphia, and as indicated by xpenditures for this purpose for the fiscal year 1937. (5) The increase of $5,000 under this item is required to meet ncreased cost of military equipment for the current needs of the corps. The amount available in the appropriation for 1938 for this purpose is $47,000. The lists of supplies that it will be necessary to procure in 1939, submitted by the depot of supplies, Philadelphia, and chargeable to this item aggregate $76,991. Among the principal items in this list are steel helmets, gas masks, and first-aid packages. (6) The amount of this item, $3,000, is required for procurement of mapping equipment for the Fleet Marine Force. (7) The amount of this item, $10,000, is required for the procurement of signal equipment for the Fleet Marine Force. Mr. PLUMLEY. The cost of the caliber .30 ammunition has increased $24,000. It has been costing $26.48 per thousand, and it is now $29.44 per thousand. Can you explain that? General WILLIAMS. The Army manufactures the caliber .30 ammunition at the Frankford Arsenal, and that is their increase in price. We buy all of the caliber .30 ammunition from them. Mr. PLUMLEY. Is that due to the increased cost of powder? Itemized statement Allocation, 1938 Deduct nonrecurring items__. 1939 case Increase requested for 1939: Additional (or increased) recurring items: (1) Increase due to cost of recruiting and transporting Transportation troops (p. 6) -- $300,000 300,000 $5,000 25.000 325,000 Estimate for subhead "Transportation of troops-recruiting". The base for 1939, $300,000, represents the estimated cost of providing troop transportation and transportation of recruits enlisted as replacements during the fiscal year 1938. The base also includes estimated funds required to meet the cost of transportation of dependents of officers and enlisted personnel and cost of advertising together with other necessary supplies and services incident to the recruiting service as set forth in itemization. This estimate covers transportation of troops and expenses of the recruiting service, including transportation of recruits. Transportation of troops is to an extent a variable item and is determined by the exigencies of the service. It is imperative that adequate funds be made available under this subhead in order that the corps may be in position to meet demands that may be made upon it and the amount of the estimate is regarded as the minimum required. This item represents an increase of $25,000 required to meet transportation and recruiting expenses incident to increase of 1,000 men. Of this amount $5,000 will be required for transportation of troops and $20,000 for transportation of recruits. (6) REPAIRS OF BARRACKS Repairs of barracks-Break-down of appropriations, estimates, etc. The base for 1939, $400,000, represents the minimum estimated to be required for 1939 for the maintenance and upkeep of buildings of the Marine Corps, and expenditure for rentals for buildings leased for use of the Marine Corps. This estimate covers rentals of buildings leased for use of the Marine Corps and the maintenance of Marine Corps buildings. Ex enditures for rentals for the fiscal year 1937 aggregated $81,097, of hich amount approximately $56,888 was expended for housing of roops in Shanghai. The cost of maintenance and repair of Marine Corps buildings for the fiscal year 1937 aggregated $217,112. All uildings in the Philippine Islands, all noncommissioned officers' uarters and the greater part of commissioned officers' quarters at Quantico and many buildings at other Marine Corps stations are of emporary construction and the maintenance cost is high. Repairs must be continuously made if these buildings are to be kept in condiion so that they can be occupied and so as to arrest deterioration. Forage Break-down of estimates, appropriations, etc. The amount of the estimate represents the minimum sum that will be required, on basis of present prices, to buy forage for public animals and the authorized number of officers' official mounts and to meet the cost of stabling, where Government facilities are not available, of public animals and the authorized number of mounts for the fiscal year 1939. Mr. UMSTEAD. Is the number of animals used by the Marine Corps decreasing. General WILLIAMS. We have the same estimate for 1939 as we have for 1938 and as we actually had in 1937. There remain exactly the same. Statement of public animals and authorized mounts of officers at the various posts of the Marine Corps and cost of forage during the fiscal years 1936 to 1939, inclusive Break-down of estimates, appropriations, etc.-Continued This subhead covers expenditures under appropriation "General expenses, Marine Corps," for everything necessary for the upkeep of the Marine Corps not specifically covered by other subheads of the appropriation. Funds provided under this subhead are expended for a wide variety of purposes all essential to maintenance of the Marine Corps. Freight charges, the cost of camp and garrison equipage, kitchen equipment, enlisted men's mess utensils, bedding, laundry service, telephone service, and sanitary supplies, are met from this subhead. Machinery and equipment; gas, electric, sewer, and water systems; tools; motor vehicles; heating systems; power plants; wharfs, roads, and walks are all provided and maintained from funds made available under this subhead. The pay of the greater part of the field civilian employees of the Marine Corps who are engaged in maintenance of Marine Corps stations is chargeable to this subhead. The efficiency of the Marine Corps depends upon adequate funds being provided to meet these indispensable needs. Provision has been made in the estimates under the category or nonrecurring items for equipment for the Fleet Marine Force in the amount of $110,000; for installation of a new engine generator at the Depot of Supplies, Philadelphia, Pa., in the amount of $39,000; for construction of dam for conservation of water supply at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., in the amount of $100,000; and for laundry equipment for installation in new laundry building at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., in the amount of $78,000. 36929-38——42 |