66TH CONGRESS,} SENATE. { REPORT No. 806. FORTIFICATIONS APPROPRIATION BILL, 1922. FEBRUARY 14 (Calendar day, February 19), 1921.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. SMOOT, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 16100.] The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 16100) making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, and for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and for other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with amendments, and presents herewith information relating thereto: Amount of regular and supplemental estimates for 1922...... $35, 676, 533. 66 Bill as reported to Senate Unexpended balances covered into the Treasury by House Additional unexpended balances covered into the Treasury Total unexpended balances covered into Treasury by No change. 233, 555, 760.00 17, 251, 868. 28 250, 807, 628. 28 FEBRUARY 14 (calendar day, FEBRUARY 21), 1921.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. BALL, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany S. 5023.] The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 5023) to provide for the closing of Cedar Road between Quincy Street and Shepherd Street. NW, in the District of Columbia, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass without amendment. Under date of May 6, 1920, the commissioners addressed letters to the chairmen of the Senate and House.Committees on the District of Columbia, authorizing the closing of certain streets, roads, or highways in the District rendered useless by reason of the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of other streets, roads, or highways in accordance with the highway plan, among which streets and roads recommended closed was Cedar Road, north of Spring Road. The records of the surveyor's office show this road to be a private road and that it runs in a diagonal direction contrary to the highway plan, and does not lend itself to the proper subdivision and development of the land, and in addition the road is above the grade of the streets already established, which would make its improvement impossible, if not expensive. О 66TH CONGRESS, 3d Session. } SENATE. { REPORT No. 808. EXPERIMENT VINEYARDS NEAR FRESNO AND OAKVILLE, CALIF. FEBRUARY 14 (calendar day, FEBRUARY 21), 1921.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. KENDRICK, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 3402.] The Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 13402) for the purchase of land occupied by experiment vineyards near Fresno and Oakville, Calif., having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that it do pass. The bill reported herewith is as follows: A BILL For the purchase of land occupied by experiment vineyards near Fresno and Oakville, Calif. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase and acquire the lands occupied by the department's experiment vineyards near Fresno and Oakville, California, now maintained under contracts with the owners of said lands: Provided, That the land purchased for the Fresno vineyard shall not exceed twenty acres, at a cost not to exceed $12,000, and for the Oakville vineyard not to exceed twenty acres, at a cost not to exceed $15,000. The experiment vineyards which it is proposed to purchase have been maintained and developed by the Department of Agriculture during the past 15 years. These vineyards were established on lands owned by private persons for the purpose of developing grape stocks that would resist phylloxera, a disease that was then sweeping the grape-producing areas. The plantings have been made progressively and the land has been occupied and utilized by the Department of Agriculture under agreements with the owners, without rental, the owners furnishing the necessary labor, equipment, live stock, etc., and being reimbursed by the department for the actual cost thereof. The owners of these lands have been engaged in the production of wine grapes on a large scale. The arrangements, when made, contemplated the continuance of the then existing and steadily enlarging wine and brandy industry, in which the owners of the land were engaged. Much of the experimentation, however, was with grapes intended for raisins, currants, and table grape utilization in addition to those grown for wine and brandy production. These experiment vineyards now contain approximately 700 varieties of grape stocks collected from all the vine-growing regions of the world. They constitute the largest and most valuable collection of grape varieties now known to exist. Their value for experimental and scientific purposes can not readily be estimated. By reason of the adoption and enforcement of the eighteenth amendment of the Constitution, the owners of these lands are going out of the business of producing wine grapes and are subdividing their properties and selling them in small tracts. Unless these experiment vineyards are purchased by the United States, the work of 15 years of experimentation by the Department of Agriculture and these valuable collections of grape varieties from all over the world will become a total loss. The committee is of the opinion that it would be false economy to fail to make the necessary appropriation to acquire these properties and that, with their acquisition, the work of the department during the past 15 years will be preserved for the benefit of the grape growers of the country and the department will be enabled to carry on experiments for the purpose of developing new uses of wine grapes and discovering new products into which wine grapes can be manufactured, thus probably saving a great industry now threatened with destruction. о FEBRUARY 14 (calendar day, FEBRUARY 23), 1921.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. WADSWORTH, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 15943.] The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 15943) making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and for other purposes, having considered the same, submits the following report with the recommendation that the bill, with various amendments, do pass. It should be noted that, for the first time, the Army appropriation bill, as herein reported, contains the appropriations for the United States Military Academy at West Point, heretofore carried in a separate appropriation bill. The Military Academy items aggregate, in this bill, $2,360,795.80. The consolidation of these items with the Army appropriation bill results in a saving in the cost of printing of approximately $5,000 and also saves much time in the consideration of it by committees of both Houses and in conference. The appropriations for pay of the Army, as passed by the House are based upon an Army averaging 150,000 enlisted men, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts and Flying Cadets, for the fiscal year. The Senate committee has increased these appropriations for pay of the Army so as to make them sufficient for an Army averaging 175,000 men, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts, for the year. Under the House appropriations, the Army would be reduced, by the end of the fiscal year 1922, to 122,000 men, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts. Under the bill as reported to the Senate, the Army would be reduced by the end of the year to about 162,000 men, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts. Your committee believes that a reduction of the Army to 122,000 men, as provided by the House appropriations, would be most unwise and earnestly recommends that the Army be not reduced by the end of the fiscal year below the strength of 162,000 men. Your committee, while abandoning the detailed itemization carried in the House bill, in certain of the larger appropriations, has, nevertheless, imposed certain limitations upon expenditures so as to S R-66-3-vol 1-18 |