President Coolidge has presented the Budget for the next. financial] year to Congress. It amounts to] $4,259,799,796.
The total appropriations approved by the President exceed last year's figures by $24,292,641 and the feurrent year's by $118,649,219.
"The largest item is for national defence, amounting ta' $645,000,000 lor ak"inerease, of $20,000,000.as compoted with' the "last Budget. This is mainly due to naval build-
The total establishment of the Army jis placed at 118,750 enlisted men, which is slightly larger than) at present, plus 12,000 officers.
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