GERMAN DEFENCE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1949, 5 January 1914, Page 8

GERMAN DEFENCE.

:'::££;ouSjtt^ * hero's tnibrdinary:' Budget'-''; Esti-' :m!a^;fortlu'i:G!'rmai!VKinpire ! 't]i(vex-; ;-pWdituro'. : sdiows' ; a decrease 0f.,20,932,500 :niarlvsf(.tl,2i)li,o2o) as .compared ' with -the;last'Kstim'alo?:-:'.Tlio Imperial 'Army' decrease of" 12,700,000 ;ma):]csl : iltiipcrtal?Xa\v'a decrease oL-20,210,000 Sai'l;s'tf(i;l.O'l2.Ooo). ■'■'Tb'e#s'iltii*v of.. ■39,151 Mp. marks. (£].,9s7,sooVlias_to be !:raisedv!!''v'':loa!i,::rdeerease?of' 21,433,875 jiuarUs^C'tl,U7a,(J93) as compared;:; with ;? ' ! '-V, ■■'''■'■ .'■"■'

j-Sln'tiic'' ? iVi'ni'y--l';stiii!ales'a':great mim;bcr:(i!',.'new post-s-for officers and officials 'areiproyiilecl.jfqr, alio the, establishment, of■■i'twol-regimeiits'' and one battalion of ifootvartillery,' .the , : coliyersioii of -the 'eight:fortress or'pioneer battnljous into Tcgimonts of. two battalions, and the ■creation :'of .ten searchlight scx-tione. a regiment,,a telegraph battalion fwklrj'two- wireless companies;..and nine ; a'rniy.'service companies. '■' .-.-- •';..: -'-;,- :; ~.--■■"; following ..are jimnts'. from the extraordinary Xavy Estimates:— -;',,i

■ ''.-.■" Of the.legally authorised number .of .ships' two-battleships and ..three small, cruisers, sis' in 1913, wero'.'still unbuilt, 'since-''for' 1914 .'only' ships'" 1 to ■ ■ replace obsolete units are to be asked for. .:*• h

■vV'To carry out the Navy Law the extraordinary Estimates provide .for tlic appointment, of a Yice-Admiral in tho place of a Hoar-Admiral, eight captains, l-v.-'frigat-e or''' corvette' captains, 32 lieutenant /captains. ■ 7S chief . lieutenants, and lieutenants, and six chief engineers' or: chief staff engineers, also tho 'increase: of .'the complement of men in ratings from deek.olticer downwards,by. '0973.-?--rt .■■■- «;.-■ '-..''* -'.■' /'■.>:'

: fc'."Thei.'naval expenditure-for keeping ships'in 'service,- mainly owing to the increased commissioning of ships of the ■larger type, and to the., increased cost 'of upkeep, is estimated at' 9,938,000 .marks (£40(3,900) higher than in the preceding-,vear—namely, at 66.090,000 inarks (-£'3,349,550). '

;.,"Tho expenditure on • armaments 'shows a further increase, of 2.240,916 ■marks (£112.043). as compared with tho previous.-'vear. -For submarines .tlio .sum of 10.000.000-marks (£9o0,000) is 'put-clown.'" .-' ' • ' ■ ;'■/■■ The-total estimated expenditure-tor the nav'v in 191.4 amounts to 487,952,167 .marks-(£24,397 ,'608), an increase of ■7,608,273 marks'(£3B-1,918). Tho estimated ' expenditure for tho army amounts.:-to ■■ 1,217,167.548 ■ marks '(£60,853,3*7). including over half a million'marks for tho Imperial Military Tribunal. , This is a decrease of 152,051,998 ma rks ■ (£7.602,509). Th« subsidies to colonial Governments ■total 30,795,642 marks (£1..539,787), a slight decrease. All tho colonics re : quire, subsidies with the exception ■ of Togo and Samoa. :'.- Fifteen ■ million marks (£75p.000) are required for widening the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, a sum which, with the 193 million marks (£9,650.000) already voted for, makes a total of 208,000,000 marks (£10,400,000). ; ' The ordinary Budget- Estimates for the German Empire show that income and.-expenditure balance at 3,403,011,-. 671> marks (£170,150,583), which, including the ■ supplementary estimates, shows a decrease of 174,387,044 marks :(£5,719,352). as compared with the previous vear.' A. sum of 152,782,119 mark 5'(£7,639,106) is assigned for recusing expenditure on account of the ■1913 Armv Dills, and 268,820,871 marks (£13.441,643) for the non-recurring: expmdituro, making a total of 421,602,990 marks (£21,080,1-19).—Router.