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as the proposed Army and Navy Air Services are estimated at 25,000 total enlisted men. The Air Department not only could perform all the functions which are being done by the Army and the Navy at present, but, in addition, could do the work required by the various bureaus of the Government in their civil activities which require aeronautical participation on no more cost than the present restricted activities. These items may be considered as follows: Maintenance and operation of pilots aviation schools for the Army and Navy ..... $1,300,000 For the United Air Service ......... 1,097,000 $ 203,000 Maintenance and repair of aviation equipment for the Army and Navy .... about 17,000,000 For the united Air Service .... about 14,666,000 2,134,000 Maintenance and repair of buildings for the Army and Navy... about 5,000,000 For the united Air Service .... about 5,000,000 2,000,000 Experimental research - Army and Navy ... about 19,000,000 For the united Air Service .... about 13,500,000 6,000,000 Purchase of balloons and airships -- total asked for by the Army and Navy .... 15,500,000 For the united Air Service .... 9,000,000 6,500,000 For the construction of buildings - Army and Navy. 25,000,000 For the united Air Service .... 19,000,000 6,000,000 The items enumerated above would result in a mon-etary (monetary) saving of some ..... $22,637,000 The army estimates for the coming year were cut down by the General Staff to about $5,000,000 out of $60,000,000, for the construc-tion (construction) of airplanes, merely to keep the appropriation down, and the rest of the appropriation would be simply applied to upkeep to upkeep of existing fields. -8-