An item referred to the
Journal R.U.S.I dated January 1913 dealing with the US naval budget of 1913 which was 123.141.538,76 US dollars. Major posts: wages 37.280.971,25, guns 6.550.000,00, fuel 4.000.000,00, food 8.542.328, maintenance and new building 8.479.144, steam department, engines 6.256.000, marines 7.425.978,78, approved expansion navy 9.908.705,00, expansion navy new program 7.557.700,00 and expansion navy with torpedo boats 921.647.