Oscar T. Crosby to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Oscar T. Crosby to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Crosby, Oscar Terry, 1861-1947
Identifier
WWP25035
Date
1917 October 20
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--United States
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
Dear Mr. President:
Referring to your note of May 11, 1917, requesting weekly reports of allotments made from the $100,000,000 appropriation for “National Security and Defense,” I have to advise you that since the date of the 21st report transmitted to you by letter of the 13th instant, notices of your approval of the following additional allotments have been received at the Treasury Department:
Amount of allotments as reported in Department letter of
October 13, 1917 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $60,500,690.94
Oct.15,1917 -- To Department of Commerce (Bureau of Standards) for
equipment to carry on metallurgical work, in the building
now under construction, including the study of steel,
alloys and metals, for use in connection with guns,
ammunition, airplanes, dirigibles, and other urgent
military and naval purposes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 100,000.00
Oct.18,1917 -- To U. S. Food Administration, for expenditure in final
payment of preliminary expenses, covering chiefly
printing and postage, (being additional to allotments
of May 30, June 20, July 3, and July 27, 1917, and
making a total for these objects of $340,000) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 110,000.00
To date, therefore, the charges against the $100,000,000 appropriation for
“National Security and Defense” have been - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 60,710,690.94
(Of this sum the War Department is to reimburse the temporary allotment of
$35,000,000 made August 17, 1917.)
Leaving an unallotted balance October 20, 1917 of - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39,289,309.06
Reports relating to further allotments will be furnished you weekly as requested.
Sincerely yours,
Oscar T. Crosby
Acting Secretary.
The President,
The White House
Referring to your note of May 11, 1917, requesting weekly reports of allotments made from the $100,000,000 appropriation for “National Security and Defense,” I have to advise you that since the date of the 21st report transmitted to you by letter of the 13th instant, notices of your approval of the following additional allotments have been received at the Treasury Department:
Amount of allotments as reported in Department letter of
October 13, 1917 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $60,500,690.94
Oct.15,1917 -- To Department of Commerce (Bureau of Standards) for
equipment to carry on metallurgical work, in the building
now under construction, including the study of steel,
alloys and metals, for use in connection with guns,
ammunition, airplanes, dirigibles, and other urgent
military and naval purposes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 100,000.00
Oct.18,1917 -- To U. S. Food Administration, for expenditure in final
payment of preliminary expenses, covering chiefly
printing and postage, (being additional to allotments
of May 30, June 20, July 3, and July 27, 1917, and
making a total for these objects of $340,000) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 110,000.00
To date, therefore, the charges against the $100,000,000 appropriation for
“National Security and Defense” have been - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 60,710,690.94
(Of this sum the War Department is to reimburse the temporary allotment of
$35,000,000 made August 17, 1917.)
Leaving an unallotted balance October 20, 1917 of - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39,289,309.06
Reports relating to further allotments will be furnished you weekly as requested.
Sincerely yours,
Oscar T. Crosby
Acting Secretary.
The President,
The White House
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Crosby, Oscar Terry, 1861-1947, “Oscar T. Crosby to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 October 20, WWP25035, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.