New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-20
THE COST OF THE WAR.

The LONDON Times
The present is peoples war aud the people will
not object to pay for it. Pay for it, however undoubtedly
they will, and HAT very heavily indeed. Soldiers and
salcrs all sides warning not to risk wooden
walls against stone ioricacn There danger IN shall
low waters and and tear in stormy So we
advised 10 do the work with strong but quiet and
patient band-to blockade and starvc out the foe, and
produce oil the effects of by mere exhibition of
power but with hardly striking blow. All this will be
expensive ard very expensive already The estimates
arc now before the House and will astOnish readers
unss they lave taken the pains TO follow up every para
graph Of Preparations for War with little cacu
laiion Of their We say the estimates, but should
rather say the supplementary estimates for an advance
of about three millions the expenditure Of the previous
year has already been voted. The supplementary est
of the charge Of the army for the year s5is55
and above the augmentation already voted, Is 1000
That Tor the navy, including the transport of troops
horses ard ordnance is less than II, $50, 73l-
That for ordnance is f742l32 The total is Il, $751;
so3. This is only estimate, which in war, and espe-
cally in such that waging, always falls
far short Of the actual cost. Including what has been
voted here is not far from ten millions, which the British
pubic are eieeuiiy putting uo"n 40 one yeai
TO the gIea work OF international police TO the protection
of the weak and the chastement of the aggessor The
money might be spent much worse Within the last ten
years perhaps ten times much has been spent IN ise
lected and upouous lines of railway, which now answer
little other purpose than to increase the cost and gayae
the inconveniences of travelling II is true that when
look to material results, in the point
earhwoIk bridges and stations and in the other case,
all have to show for il the ruins Of towns and the
of iorc atoms. But what have 20 look TO
the oral result and among the OF not the least
thnt 10 the matcTdl INA
interests OF humanity. In this case the moral work the
yndcaon Of justice and truth the greatest stage and
the grandest i'll the world.
These supplementary estimates present in a very
rough state For the army only the totals are given.
The number Of men voted for last year l02 23. We
have already voted increase OF - 694 and Parliament
will be called TO vote H. 100 more making alto
geiher 1916 We cannot send 5000 10 tho East, and
undertake. 10 keep up the force only that amount. with
less augmentation, for soldiers are not made IN day
We have already voted additional charge OF 1882 iIO
and shall soon be called Ia vote 1900, 900 more.
The supplementary estimate for the navy presents
with some rather startling items, for which, however
might have leen preparodwages TO seanen and marines,
G4tl 70O yicuals for ditto 1900 600 and naval stores
for the building and repair Of ships &c., E6s 3l. But
all these items sink into nsignicance compared with those
ind in the estimates but for the service OF other
der arfIncIts Of Government. Some attempt has been
made 20 class under various heads the expenses of trans
porting troops and horses The nrst Of these heads pro-
iesse be the Freight of transports monthly pay.
Including vessels, for the purchase the same
and opposite 10 II we nnd the rather alarming n-ufe
81 6lj 800 Next 10 this find Freight Of ships hired
for conveyance OF troops including raions, ovo
Tie precise value Of the distinction we do not
profess To understand The coal Tor transports and
feieh, ia alone sei AGO 900 while the other items
show how mug we have 10 pay when we want work done
in hurry The Supplementary Estimate for the Ord
vouchssfes little more explanation We expect to
pay eco for horses than voted before Easter
We expect To- pay the like sum more for bsrrack supplies
tfi62 great-coa and .22 ll3 more for boois
and shoes We confess ourselves however taken little
aback at such items az 63 for the Laboratory Depart
ment at Woolwich-supplem mind, to the vote Of
this session-that laboratory asking for tl3532 in
the item Of timber and tl36 2j for miscellaneous stores
Under this last head the Tower asks for 100 oO0 Con-
sderng the immense quantity OF shells rockets, and we
know what internal devices we have been making al
this century Is rather remarkable we should hnd -
uych still 10 be done. We. however. must pay and may
swell pay cheerully But let at least hop a. we as
entitled 10 do, that the work will be well done.
In numbers ii appear that the convey alone
ofevery Brh soldier 10 the seat ofwsr costs about BOO
or rather 10 state more accurately we have 70 pay an
average Of 100 passagemoney for every soldier We keep
up the roll of the exPedliicns.y force including me
Of horses and stores This seems enormous and
contrasts with the Is ahead for which ten times
the number have been carried the Atlantic every
year for the lest six seven years II contrasts indeed,
somewhat with the 80 for which man may be steamed 10
New-Ycrk in dsys, and have the best OF everything
on the wage But then those eigrants those first
stores nor are they carried 20 the disturbance Of
regular traffic for which they have pay heavy damages
TIE question had before whether 10 keep up
immense transport service doing nothing IN time OF peace
but rot harbors and supply the pree Tor costly
establishments orhire pGckeseanes for purpose In
the latter evident that We must pay heavily
for the total arrangement OF the packet service that has
eusued. But observe that this monster charge OF
so 900 Tor the monthly pay OF transports s1ppoes the
purchase Oi shall be grated 20 learn that Gov
eminent is able 10 carry the transport service that
the war j. actually raging aud likely 10 rage time,
without hsV ing packets Two three ste
ers Ike the Hmaaya would be amply sufficient TO keep
NJ tie expedition al is present. or even much greater
strength IN tile face Of all casualties. The Hlnslsys
alore voHld and with and certainty take
NGa aid bring the same number back, every mouth
Of the war For the continuance vi that should
do well 10 provide now that celcacy heed no longer be
felt toward the zoe. Il Is evident, however that If
want steamers 10 do tie work, must res5ft %
other plan than that under which steam navy has hifh
erto been built. For the peseu can buy such vessels
as the above cheaper terms than We tald them
and such purchase hope be intended by the words
OF the estimate tciOre Us.
OSER PASHA AND HIS ARMY.
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