St. Mary's beacon., 1859-07-28
curiOu. Fact. About the Cost Of War.

When We diveSt war Of the heroic and
chivaric associations which unfortunately give
il a charm Ia man, fr'im the romantic element
that IS portion of every ore's composition.
and bring il down to a mere question Of profit .
and les, expenses an! receipts, we shall find
that war is a wasteful amusement, and q lux ,
n'y that should be t"o dear for the richest ma
tion L. in ,Ige in. The cost Of the present
war, and the material necessary to carry 1t
on, may oe ronhIy estimated from the details,
OF the supply 81 han, ammunition, provendcr,
etc. which we're sen, g. the French army in
the Cumea Al the IN"sent time such calcu-
atinnS are interesting. an we are enabled! to
give these details. which h,ve bccu f,.rr.ishe,l
10y the Minister .! War III FRANCE, VI. Vaiiiant
Tie whole force sent by Franc To the Black
Sea was 800 PCS soldiers and 1914 horses
of the former 10000 were killed - ,Iic,l in the
hospitals. or were otherwise miSsilr. Il is
considered tut $4,000 were Wounded
and survived OF the horses only 900 re-
! turned TO france. The great guns. howi,zrr
&c. wer. GA, besides COS furnished! hy the
/ ,ayv The l. .ht artillery FIR field service fur
nj. M 500 guns more. aud in all rnrs. were
4 800 whce. vehicles iur cannon sent from
rrance. The missiles Of death too were fear
fully vast 100000 of shells ard cannon
halls ~, 900 900 pounds Of gunrow Ter, anil
( 10 ,On. 600 uf ball cirtri,lscs One hundred
ia,t,tcs and fifty nile. of trench were con-
strnrt.,l, besides tea miles of defensive works,
ana i've miles Of subtcrrancan galleries in the
-pli -nck
( The food sent from FrtnCc. hc,il,.s items oi
sna,laT quantities was 10000 900 pounds ol
hisclit; 9G 600 900 ,l flour, equal tn $50, 900
ba-r9s 1000 900 pounds If preserved beef
/ IA, 900 900 pounds II salt beef; 5000. .OOO
p"uuts of rice 1 500 900 pounds Of coffee
6 .O000OO pounds of sugar; 10000 head ("
live G,t'le: 25OO,O 900 Calluns of wine nearly
900 900 pounds al Chollert's preserved veg
rtahir. were among the larger items ot sup
Pile, The horse feed, too, was immense
I l70OOJ,O00 p0ur,!s equal tn $4,000 tuns
OF lav; $50 100000 pounds II cat,
+ and ta-lcv; so 900 tuns Of coal charcoal an'
coke. There were l50 ovens To bake bread
ah 40 presses 10 press hay. The clcttn:
was another branch Of large supply, C"mFri>
ing garments in such hundreds Of thousand
that IL wurId be tc,i!"us TO CuumcrIte them
but aS some clue to the matter, the nUmbc
ranged from 10000 t" $50, 600 81 each ar
tIcc Of clothing F,'r the piercing c''d # Ia
CrirreA there We're Il 600 shcrpskluS raI"t'''
80 900 shcepsKiu gaiter>, and 'cnis Tor 30
600 men The harness and ETrcry G"pAIt
memtS present an immense qu4n'lfGrsc-shu.s
plies ar1"ug thrI0.-Eh,e nails
"'':h nothing c!p the French 50 much excel a
IN hospital arrangements. They ScuI - .OOC
as many mattresses and 40 900 bc,l,;clri> f,
hvaiid C"vcrlcts Thcre was the material f..
ambulauccS f"r 2i.0OO sick mcu, and Coz
cases Of instruments, and 700 900 pounds
: $50 tuns) Of hut hardaccs aud dressings @
2 various kinds. Thcr f,r tho SICK there wer,
= Fhe most literal suppiic< FOR their sust,narc..
sFh as concentrated milk esSscnce "f bruillu n
? mamuated gluten, e. The money rxpend
r ei AT tie seat of war was S5G 900 600. Mar
>hAl V,liant also tell, uf the vast u,aritln,
E PrcpaEtious iur conveying the army and il,
supple over the sea. Among the vessel,
Cmpl0yd between France aid the Crimra
though ot stated in the report. were 10000
tnns Of american shipping. embracing snmc
: 81 the hrst and larg">, clipper vessels. as wc
As some seancrs of the American. mercantile
marine, ad for whose services a liberal con.
pcnsltion Tas made. Taking the tutal;ty oI
/, all the Ire, horses and materials. there wer,
conveyed IL the French government duriu.
the two anda half years of the war. $50. .OOU
lnen 81, ,OOdhnrSeS. and 720, 900 tuus If ina.
teriA.s.-Scsn'i6e american.