, 1861-07-08
COST OF WAR.
An ATmy Of 100000 Men--Detafled
Es11mate Of the Cost OF its Support


II From the Washington Republican.l,
MAny absurd statements Of the cost !4athe
military preparations of the United states gre
put forth, for divers pufposea, and By persona
lations are calculated, based acme oTdata en-
tireJy inaccurate, and othefs :npon no uata 1T
i'll, Ia which the aggregate Of e1penaes!to be
incurred In this war are placed At Amouuts
hinge enough to startle indeed the capitalists
who ,are. IN the first instance to lend the
money, ndmore, to alarm the people who
arB to pay. ~-> =
II has been fayorite mode, In calculating
the expense Of war to the United States, to
state that the expense Of supporting our army
hitherto, has been 81 600 per annum per man.
We propose to state what in fact, ia the pro-
per cost Of Keeping in the field In this conn
f9r one yea IN a1y nnf;ys Of t%o hundred a9d
required. The following elas98 Of expendl-
lures enter into the amounts which make up
the aggregate which ne present below III the
table numbered one.
1. The annual pay and support {with all e1-
tra allowaness2 Of the :. general M officers aeld
Lieut.. General, one Major General, one Brisa.
der General. aids de camp, the Adjutant Gen.
erals department., Inspector Generals de-
partment, EfgnM officers, Qusrtermaster's de
partment, subsistence department, medical
partment, and pay department., $s2, ,051, ,S8. the
GLp2u56 Q1 WHICH OA LIE pGIAEt t5LADll40lREQL,
Is in OUT calculation donh1ed. to placs it on q
war footing, 1864, 063 Is. It is assumed that
five divisions Will be as many as the army will
be divided into The annual expense under
this head, accordingly, We place at $500, ,318,
assuming the division statfs to be each as ex-
pensi7e as the general staff
q. The annual pay, &c, Of regimenta1 off
(commiss1oned,) On basis Of ten companies
to the regiment, for one regiment, Is So, ,772
for 250 regiments, $16, ,6a3,000.
3. The annual pay, subsistence and clothing
Of the rank and file, u non commissioned Off
GERS, one wngoner, and eighty-two privates to
ment, all told, / ,04G, amounts, for one regi
36s,aio,0U.
4 The cost Of transportation. and camp
equipage is made up by allowing st1teea four
horse w1gons to each regiment, and includes
equjpage, one years. pay and subsistence q.
$28 per month, Of sixteen wagoners lin addi.
tion to those provided fer in the last item,
and forage, farEiery, &C., for wagon horses,
(64 to each regtment), 365 days, at GO cents per
day, the cost Tor one regiment a being sc, ,sa2-
for ESQ regiments, SO, ,698 600.
5 and relate to cavalry and artillery horses.
Assuming that in cavalry and artillery, our
forces will not exceed twenty Thousand mount.
ed men in active service, we take the cost OF
10000 horses at SIPS each, 81, ,0o0, 900, and add
fol forage, farriery, &c, for twenty thou
sand horses, 3s5 days, at GO cents per day,
81, AGO. 600.
Us, 9 and 10 embrace the outlay for arms
ahd ammunition. The cost Of 800 900 stand
Of aims is put down at SIS each, 81, 500. 900.
The musket costs, we believe, 31S.75. The
difference, in the aggregate 1875 600, Will pay
for as many fancy arms as it is expedieDt to
have Sixty field batteries, Of six guns each,