San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-16

Austria spends every year 10,
10000 forms on the army. Twelve
forms equal So.
The annual army expenditures
of Greece lis 100000 drachmi. A
drachma is about 20r.
Italy spends every year no co.
600 lire on the army and navy
Twenty-Five lire equal s..
Down to the year 1875 KrupI
had delivered to various nations
Ouer $4,000 cannon.
There were 100000 men on the
field of Sadowa, Of whom $4,000
were killed or disabled.
At Borodino 100000 French and
Russians fought, and the dead and
wounded numbered 7S,UO.
The estimated cost to both sides
of the great civil war in this cOun-
try was $1,000, 100000.
The spring and autumn maneu-
vers of the European armies cost
annually over $lO,0OO,OOO.
The average cost of building an
English irOnclad is E4S per ton ;
French, E55; Italian, f57 ; German,
ESQ.
After the siege of Sebastopol
three-fourths Of the cannon used
by the besiegers were condemned
as useless.
The principal nations of the
world have 1921 war ships, mount
ing 1888 guns, mostly of very heavy
caliber.
The list of the worlds battles
comprises 1927 regular engage
ments whose names are given as
worthy of record.
During the Mexican war the
United States put 9O,IG0 men in
the field, OF whom 1850 died OF
wounds or disease.
The Republic of Brazil spent last
year on the army 100000 milreis;
on the navy, 100000. A milreis
is. about SOC.
Little Switzerland has an enor-
nous army in proportion to popu-
lation. The population is $780,
600; the standing army, 10000.
Over 100000 French women
were made widows and 100000
French children were made father
less by Napoleon's campaign.
The cost of an Armstrong steel
gun is estimated at $500 for each
ton Of weight; OF a Krupp gun
5000; os Whitmore gun, 1925.
At the battle on the Thrasymene,
where Hannibal defeated the Ro-
mans, there were $1,000 men en-
gagged, Of whom 1900 were killed.
Russia spends 225,OOO,OOO roubles
a year OF the army and 100000
silver rouble is worth nearly 75c, a
paper rouble about SOC
The reports after the battle of
Waterloo showed that the British
artillery fred 9467 rounds; about
one for every. French soldier killed.
The expense Of our war depart
ment in 1862 was $494,000,0O0; in
1868 was $4,000, 600; in 1864 was
$500, 600; in 1865 was.sl, OBJ, OOO,-
600.
During the civil war the Union
blockading fleet captured or de-
stroyed 735 schooners, 152 sloops,
262 steamers and ITO other vessels
that were attempting so run the
blockade.
From June, 1871 to November,
1913, the French Government en-
rolled 4,556,000 men, nearly three
fourths Of whom died in battle, of
wounds or Of diseases contracted in
the field.
The expenditure for the German
army in 1889 was flS,840,O00, or
about $3.50 per man. OF the aggre-
gate sum E5,50O,00O was for pay,
"a 100000 for food and El,2O0,0OO
for clothing.
The revolution cast the people of
this country $I34, 193,703. The war
OF 1912 with Great Britain cost us
$IO7,I59,OO3.
The cost Of the worlds wars
since the Crimean war has been
$l3, 265,0O0, 900, or enough to give
. $40 gold piece to every man, wo-
man and child on the globe.
1t is estimated that there are
100000, 600 guns in the world. At
an average Of $40 each, the cost Of
the worlds rifles, shotguns and
muskets would be $l,O00,0OO,OOO. B
At Gettysburg 100000 men
fought on the Union and Confeder-
ate sides, Of whom 5000 were
placed hors du cOmpat.