The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
EXPENSES OF THE WAR.
Senator Allison Estimates Them Al
S379,192,0OO For a Year.
SUMS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.

.sSecretary Gage Says That tn" additional
War Expenditures Over and .N5ovc
the Current Expenses of the Govern
ment VIII BE S25.ooo,O00 Month
Bond Issues Opposed.
WAsuIyGroH. D. c. CSpeciaN.-m the
Senate Mr.. Hale. Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was agreed to:
THAT the temporary appointments made
BY the President on aud after April 21,
1898, and up to the date OF the passage CT
this Joint resolution, OF officers of the line
and staff OF the navy, are hereby ratified
and confirmed to continue in force during
the exicencv under which their services are
required IL the existing wGr.
PROVIDED. that the officers so appointed.
shall he assigned to duty with rank and
pay OF the grades established by eTisttn.;
law, anl shall be paid from tho a?lro!ci-
alton nay the navy"
A bill was reported from the Military
Affairs COMMITTEES BY TC. Carter tIOuD
and passed providing that the pay and NJ
United States army shall begin on the day
OF their eproiement n the State camps.
with prOyisO that volunteer troops sent
totue Philippines may driw one months
pay in advance.
Consideration OF the W2 revenne meas
ure was resumed.
Mr.. Jones CArk.) resented in q general
statement the views Of tine Democratic
members OF tne Finance Committee. He
maintaineS Sdat the taxes imposed by the
pending bill ought to be leviel upon prop
erty AID not upon consumption. He be-
liey1d that taxation that would raise $50
0cU, 600 wOIld be amply sufficient to be car
r ried by this bill. and that if the eXiSencieS
Of the war shoIld demonstrate that more
money was needed Congress copld provide
it later. He opposed the proposition to is
sue bonds and certificates OF Indebtedness
far in excess of the requirements OF the
war, and held that the expenses should be
paid by the Government as the war pro-
crosses.
Mr.. Jones called attention to the state
ment of Secretary OF the Treasury Gage,
that the additional expenses OF the war,
over and above the current expenses Of
the Government would be about
S25. 900 900 4 month"; total Of perhaps
$500 900, 900 a year. Secretary AlSer had
informed the Finance Committee that
department would be about $3.50. 900, 900.
He thought this amount sufficiently lib
eral. Secretary Long had presented to
the committee carefully prepared state
ment showing that the war expenses OF his
department would be about SIS 10000
Allowing $15, 900 for extra expenses,
the full amount needed by the estimates Of
Cabinet officers was, according TO his
figures, in the neighborhood OF S2i0 900, 900.
Mr.. Allison presented tables showing
the amounts of the ordinary appropria-
tions for the the next fiscal year. They
aggregate Qess s51 ,000, 900 for the sinking
fund) S4S0, ,849,852.
The total estimated revenues Gncludinc
: postal l-,revanues). Mr.. Allison's table
showed. were S4S2 ,874 SAT, an excess Of 81
024, ,795 overthe estimated ordinary appro-
priations. The appropriations for the war
Mr.. Allison gave as follows:
National defense (act Of March 9. 1899,
$50, 900, 900; army Notifications and navy
(act OF May ~, s35, 700, ,OOC; Notifications,
$4,000, 900; naval act (increase over 1898
for war purposes), s23. .100, 900; naval de-
flciencies, 1898, S22, ,275. 900; naval estab-
lishment for 1899 additional s75, 900;
naval auxiliary bill, $4,000, 900; immune
bill and engineer bill, SIS, 900 ,00c; army for
1899, additional, 15O,O00,OO0. Total ap-
propriations on account OF the war, $685.
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