The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-05-02
COST OF THE WAR.
How the Money VIII Ne Raised To
Prosecute Ii.

How much the war with Spain will cost
no one attempts TO even prognosticate.
Congress, by the revenue bill which pass
ed the House last week and will probably
become a law within ten days, proposed
TO put at the disposal of the Administra-
ton during the next year at least $780,
900 goo over and above the ordinary reve-
nues of the Government.
The new revenue bill will yield at least
500. 100000 by additional taxation. and it
authorizes loans aggregating $500 600. 600
more. 1t is not expected that the Presi-
dent will have to borrow all this money
during the first year of the war, If it
should last that long, but authority is
placed in his hands to be used If neces-
sary.
When Congress appropriated $4,000, 600
for the national defense it was not ex-
pected that this would be more than
enough to put the country in preparation
for war. This amount has enabled both
the War Department and the Navy De-
partment to make rapid progress in the
work of preparation during the last two
months. and about SS,0O0,O00 is still avail
able srom this appropriation.
The amounts actually paid out from
the Treasury up to date are 81 $4,000 on
account of the Navy Department, and
s. AS coo on account of the War Depart
ment. There has been allotted to the
War Department, however, over sl6,Oo0,-
600: to the Navy Department over VS.
ooo.O 200, and to the Treasury Department,
s.. 600 900.
Money for future operations must be
supplied by further appropriations, and
Congress will be called upon within the
next two weeks TO vote the deficiencies
that will be necessary to carry the Army
and Navy along until the beginning of
the next fiscal year. 1t is roughly CAL
culated however, that II the war is to
last during the whole of the next fiscal
wear. the Army alone will cost some
thing like $500 000. coo. For the remainder
of the present fiscal year Secretary AL
ger has submitted estimates footing UP
S3i O19. 997 1t is probable that he will
have to supplement this by still further
estimates. This is the estimate in de-
tail:
Signal service of the Army. s21, 600; pay
etc, of the Army tvolunteers), $685.
66l. 65: pay, etc, of the Army (regulars),
81 i57. 243. %; subsistence of the Army, ST.
73e.s4350: regular supplies. quartermas-
penses, quartermaster's department $780,
coo: horses for cavalry and artillery. 81
900. GOO; barracks and quarters, $500. 900;
Army transportation. $1,000. 900; clothing
and camp and garrison equipage, &c.
600, 600; contingencies of the Army, $2o.-
900; ordnance department, So 747, 405; med
ical and hospital department. $50. 900;
equipment of engineer troops. $4,000:
torpedoes for harbor defense, $500, 900; ex-
peditionary force to Cuba, $50, 034; total,
ssi, 0Is, ss7.3s.
AS the naval appropriation bill was not
passed through Congress- before the war
was actually in progress. and as 1t was
largely increased to meet present erner-
gencies, the deficiency appropriation to
be made for the Navy will be compare
lively small The, appropriation bill
carries total of over s5s. 1900. As II
had been intended to keep the naval bill
down to about SIS, coo. 600 had there been