The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-02

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X United states szoV'VVo'VVV 70 80 70 war
with Spain, and $500 900, 900 to maintain
: the war sir months.
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twenty cetits-to 20 to war with the
g irIn,t.a s.o+es ana ffteen hundred ,,,ii-
a - - ~.
. aIon pese'as W Hhsii'aih ' s va
I months.
t These ore conservative estimates,
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z 80. ~ -, - - -.
sltion 70 pest 1upse sne eos' u Guy .H
80 NY .ha 81 .srsroi tcrnns no nj do.
ponds upon tho scale OF preparation, tho
ngsressiveness OF the contending par
eies, and the particular theater OF Wa,-,
2 whetner on anu OF "atst. AHu ~ VIC
essehtiAi IequiseIness ~ maSS s VII.
= nro lreaany ue.eithihsu w eIose ,at nj.
var! VIII thilltaty ssienIe' umu wa .a.'
soes sne eHpeiiense a. ~, sas ,Ssa,
4 Which cost tne esupe,uosA' sun VI .1' ''
enoasarsa nhilliosi .uo,ia! ,h,,, .S,-
mere Az ae.s'" .n ~ .ns p ua yIev
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= 1nliitaIy ei'ams. ..s,. u,Lt.s n,"o
framed the Motfih ea ,sn, MAut Ill sas
me ainews Oh Waf IN saoo t % ,"s as,ats
many army anu navy Vu,ean ,. e,,ets
Il GKllleN III IIe GOHb VI StaHaHSSt
equipment, transportation, 9uai tei "na
z Setsl supphes,ana .me .9n' NUM- ~. aon wv
i KNOW the cost Oh WAT W. an 1917 I've ~. H.,
Ihey. are hatutaiiy ioa.h " u.sSu.s 81 -.
nypotnesis VI coI,ihs VIZ anu .'..a
was tfoin men Oh tnIs etiataese. .i ,a VIC
5 OASIS OF tnese es,ih mus Az a W..
win ~ we" W 5eteihs uiso .ne Soss
4 from tne SPANISH s.Anapola., ,. u,.,As
{ SPan'sh aut iotieies "e.e f4'''sa1
Il
.tWar is the most costly thing in the
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both OF the neid ana puoiic NE, W l'Neh
asked what It would cost US TO go. to
war with Spain. But that Is about the
only certain element In It. 1t Is cost so
4 enormous as to be almost beyond COM
preheusion. But when It comes to,
( enumcrating the items OF cost, or to
stating In advance what a given con-
,,i..a "it 'SensrSs mnnn hov. many men
& are to be called into service, and then
the kind OF service they viii have 10
! perform. VITA tnal inush kilo"h, tas
thing 70 10 Is 70 consult .he neaus .,
z the severai bureaus oL cue a. LIZ anu
navy oepaFenents heie Is ~ eo,t
OF Iatohs. ah1Inef sos' y. , eau.pn,ea ~;
anotnet OF eio.Itns, e.I; os ,..hs 5 az
: tnese espatas i.IIno ,s ~ -. 20 go. .t.a 49,,
: quate ices HiSn. oe to,.Neu " s1s nut.
Der OF men 10 oe plousn. ., 'i.o s,,IS
sha .the eeope ~ p.spa'a.4on =, "o III
q tlesitats Az inaAs ,. 80
mate OF, coss. ~ Is hke shias ''Vw ~ ,tns
s 10 u p'eee VI sI.ins . ~ -. -
- eau say - wa. III. eos' y.
enornou =, sseases' oi'e 'seu i y. u.s.
i known.
Seneral aaw'et nIeh.loLeu .Ns
fence whlch inc .ast wa saw -. sis
Z measure OF COS. o. wa, uau nln,is os',es
mihtary autnorlles oase 'heil iueas -. VI.
tue practIeal experience "n!eh HtI
& connict anoIoeo 70 our own people. !.
was !esson ho, ohty =" VIC ~.
ohnS Oh men anu sappIies' ". al .i's
pest lnetnoos 10 pc io'Io"eu Az iuts.He
s great SUMS VI 'iio''e' ~
When President LINCOLN called on
zr-,.s g., ann nm NO, ~. o,so ,eta5
SoHe 20 ~. ,'0'so' -
p Tor S4Vo,ooV,oVV. ihis was at ehe rate
OF 1000 for every man called Into SER
vice His message to Congress stated,
also, that the sum asked was 'less
q than one-twenty-third part OF the mo-
.,ey value owned BY men who seemed
ready to devote their whole" This
gives another OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tnird-as q basis OF calculating what
amount OF the wealth OF country
should be summoned to aid In its de-
Secretary Chose. then al the heaa o.
u..,,.5 az 80 , ~ .,sr rh,s
nroved 10 he short OF Inc requirements.
The army apnroprlatior bin passed by
the EXTRA session OF Congress- after the
Airing ON sumter carried s2O7 900 oCo.
me navy appropriat,on bill carried
s5s 0oo OOo These estimates and an.
,ronrjat ,ons were made. II mus, he re-
,rar,bered with M conosntion Of What
the war was 40 he and with nm iden
that at most Il would close within six
,nonthss The frst estimates OF war are
y ,snoI,v ,,nder rathrr than over what
the zoe, nroves 10 he
with thIs eYnerInnce at hand. some
I. rencral ideo car he had Of the cost of
Soinv To w,r NJ ,be nresent time. y The