The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-15
PAYING THE SOLDIER BOYS.

weigh almost exactly a long ton-precseiy
speaking, 1890 pounds II all In silver. II
wouic tip the scales at IS. 400 pounds. Thus II
appears that In wages alone the army In the
Archipelago consumes "A pounds OF go,e per
dem, or 1850 pounds OF silver every day. Put
ting Il otherwise, our lighting men on the
islands draw from the treasury OF the United
States a little over three pounds OF gold per
hou,. or about four-nfths OF nm ounce every
minute.
| The pay OF tho American troops in the far
distant archipelago amounts TO 100000
month. Just about every sixty days pay
master leaves san Francisco for Manila with
81. 200. 900 In cold cash This money Is placed
by the war department to the credit OF Colo
nc. Cox. chief paymaster OF the department OF
tae Pacific, at the subtreasury in San Fran
cico. lie hands It ever to the officer select
eo to convey 1t TO the Philippines, and II 10
taken directly from the subtreasury to the
steamship under guard by flle c soldiers
~
Most Of the money is in gold--doubic eagles,
eagles and half eagles. This Ia chiefly be-
cause silver weighs so much; but there is
some silver also. In dollars aud subsidiary coin.
as well as a few thousand dollars in notes
United safes notes have not yet obtained
gouera recognition In the Philippines. and,
not being easily disposed OF on that account
silver and gold are more convenient for ordi-
nary dealings.
Al the subtreasury the money Is put up In
bags, tho poiu in sacks OF 10000 each and the
silver In bags OF $1,000 each. The bags arc
packed in wooden boxes specially made Tor
-. ps'pos'' 70 AsN,'s
snau " 's.s '''ous, oeS".'. " ~. So So
we'en' Oh 'neir eoh'sn.s' oAs oonse'n'ns
S~V'vV' ,u so'a me'euS 'Ah ps.Nus s'o''u'pe's'
Mt"e sn'e, uVi'a,s melen w poNnus W 80 49,
VV'. '"o pses VI n'''e', VI w 'aee y, e''a'
10 10 'aou noN' 80 'ns' oVN VI eo'u eo.u
weishs eNavus 81 pounus anu t'pieseh'e
SlVpoVV' WINE a COX OF silver pieces contains
5000 and weighs lis pounds
l"e'iou' 'n'e.' no"e,ei, "V'en"
SlVVV "ot'u VI u ups Tue Sea'ee " '''''e ''''
% toenos anu w suN' 'oosiu'e.S GYMS ''u
s,uerupie quan'i.'eS aie sen' " Mau'ia' WhcFe
uhhnse 10 neSueu as muon as ~ TINS country.
p'iore the outp'eah OF nostihles WIN 'uo
na''v . prau'iVaiH an Oh 'ne oash torwaraoo %
. ths rni'ipp'ues was VI s0lu' uut the proper
uon vi s"'el 10 inereas'hs' anu Tue next con-
slspment VIII incluae quite lot OF niekels
iuese hs'' Oh course, are very neaVy tor inc
nalu eaa reprsssntea' siVVo worth OF them weigh
49,
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$50. ,'..s -, w ~" ~,
a.. AZ. -. - SD :, " 'ueiu "is. Vs@'
.- - ~ Wv ~ .No pay
D - " nav. 90 VI .ne Vasn
w. .ue "oIus' maniie' ~ l. me boxes
80 e.'e' p''.'osa eon'sn's arc 'oaueu upot
r 80 ns.sl, 80 ~ nv n"eo eato VA "nee'e
I ~ $500, ~ -. ~ az NoH'eyeu
d =. .,,r,,,'. a., ~ ~ ine s'eaniShip' az
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e roon, ), ,nh,.. a. 80, s,s npev ,'
IT, ,h,s nIa.a :, ,si.. 49, N"u''
. no.,,sd - ~ ra,,a,aa -. - Nv
e r,ia E"A
r NV,
o "hen sne h'eausnip arrives at Manila TN
n p1' ''es' IA enaiAo s'ee ~ II 'nat over
& ooN OIL money taken out OF tue specie room
a - in'.e' win ssais unuis,uroeu' ohue
70 guard py ME OF soldiers thsy are carrie
g ashore anu hIo nanueo over 70 the senio
It paymaster NJ manila VINO 'eFines tnef con
&c tents ana reee'pts Tor them. Then. as the
al are reau'red TINS ch'ef custodian OF the funa
,r ooles them out 10 the huDordinate paymastef'
1t VINO distribute them amonS the troops Pa
IS dey comes once every two months In the Phil
10 iippines.
10
10 NaoN pasmas.ei 70 "ssisueu 70 pay eer'ai
e. stv1ps "no n 'nv ia''es nappeu ~ w " ~
80 -, ,A,n,, A.. 49,. ,.r, 80. ~ ho,,a
NJ n tent Mayhe tho nav table IA an empt
C. t.e. 4, m,,,ors mt Tho nancy "a carrie
ee along In small "eeld safe +" which Is
I'd nnrtah,a s,ooi nv woi,Inv tbo,r turna I
as IT, tha soId,ors rsce,va u,hat is dno tbor
of nncorsIn, ~ mi, names snnsar on the mus
i, 49,. ro,, =. ,he nos, oTIoer,s allow volpp,eo
a. or,.ars rn,,s, oor,o 20 Tho nav t,b1. ike IN
n 80 - ,o. ,ho,r ,yayss hut officers NJ IN
ronn,ar or,n 90, ,he,r remuneration in
n ,oora d,yr,Ned fashion nresentlnp receipts
: 49, shara ~ h,anlT vnnchsrs allied IN
be m co,,rse ,he nav Of tho army "a only
"a ,a,, nar, ~ tho cost ~ our expedittopar
~ 600 n Tho ,or-awav arohipelaeo. The So
n d,ers must he fed. and n careful oaleulatio
% ,roro egures furnished by the oommissary d,
- na,,mept ~ the army shows that each da
n, no force. Am the philippines consume $3.50
n bounds n, meat. 81. 500 hounds OF bread an
"a a1so noupds OF peas or beans. for which ma
or he substituted. under the regulations. rice
~, hor,,nv Ana 10 these 49, 900 pounds of veg
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