Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-15
FILIPINO WAR FIGURES.
Our Soldiers Discover an Interesting
sBalance Sheet'' for Last Year
Made by Minister of Finance.
EXPENSES WERE OVER SIX MILLIONS.
OF tho Sum Collected, Over Four hdIuions
We're in "ExtraOrdinary Contributions"
orForced Payments-GoOdT Times Prom
ised Natives "When the Americans Arc
Driven from tho Island"-Soldiern' PAY.

Manila, June 12.-The Filipinos are
addicted to the preservation of their
records, no matter how unimportant.
Down in Albay province our troops
recently found the yearly financial
statement of the rebel government
1t is interesting as an example of how
the rebels do business and maintain
their prestige among their people. In
the balance sheet for 1S99-19OO, the
insurgent minister of finance states
that during the year 1S96-1S97 the ex-
penses of the Spanish government in
administering affairs amounted to
ST., 474,0 900, Mexican, but thanks to the
capacity of the revolutionary leaders,
the total expenditures of the insur-
gent government for last year only
amounted to $6,342 ,4O7. All this econ
omy was effected while the Manila
custom house, a most lucrative source
of income, was in the hands of the
Americans. It was promised that as
soon as the rebels gained possession
of Manila, which would be in few
weeks, they could manifestly reduce
the rate of taxation. In the mean
time money was needed and it was
incumbent on all good patriots to pay
With few words describing Aguin-
aldo's glory and invulnerability and
che good time coming to everybody
when the Americans are finally
driven from the islands, the minister
of finance accounts for his income as
follows:
Income GALL in Mexican currency):
Ordinary indirect taxes, $432, 1850; or
binary direct taxes, $1,O16,757; spe-
cial taxes, $s43,6OO; extraordinary
contributions, $4,O5O,eOO. Total, &c.
342, 4O7. The item of Extraordinary
contributions probably covers the
multitude of forced payments not in
cluded in the other sources of income.
The insurgents undoubtedly han
died considerable money last year,
but whether they collected $4,000, 900
Mexican money is not known to o1t-
siders. Their expenses have been es-
pecially heavy in the matter of arms.
Filibusters and others have made
them pay exorbitant prices for every
thing. Two of their generals, Pana
and Lutbanare, are said to have large
accounts in the Hong Kong banks.
According to this annual year the
yearly pay of a lieutenant general is
$72O,a general commanding division
gets $500, brigadier general gets
$40, colonel $3.50, lieutenant col
onel $42O, a major is allowed $500, a
captain draws $500, a first lieutenant
$3.50 and a second lieutenant $3.50.
The wages of sergeant are $72 a
year, a corporal gets $50 and the man
with the gun is allowed $42 for IL
months service to his country. This
balance sheet further makes provi-
sion for $4,000 soldiers, 5000 of whom
are sergeants and 1900 corporals, and
the cost of keeping them in provi-
sions for one year is put down at
$S14, 800, Mexican currency.
Result of One Weeks Work.
Manila, June 12.-As result of
last weeks scouting more than 200
Filipinos were killed and 16O cap
tured, while 40 rifles with ammuni-
ton and stores were seized. The
American loss was killed, including
| a captain and lieutenant; 2 captains
| and p privates wounded and 1 cap
tain taken prisoner by the Filipinos.