The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-26
COST OF PHILIPPINE WAR.
From New York Herald

to paw for the war since May , 1910
This means that there has been an
expenditure in money OF Sl4, 900, 600
month, or upward OF S5OO,OOO
day. oddly enough, there will be no
reduction in the amount OF money TO
be expended during the current year
for the army and navy. The cost OF
these two branches of The government
will continue to be about 500, 900
for every day Of the next twelve
months.
Porto Rico has become United
States territory and Cuba Is peaceful.
The Philippine islands, according to
the official reports of Major General
Elwell \. Otis. are under subsection.
Yet the last act OF the congress which
has lust adjourned was to appropri-
ate S17O 3O1 OF for the army and
navy.
Vast figures these are, and figures,
too, which are certain to be much
discussed during the coming cam
paign for the presidency. The army
was given by congress S114, 900, 900
OF the total the navy getting 500
$50, 900. The magnitude OF these
appropriation becomes easy OF real
ization when one recalls that the to-
tai appropriation by congress for
the year amount to only 800, 729,-
476. For war and for maintaining
the army and navy, therefore. Uncle
Sam has set aside more than one
fourth of all the money he will have
to pay out during the current year.
This appropriation of nearly $50
900, 900 for the army any navy does
not include items of $4,000, 900 for
Notifications and for maintaining
the military academies. Neither has
it any connection with the pension
appropriation, which amounts to
$145, 245, 900. To maintain all OF
the federal postoftices and conduct |
the enormous business of the pOstal |
system S113,64S, 900 has been set
aside, these figures demonstrating |
that this year Uncle Sam will have to |
pay so, 000,O 900 more for the army |
and navy than for the entire postal |
service
Many efforts have been made to |
ascertain the exact amount of money |
the war against the Filipinos is now |
costing None of these efforts has |
war and navy departments show
how may men are engaged in at
tempting to subjugate Aguinaldo's
dusky warriors, but the records of |
both departments are so kept that |
the amounts of money being expend
ed in the Philippines cannot be ascer-
tanned with satisfactory accuracy.
Diligent search through the records
OF the treasury department In Wash
ington has failed to reveal the exact |
situation. No satisfactory detailed |
account of the expenditures In the
Philippines has been kept. The only
definite statement obtainable is that |
the Spanish war and the Filipino
war have cost the United States to
date total of 1902 10000
Some interesting light on the op |
perations OF the United States in the
Philippines was brought out in the
special report recently sent to con
gress by Elihu Root, secretary of war.
Secretary Root had been asked by
the senate to give a statement of the
number OF soldiers who have been
killed or who have died from wounds
in the Philippine islands, the number
who have been wounded in action |
and the number who have died from
wounds or illness, and other matters
tending TO show the exact situation
in the Philippines.
Secretary Roots report, sent TO
the senate on June l. showed that
the total number of United States
troops in the island on April 30 last
was 63, 026, 2.326 being officers and
81, 212 enlisted men The secretary
OF war furnished the senate with
these additional facts:
CASUALTIES.
In the Philippines during the war
with Spain, June 30. 1898, to August
II. 1899, |,
average strength, 100000
Enlisted
Officers Men. Total
Killed mo deaths from l.
wounded. ..- ...--..-. Is i II
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