The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-06-24
THE Philippine WAR.
Secretary Root Makes Answer to
the Senate Resolution.
The Cost, Including Outstanding obII-
cations, Shows That the Total Up
to Date Is $17O,274,5s6-Ta-
BILE of Expenditures.

Washington, Juno 20.-Secretary
Root Thursday made answer to the
senate resolution of April II calling
for information as to the cost of the
war in the Philippines. 1t is shown
that $4,000 was advanced for the ex-
penses of the Philippine commission
originally from the United States
treasury, but this amount afterwards
was reimbursed out of the Philippine
treasury. For railroad transportation
of troops and supplies to and from the
Philippines since the peace treaty was
ratified the cost has been $4,8O3,443.
Reports from the various bureau off,
GERS are submitted to show the cost Of
the Philippine war, including outstand-
ing obligations, showing that the total
up to date is $170,274,586.
The expenditures by years were as
follows:
Exp'n'd. Liab'Pts.
Fiscal year 1898 q months
May and June) .......$ 2,6S0,S50 ........
Fiscal year 1899. 26,2S0,s73 5000.
Fiscal year 1900. ........... 50S69, $40 ........
Fiscal year 1901.......... Sc, So, 422 II
Fiscal year 1902 90 months
July to April inc...... "a, 499022 473,G60
Secretary Root concludes with the
following explanation:
Attention is invited to the fact that
large quantities Of valuable property
such as ships, lighters, ETC.. horses and
mules. wagons and harness, clothing,
equipage and ordnance, medical, sig
nal ana engineer supplies, the cost of
which is included in the foregoing
statement, still remain on hand in the
Philippine islands for use. Parts Of
these supplies are already being re-
shipped to this country.
1T should also be observed that a
large part of the expense during the
past year should not properly be treat
ed as occasioned by military opera
lions in the Philippines for the reason
that it consists in pay OF maintenance
of troops whom we have had to pay
and maintain whether they were m
the Philippines or not in order to keep
up the minimBm number Of regular
troops required by law as safeguard
against future contingencies. The min
imum at which the regular army is re-
quired to be maintained by the act OF
February 2, 1901, is 52,967 men, and
the maximum is 100000. We have
now less than 10000 in excess of the
minimum number. The cost of that
excess only is properly to be treated
as occasioned by operations in the
Philippines.
The present scale OF expense in the
Philippines is, of course. greatly re-
duced from that shown in the foregoing
statement, because of the continuous
reduction OF the army, made possible
by the restoration of peaceful condi-
TONS thus in the middle of the fiscal
year, ending June 80, 1901, there were
about 10000 American soldiers in the
islands That number is now reduced
to about $4,000 Orders have now been
issued for the return of the Sth, 18th,
oath and 18th infantry, and a squadron
of the 10th cavalry, and when these
orders have been executed the number
of American troops in the Philippines
will have been reduced to $4,000. For
the past six months we have been
bringing troops home, as rapidly as we
could do so economically, by the use
of our own transports