White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-05

ARMY MOBILIZATION is ONE OF
LARGEST FACTORS IN Ex.
PENsE OF 81, 100000 INCURRED
THE LAST THREE YEARS.

The continued revolutions in Mexi-
co, besides being ruinous to that
country, Is costing the people of the
United States enormous sums of mon
ey. Leaving out the large but elusive
item of the loss of trade and suspen-
sion of business, and getting down to
actual facts, figures have recently
been complied showing that the
large sum of $3,500,000 has been
expended by the United States since
November, 1910, because of con-
ditions In Mexico.
The damage to American proper
ty in Mexico because of the success
sive revolutions has been tremen-
dous. A state department official
estimates that the total amount of
the claims for damages already on
file in the state department as a di-
rect result of the three years of rev-
olutions is $500. 900, 900. All this,
of course, is aside from the three and
a half millions already spent by the
nation. The question of claims will
be fought out in the future.
That sum represents what has
been expended by the state and wal
departments alone and for the relief
of destitute Americans in Mexico, the
care of Mexican refugees in the Unit
ed States and the maintenance oil
neutrality laws and order along the
INSTRUMENTATION border. 1t repre-
sents also the extraordinary expense
of diplomatic and consular officers in
Mexico as a result of the Mexican
troubles.
1t is the amount spent in extra
ordinary service and would not have
been used had there been no revolu-
tion in Mexico.
officials of the government say this
vast sum Is infinitely less than what
would have been necessary had there
been armed Intervention In Mexico.
On October 10, 1910, Francisco
Madero decided that thirty years OF
existence under Gen. Porfirio Diaz IS
president of Mexico had resulted in
little or no good to the masses. He
set out to break the Diaz rule.
With the assistance of Secretary
OF War Garrison, Gen. Aleshire and
paoare Of tho Ifpitod cfafaa
army, Ii Is now possible to tell fairly
we'll and in a conservative way what
Madero's dreams and ideals have cost
the United States in money expended
and damages claimed. With the
beginning of that revolt came the
expenditure of large sums of money
by the American government.
Until March, 1911, the expenditure
by the American government on
sisted largely of strengthening the
mobile force of regular troops along
the United States-Mexican border.
In this work and by the state depart
ment there was expended between
November. 1910. and March. 1911
something like $500. 900.
1t was on March 6. 1911, that the
big expenditure began. 1t has eve
ceased. although at times there have
been intermissons between large
lump expenditures.
On March 6, 1911, following a
conference at the White House, the
War department sent out orders to
the several corners of the United
States ordering 1859 men and
469 officers with animals to mobilize
at San Antonio (Fort Sam Houston),
Tex. President Taft signed the or
der and Immediately 1t was trans
mitted Il the several posts at which
were stationed troops. On the fol-
lowing day the ''maneuver division
started its wild rush for the border,
and in ten days there We're 10000