Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
Ave &c Daily Expenditures
to- Date Is Close to
$24, 900, 900.
EXPENDITURES ARE
BELOW ESTIMATES
Increases viii 30 Made in Coming
Months, However, a. Delayed Con.
tracts Are Fillcd and Americas Par.
ticipation in Great Struggle Broad.
ens-Liberty Loan Receipts Pay
Four. .ffths Of Cost Of War.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Ten months ef
war has cost the United States moFs
than $1,000 900, 900. nearly S2i.u00.O00 .
day.
More than half OF this huge sum. ar
l.O0O.UOV, has been pad as Iouns
10 the allies. and the balance. ABOUT
IS, o00V0O.VOo represents Americas out-
lay Tor its own war purposes.
The governments war bili for tho
iirst year viii run to near $lD0vU,00O,-
900. OF which 5000. 900. 900 wiIt be for
allied loans.
These ngurcs. compiled today from
the latest available trcaSu&y hgur.s.
SHOW that niuho the country expendi-
lures are running into totals never be-
fore dreamed of. they are below the
official estimates made ut the begin
ming OF the war.
Officials OF tho war, navy and other
departments figured liberhlly on their
expenditures originally to allow II large
margin for safety. Officials point out
also that as big contracts for ships and
army materials fail due In the next few
months the expenses may run up faster
than is anticipated even now.
Liberty Loans Pay much.
Government borrowings ON the two
liberty loans have paid for fouf-iifths
Of the war costs ahd few minor gov
/ isrnment receipts for about sone-nftdh.
The loan campaigns produced Ss.7Se
! 0O0. 900 and $3.50 100000 came direct
, from the pockets Of The people In taxes
and VIII not have to he repaid.
The cost for the next few months
viii he met by another bond issue and
taxes whic\ will soon roll In from the
new war tax.
How America gradually got into her
stride In the war is shown graphically
by the monthly outpouring 81 funds
since the day congress authorized IL
declaration Of wnr-~tcn months ago to-
morrow.
Before last April the monthly oper-
ating expenditures were about $75.-
600 600 Then came the war In tho
first month expenses jumped to $114,-
600 900 and last month they were S7l5,-
000, Od0.
Those bi. sums did not include tho
allies loans. They have averaged
$3.50, 600 600 a month from the time he
United States entered the fight against
Germany.
The army navy and shipping board
have dipped into the war chest for
more than % per cent OF the nation'a
nghting funds.
Two-thirda Of the $4,000 600, 900 cx-
pcnsc for tn" war purposes has been
for The army and the army establish
mcnt
The war departments expenditures
estimated TO the end OF next June are
IS 500 900 900 officials however. figure
that the actual expenses VIII not rcacn
this estimate ~ billion or moro.
The ehipping'board has fallen farther
below Its estimates with payments
an"" last April of little more than
5000, 900 600 Up TO Dec. |, the govern
mcnt's shipping program had cost only
$l23. .O00.00o Az ships are completed
faster In the near future the shipping
bonrd'R funds arc expected to he de-
plctcd moro rapidly.
Army General Staff Increased.
Four additional general officers were
added to the general star OF the army
today as assistants to the chief Of STAFF.
Tho function OF the stan will be dis.
lributed among these assistants with
authority to act in the name OF ths
chief The object In to expedite wnr
work Tho functions arc distributed
as folows:
Executives and operation. storage
and traffic, purchases and war plans.
The effect OF the order Is TO add
Major General Goethals and Brig. Gen,
Palmer Pierce 10 the general staT - -
their capacities. respectively. OF direc-
tors OF traffic nnd storage and director
of purchaSes,
The war plan sections, including the
war college. liz headed by Con. p. q.
Lochridgc. Maj. Gen. John Biddle. now
acting for General Bliss. MS chief Of
staff. but soon to be relieved by Gen
Dayton March. In that capacity, VIII
head the executive section