Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-23
AMERICAS WORK IN war
Staggering Figures In List Of Ae'
compllshments.
GREAT WORK FAIRLY UNDER WAY
How Great Army Was Raised in Unit.
ed States-What American Navy
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ed States-What American Nav,
Has Done.
Here are some Of Americas ac.
, complishments in the first year OF
our part in the war:
The total estimated expense Of the
| United States government In the first
year Of war. without loans to the
Allies. is s12.Os7.27s.67s.O7.
The army has increased from g.
, 524 officers and 2O2,51O enlisted men
to 123.SO1 officers and 1,52s.924
| men.
Appropriations Of $7,46i,771,75S.-
As have been made since April g.
:9l7. to the war department.
The navy has increased from T.
;92 officers and 77.946 enlisted men,
| 10 2l,OOO officers and 100000 en-
listed men. Total navy appropria-
IONS. s3.333.17l.665.O4.
| Available for aircraft production
in the first year, $69l. 100000.
Available for the United States
shipping Board and Emergency Fleet
Corporation, s2,O34, 100000.
The first American contingent
landed at a French port SS days af-
ter war was declared, and went on the
line for their baptism of fire 1877
days after the declaration.
American dcstroyers arrived at a
British port to assist in patrolline
European waters 90 days after the
declaration.
Perhaps an even moro impressive
| record concerns the governments
work in adapting the nations indus
trial and economic machinery to the
purposes of war;. Today the gov
ernment operates 100000 miles OF
railway, employing 1,000,6Oo men
and representing investment OF VIZ
500, ,OOO,O Eighteen months ago
this condition would have been re-
garded by capital as revolutionary
and alarming. although in the ulti-
mate interests of the public it has
long been advocated by progressive
| thinkers.
The treasury department has sold
Liberty bonds, war savings certih-
Gates of Indebtedness amounting to
$s,560.SO2.O52.
Allotments and allowances to SOL
dicrs' and sailors dependents in Feb
ruary were $19,s76,543.
The government has gone into the
| insurance business. having issued
policies for s12.465,ll6,500 to men
in its armed forces on March IL.
| Deaths in the army, from April 8
}rS1T, TO March II. from an tauses'
were 1,l91, Of which 1872 were In ac-
ton and 237 loses at sea. Casu-
alties in the navy to December 81
include s officers and 1879 men killed
or died from wounds.
How Army Was Raised.
The annual pay Of the army now
exceeds a half billion dollars.
The cost OF drafting the national
army and the provost generals oper-
ations was about $10.000,000: cost
per man accepted for service, $4.93.
Army hospitals increased from
to 63, and beds from 5000 to 5S,4OO;
| 80, 900 more beds being added.
War prisoners and alien enemies
numbering 2,040 confined in three
barracks in Georgia and Utah.
Psychological examinations OF l50.-
900 officers and men have been made
For troops in cantonments, 1,OOO,-
900, 900 rounds Of ammunition bought
OF 63,2O3 candidates for officers
commissions at two officers training
camps, 44,5TS were successful; q
third series is now in progress, with
$4,000 attendance.
Army medical training schools
have been created with capacitS OF
Il, 900 officers and men, $1,000 en-
listed men, and 5000 officers al.
ready trained and graduated.
Through a card catalogue system
I19.4S7 men have been transferred out
of army divisions into technical units
to function according to individual
educational, occupational and military
qualifications.
Present average daily mail han.
died by the adjutant general Is ap.
proximately $4,000 pieces.
The signal corps has sent thou
sands of trained pigeons to France.
What Navy Has Done in Last Year.
Here are some things our navy
has done since April 6, 1917:
There are four times as many ves-
sells in naval service now as a year
ago.
Nearly $4,000 mechanics and other
civilian employees at naval yards
and stations.
Pay Of officers and men for first
year of war, s125.OOO,O00.
Contracts have been placed for
949 vessels
More than 700 privately owned
vessels chartered or purchased.
The navy ration costs 1873 cents
In 1917, against 37.64S in 1916.
In the first three months OF 1915
the navy paymaster cleared 1885,
900. 900 for supplies and contracts.
The paymaster general drew
checks for more than S30.00o,000 in
one day-February 23-for muni-
tions. Total advertised purchases
for 1915 were s19.00O.O00.
Total weight Of steel thrown by q
single broadside from the Pennsyl-
vania today is 1868 pounds; maxi
mum broadside Of largest ship dur
ing Spanish-American war was s.
$50 pounds.
More than 1900 manufacturers
bid for navy business.
Our IA inch guns weigh nearly
| IS tons and are 58 Ia feet long, cost
ing s118.0o0.
Six new authorized battleships are