Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-31
Government Spent More
Than $1S, ZOO, 100000
During Past Year.
RECORDS BROKEN
DURING DECEMBER
Treasury Officials Predict That Expen'
ditures Will Mount Still Higher
During Early Months Of New Year
More Favorable Reports Regarding
Position Of American Forces in
Northern Russia.

Washington, Dec. Silt cost the
American people about $1S.l60. 100000
to run it's war government and make
loans to the allies in the year ending
today. according to computations from
treasury reports.
December expenditures, about "
900, ,OO0. 900, the record of the nations
history. sent aggregate war costs to
date to approximately $24,5O0, 100000.
OF the SIS. 100, 900. 600, the bulk of the
treasury's Golfers in 1918. probably
10000, 100000 went for the army and
the general military establishment.
about $4,000, 900. 900 for the navy bill
lion for the ship building program,
billion for other civil government
needs. and ALSO, 000,00 as loans ia
Americas brothers in arms.
Still Mounting
Although hostilities ceased nearly
two months ago, the governments out
lay each day is mounting on account
of liquidation of tremendous war con-
tracts, and treasury officials say indi-
cations are that the demands on the
government in the first month of the
new year may be even more than for
this month.
With estimates of expenses in the
last two days not yet actually cOmpil-
ed, officials believe December expenses
will run to $2,100. 900. 900, or nearly
5000, 100000 more than last months
high record. This includes nearly
/ S43O. 900, 900 estimated for allied loans
and $1.670,0O0,000 estimated for the
governments actual expenditures.
That the public has paid only about
GLIDING foreign loans, in taxes and in
cash, and two-thirds as loans to be re-
paid insanother generation. is indicat-
\ ed by treasury figures of collections
from various sources.
Arehansei Situation improved.
Favorable reports on the situation in
the Archangel reg ion OF Russia, where
| some unofficial accounts have pictured
| the north Russian allied and American
| forces as facing destruction at the
| hands of bolsheviki in Overwhelming
| numbers, have been given to the state
department by G.. A. Martiuszine,
representative here of the >ArchanSel
government.
| 1t was officially, stated today that
Mr.. MartiusZine had conferred with
Acting Secretary Polk, and that his in
formation showed the situation we'll in
hand from the viewpoint Of the allies.
| According to these reports, the boil
shevik soldiers are officered by Ger
mans and consequently are able to
make good use of their artillery and
rapid fire guns, but they had no
stomach for fighting that does not
keep them at a distance from their
opponents.
Mr.. Polk said the department had nc
! information to bear out the reports
referred to in the senate yesterday that
American soldiers were sleeping in
swamps and were without proper
clothing for the Arctic climate. He in
timated that reports of unusual hard
ships sustained by the American troops
probably were greatly exaggerated
i More Units Ordered Home.
General Pershing notified the war
department today that additional units
with a total strength of approximately
| IL, 900 men had been assigned for early
convoy home.
They include the 329th and S30th
infantry Of the eighty third division
with strength Of more than fifty
officers and 3.400 men--each and the
fourth regiment, air service, including
about sixteen aero squadroDs.