The Nenana daily news., 1919-05-26
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.

The money raised from the Vie tory Liberty Loan will be used to pay for bringing the American troops home from France, the cost of their demobilization, part of the war insurance claims of the sol diers killed or injured in the fight ing, and will furnish funds for the care of the wounded and for the vocational training of the maimed, and other postwar expenses, ac- cording to a statement issued re- gently by representative of the Liberty Loan committee.
 "One of the biggest items of expense will be for the transporta- tion and demobilization of the troops, the cost of which, from the time the armistice was signed until the army is returned to 9 peace basis, will amount to approximate ly s2,320,2 ,000," adds the state nent There were about two mill ion men overseas when the fight ing ended. According to the army transportation experts, it will cost S200 a man to bring them from the fighting lines in France and Bel gium to their homes in the United States. This will make the total transportation bill s4O0,OO0,000, of which s128,000,000 represents the fare of the soldiers in France, SPA 100000 their fare across the At lantic. and s148, 100000 their trans portation from United States ports 10 their homes.
 It will take al least ten months. the army authorities say, to com plete the demobilization of the troops from overseas. Their main tenance in that period, including housing, clothing, and food, will amount to about s1,000,000, ,000, of which s297,428 8,130 will be for food.
 The demobilization, transporta- tion and maintenance expenses Of the 1,655,000 soldiers who did not get to France will amount to about s920,273 900. bringing the total for the whole army to the amount al ready stated, s2,320, ,000. which will make quite hole in the Vic tory Liberty Loan receipts.
 There are about 100000 sick and wounded soldiers still being cared for in the government hos pitals. The per capita cost of car ing for these patients is figured by the army medical department at S1=5. 100000. There are eightE army hospitals in the United States. The cost of their operation ranges from a few hundred thousand to a million dollars a year each.
 The amount of war risk insur- ance the government has outstand ing is s37,000, 0,000,000 The claims already filed amount to S5,000,000. If all the soldiers, numbering ap proximately 72,500, who were killed in action, or died of wounds, ac- cident and disease, were insured for the full amount of s10,000 each permitted under the olan, tceir claims would aggregate 5000 900. Payment on these claims will be made at the rate of $50 a month to the dependents of each solder, which calls for the expenditure of s43, 100000 a year for about six teen years. However, it is not probable that many of these claims, or of the thousands of others that will be filed by soldiers disabled in the war, will be acted upon in time to make much of drain upon the proceeds of the Victory Loan.
 ''The Federal Boar1 for Toea- tional Training, which the govern ment has established to care for disabled men after their discharge from the army and navy and train them to earn a livelihood, will cost several millions of dollars a year to maintain. Already 12.e00 men have applied for training in t1e :n- Stitution, and as they are to be paid at least s65 a month each while undergoing training, their pay alone will amount to about sl.000,0GO a year.
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