The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
Victory Loan Drive
Flow the Funds Derived From
Last Bond Issue Will Be
Used

New York, April 3O.-Ihe mOhEy
raised from the Victory 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
soldiers and sailors killed or injured in
the fighting, and will furnish iunos
for the ca"e of the wounded ard for
the vocational training Of the manned,
s.slG other postwar expenses, sa*s
representative here Of the Liberty
Loan Committee.
lone of the biggest items of ex-
pense will be for the transportation
and demobilization of the troops, the
! cost Of which, from the time the ar
mistice was signed until the army is
treturned to a peace basis, will amount
to approximately s2,273,o0e," he adds
! in statement. There were about
100000 men overseas when the
fighting ended. According to the army
transportation experts, it will cost
5000 a man to bring them from the
lighting lines in France and Belgium
to their homes in the United States.
This viii. make the total transpor-
tation bill s40O,OO0,O Of which
SIPS, 100000 represents the fare Of
the soldiers in France, $124,000,O 600
their fare across the Atlantic, and
14S.OO0,O00 their transportation
from United States ports to their
homes.
''It will take at least ten months,
the army authorities say, to complete
the rehabilitation of the troops from
overseas. Their maintenance in that
period, including housing, clothing
and food. will amount to about ST.
O0G 100000, of which s279,52S,130
will be for food.
THE demobilization, transportation
md maintenance expenses Of the j.
SIS, 900 soldiers who die '.ot get TO
France. will amount to about $780,
273,O0O, bringing the total Of the
whole army to the amount already
stated, 2.32O,273,00O, which will
make quite hole in the Victory
Liberty Loan receipts.
"There are about 100000 sick and
wounded soldiers still being cared for
in the government hospitals. The per
capita cost of caring for these patients
is figured by the Army Medical De-
partment at $725, which brings the
total cost of those now undergoing |
treatment to $145.000,000. There a"e
eighty army hospitals in the United
States The cost of their operation .
ranges from a few hundred Thousand |
to a million dollars q. year each.
''1'he amount of war risk insurance
the government has outstanding is !
$4,000, 100000. The claims already
filed amount to $1,000, 600. II all the !
soldiers. numbering approximately
1850. who were killed in action, or
died of wounds, accident and disease,
were insured for the full amount of
$4,000 each permitted under the
plan their claims would aggregate
$725. O00,000 Payments on these
claims will be made at the rate Of $50
month to the dependents of each
older, which calls for the expenditure
of $4,000, 600 4 year for about Six
teen years. However. it is not prob
able that many Of these claims. or Of
the thousands Of others that will be
filed by soldiers disabled in the war.
will oe acted upon in time to make
much of drain upon the proceeds
of the Victory Loan.
"The Federal Board for Vocational
Training, which the government mas
established to care for disabled men
after their discharge from the army
or navy and train them to earn a live :
lihood will cost several millions of
dollars year TO maintain. Already
12,O00 men have applied for train
ing in the inStitutions.and as they are
to be paid at least $65 a month each
while undergoing training. their ,.ay
alone will amount to about S1,00G, /:
600 year. 7
''Otner expenses to be met out Of
the proceeds Of the Victory Liberty
Loan will be the purchase of wheat
at the guaranteed price Of $50 a
bushel, ard extension Of credit TO u"