The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-27

military affairs gave some remarkably interesting figures in defense of a reasonable sized army as follows: The United States has national wealth of 00,000,000. The amount for our army was $343, 1903, or ten one-hundredths of one per cent of the national wealth of this country.
 The British Empire, with national wealth of s1SO,OOO, 100000, expended for her army $SOO,524,5OO or forty-five one-hundredths of per cent of the na- tional wealth.
 In France, the national wealth, in- cluding dependencies, is $100, ,O00,- O0O. The amount expended for the army was $933 ,927 ,Oo0, or ninety-three one-hundredths of per cent of the na- tional wealth.
 In Italy, the national wealth is $30,- 900 ,0OO 900. The amount expended on the army was S246,0S1, 200, or eighty two one-hundredths of 1 per cent of the national wealth.
 In Japan, the national wealth is S25 ,OOO 100000. The amount expended for the army was $1S9, 9,0S2,9O0, or sev- enty-six one-hundredths of 1 per cent of the national wealth.
 When compared with the sums of expenditures made by our people for pleasure or for non-essential cOmmo- dities, the expenditures by the United States for military purposes sink into comparative insignificahce.
 For the fiscal year 1921 the people of the United States spent for armis- sion to theaters, concerts, cabarets, baseball games, and other entertain ments of similar character, $S97,OOO,- OOO-more than twice the apprOpria- tion for military purposes. In fact, the appropriations for the Regular Army the National Guard, the Organized Re- serves, and all expenses charged to the army, including river and harbor work, cemeteries, and other nonmili- tary accounts, only aggregated $418,- OO0,0OO
 For tobacco and materials related thereto, such as pipes, there was spent the enormous sum of $1,151 100000, or three times the amount expended for the army.
 For candy and chewing gum, $780, 100000, as compared to $41S,OOO,oOO for all army appropriations.
 For sodas and confections, $S34,OOO,- 900, as against $41S,OOO,O00.
 For personal adornment, including perfumery, cosmetics and jewelry' $959, 100000, whilst for all expenses charged to military affairs was, as have stated $41S,0OO,OOO.
 I merely cite these instances to bring to your attention the compara- lively small amount used to furnish military protection to the citizens of our republic.
 Let me call the attention of the House to the small proportion of our population as compared with the other principal countries of the world in our military forces. Contrasted with the other leading world powers our proportion of army to population ap- pears most favorable, as may be seen from these statistics of the conference or the limitation of ornaments. The population of the United States for the year 1921 was 106,41S,000 The number in the army was 151,000 men. The number per 1000 population was 1.42.
 The population of the United King dom was 45,516,000 The number in the army was 334,OO0, or 7.34 per 1000 1 of population.
 The population of France was 41,- l 476,0OO. The number in the army was 6OO,OOO, or HAY per 1000 population. The population of Italy was 36,74O,- 1000. The number in the army was 300,- | 900 or S.17 per 1000 population. The total population of Japan was 1 55,961 ,O0O. The number in the Jap anese army was 3O2,OOO, or a per capi- ta of $40 for 1000 population. | China has a population of 340,00O,- 900 people. She had the number of l.. | 370,0OO soldiers, or a per centage of 1 4O3 per 1000 population.