The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-01-19
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union
WARS HORRIBLE WASTE

II.
WARS HORRIBLE WASTE
Ir. Il. c. Lefingwell was the as
sistant secretary of the treasury in
charge of finances daring the war
While he was in the treasury he be-
came deeply impressed with the mag
nitude of government Expenditures and
the looSeness, ineffiClency and waste
that are part of government meth
cd. All the secretaries of the treas
ury since the outbreak of the war
have shared this feeling of apprehen-
sion and concern with Mr. Letting
well. l quote here a recent utterance
Of his on war expenditures:
"Of the $4,OOO,OOO,OOO, exclusive of
interest on the public debt, spent in
the fiscal year 1921, 1,1O1 615, 013.32
was spent by the War department,
S650,373 s35.5S by the Navy depart
ment, $S00,0OO,O0O on the railroads,
$2300OO000 by the bureau of war risk
Insurance, and S357S14,S97.O1 by the
Interior department, mostly, l take it,
for Civil war and Spanish war pen
sions-a total of $3,08O,OOO,OOO under
these beads.
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Navy department $74O,OOO,OO0 a total
Of 2,350,0OOO00. Secretary Mellon
estimates +,o+ :, +,,o eel ,,oor 1oo1
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000,000 and the Navy department
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