Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1918 — WHAT UNCLE SAM DOES WITH MONEY [ARTICLE]

WHAT UNCLE SAM DOES WITH MONEY

■low Funds-Raised by Sale of Liberty Loan Bonds Is Expended by Government. IIGURES ARE STAGGERING ■stimated Total of $24,000,000,000 I Will Be Spent This Year for Preparation and Maintenance of gB Our Fighting Forces. 11l Now that the people of the United are to be asked in the Fourth Loan drive, which opens Seplend the government at least twice |Ki much money as has been asked be|M>re, the treasury department realizes gfliat there is a natural curiosity on the of the public to know for what this money is being expended. The already spent on preparation the maintenance of the fighting ®S»rces staggers the imagination, and prospect is for an even larger ex■■nditure in the present fiscal year, |He total being estimated at $24,000,■H Figures received at Liberty Loan for the Seventh Reserve ■strict from the war department give ._■ idea of the vast sums which have gH?en expended and which will have to spent to win the war, and this information brings home to all Ameria concrete idea of how much it takes to wage a modern war ■d how our money is being-Used to victory. following figures are an answer ■ the query of the average Liberty ■nd buyer: “Just what will Uncle do with the money from my SSOO ■nd? A single bond does not go far to■rd meeting the expense of war, it is out, but when the bonds of ■lions of Americans are brought to- - ■her, the total of cash provided ■aches stupendous totals. the United States entered the in April, 1917, the war department raised, equipped, trained and, with help, sent across the sea upward ||9 a million and half of soldiers, and ■g practically as many more under at home. Of all this vast '4 ■nber of men sent abroad, the num- ■■* lost Id transit as a result of ■bout attacks up to September 1, H®.B, was less than 500. ■luring this same time 2,000,000 have been made, Inspected, as■nbled and Issued, and the weekly ■Kductiou is growing. MpThe total amount of money directly i||B)roprlated by congress for the ordprogram, for which authorizahas been -given to incur obliga- - - ■ns, amounts to approximately sl2,000,000. ■ Prorn the beginning of the war to ■e 30, 1918, the last day of the past year, contracts were placed by t , ■ ordnance department from appropriations and authorizations existing ■ tlnft time amounting to $4,300,000,- ■. It is now estimated that during present fiscal year ending June 80, the actual cash expenditures for ■nance will reach a total of $7,000,-

8.000. major items for which cash exwere made or for which ■tracts were placed up to June 30, ; « B B * were as follows: Bli»ry $1,050,001,000 ■omatic rifles 800.000,000 arms 100,000,000 gallery ammunition 1,900,000,000 arms ammunition , 340,000,000 arms, ammunition pracTa 80,000,000 HKSB-es and supplies (personal and organization! 230,000,000 OgHtored motor cars 100,000,000 MH i $4,100,000,000 principal items for which con■ss has made appropriations avail- ■ for the present fiscal year are as Ifißllery $1,280,000,000 IlllHomatic rifles 500,000,000 ■ll arms 200,000,000 •.■llery ammunition 2,650,000,000 ; ■ill arms ammunition 955,000,000 11 arm * ammunition prac- ...»*.>> 150,000.000 and supplies (pwwonal and organization, etc.) 445,000,000 motor cars 277,000,000 MM army purposes, contract ho rizailori .: .X 0,000,000 not definitely deslgBiw ' $7,017,000,00C Hn immense -v of railroads in ■nee. has been built, with new docks

and terminal warehouses at French ports, which used up the greater part of $375,000,000 expended during the year for military engineering operations. The American army is the best clothed and best fed army in the world, and the following illustrative figures of quartermaster purchases are interesting. For example, take six standard articles of food. Since the beginning of the war theredfave been bought for army use 625,461,392 pounds of flour at a cost of $43,375,445; 186,582,316 pounds of sugar at a cost of $14,452,512; 110,451,670 pounds of bacon at a cost of $43,000,000; 102,894,742 pounds of dry begns, costing $12,613,469 ; 72, 274,529 cans of tomatoes costing $9,278,121, and 38,421,256 pounds of rice at a cost of $2,775,000. These figures give one an idea of the size of Uncle Sam’s market basket and the huge cost of army maintenance. The clothing bill for the army from April 1, 1917, to August 1, 1918, follows and shows how great sums have been essential to keep our men comfortably clothed: Article. Quantity. Value. Shoes, marching ......11,933,000 865,488,480 Shoes, fields 15,343,000 71.651’810 Coats, cotton «... }S’S%'SS Coats, wool Breeches, cotton ......14,361,000 Breeches, wool 15,469,000 74,512,380 Shirts, cotton .... .... 4,098,000 4,098,000 Undershirts, c0tt0n....50,646,000 Undershirts, winter... .83,225,000 Shirts, flannel 21,889,000 Drawers, cotton JJ’SSHXa w’SS’Ana Drawers, winter Stockings, cotton 22,654,000 Stockings, wool, It. wt. 70,592,000 Stockings, wool, hvy..68,426,000 Hats, service Blankets, 8 1b514,184,00T ?!•?!!•?£! Blankets, 4 lbs 6,871,000 54.968,000