Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1918 — WHAT LIBERTY BONDS DO [ARTICLE]

WHAT LIBERTY BONDS DO

How They Keep Our “Watch Dogs’* of the Navy on Guard. The following list shows to the purchasers of Liberty bonds the cost of various kinds of supplies and equipment in the navy department. This list has been supplied by Paymaster General McGowan. - Approximate Cost of Vessels Completed Prior to June 30, 1917. Battleship .:............ $13,000,000 Armored cruiser . 5,500,00 ft Fuel ship 1,000,000 Destroyer 1,000,000 Submarine ........... 600,000 Estimated Cost of Various Types of Vessels Now Under Construction. Battleships ................. .$23,075,006 Battle cruiser 24,900,000. Scout cruiser 7,?20,00G Destroyer 1,590,000 Coast submarine 850,000; Sea-going submarine 1,430,006' Cost of Various Guns, Based Upon Late Contracts. Gun - and Mount ComGun Mount plete 8-in. (23 caliber) $ 4,006 8-in $6,000 $ 9,000 15,006.' 4-in. u.,10,000 12,000 22,006 s_in 15,000 18,000 33,000 6-in 40,006. 8-in. Howitzer 10,000 12,000 22,006' 14-in. (50 caliber) , 166,006 16-in. (45 caliber)... 215,006 16-in. (50 caliber) 256,006 Airplane machine gun 566 Cost of Various Kinds of Ammunition. 1 pounder cartridge so.7s 6 pounder cartridge 1.76 3- shell 3.06 4- shell 8.06 5- shell 13.06 6- shell ..., 18.06 14-in. shell from SBO for common shell to SSBO for armor piercing. Torpedoes, $5,000 to SIO,OOO each Issuing Price of Various Items of Clothing. Rubber boots, pair ..$2.46 Blankets, each ..... 6.56 Jerseys, each 2.75 Jumpers (blue) each 4.06 Jumpers (dungaree) each I.oc Jumpers (dress) each i.7q Jumpers (undress) each 1.06 Leggins, pair l.Qfi Neckerchiefs, each ...... I.2ft Overshirts, each 4, 5.50 Overcoats, each ............ 18.06 Shirts (blue P. O.), each...; 4.5 ft Shoes (high), pair.. 5.0 c Shoes (low), pair.... 4.00 Trousers (blue) pair.......... 6.00 Trousers (dangaree), pair......,.....". H 6 Trousers (white), pair........ no Undershirts (heavy), each.. 1.50 Undershirts (cotton), each 4ft The cost of the navy per man per day during the first sixmonths of the fiscal year 1918 varied from $0.49 on the larger types of .vessels to $0.52 on the smaller types, a ; ■ , .