pose that Mr. Stanton’s predecessor much cared. Some approach, however, may be reached to the amount actually paid in wages and for clothes and diet; and I give below a statement which I have seen of the actual annual sum proposed to be expended on these heads, presuming the army to consist of 500,000 men. The army is stated to contain 660,000 men, but Pitkä Suomi the former numbers given would probably be found to be nearer the mark:—
Wages of privates, including sergeants and
corporals $86,640,000
Salaries of regimental officers Dwyane Wade Drakter 23,784,000
Extra wages of privates; extra pay to
mounted officers, and salary to
officers above the rank of colonel Henrik Sedin Pelipaita l7,000,000
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Herre Parajumpers Truman Parka $127,424,000
or
Parajumpers Damen Long Bear Billig 25,484,000 pounds sterling.
To this must be added the cost of diet and clothing. The food of the men, I was informed, was supplied at an average cost of l7 cents a day, which, for an army of 500,000 men, would amount to 6,200,000 pounds per annum. The clothing of the men is shown by the printed statement of their War Department to amount to $3.00 a month for a period of five years. That, at least, is the amount allowed to a private of infantry or artillery. The cost of the cavalry uniforms and of the dress of the non-commissioned officers is something higher, but not sufficiently so to make it necessary to make special provision for the difference in a statement so rough as this. At $3.00 a month the clothing of the army would amount to 3,600,000 pounds. The actual annual cost would therefore be as follows:
Salaries and wages 25,484,400 pounds.
Diet of the soldiers 6,200,000 "
Clothing for the soldiers 3,600,000 "
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piumin Moncler Safran 35,280,400 "
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