Tot estimated ripenae of the
I'nlied State covrrnruc-nt lu tho flrt
ear -f war. wlihout loan to the al-
u ii:.t':.;:s.6T07.
ARMSTRONG
Ihirlug the f.rt year of war lh
I nltc! Siitt'n rmy ha !nrreaMl la
actual ;rvncth from J.r.;i officer and
ana i.-:s.:i.
Total aipi'Utlor.ii for war depart
inert kIi.c April . 1M7. f7.4l.771.
7; S; wl;h1rawal from the treasury
by the war department from June
1MT. to Maivh . IMS. were fS,
tffi. :1.07.1S. Ttie latter figure do
rot represent actual expenditure or
c.bl'rinns lut merely withdrawals
fnm iL- troau;y.
Sircneth of the navy today i nearly
;i.W officer and :."0.H0 enlisted
nen; strength a year ago n .72
.fT.rer and 77.546 enlisted men.
The total number of person nom- In
the naval eital!hhmect exceed 4!S.-
Kstimated total expenditure of the
l.avy during first year of war: Dis
bursement ar.d outstanding oWiRa
Hon. J1.SS1.090.0W.
Total naval appropriation, real and
pending J.i.;r.2.171.66i04.
American destroyer arried at a,
Hrltish port to assist In patrolling Eu
ropean water IS day after the decla
ration of war.
The first contingent- of the expedi
tionary forces landed safely at a
French port JS days after war was de
clared. American troor went on the line
for their baptism of lire 187 days after
war was declared.
American troops permanently took
over a i-arr of the firing line as an
American sector in January. ISIS.
There are row four times as many
vessels in the naval service as a year
ago.
Nearly 73.000 mechanics and other
civilian employees are working at
navy yards and stations.
Estimated pay of officers and men
of the navy for the first year of the
war, J125.WO.000.
Anneal pay of the army now ex
ceeds a naif billion dollars.
Product 10a or K'.C'Ofl new automo
bile trucks is in progress for the
army, in addition to purchases of 3.
Z20 passenger cars, .126 motorcycles,
and 5.040 bicycles, with appropriate
repair and replacement equipment.
During the first yar of war army
expended JGO.000.000 for horse-draw-n
vehicles and harness; more than 150.
O0.O00 for horses, mules, and harness.
Expenditures for f.tczl year ending
Jane CO, lirtS, for fuel and forage
estimated at more than half a billion
dollars.
Quartermaster recently jnrchased
1,000, 0'K jtounds of prunes and dried
beans and 272.0'U00 cans of toma
toes, condensed milk, and baked beans.
Other purchases include 40.0('0,000
yards of mosc.uito bar. TS.OOO.COO yards
of olive drab, 2(i,00,000 woolen blan
kets, "l.OOO.Odo pairs of woolen draw
ers. LO.OuO.OOO pairs of heavy stock
ings, 11,000,000 wool coats.
Ordinance program includes the pur
chase of 22,000,000 Land grenades,
725,000 automatic pistols. 250,000 re
volvers, 23,000,000 projectiles for
heavy artillery, 427,246,000 pounds of
explosives, 240,000 machine guns, 2,-
484.000 rifles.
Machine guns are being produced at
the rate of 225,000 a year, SU-inch
guns at the rate of 15,000 per year.
When war was declared, 123 naval
vessels were building or authorized,
and coLtracts have been placed since
that time for ft 4 9 vessels.
Before the war a total of $1,500,000
had been appropriated for air service.
Congress has made JG91.000.O00 avail
able fos aircraft production in first
year of war.
The United States is now producing
battle planes of the latest European
design equipped with Liberty engines.
More than 700 privately owned ves
sels have been purchased or chartered
by the navy.
More than 70,000 acres of land in
this country has been planted with
castor bean plants to produce suf
ficient oil for Aircraft.
Army ordnance supply .division
handles monthly 10,000 carload of
material
In less than three week after en
actment of selective service law the
male population of the country within
draft as, approximately 10,000,000
men presented themselves before
some 4,000 boards and registered.
Cost of drafting amy r nd provost
marshall general's operations was
$1 0,00 0,0 0r; cost per man accepted for
service, J4i2.
During 12 months army hospitals in
creased from 7 to 3 in number and
from E.i-Oii to &S.4KK) beds; 30,000 more
beds are being added.
The navy ration in 2J17 cost J0.42S.
as against 16.37648 ia 1S16.
Durirg first three month of 1S18
navy paymaster cleared 1185.000,000
tor navy supplies and contracts.
Paymaster general of the nvy drew
checks frr more than J30.O00.OO0 in
one day February 23 for mutJtions;
total aj?vrt!K.a purchases for the
navy for 1HS were tH.(KKU'00.
Total weight of steel thrown If a
Quality Is Economy
With Spring just around the
corner, men's minds are cen
tering on New Spring Clothes.
This store, being ever watch
ful of the best interests of
those it serves and seeks to
serve, therefore presents in
Campus
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Suits and Overcoats of indi
vidual style, superior fabric
value and supreme tailoring
2S upwards
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single broadside from the Pennsyl
vania today is 17.508 pounds; maxi
mum broadside of largest ship during
Spanish-American war was 5.GC0
poucds.
More than 11.000 manufacturers bid
for navy business.
Two weeks after war was declared
contracts had been made covering the
requirements of an army of 1,000,000
men, this material comprising 8.700.000
iltins.
Our 14-inch guns weigh nearly i5
tons and are 5S 1-3 feet long, costing
J11S.OO0.
Six new authorized battleships are
designed to be of 41.500 tons, the larg
est baltlefchips in the world.
Our 35,000-ton cruisers, 35 knots,
will be the fasiest in the world, their
speed equalling the fastest destroyers.
Air personnel increased irom of
ficers and 1,120 men to 100 times that
numbers in first year of war. Eleven
kinds of schools hare been installed.
Two powder plants to cost J45.O00,
000 each are under construction..
Prompt repairs of 10S Interned Ger
man ships, partially wrecked by tfcelr
crews, added more than 700,000 tons
to our available naval and merchant
tonnage.
During the year nearly 0,000 let
ters, many including detailed plana,
were received from the inventive
eeiiiu of iie country by the naval
consulting board concerning methods
for combating the German U-boata.
War prisones-n und ftiiea eeesiies
numbering 2,040 are now confined is
three barracks in Georgia and Utah
Psychological examinations of 150,
000 oScera and men have been made.
To February 20, director general
of military railwaya tad placed or
ders for railway supplies valued at
J142.000.000 and with an aggregate
weight cf 754,006 long tons; the ren
eral engineer depot, to February L
issued SOO'orders for material valued
at J202.O00.O00.
Tor training troops In cantonments
1.000,000,000 rounda of ammunition
have been bought.
The navy has developed an Ameri
can mine believed to combine all the
good poitti cf varioua typea of mines,
and is iaiulictiiittg them in Quan
tities. Army neiical training schoo have
been created with capacity of 21,000
officers and men. 15.000 enlisted men.
and G.O'K) officers already trained and
graduated.
Naval communication service oper
ates all radio service; 5,O0 youths
are studying radiotelegraphy at two
naval schools.
Medical officers numbering l.i75 are
members of the medical department
of the navy. Xavy maintains 12.000
added.
hospital beds and 5,000 are being
Of 3,203 candidates for officers
commissions at two officers training
camps, 44,578 were successful; a third
series is cow In progress with 18,009
attendance.
During the year the latest type of
navil lG-intfi gun was completed for
our new battleships it throws a pro
jectile weighing 2,100 pounds.
Young Men" Christian association
Young Women Christian association
and Knights of Columbus buts are fix
tures in tie life of every soldier and
sailor;-nostras bouse have been built
in 32 cantonmenta and camps; 18 lib
erty theatres are running In army
camps and 1 Sare ordered construct
ed; all camp have athletic fields, one
having 2 gridirons.
Appropriations available for expend
iture for the naval service for the fis
cal year ending June 20, IMS. total
J1.74U09.40e0.
About 0,000 officers and men are
engaged In coast patrol work of the
navy.
Cliff Scott'a Music, B1482.
lowing the poem, and then with danc
ing and impressive ceremonies the
May Queen will be crowned by the
senior girls.
The program is Ihe afternoon
will start at 3 o'clock in the Casino
theatre at Capital Beach. A concert
by the University band will open the
Mil and then will follow three stunt
by the freshman, sophomore and Jun
ior classes. Something unique and
clever is expected here and the show
is promised to make a big hit.
Tapping the Innocents and Black
Masque will come at the close of the
circus and after supper I served
on the lawn the day will come to a
glorious' close with dancing in the
pavilion.
WAR PAGEANT TO
FEATURE IVY DAY
(Continued from pag one)
ior arid Junior classes who will plant
the sprig cf Ivy. The ivy day oration
by Everett Randall. Law '18. of Gib
bon. Nebr come next. Another sur
prise will be sprung when the senior
poem i read. Manuscript for this
poem are to te handed In now to
Prof. Louise Pound, and the best will
be selected but the author will no:
be announced until It U read on May
11.
The psgeant under the direction of
Jean Burroughs will be produced fo
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