Show I I COST OF THE WAR I 1 II j Secretary Alger Asks For Fiftythree I I Millions More I Washington June 2The secretary I F I of war today sent to congress a request i congess reuest I I i for appropriations amounting to 53 I 879339 These appropriations will b I I I used for the equipment and maintenance I mainte-nance until June 1 1899 of the 125000 I volunteers president recently k called for by the The several items are as follows Pay J go r for the volunteers 14099881 subsistence II subsist-ence of the army 5147477 regular supplies of the quartermasters depart ment 2500000 horses for cavalry and artillery 1000000 barracks and quar ters 1500000 army transportation 11000000 clothing for the army 13 000000 contingencies of the army 50 000 equipment of engineer troops 25 000 signal service of the army 37000 civilian assistants to engineers office 20000 Questioned by Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee Mr Cannon said 600000000 would be a conservative con-servative estimate of the cost of the war for a year if i lasted that long The bill incorporates the more urgent of the war estimates submitted to the I house by Secretary Alger whose explanation ex-planation Is called for by a significant official letter transmitted therewith I |