Show FIGURES ON THE SIFMNER War Department Quotes the Record as to Cost of Vessel Washington March JTlme olllcials of the War department taking notice of the criticisms nassed in the House during the discussion of the army appropriation ap-propriation bill upon the alleged extravagance ex-travagance shown by the Quartermasters Quartermas-ters department In lilting out the army transport Sumner today made public from the records the actual figures of expenditures showing the expenditures expendi-tures to be very much different from those stated yesterday in Ito course of debate For Instance lie War department statement shows that the cost of the repairs at New York was not 5000 us announced In Congress but 1913 The tumblers In the stateroom did cost 39 cents apiece and pillow slips cost 1i4 cents The glass stateroom doors cost 50 cents The mahogany chairs cost 20 Instead of 51Ti As to those chairs It Is declared that experience has shown mahogany to be the very cheapest cheap-est furniture that can be used on shipboard ship-board In point of durability and cost of maintenance The linen big mirrors In the sideboard side-board did not cost 1500 but were purchased pur-chased for 1230 Time silver service which was paid lo have cost time Government Gov-ernment 8000 is only plated ware and all the plate on the uhlp for the use of 1500 men cost S129S |