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was that it would be used as a hos hospltal hospush I pital pltal push Now nearly a 0 year later approximately ap approximately approximalely proximately $900 900 $800000 800000 $ 000 has been spent spenton spen spenon spenon on It I understand but only thre three threeI threfloors . . noors floors have been occupied and never neve neverhas : I has the place accommodated mon more menu morethan menuthan than 150 1110 patients patientsThe patientsThe The waste la Is obvloaa obvious coloiaal eolo'lsal eololsal colsaI ' In- In Inexcusable inexcuaable In - excuaable excusable every ceat cent of tbat tbatmoney lisa lisamoney thanioaey money could have beer been saTcd lIan'd lIand saved ' by irlag us- us usIa us usLog - Ia Log & , vacaat vacant civil hosBltal hospUal hospital spaco space lithat 10 10that ii iithat that areaA aresA area ares areaA A week ago the army site sill " board hears boardhad hearstad boanhad had tad a meeting at the Breakers ancdecided Ilnd IlnddecIded ens ensdecided decIded to make this lavish rich richman netman rid ridman man s hotel into a s permanent army armyhospital srrn armjhospital ) hospital although a few tew miles awaiat away SW&3 SW3 awayat SW&3at & at Boca Rat n the army ar-my ar my - already is ispaying ia iapaYing iipaying paYing $50 50 $ $50000 50000 $ 000 a year rent fororoject for tor a aoroject ioroject oroject which whlrh whirh would make an as-s as s - inexpensive in iruex iruexpensive ex expf'nslve pf'nslve pfnslve pensive ' and ideal substitute Th ThBoca The TheDoca ThBoca < Boca Doca Rat n club has about 400 400rooms 40 40rooms ( rooms spicious Sp'lCIOUS SplCIOUS sptcioos ' grounds gr-ounds gr ounds - on the theocean therCeafl thocean ( ocean rCeafl ) low rental and is qu et Thdrmy The Thedrmy Thearmy ( drmy army apparently always alwdYs doe does does doesthings doesLhings doethings things Lhings the hard wayTh wayTh way wayTh Th Ths s inc dent no doi dOl dot bt can bH be bell beIc ( \ll ll Ic \ pi p1 pIc'lled p1csted cited c'lled clled csted ' a million mlll10n nsultsnn times in a m in I Ilion IIon 1lion lion Ion d fferel fYl'rel fYlrel ITs-ncr ITs ncr ' - t I { ha hases es of the war et ef etfort efort effort fort ort The details of such waste naturally nalu natu nalurally naturally rally are not piblicized p Ibllclzed iblicized by the armyn army n 0 fact fnct are covered by tupp supp sedly sedlymilitary sedlynilitary sedlymilitary military nilitary censorship although no nom noTi ncm InvolvedOnly involved involvedOnly involvednly m Ti litary IItary Information is Only ) nly if It ngressional cngr-esSlOnal cngr esSlOnal c < ( - comn comrr Ittf'es Ittfes ittees Ittf'esstart itteestart ittecistart ' start tart pursuing inept officials may maythe mayiie maythe the iie truth be knownWith known knownWith knownWith With taxes nearing nearinlt the f'l\dura f'l fl dura endurable endurableknit ' endurablelimit \ ble blelimit limit knit and repeated rf'pf'llted rfpfllted ' ' bond drives neo- neo flee- flee neo"s'lary fleesSary neo-r-s neo r s - - "s'lary slary sSary " - ' a.ry ary . to raise raille money for the vastspenditures vastexpenditures vast vastexpenditures expenditures spenditures ( smoanting amountlnlt amounting to t.o . $2774 2774 $277 277 $277oo $ % 77 400 oo 0 Of 000 a day In September ) the theneces"IUell theieeessitie thenecessities neces"IUell necesIUell ieeessitie " of ' economy f'conomy fconomy assume an animportancf anmportance animaiorta.Bcr animaiortaBcr importancf mportance . 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