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Show 1 IVe df I".nier-rnry T'und. j Washing-ton, Dec. S. The manner I In which all war funds were speDt is ' told in detail for the first time in let-! let-! ters sent from all the departments and bureaus to the house committees on appropriations and made public as part of the report on the urgent deScieney ; bill. Of the emerg-ency national defense fund of f."0,n'nri00, the navy ! department ct the largest amount, viz: S29,f3T,2T4. Of this amount the department proper expended 17,700.- 6S4 mainly in the purchase of ships. |