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Show SOME "TERRIBLEjWAR BILLS That of the United States Govern. ment Heads the List In Point of Size. The wars of Napoleon In 13 years S?.n Z" I'000'00.00, writes Wen-k'U Wen-k'U Phillips Dodge in Isle's, our Civil war expenditure of tho federal government was $3,100,000,000, neap iy thirteen, times as much a year as Napoleon's. Tho Franco-rJcrman war cost Franco $1,GSO,000,000, bo-sides bo-sides an added wnr Indemnity of Jl,-000000,000. Jl,-000000,000. This sumo great war, which lasted only 190 dnys, cost Germany Ger-many 1450,000,000 for an average fighting forco of 1,250,000 men. Tho other big European war of tho past half century, tho Husso-Turklsh war, cost itussla 1780,100,000, but sho had two years' nghtlnK for her money. Tho war In tho far East cost Japan 1050,000,000 and Itussla $723,000,000, not counting lost ships. Only toward the end had either side anything llko a million men In tho Held. Italy's llttlo war with Turkey cost $400,000 a day, allowing for a mere C0.000 lighting light-ing men; and tho Doer war, In which England's nrmy averaged 200,000. cost $1,055,000,000 In two and a half years. |