Logan Republican | 1915-01-26 | Page 8 | The Terrible War Bill

Tho Terrlhle War Bill. The wars ot Napoleon In 13 years cost France $1,)00,000,000. Our Civil war expenditure of the federal government govern-ment amounted to $3,400,000,000, or nearly 13 times as much"a year as Napoleon's. Na-poleon's. The Franco-German was cost France $1,580,000,000, besides an added war Indemnity of $1,000,000,000. This same great war, which lasted only 190 days, cost Germany $450,000,000 for an average fighting force of 1,250,000 men. The other big European war of the past halt century, tho Russo-Turk-Ish war, cost Russia $786,140,000, but she bad two years' fighting for her money. Tho war In tho far East cost Japau $650,000,000 and Russia $723,-000,000, $723,-000,000, not counting lost ships. Only towards tho end had either side anything any-thing like a million men In tbo field. Italy's llttlo war with Turkey cost $400,000 a day, allowing for a mere 60,-000 60,-000 fighting men. Wendell Phillips Dodgo, in Leslie's.