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Show I SPENDING MORE I FOR GUM THAN I FOR SOLDIERS Chairman Kahn Declares There Is Grave Danger in False Economy H WASHINGTON Starch 17 Warn- H' mp members of COBgTeai thai tlf B economy Is ihe poorest kind of econo-HPR econo-HPR my," Chairman Kahn of the house F military affairs eommltteo declared lo rn day during eonsJdOratlon of the army .ghfl ipproprlation bill that a reduction in 1 i he size of the regular army to 1 15.000 . nllsted men and 11,000 officers, as proposed in the measure trould bo "al- B loyether too drastic a cut. at this tlm ' Tho California representative held i hat pay provision should be made for j 150 000 men nr.,l n.000 officers during the coming fiscal yr, ai requested bj war department, or if conpre-'S i were determine to direct a reduction ,li the interest of economy that the en-Hated en-Hated strength should not be decreased below 140,000 men. n.Ws FALSE FXOVO'V "Lately M has seemed to become popular on the part of a Rood many of ihe men In congress to insist on cutting down the allowances for our army and i ivy." Mi Kahn "Economy the watchword of a good many leglsla- ora But let me call the attention of the house to the fact that false oeono-my oeono-my is the poor, st kind of economy." 1 Reviewing the military situation pri- or to the entrance of the I'nlted States into the world war. the chairman as-serted as-serted that "by reason of our lack 01 j iireparednes we were compelled to ex- i pond durinK the 19 months we were in The war the startling sum of ?24 ,000.- When compared with the eotpenai-i eotpenai-i jres of the American people for pleas-B pleas-B ure or nonessential commodities, the I ..uttav for military purposes, "sinks Ml mto eomarithre Insignificance, he contended, as he quoted a variety or tatlstioa MILLIONS FOR OHM M During the fiscal year 1921 the house was told, when appropriations for the regular army, national guar.d .md the organize, reserves aggregated H MIS, 000. 000, tho pub.i B m00 000 for admission to theatres, con- certs, cabarets, baseball games and other entertainments 11,161.000,000 for tobacco and related materials. 750 000.000 for candy and chewing sum 5834,000,000 tor sodas and con-fectlons con-fectlons and 504!, 000, 000 for personal adornment l Comparing the expenditures of the fnited States during 1910-1921 on army with the sums epcnded by other Rations, Mr. Kahn said the L nltefl 1 States expenditures totaled $343,156.- :;03, or $3.22 per capita, while those of B tho British Emlpre exclusive of depen- l dencles amounted to $6fi2.1 23,000, or, $12-35 per capita; Franco $933,927,000 or 122.62 per caplts Italy 1246.081.-1 B 200. or $G.70 per capita, and Japan) fl $189,082,900, or " T.S per capita. H - These figures show that we are BX- ceedlngly mindful of the welfare of, our people in keeping down mllltar oosts and expenditures." declared the H speaker. Hf WILAT OTHERS SIMM) Hj Contrasting with ..th. r leading pow- BH c-rs the size of the annj in comparison fl with the population. Mr Kahn said H that for the year r.'Jl the number of B the American army was 1 42 per 1000' H population, While the number In Great B Britain was 7.34, France 14.47. Italy 8.17, Japan 5.4 and China 4.03. H "A comparison of our national H wealth wth the number of soldiers' B now maintained in the regular auny. H 'he house was Informed, "shows that H each soldier La charged with affording H protection and national security to, K $1,666,697 of the $350,000,000,000 to- tal of our national wealth. 25 SQUARE MILES BA4 II H "Each of these soldiers is at thei H present time protecting some 25 square . miles of territory of our mainland J B and dependencies and with giving Mfc B uur people a guarantee against fOr- H itrn interference with their constitu- tional rights In their pursuit of health, j B happiness and lawful gain All this; H a) a cost of $3.22 per capita of pop-j H The army appropriation bill, which H until a year ago was drafted annually H by the committee of which Mr. Kahn H is chairman, was framed under the Hj new rules of the house by a sub-com- Hj :nlttee of five member Of the appro- B prlatlons committee', headed b" Bepre- H u ntatlve Anthony, Republican, Kan- |