An Item in War Cost

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 13, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 49.

An Item in War Cost.

It is not extremely encouraging to the taxpayer to learn that it costs this Government about $1,500,000 a year for naval target practise, or about $50,000 a ship. At least that is what it was in 1903, according to that reliable journal the Scientific American. The ordinary twelve-inch rifle, a matter of no little cost, is limited in its life to only 150 shots. At each shot it fires a projectile weighing 1,000 pounds, and uses 360 pounds of smokeless powder. All this is necessary to make good marksmen; but should the marksmen be needed?