AUSTRALIA'S ARMY.
Accordiup; to Mr. Fisher, the exPrimo Minister of Australia, the Commonwealth has actually dispatched to the Front a total of 74,576 troops of all ranks, and has raised- another 17,000. making a total force of 91,570. Already Australia has spent over C 13,000,000 on its war services, "but wo intend to see the matter through to the last man and the last shilling," says Air. Fisher. Some facts regarding the cost t f equipping and transporting si soldier from Australia to Egypt are also given by Mr. Fisher. Pinch ms»n landed in Egypt costs Australia €«•">. The average cost of the first issue of personal clothing and equipment is 823 per man. the average cost of maintenance for twelve months being CIL* per man. The average cost of clothing and equipment. including both personal and regimental equipment, such as field and machineguns, waggons, etc., iB £SO per man.
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Lake County Press, Issue 2635, 8 June 1916, Page 2
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