By November, 1915, orders had been
placed by the Imperial Government to the value of $300,000,000, and an
Imperial Munitions Board, replacing the shell committee, was formed,
directly responsible to the Imperial Ministry of Munitions.
During the war period Canada purchased from her bank savings
$1,669,381,000 of Canadian war loans.
Estimates of expenditures for the fiscal year ending March 31,1919,
demonstrated the thoroughness with which Canada went to war. They
follow:
Expenditure Expenditure Total
In Canada Overseas Expenditures
Pay of 110,000 troops in
Canada and 290,000
in England and France. $50,187,500 $70,312,500 $120,500,000
Assigned pay, overseas troops 54,000,000 --- 54,000,000
Separation allowances 21,750,000 6,000,000 27,750,000
Rations, Canada,
50 cents per day;
England, 38-1/2 cents per day. 20,075,000 21,000,000 41,075,000
Clothing and necessaries 19,080,000 --- 19,080,000
Outfit allowances,
officers and nurses 1,000,000 700,000 1,700,000
Equipment, including harness,
vehicles, tents, blankets, but
not rifles, machine guns, etc 20,000,000 --- 20,000,000
Ordnance service --- 1,800,000 1,800,000
Medical services 5,000,000 --- 5,000,000
Ammunition 5,000,000 --- 5,000,000
Machine guns 2,000,000 --- 2,000,000
Ocean transport 4,612,500 --- 4,612,500
Railway transport 11,062,500 450,000 11,512,500
Forage 450,000 --- 450,000
Veterinary service, remounts --- 3,000,000 3,000,000
Engineer works, housing 2,750,000 1,250,000 4,000,000
Civilian employees 2,920,000 750,000 8,670,000
Sundries, including recruiting,
censors, customs dues, etc.
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