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MEXICO UNDER CARRANZA
The Federal appropriations passed by the Mexican Congress for 1918 were as follows:
| pesos | |
| Legislative Power | 2,967,858.75 |
| Executive Power | 1,064,577.20 |
| Judicial Power | 1,552,258.00 |
| Department of Government | 1,280,428.50 |
| Department of Foreign Affairs | 3,362,591.50 |
| Department of Finance and Public Credit | 20,213,094.40 |
| Department of War and Marine | 120,755,631.65 |
| Department of Agriculture and Fomento | 7,005,683.00 |
| Department of Communication and Public Works | 21,382,229.65 |
| Department of Industry and Commerce | 2,831,384.00 |
| Bureau of University and Fine Arts | 2,269,301.00 |
| Bureau of Public Health | 1,898,396.50 |
| Office of Attorney General of the Nation | 549,888.50 |
| Total | 187,133,322.65 |
In a statement published in the Washington Star, October 31, 1917, from a person described as Charles A. Douglas, "Counsellor in the United States for the Mexican Government, who returned to Washington this week after a month's stay in Mexico," the following appears:
