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672

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

The maiii items of revenue and expenditure in the budget for 1920 were as follows : —

Revenue

Dollars Paper

Expenditure

Dollars Paper

Imports ....

127,000,000

1 Congress ....

15,274,260

Exports .... Tobacco ....

100,000,000

f Interior

69,479,426

43.000.0UO

Foreign Affairs and

Stamps ....

28,000.000

Worship .

4,941,074

Patents ....

7,000,000

Finance

1S,246,600

Alcohol ....

12,400,000

£ •

Public Debt

124,306,484

Justice and Education

8S,280,385

r.

Army ....

44,145,357

3

Navy .... Agriculture . ..Public Works

36.459,120 10,515,860 14,364,836

Pensions, &c. .

1 7.641,284

Public Works .

35,516,900

-

Subsidies

13,195,988

Total (including all

revenue) .

459,574,694

Grand total .

459,171,586

(41.779.517J.)

(41,742,S71?.)

The external debt at the end of 1918 was 671,336,118 paper pesos, and the internal debt w 2,791,606 paper pesos.

In 1916 the total wealth of the country was estimated at 32,656 million dollars paper (2,850,920, 0002.), including 10,623 million dollars paper the value of agricultural land ; 6,800 million dollars the value of urban land ; 3,375 million dollars the value of the railways ; 3,203 million dollars the value of cattle.

Defence.

Akmt.

The army of the Argentine Republic is a National Militia, service in which is compulsory for all citizens from their 20th to their 45th year. For the first 10 years the men belong to the ' active ' army, or first line. After completing 10 years in the first line, the men pass to the National Guard and serve in it for another 10 years, finishing their service with 5 years in the Territorial Guard. The period of continuous service, or train- ing in the ranks, is for 1 year. The reservists can be called out for training periodically.

The territory of the Republic is divided into 5 military districts, each of which provides on mobilisation a complete division of the first line, and also a reserve division, irrespective of the National Guard and Territorial troops. The strength of the 'active' divisions will be about 20,000 men each. The 'active' army comprises: — Infantry, 20 regiments of 2 battalions ot 2 companies ; 1 railway battalion of 4 companies ; 4 independent companies ; rivalry, 12 regiments of 3 squadrons ; 1 gendarmerie regiment of 3 squadrons ; 1 independent squadron and 2 machine-gun squadrons ; artillery. 5 regiments field artillery of 2 groups of 2 batteries ; 2 groups mountain of 2 batteries ; 2 groups of 2 horse batteries ; 1 siege battery ; engineers, 5 battalions of 4 companies.