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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
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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.
