PART V. 



Economy to be Effected in the Disposal of 

 Animals Wasted by War. 



•'And there was taken up of fragments that remained to them 

 twelve baskets." (S^. Luke IX. 17.) 



" and they did all eat and were filled : and they too\ up of the 

 broken meat that was left seven baskets full." {Sf. Matthew 

 XV. 37.) 



Chapter . I.— GENEEAL. 



When a War costs from £5,000,000 to £6,000,000 per day, is 

 continued for months and years, and income tax. is subjected to 

 continual rise, our thoughts are naturally driven to measures of 

 economy. 



War in all its aspects must necessarily mean exteksive 

 provision of material, and such provision must bear a consider- 

 able margin over demand and ordinary expenditure, to admit of 

 unusual or unforeseen wastage. 



On the other hand, a plethora of any thing may lead to 

 wanton waste. 



In any case, whether expenditure in war material is ordinary 

 or extraordinary, there are fragments which remain ' to be 

 picked up and turned to credit account. In previous sections I 

 have remarked on business propositions of the Army, and 

 Economy, well directed, is certainly one of them. It is 

 remarkable, and I think greatly to the credit of our Armies in 

 the various theatres of the late Great War, what astounding 

 results have been achieved by Salvage, under an organisation 



