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Schoenrich, Otto

"A Country with a Future"

04 per annum and that of his deputy as $5,988);
coast guard service $6,000; wharf repairs $20,000.
Department of War and the Navy......................... 593,815.26
Including office of secretary; 12 military posts (the
commanders receiving from $60 to $150 per month); 10
armories $4,980; military instructors $4,380;
president's staff $12,380; one infantry regiment of
about 470 officers and men (the colonel receiving $95
monthly, the men $l5); a band of 33 men; a police
force, called "republican guard" of about 800 officers
and men (salaries ranging from $200 for the brigadier
general and $140 for the colonel, to $18 for the
private); 2 military hospitals $31,867; a machine shop
$4,440; port captains at $50-$90 per month, and
doctors at $25-$50; and the gunboat $26,444.
Department of Justice and Public Instruction........... 318,208.00
Including office of secretary; University of Santo
Domingo $23,700; Santiago professional institute $8,820;
2 jail schools; subventions to many municipal schools,
private and special schools, about $180,000;
33 scholarships, $23,870; pensions $23,988.


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