European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse My20,96i the stars and stripes Page 7 use of troops in april riots Cost $5.4 million defense three. Cd Tow and Eso read scale this summer., of $5375,4wt applies to deployment of about j5.890lar soldiers and marines plus f e d e r a 1 i z e d National guardsmen in Washington Baltimore and also includes expenses of moving and maintaining 22,074more regular soldiers in a standby position outside crisis Points. The Bill covers such extra costs As flying troops thousands of Miles pay and allowances formational guardsmen ordered to Federal emergency service an Upkeep. The figure could have Bee much larger but the Pentagon decided to exclude military pay and rations certain civilian Sal Aries and equipment which the defense department said Wouldhave been incurred normally rioting in Washington accounted for $2,230,100 of the nearly $5.4 million. For Balti More the Bill came to $882,000,for Chicago $831,400. The stand by troops ran up extra expenses of $1,431,900.airlifting soldiers from Dis Tant bases to the affected cities Cost $2,108,600. The pay of about 14,990 federalized National guardsmen to tales $437,800.a total of about 20,900 Federal regulars were deployed into Washington Baltimore and Chi Cago for periods ranging from six to 11 of the soldiers moved into the Washington area came from As far away As it. Carson colo., and it. Sill Force air Reserve and air National guard transport planes flew about 1,290 sorties in the civil disturbance Airlift and in addition to the troops delivered nearly 8,500 tons of cargo. The civil disturbance opera Tion in april boosted the total Federal outlay for dealing wit disorders to More than $6.4 Mil lion since last october the army mar shared about 11,000 troops at the Pentagon and in nearby bases when opponents of the Vietnam War staged a massive Demon defense department now is building a civil disturbance command Post in the basement of the command Center will House about $1 million Worth of radios and other equipment to permit Central direction of fed eral efforts in coping with riots As they occur across the coun try. Job Yong
