New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-28
Loss of Life I'm the Mexican War.

There prevails throughout the community and
even among of intelligence great mistake on this
subject Even Mr. Calhoun has spoken of some seven or
eight thousand O the total OF lives lost in this
war and the specific official information called for in
Congress- viii probably give mainly If not solely the
numbers fallen in battle. These however, are not more
probably less than fifth OF the whole number that have
persisted and give this ratio as clue to right in
terpreaton of official reports concerning the victims OF
this war.
To statements in preceding numbers on this subject
we add few items:
Southern Resi,nents-" The N. c. Regiment" says an
officer writing from Buena Vista in September, ls47
was paid OFF the last of August on muster rolls made
co months previous and almost every NH man had died
since muster The Mississippi Regiment had suffered
still Companies that came into the heid eighty
five and ninety strong now number scarcely hpty men
| on parade These things will rob war OF some OF the
brilliant gems with which newspaper paragraphs have
decked it," An officer of the Georgia Infantry Battalion,
writing from the City of Mexico says. Oh nearly four
hundred men who left Columbus in the five companies,
have notmore than forty Mt for duty About thlrty
five in hospital at Jaeps, and the remainder In that
| of Perote." 49,
! Ne,c. York Reqimsnt-Out Of some $40 men which we
numbered when we landed at Vera Cruz" says one Of
the number under date of Jan Is, lsie, I'VE have not
now more than about $50 fit for duty
Conpaa 10 from CoRnecticd-"A small company OF bat
tered soldiers says the Neodrs IN. ~ Aa0sr,'str
passed through in the railroad train yesterday on their
way home from the battle Of Mexico, having had
ouite enough of gore and glory One of them mention
ed that he the only survivor OF twenty one men
who left Waterbury, CT about year ago-a sad mes
senger 10 twenty heart stricken families
| CompaBy from VaraoRt--The Rutland Herald, the
editor OF which has brother, officer in the Mexican
war saws Out Of 80 member of the Vermont company
raised last Summer for the Mexican war, fortyJ0r
have already died and out of this number only ro
have been killed in battle the others having fallen vic
tins to the diseases incident to the climate
SfW another Company from Ntto England" solaler
| in company h, 9th regiment writes 10 his nome IN
Newort for Mexico and az the time of writing but "a
were LETT, tit for duty the remainder were sick or
dead"
Now make a calculation for yourself on the basis OF
the data here given Cast up the total sent out in
these cases and YOU will find when the precise mum
bers are given that twohirds of the whole were lost
and that too in less than year on an average from
the time of their entering the service. Nor is this all
for we are told thst one regiment los, ah OF its entire
number in tco months another regiment still larger
proportion and at this rate, four-hths would perish
In single wear More than half OF the Vermont COM
psny died in less than year and Of these only one IN
twenty-five two of the forty four, in battle In one
case-the company from Connectcut-nineteen out O.
twenty died in less than syesr Now we have sent
10 this war more than 10000 in all and you take the
above rates Of mortality any other have yet seem
and calculate by the lowest OF them all, you will
make the sum total of losses than 30 600
Yet will interested demsgogues deny wink out OF
sigh, such facts these and conceal from the people
as much as they of the grim yssged blood besmesr
al monster Advocate OF Peace.