Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-06-08
-WrT1EsTINa STATISTICS.

Conc-oza c.on, Tn1;ono .
mem
anu WIZ
iaee war against '"e tn' WV
ered IN auoress lew ua's "s' ~
washington, In wnicn ne mtfouueeo
quite q oooy o. interesting STATISTICS
relating to the army during the war,
The whole number Oh men embraced
In the nationai army at times
during tne tour yesrs .. tne war was
AsSoSoi. WIZ !" VI '"
stooa tna' al ..e'e %s
neio ~ any ''o M ~" %..",,
"res are tne 90 ,ss %. ,es ~ th,s
men's Oh
aggregate e','fs 'e'
otnoers, including nine oo,oleu on
AV1o.llz "ere eniseu ""i'. W W.
l'e'eSo were eiiils'eu
present tnese hsuies win s"o
showing tne proportion s"S
ana tne RELATIVE oansers VI
men In oattie, the propor'o
tahty noI, ui a 49,.
causes u" ost"een '
ana otner interesting oonpt' a.
developeu W o
eral snanks. anu mere proper "
say that nc 'ouones luz incl, oof
ness as oelng "careiuiiy irom
the OFFICIAL recorus oi tue war Depar'-
menu, ano oener eq"Ahs iei
sources. rnst 'hen' " VI
the S'Sa4 COMMISSIONED oin0eFs CHI
ployed during the war, no less than
S,93l were killed la battle, or about
one out Of every t~wenty-one. VI the
2,073,112 enlisted white men, 3s,7s3
were killed In battle, or about n out
of every fty-four. OF the l7s,sso en-
listed colored men, LOLA were killed
In battle, or about one In one hundred
and eighteen. we throw out fractions.
laxing the same aggregates we 10"
pass to the relative mortality from
WOUNDS receiveo IN action' pu' VINO
were not killed ootrignt upon tine
held. VI the ofhcers, 4'oos died Oh
WOUNDS, or ABOUT one out Oh every
iorty-one Oh the eniiseed whte men,
3o'ss1 lie nom wounds, or ABOUT n
Out Oh every sixty-seVen ana q 'he
enlisted coiored men, l,os' died IRON
wounds or about n out o every u.s.
From this, 1t will be observed that the
wounds of the officers were more fatal
than those Of the enlisted men, and
that the wounds Of the enlisted
white men were far more fatal than
were those OF the enlisted colored
men. This proportion Oh mortaiity as
between omeers anu enis'eu meh' J."
due In part 70 the Iact tnat tne omcerS
are conspicuous marks for sharpsnoot-
en. Coming now 70 tne ngures winch
show the relative mortality as between
officers and enlisted men nom disease
whilst In the service, 1t Will be observed
that the proportions are entirely re-
versed. or the officers, l,72S died OF
disease, or about 1 out OF every 40; OF
the enlisted white men, l2l,lO9 died OF
disease, or about n out OF every II;
and OF the enlisted colored men, 2o,zll
died OF disease, or oou one out Oh
every q. The disproportions mere are
very great, the deaths from disease
among the colored enlisted men being
nearly two and a hal times more MAJ
among the white enlisted men, and
seven times more than among the OFF,
GERS; while the mortality o disease
was nearly threefold greater among
the white enlisted men than among
their officers, who were OF the same
race. This Is partly attributable to
the greater hardships and exposures OF
camp life among the privates than
among their officers; partly to the
careless disregard of health among the
frank and Ale while In camp, and
ror.lr ~ Tho CANA careless WAYS of
i,vin. .mor.., conn. of the enlisted
msr hsfora tbav entered the army Mt
al Th,s ,,st cs,se IL shown conspic-
- a. ,mmon..,v GREATER NOR.
,sStv from d,s.ase In the ranks of the
colorsd troons than among the enlisted
White men. The moral Of all this Is,
th.t tho once ponular notion, that
rect,es. sxnosure to h~ardships, care
,~essr.ss about regularity as to
mails. and "getting used to living
In ali sorts of ways" tends "to
make people hardy, so that they
can stand anything" was a great pop
Mar error-how terribly fatal an error
these figures show. Let us now COM
bine the numbers Of those killed out
right In battle and those who died OF
wounds, and compare the aggregate OF
those killed by "gun and sword' ana
those killed by iseas Among the
oticer'' o'ooo LOST tneiI n'es from In,
luries reee'xea M oAs " ~,
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