The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-09-21

the uei0, . ,O&D9 Qled OF WClnus, l,o50s
and died of disease, 1914, to the num-
Der of 1885; and enlisted men killed. |
81, T36: died of wounds, 80, 132, and of
disease, 0,973, to the number of 2T1,-
S41 showing an aggregate of slain
j, POI and enlisted men, 0,S6Ss
equal to 96.069; and died of disease,
officers and enlisted men, 1S3, 2S7-a
total dead list OF 279, $40.
These dead, and the uHnumbered
who have since died from wounds and
disease incident to the war, now answer
the roll call beyond the tomb.
We know and appreciate little save
by comparison
The seven years war of the revelation,
maintained by the patriotic bravery OF
our early fathers, sums up only q total
loss in battle, killed, wounded and cap
tured, including both armies-American
and British-excluding the captured at
Saratoga and Yorktown, Of 81 ,526 men,
The loss in either the union or con-
federate army at Gettysburg. and in
other single battles of the late war, ex-
ceeded this number.
The slain in battle in our country,
(ezeluding savage wafs), from the dis.
covery by Columbus, 1892, to 1861, falls
short oil the combined death returns OF
the two armies in the one battle of the
Wilderness.
Four American generals only. fell in
all our wars prior 10 the rebellion, and
above one hundred were killed, in the
van, in the recent war.
Although we have now had seventeen
wears of continual peace, as q nation,
we have bloody annals. Every sixth
year of the first century of our existence
on an average, has been year OF war,
counting only the war of the revolution,
the war of 1912, the Mexican war and
war of the rebellion.
All other pale into insignifieance, as
we have shown, in comparison with the
last war.
It was like all other interEecine wars
from the earliest times, frlghtfully de-
structive of life.
When the same race divides and
fights for a separate supremacy, and
conflict, as all history proves, is always
shockingiy deadly.
times and countries, the late war was
equally appalling.
This, Notwithstanding our higher civ
ilizatIon, proves that pluck and perse-
verance belong to our race and age.
Genuine patriotism is the true test OF
braverY-moral bravery, and no other
has value.
At Racour (1746y Marshall SAKE lost
bat two and one half per cent. of those
engaged. At Lignitz 1760) Frederick
the Great Lost only six and oRe-half
per cent At the Malplaquet QT09) the
Duke OF Marlborough lost ten per cent,
and at Remillies 1766) he lost but six
per cent At Coutras (15S7) the white
plumed Henry of Nayarre, though his
army was reported az cut TO pieces, lost
| less than ten per cent At Falmy QI92l
| Frederick William Lost but three per
cent. The French army at Murzburg
| n796) gave up the field and fell back on
| the Rhine with loss of only three per
cent. AT Wagram (1809) where the in
| trepid Macdonald, under the emperer's
eve, charged the Austrian center with
/ 5000 In inassed column and came oul
victorious with less than 1900, the
French loss was less than five per cent
| Massena lost only eight per cent at II
rich Q799) and Napoleon but one and a
| half per cent. at Lodi. At Marengo
| QS00l, the dual battle-two in one day
| between the same arpies-(as at Cedar
| creek in our war, Oct. 18th 1914 when
| Desalx, the hero of the battle of the Pyr
| amids lost his life, and saved Bonaparte
| from defeat and for the time, Italy to
| France, the loss only reached fourteen
| Der cent. At AlsterliiZ-the battle oi
| the three eH,porers, (Ie0al with its Sun
| OF promise, where Napoleon prevailed
| against the combined Russian despotisnl
| and Austrian tyranny, oyerthrowing, foI
/ the day, both, his loss reached over Ii
per cent. At Waterloo QS15) when Ma
| poleon's star set, and forever, the iron
| Observation-Disclosures of the above
/ 100000 men engaged under him. IN XII
cd and wounded l ], 96O-less than twelve
/ per cent. At Solfereno and Magents
| 1850 the average loss in each army was
below nine per cent At koaigratl
/ nS65l it only reached six per cent. Al
worth, Mars La Tour, Gravelotte, and
Sedan Q870) the loss averaged less than
twelve per cent.
On Llnden's heights,
nWAere rushed the steed of battle driven,
| And louder than the bolts of Heaven
| Far flashed the red artillery" &C.
General Moreau QS00) lost but fou;
per cent. of his brave French, and the
Arch Duke John, though routed anc
dispersed, lost but seven per CENT il
hardly, in comparison with some o
Americas deadly conflicts, to dignity i
with a name above skirmish.
To show tho striking contrast I viii
name few of our recent battles ant
give the per cent. of loss.
And Shiloh came 1882, and with it ;
dead and wounded list in either army
private to commander-apprpx
10000 menI above thirty per cent. o
the men engaged. Here the invincibl'
Grant, who, at Fort Qonelson first scarce
our eagles to oomplete victory over it:
ramparts, had command, and the skillfu
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson, of thu
confederate army. lost his life. Muir
freesboro January, 1862, Stone Rive
and Chicamauga (1863), the River of thu
Dead-where Rosecrans and the COO
and dauntless Thomas and others will
their union forces. met the onset o
greater numbers, and snatched, on eact
day, victory from defeat. Mission
Ridge QS63) where under the directing
eye of Grant Sherman, far around Il
the left, (the enemy's right and rear
while the tempestuous Hooker, with hii
columns above the clouds on Lookou
Mountain. rent the skies with battle:
roar, and the alwsys impassioned Thorn
as hurled the HEROIC old army of the
Cumberland up the steep and rocky
cliffs, and over the crest of Mission
Ridge, together overwhelming the bu
recently hopeful and defiant borders un
der Gen. Bragg. The Atlantic cam
paign $3.50 with its many battles
| 1CuuCSdH, IeOodCS1 CdCA 11CO O1CCn
and Ailanta-where the brave McPhear-
son fell July %, 1850, and where Pap
Thomas held the center, cPheFson thG
right, and Schofield the left: Gettysburg
(i963) the turning point of the war
where the thoughtful Meade sullenly
wrung victory from superior numbers
| and brave and well=commanded fos
that fought there desperately for another
destiny, and the Wilderness the Spottsyl
vania 1850, where death was satiated
with an abundant harvest from each
contendiDg army each shows losses, on
/ an average, above 30 per cent. and in
come instances above 40. The loss in
each army, killed and wounded, at 0pe-
guam, September L.. 'G4, end at Cedar
Creek, October 10, '64, where Sheridan
rode from i'TWenty Miles Away" and
saw defeat turned into victory, was
above 20 DER cent.
Let not the generation grown up since
the war and the generations TO come al
| ter, underestimate the sanguinary con-
flIct we have just gone through, and the
compensation our generation paid in
RICH, young. patriotic blood for liberty
We live 81 an heroic age. With the
advance of civilization Weapons short, n
and men grow drawer Rarb3ric man
| cannot successfully cope with civilized
ulan. So reads the history of the world.
The issue involved in our recent con-
test gave II character. 1t was waged by
] union man, each for his own crown--a
Gr0Vn Of individual sovereignty. Each
man fought, M. for ducal, kingly or i'm
periaI power, but 10 be ais aYa ruler.
In our republic there Is, unlike IN an
empire OF kingdom where there is but
| one Eqlitjcal head. universal sovereignty,
and the crown Of p3wer rests equally on
his head, and the sword of justice fits
alike the hand OF each citizen. This
fact slGne made every loyal man. when
war did come. s0iGieT, and Yhen
through victory peace came, ooniented
citizen.
Love of country is natural impulse
of all mankind; but attachment and de-
votion to il are intensified where the
door to fame and EoTtuEe glands wide
aiar to all. as IN our now Fegenefated