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able 10 carry musket and march a mile.
The statistics of the Union army show that
there were ? s59,l32 enIistments in the army
during the war This does not mean that
there were that many men in the army, be-
cause everyone knows there were hundreds
Of thousands OF men who enlisted twice,
three times, and some even rs many as five
times. The War Department reduces these
10 a uniform three years basis, and this
class numbers 232O,272, but it says that
this includes re-cnlistments, and that il is
impossible to ret tho total number Of in
diridpo1s who served.
There is every reason TO believe that not
more than 100000 different men served in
the Union Army. On the other hand, the
census Of 1850 shows that there were in the
ii States that attempted to secede ] .Gi1 -937
men Of military age; and this figure was
put forward by JEFF Davis in his first Official
communication to show the ability Of the
South TO maintain its position as a separate
Nation.
Aswe have said before, substantially every
man Of this number was in the field, and
made do military service. Ia addition there
were between 100000 and 100000 young
men who became Of military age in these
States during the progress Of the war. To
them must be added the boys under military
age, but who were capable Of doing military
duty, and those over age who were forced
into the ranks. The rebel authorities did
not care whether man was a. or 80 years
old, so long as lac was able TO do some sort
OF military duty They must have received
! from these sources alone fully 5O0,0 900 mel
more than the 1,Oi1 ,937 upon which they
calculated at the beginning Of the war
Then, too, they received large reinforce
ments from Delaware, Maryland, Distric
Of Columbia, Kentucky, Missouri and tht
! Territories, against which, however. should
be opposed the number of men that III,
Union army obtained from Tennessee an,
West Virginia. So that altogether the rebe
army could not have numbered less THAI
100000 men, and it may have raise,
10000 above this figure.
This, considering the advantages of th
defensive, was more than an equal fore
with which 90 meet the troops the Unionist
put in the field against them. The conclu
sion arrived at by any fair-minded man VIII
studies the history, will be that as deter
mined as the rebels fought they were de
feaied, outmanuVered and beaten on thei
own ground by substantially an equal nun
Der o! Union soldiers.
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A RACKMOons LIAR.

The editor of the Clarendon (Ark.) SIM
has occupied his leisure time by saying
malignant things about little GAR. Post
which has been established in that remote
portion of the late so-called Southern Con-
federacy In his issue of Feb. II he Gays:
We acknowledge that we erred in stating that
there were only 100000 men mustered into service
by the Federal Government. The truth - there
were 2Gss, 533 In active service. The Confederate
forces were not numerous rs we claimed, but
FOR the sake Of round numbers we will keep them
AT 600OO0 These facts that cannot be denied,
they patent 90 everybody, aud GAR. men
have about as much reason for denouncng us for
referring to them they would have their Maker
for creating the sun, moon and stars.
II Is fact that the Confederate forces numbering
6O00O0. poorly armed. with a scaut supply Of food
aud clothing, no navy no anything work. mem
toning in the beginning for four years success
fully comhated the Federal forces. numbering
2.G090O0 The worlds history records nothing to
compare 10 the generalship, courage, endurance
heroism Of the Confederacyl II stands alone la
its splcndor.
IL is "A fact that there are to-day more Federal
soldiers ON The pension. rolls than there were men
in the Confederate army from the firing upon Fort
Sumter 10 the surrender Rt AppOmaitoK Court
house; a fact that would prevent as acknowledging
that we were in the Federal army, even II VIC had
been in the front ranks OF every battle.
Had Lees forces equaled those Of the enemy the
Coufcderncy would have triumphed in two years
Had his forces outuumbered the FederA!s as greatly
rs the l1ederals outnumbered his Lee would have
ended The war la six months; at least, this IL our
opinion, aud lhe facts seem To fally warrant H.
James Hines Post. No IS, nor its warlike Com
maudcr Adiutaut offer single fact to
disproye any statement made by the Stul, and they
know IL.
All this stuff is grossly false as every man
who is at all familiar with the history Of the
war knows full well and no one knows it
better than the men who lived in the South
during the war, and who were familiar with
the Herculean efforts made by The rebels 10
force into the ranks every man who was
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AN ECoNOMIsT.

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WHAT A PICNIC III masi

The way the soldier-hating papers rant
about the enormous number Of men in
the army who never saw battle" there is
apparent danger that the rising generation
viii come TO believe that the war of the
rebellion was merely sort Of a gigantic
military picnic, in which a few men got
hurt 10y their own carelessness, or that Of
some one else in managing the fireworks.
The actual truth is, that there never was
great war in the history Of the whole world
IN which so large portion Of the whole
force was under fire so long or so often as
the men vino belonged TO the Union Army
from 1861 to 1865. When one sits down
and studies the mortality OF those awful
years, he is amazed at the courage and de-
yotion TO duty Of those who bore the heat
aud buldcn Of maintaining the Union.
Nothing in the history Of the world, except
plague or a famine, had less Of the picnic
character than that awful carnival of death
which ragged from the 18Th Of April, 1861,
till the last OF May, lsG5. The figures show
that all men who put on the blue encoun-
tered more peril Of death than confronted
soldiers in any previous war in historical
times The following data, from Fox's
Eeeimen,al LOSSES and which were com
piled by the author from the official rec
ords show this fac couclusiyely. They
exhibit the number Of white soldiers fur
uished by each State, reduced TO a three
years standard the total number Of deaths
IN hallle, those from other causes, aud the
percentage 81 the deaths TO the total num-
Der Of troops furnished. The figures are as
follows
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A FELLOW FEELING.

Highwayman who ersJ-Th-th-thFow
up your hands and dud dud do it dud -dud, and
do it dud dam quick tut-too!
Pedestrian (whO also stammersJ oh, Lul-
lul-Lord Wha-wha- what
"Lul lul-look hero! Arc you mum-mum-
mum-are you hooking me?"
"Nun.nun-no! / stu-stu-I stutter mum
mum-stutter myself"
Sus-sus-so su5-seel Why dud -dud-why
don't you get cuc-cured?"
Cue cue -
"Ye-ye-yes; I'm ru-ru-robbng to get mum
mum-monoy enough to gug-go to Pup-pup-
pup
"Pup-pup- Paris?"
"Nun-no! To gug-go to Pup Professor Suits
and get cuc-cuc-cuc-and get cured"
"stutts? Whu-why. he is the mum-mum-
he is the man that tried to cuc-cuc. cure me and
fuf-fuf"-
"Fuffailed?"
Yep, faf-fuffzzled! He is in tut.tut.towu
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"Gug gug- gimmy one OF your puP-pistOls!
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WHEH Francisco de Bobadilla, who had
been sent out by King Ferdinand Of Spain TO
inquire into the conduct Of Christopher Co
lumbus at San Domingo, had caused his ar
rest and he was confined in the fort on the
plain It was feared there might he an at
tempt al rescue. A large gun was therefore
trained on the entrance 10 the fort, which
has lain there ever since, until recently, Mr..
ODER, a Worlds Fair representative, re-
covered il, and, with permission Of the Gov
ernor Of San Domingo, brought il TO the
United States. II has been shipped to Chief
Of Construction Burnham, in order That lac
may use il in some way in ornamenting the
Exposition grounds
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These figures show general destruction
Of life among all soldiers that is simply
appalling The history Of European wars
shows nothing approaching it. Ont Of the
whole number Of men, one in every six who
put on the blue was dead before be took il
or The old Romans, when one man in 10
was killed, said IN horror that the legion
was "docimated," and the word has passed
into our language to express the utmost
sacrifice Of a military organization. Yet,
we here see that not merely one legion but
the whole army Of the United States suffered
defamation nearly twice over Ont Of the
whole number who put on the blue more
than one in every 20 who 50 much as put on
the blue was actually killed on the field Of
battle, aud one IN every nine died in prison
or 81 consequence Of the other hardships he
had 10 endure.
The State which lost the largest per cent
aye Of her sons killed in battle was Pennsyl-
yania. Out Of every u sons Of the keystone
State who signed the enlistment rolls, one
was actually shot TO death byTcbcl lead and
iron. Vermont and New Hampshire are
close behind, with a battle loss Of nearly one
in I6 Maine, many Of whose regiment,
were sent at once from her healthful mount.
aims 10 the malarious loWlauds Of the Mis-
sissippi, shows an awful loss by disease
one in eight Of her hardy sons perishing a
the post Of duty By The deadly fever. Yer
mont suffered even more from the sans
cause But il is hard TO explain why til,
Kentuckians, who mainly served in III,
same climate in which they were born an,
reared should have died of so rapidly--on,
IN every five succumbing to the hardship
Of camp and feld. The same is true Of TIA
Tennesseaans, Arkansasans, North Carolini
ans aud the colored troops.
These are figures lor the earnest considera
ton OF those who think that enlistng in I'd
Union army was like taking an excursion 3
some new and pleasant country.
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HOW He DID 1T.


Arkansaw Mother Ito her sou)-Did you 90
up an visit the editor Of the Weekly WarThoop,
like you fggered on doin'?
Son back from towuJ-Yesum. Seen him
a-editin', too.
Lawzy! How'd he do it?"
Wal, shucksl 1t haiut nuth'n' to do when
you know how. All in the world he done was
TO stand on the south side of an iron thinkum-
bob that looked sorter like a cider mill an
scOot little black roller acre e. an then
turn a thingamajig down on tor list lolli-
ggger, pull a lever, open her an thar was
the paper all edited as slick as you please.
shucks! l could edit myself now't I've seen
how it's done.
Was that all?
"YeP, except that he told me that the press,
as he called it, was made by George Washin'
ton"
"An' is that all he does an then has the face
TO charge yore pap dollar year for his ole
paper? He's wuss'n a robber; that's what he
is"
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WILLIAM ELLEEoY CURTIS, the head Of
the Bureau Of SOuth American Republics,
says that il is hopeless for US TO ever expect
much trade with Chile. She raises much
the same agricultural products az we do, but
scarcely enough to more than supply her
own people, aud owing to the smallness of
her arabic territory, her production cannot
be greatly increased. Her principal ex-
ports are copper and nitrate Of soda, of which
we want but little. off the Chileans choose
to sulk we shall lose little, either now OF in
the future.
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THE situation in Germany is alarming.
The failure of crops, the prostration of
business, high price of food and no work for
immense numbers of mechanics and arti-
sans, who see their families starving, make
n most gloomy outlook. There have been
riots in Berlin which the police have been
unable TO quell, and the condition of affairs
promises TO become worse rather than better.
The Government, to whom the distressed
workmen appeal for relief, offers none, and
the situation of those unhappy men becomes
maddening. Meanwhile the Kaiser shows
no signs of appreciation of the volcano
under his feet He pirates almost insanely
of his being a divine agent, responsible to
no one but God for what he may do, and the
only suggestion that he has made TO the ap-
peals OF his unfortunate subjects IS that If
they do not find things TO their liking in
Germany they should emigrate. The
troublous times of 1913 may be repeated
this year, with an entirely different ending.
Then, by lending each other their armies,
the crowned heads of Germany barely
managed TO save themselves from overthrow.
If another insurrection breaks out it will
almost inevitably convert not only Germany
but Austro- Hungary into Republics.
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BERLIN, which is the infamcd center Of
the disturbances in Germany, is suffering
from common disease in America, a col
lapsed boom. After the city was made the
Capital of the North German Empire, it had
a Chicago-likc boom. Its business increased
enormously. Immense numbers Of factories,
business, public buildings and private houses
were erected, real estate went mp into the
clouds, and tens Of thousands Of working
men were drawn to the city from all parts
Of Germany. The reaction las come; more
buildings have been put up than were needed /;
more factories have been started than could
find a market for their goods; and there
are armies of workmen for whom there is
absolutely no employment. The condition
is terrible. Men who see their wives and
children starving are liable 10 become iren-
zied, and care little what they do so long as it
promises even temporary relief 1t is fact
at once comforting and distressing that the
Berlin mob. have 50 far refrained from the
usual raids of mobs against shops where
jewelry and arms are sold. This is comfort
ing, as showing that it is not the outbreak Of
thieves and rufIians. Ii is distressing, be-
cause it shows that good, honest men make
up the mobs, and the misery must be real
and wide spread which forces such men into
these demonstrations.
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MAYOR DOUGHESBAUGH, of Gowrie,
Iowa, has liberal idea of his official powers
and privileges. lie thinks he has the right,
though living in Prohibition State, to get
very drunk, and give the town thick coat
ing Of carmine without interference by the
minions Of his power, the police. The police
take a different view. They hold that he
cannot get drunk as Mayor, but must do it
as private citizen, and thus be liable TO all
the pains and penalties of "plain drunk"
Mayor Doughenbaugh now asks the Courts
to decide whether the police shall excuse
themselves from obeying his orders upon the
pretext that he has hOisted in more sod
corn juice than his system can grapple
with, and shall upon the same pretext lodge
his official person in Jail.
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THE Spanish West Indies are again seri-
ously considering how to best throw off the
yoke of the mother country. This is GER
tain TO come in time. The people
there will not much longer endure the mis-
government with which they have been AZ
flicted so long. The best solution OF the
problem will be the purchase of the islands
by the United States.
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THE Confederate widows" Of Georgia
received more than 100000 from the State
Treasury last week, and another 100000 is
to be paid them this week The Atlanta
Constitution says:
Widows from every section Of Georgia were
there 10 get the money which their State had de-
layed SO long from their hands ia recognition Of
the valiant services Of their departed husbands
whose lives sacrificed on the field OF honor.
There were rich women. poor women. fat
women, slender. frail woueu-aIl cTowdng in
rapid succession 10 the treasury passing in their
beautiful little rose-coinrrd checks, which Tip
Harrison had folded for them 30 carefully and 50
teudeT!y.
The scene was truly inspiring
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PECULIAR PLANTATIONS.

Young Hyson-What shabby fellow Tat
tertOn isl Did you ever see such trousers as
he wears? 1t is said that he has worn his
present pair for six years and patches them on
the inside with gunny sacking and pieces Of
buckskin gloves.
Old HysOn-YOu may sneer at poor latter
tons pants all you please, but let me tell you,
young man, they cover q warm heart.
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THE policy OF the House seems to be to
make false showing of economy by hold
ing up necessary appropriations until after
the election, and pretend to save money by
bringing Uncle Sam in debt.
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Citizeu-DOetor. what verdict did your jury
reach regarding the death Of Mr. Waters, who
was found dead in the blth-tub? The general
impression seems to be that he committed sui
eide.
Coroner-Nothing of the kind, sir; he died
of heart failure superinduced by a great sur
prise. You see, he was alone in the house, and
during the 20 minutes he was in the bath tub
no one rang the door bell
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THE House of Representatives wants to
try the experiment Of Army officers as
Indian Agents. 1t may-probably will
work well. We would like to see the War
Department take charge of the Indians.
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Mr.. MUIR, of Kentucky, is entitled to
vote of public thanks. He confesses TO hay
ing killed 200 dogs in his life. If there were
thousands Of Mr. Murrs in that beautiful
State, sheep-raising would be more profitable,
fresh meat plentier and life generally would
be better worth living.
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NEW YORK is still talking about building
the Grant monument, but the contributions
come in as slowly as subscription arrears to
a country newspaper.