The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-09

per cent. These figures are cited 10 a.
that on. Of an army as large rs thar sns.s
cd in The present var with Spain. nuraSs..
ing about 20 regiments Of Volunteers =
have a less ~ less than one-nait az -,
cent. II deaths from all causes wh.IAE
the late civil war The average wcGse he :
per cent, cut Of q like number Of reeSrne,s
Mr.. kirkley. the ssatiS,CiaD If the W.
Department. has put down the deaths ~
killed ana wounded in the csvtl war a, -
e1a, OF which SECS were Killed IN acts
and +S.a}2 died OF wounds, The nuns
wounded. but not 1sortslly. was s-al.s "a
the number who died OF disease was So
The following facts. showing sorns ,,,a
dental losses. are cited 20 give a clear -
OF the real mortality az The war:
The troops furnished by Vermont su,ys,. Il
"a greater losses than any other sxrs,,
those from one state. Out O: twantrssS
reg ments, twelve have a nnortai.y -.
eesdirg 800. the Ist Vermont cavalry lars.
AN men. TIE 5th New Hampshire infsn,.s
sustained the greatest loss in battle Of an,
infantry regiment in the war of TIA -
hellion. 80 killed or died Of wounds, Ia.
from all sources az iaS. OF those ~
eighteen were officers. The LIST Maine rs,s
airy sustained the creates: loss Of ans saw.
airy regiment Of the war. aiS enuruaras.s
as follows: Killed ar died ~ wounds =
officers. "a men. total, ia died % ,,isa..
3 officers. Sal men: total. IA. The Tth NJ
York infantry lost 24S killed and wounsas
at Fredericksburg ont Of ans engaged ~
18th New York infantry lost al at Gainsx
Mi. The 2sth New York lost -Sas In I'm
actions. Manassas and Fredericksburg N.
saith New York lost 81 at Fair Oaks sns
Antietam. The 9Th Maine Ash New yars
4sth New York. nth New York and ~
slSt Pennsylvania. constituting a hrgaas
which lost cut of the five regiments seves.
ty-,wo officers Killed in action.
Losses for Each Day.
The civil war continued for four yeAr
in which 1882 battles were fought. being a
average of more than one battle for eaeA
day Of the entire war. In liz battles ths,
were more than 30 men killed on one xA
so that. in each month Of the civil N,
thirty-n:ne bat,lks were fought, two 4
which were OF thk class in which more TIA.
800 were killed oh one side. making AT N
lowest estimate. more than 600 men Killed
in battle in each month Of the civil RG
from the beginning 10 the close.
In the late war with SPAN If the San
fatalities had attended our soldiers In -
field there must have been a loss equal "a
one-fourth. or go per month. or Tso Blu
the official reports of The War Department
show that less than 300 all told were killed
not une-half.
Capt Otto Brendt. Of the Austro-Hun.
garian general staff. publishes some inter.
eSting figures as 10 the losses Of the CON-
batants in the last great war. that between
France ana Germany. These statistics aN
not uninteresting at this time. France sara
he, lost as many as lS6.tNo men, OF whon
some so00 died of wounds received In bal.
tie. $4,000 by sickness. accident, suicide.
etc. and 20,o0 in German prisons. The sta
tistiCian estimates that the French Who
were wounded. but survived, Numbered
l3soa: those injured on the march or by
accident. II. 49, making Il total OF 4I..42l ii.
rect sufferers. The Germans killed num-
bered 4o,S77. 17.e55 died on the field, and
2l.o23 in the ambu,ances: making 7siss IN
all. The wounded who survived numbered
1853
The LIST Minnesota regiment At the hattls
Of Gettysburg went into action with 90 Of
ticers and men. Of which 81 were killed and
les wounded or a loss of s2 per cent OF
the foregoing. II officers were killed and
wounded, including the colonel, lieutenan.
colonel major and adiutants. The leS
New York. ut the second battle Of Bull
Run. wen. into action with les men. 0.
which number were killed. loi wounded,
II missing; a total of 93.S per cent The
LIST Maine artillery at Petersburg went into
acton with $50 mon, of which number lis
We're killed 4s9 wounded. - missing; to-
tai Of COS per cent.
European Losses.
Before comparing the above losses with
those Of any regiment in the recent war
with Spain 1t is interesting TO note some
losses IN European armies. Al the battle
of Balak!aya. the Light Brigade took 81
officers and men into that charge. They
lost liS killed and 13i wounded. total Ok
247. or S6.7 per cent. The heaviest loss IN
tIlt tftl lIidIl army HuiaHE iiir FiaHSV
Prussian war was In the 10th infantry
sd Westphalian). at the battle of Mars h
Tour. This German regiment numbered
S.Oos men. and i was It's first engage
nant. 1t lost 800 killed and morta!'y
wounded and 6l9 wounded, and s5 miss
.ng, total Of 1854 or 499 per cent. Tbs
Garde-Schutzen battalion, German or.
sanzation 1000 strong, at the hat, hattie q
mortally wounded, 2i9 wounded and
missing; total. 46l or 4s.1 per cent.
The loss during the siege OF Santiago u
Gen. Skaters army was az follows:
Troops engaged. 1853 men and So oai-
GERS
Killed. 22e men and % officers
Wounded 1856 men and % officers; less
than 10 per cent
The victory at Santiago was one OF the
most brilliant IN our history, but the cost
In life ana limb sinks into that OF the moSs
ordinary when compared TO the great
losses of other wars.
War Must Have Victims.
But that all could be good soldiers %
not possible. Sickness, disease and acct
dent must have their victims. In the late
c.vsl war more than 10000 men were hon
orabiy discharged for physical disability
arising from wounds and disease. Very
many of these men never should have en-
listed They were always a charge no
matter how much they desired 10 be good
soldiers. There was the same experlence
,eers at least 10 900 OF them were unf1t.e1
for the exposure and hardships OF ths
camp. Neither doctor. quartermaster no'
coinmissary cdn change this. but the Pc.
pie have 10 learn X now. as they also %
in the civil war That some were sicA
and few have died IL true bat as me
comparisons cited show Il was 3s drop
10 the ocean. The answer 10 all these fin.
cied wrongs and imagined crucitsS ~ thAI
II comes from q Il ise conception or all INC
conditions me dent 70 war. Those WIG
ara now and have been finding fault woua
have war without battles, camps witnous
hospitals. campaigns without marcnes
and victories without killed and wounaea
In the present war the ages OF the son
dlers were more fayora BILE 10 the serves
than In the evil war. The men recr,hten
n the war with Spain were limited tfosn
- "a, b the men recruited In tho war 2.
the rebellion were from Is 10 %. Ouf u
1912 273 recorded ages in the civil Wal
49, as were OF the age OF Is or nndrl'
| 4s sc were OF q years. 1000 Of "A year.
| BY this IL viii be seen that majority OF
the army Of the civil war belonged 20 tss
ages most susceptible to disease and hafa-
| ship, namely, under ~ and over ~. WINS
in the present war the average age vds
| nearly reached.
In the present war with Spaen istss
portion OF the men enlisted were from ths
| cities and towns Whether this Is favot.
| able 70 their health and endurance ns.y
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