The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-02


beirg on the outside OF the king OF
beasts and not within. VIII witness the
decaience CT envy, hatred. nance anu
ambition. and the reieg2tioa Of war INTO
the unkaowzhie. IL such condition can
be found 20 exist There viii be no more
wars. for the sword shall be turned into
q pIowshare and the modern weapon OK
des,ructiveneS probably worked up into
some other agricultural implements. Tn.s
wistful condition will fall heavily upon
the professional soldier, sailor or marine.
and they viii have 10 initiate their les
favored brethren and hustle around might
ily for something TO eat and wear.
There viii be no fat con1nissary and no
rotund ouartermaster to minister to their
plebeian wants for the RUE will be. fish
or cut bait This will throw good
many men out OF lifelong jobs, and as =
rule there VIII follow lively competition
for places In the trades. professions ana
ordinary labor markets. The fate or our
tnvincib.e ironc,ads will be sealed the mo-
ment the millennium. that epoch so long
in contemplation, becomes reality, and
we shall have 10 knock them 10 pieces
and sell them to old junk men to be used
for ignoble purposes.
Wars have been expensive irdulgences,
ever since Pharaoh attempted TO control
the children of Israel and 10 corral them
on the historic banks OF the Red sea.
in which his chasing cohorts took their
last involuntary bath. II all the mea
who fell under Caesar, Alexander, POM
pey. Hannibal and other great generals Of
ancient times, could be laid cut at full
length they would probably make a line
long enough TO stretch around the world.
In modern times. leaving Napoleon the
Great, Wellington, Washington and other
great generals out of consideration. and
only fguring from the Crimea to Mexico,
over q million and a half of soldiers have
been wiped of the face of the earth, and
the cost OF the wars in which they fell
reached nearly ten billion dollars Think
OF this squander Of life and money, most
OF IL to sustain some rotten kirg on a rot
ten throne.
1t is the purpose. beginning with the
Crimean war, in which Russia single
handed was overwhelmed by England
France. Turkey, and Piedmont (now a
part OF Italy,. to outline the losses OF tie
various nations which have been in bat
tie array.
France sent 3o9.e6S men 10 the Cr.mean
var. Her losses were: Killed. lo.24o; died
In France from the effects OF the cam
paign. 15.o25: drowned. 702: died in hosp
tails, 69,s4S: total. 95.615.
Great Britain's quota in the same cam
paign was 97,6S4. and her losses, slain or
died OF wounds, 1902
Piedmont sent 1900 men. and lost 2,i94,
or one,s.xth OF the force. twenty-eight In
battle and 2.lSs In hospitals.
The total losses have been summed up
as follows: Russian army. 1000; sllies.
154. s91; total. l991.
In the Italian war Of 1859 It ID estimated
that the losses reached 5000. divided:
French. 17.T5: Italians. 6,575; Austrian. 3S,-
$50.
It is estimated that the killed, wound
ed and missing OF both sides In our civil
war reached a million and half OF men.
Ten hundred and forty-eight lives were
lost, either through gunshot wounds or
sickness in the war between Denmark and
Prussia by the Germans, while Denmark
sost 10.S77, making a total or 11,925.
In the war between Prussia and Aus
tria the former lost LOST and the latter
s4.04l. the principal loss being by capture,
E.743.
The Crimean war cost:
SIeat Bi1tain S11,l52,340
Isedmont ........ ..... .......... 1o.5Si.5i7
turkey. ...... ....-. ........ 9,V0oo0
Russia $500. go. go. .. ......,. Soo0O1 600
Total ..... ..............s 500, 1885, S57
The war In Italy cost:
ftaix ana pieinont ''..'s g .s' o ~"
Total .......... ...... ...... .s2255s, coo 600
Our own civl war cost the government
&c. 700. 900 900. while the Southern losses
must have been approximately as large.
The Schlesw!g- Ho.stein war cost Dem
mark $50. 1000 and the German confed-
Grafton about twice as much. or s72. ooo.-
900.
The Prussia-Austria misunderstanding
cost Prussia, after deducting indemnity
paid to Austria, $500 900. 900; Austria, $780,
oto. 900; Bavaria, Wurtemberg. etc, $780,
o,ooo: total. GO. 100000.
The efforts OF Louis Napoleon to fasten
Maximiiian on the Mexican throne cou-
Piled with the war with Paraguay, cost
Francs 500 100000.
The losses in men may be estimated
as follows. In the statement Of American
losses Il must be understood that IL emu
nrerates losses under three heads. viz.
killed, wounded and missing. while the for
eign estimates include all who died on
the field or in hospitals:
Crfmean war $500. 1s4.9ai
ts.y So; So. .''''' .''''''... NSso
United states .......... ..............l, 10000
Schleswig- Holstein ........ ........... 1904
1ieaH,on. 80; ''..'''...'..-..'-....... 5'ouo
Prussia austria ..... ......-........... 6l.lI5
Total 80. 80. ............2. $40
Without estimating the amount spent
by the Confederates In the prosecution OF
the war. the expenditures the outgrowth
OF the foreign wars enumerated were as
follows:
Allies. Crimean war 80. :. ......$ 1sa, 733 ST
Russsan-CriUean war S0.opoSO
italy ..........s... Z9S,WbuVO
United States (Sorth) 80. :. go. 6, 7oo.o 900 900
Schleswig- Holatein $50. ........ 10S,oo0o00
Prusssa-Austria 1890. eeo.00o1 600
France Mexico go. go. :. $50. foo0ooofo
France-Paraguay-CAina .. 80. 100 600 600
&C., -, so -