The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-25
DEATHS DURING WAR.
Casualties by Disease will OutnumbeE
Those From Rullets-KnIed asa
Number Wounded 1896.

A special to the New York Tribune
from Washington says:
The list of casualties in the army
during the war with Spain has not
yet been carefully compiled, and IN
fact, cannot be completed for months
to come. in it must be included The
deaths from disease in camp ami
hospital, which will far outnumbF
those from the bullets from the err
emy. The proportion of deaths from
disease will probably be larger than
in the civil war.
In 1885 an effort was made to asceH
tain what the proportion was. 1t re
suited in showing that the aggregat
number of deaths among the Uniol
troops was 350 1928. The number q
officers and men killed in action wa
81 ,058 and the number who died from
wounds received in action was 43,
OH, making a total of 11O,O70. or !
fraction over so per cent of the az
gregate. 1t appeared that 224, ,5s
officers and men, or more than g.
per cent, died of disease. The re
mainder of the deaths were due tt
various causes. No fewer than 1Oi
officers and 1888 men were drowned
while 142 officers and 1912 men diet
from accidental causes other tina
drowning.
According to official and semi-of-
cial reports which are still subject D
revision and correction, the numbr
of officers and men in the army XII
ed in action since the outbreak II
hostilities against Spain has ben
2S2 and the number wounded 14s,
making a total of 177S. 1t is prob
BILE that additions will be made o
the list of killed by subsequent \
ports. OF course, most of the cas-
alties occurred at Santiago, but eva
their number was not; excessivek
large considering stubborness of de
fense and the fact that the infantr,
not backed by a sufficient number O
artillery was led against the enem
which was strongly entrenched.
Most of the fighting was with smal
arms and few men in the America
army. at least, were killed or woun6
ed by shells.
The Spanish troops generally wer
armed with the Mauser rife, a wear
on of long range. They used smoke
less powder and had advantage {
position and local knowledge an
made the most of them. Accordin
to all theory the mortality anon
the American troops ought to hal
been much heavier. In fact or
might have supposed that superioril
of weapons alone as compared wi
those used by infantry hundr'
years ago, or even thirty-five yea
: ago, would have produced the resu
The battle of Breeds H1ll-pop
larly called the battle of Bunk
Hill-was fought in the days of {
flint lock musket and when smok
less powder was unknown, but t.
casualties on both sides were rel
lively much heavier than in the be
ties around Santiago. The Amei
cans did not have more than 1 8
men actually engaged and the Bri
ish about twice as many.
] The American loss was 145 kill
and 3O4 wounded, and the British 2
killed and s2S wounded. at the bs
tie of New Orleans the Americ;
, strength engaged was about sc
. and the loss only eight killed a
s thirteen wounded, while the Britt
loss with about 900 men engag
J was 700 and twice as many wound
"a much heavier total loss than I'll
of Skaters army before Santiai
= At New Orleans the British infant
@ attacked an entrenched position
9 it also did at Breeds Hill.
3 At the battle of Belmont, in Is
3 the number of the Union troops
& tuaIly engaged was $500 and
3 number of Confederates betws
3 1900 and 5000. Neither side foui
2 behind entrenchments. The Uni
9i1obs was 4s5 killed, wounded .
8 missing and the Confederate !
& was 642 killed, wounded and missii
2 Smokeless powder had not yet bt
3 invented and muzzle-loading q
z we're used by both sides.
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