The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-04-20
WHAT WAR INVOLVES.

Var statistics ARE in order nowadays.
Since the war in the Crimea the people
Of the world have paid out Sl3, 285, 900,
900 by way of war expenses and since
the beginning of the Christian era
no less than 1000, 900, 900 of human
beings have gone to the grave vim the
battlefield In time of war Europe
can put 9, 3G6, 900 soldiers in the field,
mt ii cost of about 500, 600, 900 day III
peace times she keeps under arms 3,
700, 900 men, who might otherwise be
IN the ranks OF the workers and pro-
ducers of the world Topny these lat
ter and to feed and clothe them costs
about ~. 900 000n day, which the work
rrs and producers contribute in the
shape of taxes. The European soldier
lives better thnn his brother who wears
lnbora livery Grent Britain allows
each of her soldiers pound OF bread,
three foHrths of a pound of meat, hnlf
IL pound of dried or desiccated (the
Union soldiers chilled the "c0nse-
Grated vegetables, pound of potn
toesnnd two ounces of rice every dav,
besides which he has IA weekly allow
unce of nine ounces of sugar four
ounces of coffee and two ounces of
salt
RUSSIA hns the largest standing
army III the world comprising 500, 900
men of NIL rnnksnnd classes Germany
comes second, with not quite GOO, 900
then come France, with 555, 600, Aus
tria, 323, 900; Italy, 235, 900; England on
more pr0perl Y speaking, Great Britain,
200 Turkey, 100, 900; Spain, 40,
600; and the little Republic of Switzcr-
land, with,a population of not quite 3,
0O0, 600, maintains in peace times an
army OF l26, 900, while the great Rcpub
lie, the United States of America,
having population of say %, 900, 900,
finds that II standing army of $4,000
answers every purpose IN peace times
China Inns two kinds of an army the
regular, or standing army, numbers
323, 600, while her reserves, or militia.
called the Emperors Army, enrolls
$50, 600 men. China phys her infantry
and artillery soldiers 81 per month
each and they board themselves, "
she muniiiccntly rewards the devotion
and heroism of her cavalry soldiers ut
the rnte of S3 per month each, out of
which the soldier must pay for his
rntions, etc, and replace his horse il he
have the misfortune from any cause To
lose it. In war times Russia puts into
the field 2l0 men out OF every 900 of
her population; Germany, 30, and
France, $50
During the Civil War in America
the Government enlisted LIE, 46S
men, the Confederates between 600, 600
and 100 600. The expense of the United
States War Department in 1862 was
S39I 000, 900 theneXt year 800, 000, 900;
the next $500, 900, 900, aud in 1868 it was
~, 03l 900, 900. The expense of the
navy footed up SI2 600, goo in 1862,
Sd3, 900, 600 IN lS63, SS5. 600, 900 i'll 1854
and Sl92, 600 200 i'll ls65 For II few
months toward the close of that contest
the expenses al the Government ON
this account amounted to something
more than $4,000, 600 per day The
losses of the people in the way of cloth
ing and stores destroyed, Is estimated
AT Sl00, uO0. 000 Confederate cruisers
captured or DESTROYED between April,
1861, and April. lS65, eighty ships,
forty siNbrlgs, siNty-sevcn schooners
and eight other craft having the Stars
and Stripes NJ the peak There
were ISSUED to the Union Army, alto
gether, ,,S92 pieces of artillery l,092,
600 rifles. 2,3R0, 600 full equipments for
soldiers al all branches of the service,
i.022. 600, 600 muskct or rifle cartridge,
", 000 tons of shot and she'll and ~
600 tons of powder
The wars of the great Napoleon cost
France Sl,2.i. 600, 900 lie made the
enemy pay the largest share of the ex-
pense. The wars of lesser Napoleon,
who WAS not 50 successful in mulcting
his opponents, and who did not achieve
anything like such glorious results.
cost the country about S9.2l0, 900 600
Aanatter OF IL century nfter the chi
mean War broke out there were con
ycycd Ia England by ships the skele-
tons of 10000 Turkish and Russian
soldiers. These bones We're ground
M and used as fertilizers.
krupp makes and sells for SIS, 900
steel la0 ton gun, which cannot be
fired more than fifty or sixty times
before IT is Worn out But il can se
fired every thirty seconds, and at each
discharge uses 100 pounds of powder
10 propel n projeetile weighing 1900
pounds; each discharge involves the
expenditure by the taNraycrsl of 81,
500.
Chckamauga, where the losses
averaged about forty per cent. was
the bloodiest battle, in proportion to
the number engaged, ofmodern times.
Waterloowhere the percentage was
about thirty, five, ranks next