The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle
In this connection it will prove interesting
to consider the expense of wars to the world
since the dawn of the Christian era The
cost in human lives since Christ is computed
at 1850 OGO,ooo. The money cost since the
has been $13, 265, coo, GOO. or enough to give
every person on the globe $40 in gold During
the most peaceful years Of the present era
100000 soldiers 1t costs the world IS, COO 900
a day to maintain them
Here are some figures CLEANED from the
American civil war. The navy cost $i2 0-0, 600
in 1852, $65, 100000 IN 1853. $S5,OOO,Oo0 in 1864
and $122OC0,00O in 1865. The war department
cost cost o for the same years 1894 ooO $3.50 coo coo
cruisers captured or destroyed 80 ships, 4s
briggs; 81 schooners and 8 other vessels fly
ing the American flag: The union fleets cap
262 steamers and ITO other vessels trying to
run the blockade. The federals withdrew
212 4Ss men from other pursuits The Con-
In 1866 the United States provost marshal
general reported that 81, 1862 men on the union
side had been killed in battle 4727 had died
of their wounds, 1873, 2S7 had died of disease
total deaths, 279,373 total assertions, 1873, los.
A partial statement on the Confederate side
declared that 1873, S21 men had died in battle
Of wounds or disease and 1o4, ABS had deserted
During the war the Union troops captured
476,169 Confederate prisoners; the Confeder-
ates captured 2l2,e0s Union men. Of the lat
26,774 Confederates died in confinement.
During the civil war the ordnance depart
! ment on the federal side served out to the
army 1882 cannon. 100000 rifles, 100000
equipments for foot and horse, 1900 tons OF
powder, 1900 tons of shot and LOOP. O00, 900
cart cartridges The total cost Of both sides has
been estimated at over $500 100000.
Contrasting these figures with the cost in
blood and treasure of the two most important
modern wars. the Crimean and Franco-Prus-
sian, and some idea of the enormity of the
expense will be gained. The Crimean war
rust. The Civil War. with the monitor and
the Rodman and 2-10 inch field rifles, set
the pace which has resulted in the deadly
floating fortress and the breech-loading rifles
for field, naval and sea coast use. The Fran
co-Prussian was the first war where modern
high velocity magazine guns were in service
The figures for the Civil War have been given
in a preceding paragraph. Here are those of
the other two conflicts:
In the Crimean war of 1855 300 400 men went
to the 'front.' of whom AGO were killed in bat
tie, $3.50 were wounded, of whom IL $50 died
in the hospital, 1875 died of disease contract
ed during the campaign. The total deaths
were 95,615 The war cost f305, 100000
During the Franco-Prussian war of 1901
10000 French and ,003 900 Germans took the
field. OF the former Al, 900 were killed in bat
tie, $4,000 died of wounds $1,000 died of sick
ness. 10000 were in various ways disabled
and $4,000 were taken prisoners Of the
Germans 1872 were killed in action, no
$1,000 were disabled. The prisoners taken by
the French were very few in numbers In
all 6S40O0 French and 133,751 Germans were
killed or disabled. a loss to the world of
great. Germany, it will be remembered, used
the deadly needle gun, while France tried the
mitrailleuse, or French Calling. 1t was fail
ure, while the kaiser's magazine rifles picked
Off the gunners at long range.
These figures show how expensive It Is tn
night any nation, however feeble 1t may be.