People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1898-04-29
Losses in Battle.

War 10 nc 10 O
1t haa cnrried a more people, as
Col randall would say, than any other
agency except water
an authority has compiled some in
seresting statistios. or the loss of life
In war. II Is found that since the
birth' of Christ 1900, geo 600 men have
been slain in battle. Before the begin
nj q tie Christian era the Losses
e,ennot be estimated, owing to the very
iuiistinct ana inaccurate accounts that
have been handed down. II is gener-
ally conceded. however, that the num-
bcsA said to have participated in the
battles OF the Greeks and other war
ring nations Of the ancient world have
been greatly exaggerated. At Canea,
however, whore the Romans suffered
the worst defeat in their history, it is
eald that SO eco Of their soldIers were
aiain. The Roman army in this battle
consisted OF 148 900 men--the picked
Drawn and sinew of the empire.
10 our civil war s03 600 li7es were
sacr1fc9d. OF this number, IS. 0s9 were
slain ia battle, The vast army which
kuccum bed TO oisoaHe was no less than
fs4, asI, while the remaining 90 600 CT
30 died of wounds received,
At the battle OF Waterloo 81 GOO men
we're killed or disa bied, There were
145. 0o0 goldiers in that great atruggle.
aaa it is estimated that one msn YVES
Either killed or disabled for every 800
sAasa Rred, counting both the artillery
and rifle shots,
In the Crimean war % GIG lives were
aor.Aeed, and at Borodino, when the
French and Russians fought, 7S0Oo
Haea were left dead on the battlefield.
There were $50, coo troops in combat In
thst engagement.
OF the 05,6l5 men who perishad In
Gle Crimea 50 coo we're Turks and Rus
SLAMS. IN 1881 great uproar WAS
cauaed becauae Englishmen took up all
GAe skeletons they could find, brought
them to England and converted the
bones mtg fertilizer. 1t is said that
nes- ~ the entire So 600 skelotons Of the
Turks and Russians were thus made
in3o money.
IN the Franco-Prussisn war n, coo
Rrenehmen were killed. The Germans
AIRED SO Ooo, 600 rifle shots to attain this
zesult. During the same war the Ger
mans fred 5000 artillery charges.
II mona Of the battles mentioned WAS
dynamite used. In tie wars of the fu.
tlre tbis terrible agent of destruction
must be rcckored on. Men who have
atudied the mortality statistics OF tbs
past ahudder az the thought Of what
may be IN store in the wars that ave to
come. Only recesuy has the use of
dynamite ia land warfare been consid-
cred safe Tor tho army using it. The
modern dynamite gun, however, has
seemingly solved the problem, and the
men who 20 to war hereafter will face
an ogeat e. d .struc ion besides which
the chang Of Nspoleon's old guard
were ch .ds play .-Times-H Herald.
SJme Of the most popular bull fight
era Of spain, it is announced, will de-
e643 the arena and shoulder rides In
defense ~ their country. John L. Sui
liyou expire sed the desire, some time
aro, to form q troop Of American prize
fgntors and march to glory under the
Stars and Stripes. II the two coun-
tries can prevail upon their bull fight
era and prize fighters to TO 10 Tho front,
the hostlities will not be without NIT
iRRtinc circumstances, after all.-Sa-
sannah News.
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