The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-24


Do IS TILES LES
sstio Decreasing With the
ssteaPo gu ~ 81
Dep 1ent "a axes: 81 a
Corr arative Study Of s58.
sures.
As VAR grows more terrible, it
would seem that each nprovement. in
ctfye weapons Is paradoxica
hongh IL srns seem be causefof q
deere ed loss of life IN battle. This
Sobserxati ton Of War apartment
sxpsrts based on Investigations and
,Taeti is coyering the entire
They contend that,
concfusi of hosti1ities be.
BAN an Russia, when ex-
agnras Of those engaged in the
and tn number OF
fties sbecoms available, lie
VII be found correct,
aing present reports Of az
81 tio Of killed AZ and q
Keeping within this view,
ary experts prove that the NUM-
an CASUAL ties ii war was greatest
deep; but th e old fashion
ssnneg general to & the Introduction Of
Ton2 Tamrod and The bayonet,
fhss.S eW s. orlS "a ribune.
5iiringSt period the infantry was
into about equal numbers Of
annsnsa aud nnsketeers. They were
ten deep (pikemen in the cen
and inl1s keteersf on the fank) be.
ans found that hen the
xrs5nf rank had fred it could reload by
fis time nine other ranks had come
ana fired. The musl1et
wore over the shoulder a band
feT broad leather, with a half doz
CHARGES fastened to tin horn or
tFooa cases which were suspended
trim $50 that they could be
sfi brought to the muzzle5 OF the.
musl5et barrel was four
and half feets1ong attached to his
der carried bullet baE
lining. moulds, bullets, worm:
and printing ircn. He also
Ed HIS securing stick, with horn
snneI Tone end and a screw at the
Tot q worm. In the right hand
eds5 his rest Of ash wood, With
ron spiK tone cad TO stick in the
s,una, ID al half hoop of iron for
n1lsketssto rest upon at the othe.,-
lphus substituted cart.
ponche for bando1iers, abolish
heaVysrests and formed his men
deep; butsths old fashion
TO-
nan F'airfa first superseded bando
ars tIs pouches and introduced q
mus Setrest, of iron tubing Gov
aather. Exactly Low the
fertias ten square IN which the
forned Were managed
Tie field a puzzle to modern ea-
hey ant TO know if the pike
God like lambs picsenting fair
fors tie tnusEets OF their foes.
came to push OF pike
became Of the muslzeteers, ex-
posed thou a hand to-hand weapon
ian IS ? ?sSss
he period IN " ich his mode OF
IIgnting was observed begins with the I
& BaEeTes 5F Eaipsic, in 1851, at which
were engaged and at which the I
MT and is followed by the bat
6$2;; total engaged, 81
sgnes5 as5al ies: IS; 00o,o IS per cent,
dlingen. 1870, total en-
81 90 o., casualties. $4,000, or
cent battle of I;ocroy, 1913:
EsstsIE engag ad 49 600; &ra sualtIes, ! {,
81 Per cent; battle OF Marster
toor otal engaged 1000; cas-
500, Of g per cent; battle
aseby, q s: total engaged, 20
Ittes, 700, or IS per
battle Of seneff in 1874; total
ENGAGED, III 0S, 900; casualties $1,000, OF
cont. The average percentage
snalttes for this, the first period,
notable feature Of this period is
the large proportion of killed to the
sentfreg amount of casualties. At Mar
stem Moor. although it seems improb-
able nat the entire loss was any great
ham that stated above, the country
folk told SAshe that they buried four
tRonsand bodies on the field. At Iau
zen SVallingstein and Peppenhein,
they left 5000 dead on the field, and