The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-22

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sola FOR pride ~ ne regsslir 6na
Ing these sroanss ID ne History u
the Eation, 30 fhe type o. man6ao6
thar the repnblic has produced. ia ne
insiitEtlone g has dsfsged tf the
bpiieins % EeanhSo1 III the paHI a.
tAsae Institutions 10 aRsimiiafe new
peopie He distressed tbe 6snRers %
" guarded againEf tsr0szh me fail
uTe - free i-nstitutk0as 10 govern great.
cities, the perl incident 10 oosrugL
ignorant ard renai F0elEE and fAe
perl Of corporate wealfh 10 The basis
d EeiAEh and nn~ootrofic meu He.
found the remedy In the srzdHsi dif-.
fusion q Intelligence and she etreagfa
euing q the forces tsat work against
moral niiieracY and in the Hffng %.
Of ideals Other than mere wealth.
General oGseegx Killed IN Bsttis
From the archives q tae C~ezfedsr-
acy On deposit in TIE war eepsrtmen4
the military secretary. Msi-Gen Aims
worth. has broaghf TO Hght soms In
terestfng data -ol1csruing the r0n
mancers Of the Confeserate forces Il
the neld IN the fstehsi days q 1876
Deducing eleven Of 0mcerB
Tho did not qualify for one reason Or
another. Ee have ln this iEss as gea
erals and the records given show thzt
Of these "a wers killed o. MORALLY
wounded IN action or - per cent
This is a very striking showing
when we recall tie almost entire in
muuity Of the Russian ard ~Japsnezs
armies fighting in Manchur14 from
fatal casualties 10 general oMrers We.
recall but one who has been reported
killed In battle in the Far East and n
there are others they rust be very
few whereas the percentage q czsu-
alties among the general o@cers q
the C~onfederacy are Ear in excess q
the percentage Of casualties among
the rank and file Of the Russian and
japanese armies as given By Gen
Bliss. who has the best Of facilities
Nlr learning the facts. No less than
t~Telufhree general officers Of the
C~onfederscy we're killed in battle
NAAAe AAE EAEAEA AIGAA4r "a &Gl1rI
paigring and the eight monghs Of.
lighting commencing with Grants Bat
tie Of the Wilderness and ending with
~Appomattox Ten Brtgsdier Generals
Of the Union army were also killed
during this campaign. besides twelve
c~oloreis commanding brig4aes. six Of
them al Cold BarbOr alone. Ar Prank.
lin seven Confederate generals acre
killed, and during Shermans can.
paign I've. the unicn army losing
three. At Gettysburg Eve Conseder.
ate and Eve Union generals were kill
ed. ten IN al. besides three Union
colonels commanding brigaasE At
Confederate generals were killed. In
all, the Uniou Army lost in killed OF
MORALLY wounded any general ono.
ers. twenty-three brevet brigsdier-een
erals and thirv-foar colonies com.
manding brigades
Taking the proportion as one killed.
20 asa wounded. this would indicate
that 407 Confederate generals we're
killed OF wounded out OF q total o. as
Probably. however. the general omcers
were the selected victims q the
sharpshooters. who shot 10 XIII. In.
one regiment Of the civil war. subject.
ed 70 the ordinary casualties Of bat
tie. the First Minnesota az Gettysburg
% per cent Of those engaged were.
killed and So per cent were killed and
wounded. In ~ other regiments the.
percentage o. Killed Ia diaerent bat.
ties was IS or more The ratio OF
killed 70 wounded ia fftysix battles.
Of the civil war was / 70 as. VARYING
between / 70 3 al WILLIAMSBURG and 4
10 81 az Arkansas Post The average.
among the regular troops vas ] to.
as The mortslly wounded eQuAie6
% per cent Of those killed outright.
In the German army during the war.
with France the proporioE was 81.
per cent-Army and Navy Journal,