Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18

DlsitlCt OF columbia .,..-.., l6,SGS
Ohio ............ -......... SI7,1ss
Indiana .,........,..,,.. -, 1so.147
Illinois ..,...:.... ......... 25s,2i
Michigan -......... ..... so.t
wisconsin ....... ........ s6,11s
minnesota ....,....... .... 25.o24
Iowa ........... .. 1850
Missouri ......... ...... IOs,I7S
kentucky ........ .. 1850
Kansas ........ ..... 2o,0s7
otat $500, ..,,..,.... 2,6bS, 062
In the number OF her sons sacrificed
IN the cause of the Union Vermont led
all the other States by heavy per
cent, with the exception of Kansas.
Vermonts proportion per thousand
contributed 10 the total OF deaths In
action was 5S.22 that OF Ohio 1866;
that of New York 1855 Massachusetts
was 1916 Iowa, t5.44.
In the proportion per thousand of
deaths from disease Iowa led with a
percentage of 1l4.02, and Vermont fol
lowed with 91Sl. 0hio's percentage
was 1853, The proportion of deaths
from all causes In the troops of each
State was as follows Maine. / in 2:
New Hampshire, | in 4 Vermont, / in
8; Massachusetts. / in Q: Rhode Isl
and. In II; Connecticut, in 10; New
York, in u; New Jersey. ] In 49,;
pennsylvania. in II; Delaware. / in
20; Maryland. | in IS; Ohio, / in &c
Indiana, / in 8; Illinois, in I; Michi
gan, | in 8; Wisconsin / in 7; Mime
sofa, ! in =; Iowa, | in 5 (nearly o.;
| Kansas, / in 5; California, In 20
Virginia. ] in 6; kentucky. / in 10:
Missouri 1 In 9.
Again the young man must not for
get as he reads of the great battles of
history that few of them can compare
In magnitude with the great battles of
| the civil War and that the battles of
| that war We're the bloodiest I'm ali the
history Of wars in the proportion Of
! Killed to those engaged Waterloo was
| one OF the most desperate and bloody
fields chronicled in European history
| and yet Wellngton's casualties were
less than IL per cent, his losses being
| 2,432 killed and 95S wounded ont of
over 100000, while at Shiloh one side
lost in killed and wounded $40 out Of
| $4,000, while their opponents reported
| their killed and wounded at 9.6lB.
making the casualties about 30 per
cent AT the great battle of Wagram.
! Napoleon lost but about 8 per cent
Al Wurzhurg the French lost but 31b
per cent. and yet the army gave up the
! field and retreated 10 the Rhine
At Racour, Marshal SAKE lost but ga
| per cent. AT Zurich, Massena lost but
per cent. At Lagrlz, Frederick lost
but 6l2 per cent At Malplaquet Mari
! borough lost but 10 per cent. and at
Families the same intrepid command
er lest but per cent
AT Contras, Henry of Navarro was
reported as cnt to pieces. yet his loss
was less than 10 per cent. At Lodi.
Napoleon lost but " per cent. At
| Vaimy, Frederick William lost but 2
per cent, and at the great battles Of
| Marengo and Austerltz, sanguinary as
| they were, Napoleon lost an average
of less than 14l2 per cent At Magenta
and Solferino, in 1859 the average loss
| of both armies was less than 9 per
| cent, At KonigratZ in 1868, IL was G
per cent. At Worth. Specheram. Mars
| lie Tour, Gravelotte and Sedan, In 1870.
| the average loss was 2 per cent, while
| at Linden General Moreau lost but A
! per cent. and the Archduke John lost
but : per cent in killed and wounded
OF the gentlemen who were at West
| Point during the period of cadetship
| iftysix were killed in battle, and es-
| timating the rate OF killed and wound.
ed at one to five two hundred and
| eighty were wounded
In addition to the vast list of dead
| from the war must be added those who
| have died from wounds received dur
! ing the war. The killing is stil going
on about as rapidly as ever. and the
men are dropping daily from wounds
received in action who ought TO live
for long years yet. The figures that +
have given really give but glimpse
into the sad truth Of the awful NOR
tality Of the war that saved the Union
! hope the young men who read this
will feel no more Impotence because
the sacrifices Of the great war are talk
ed about and they will cut out the
figures ] have collected for them and
save them for reference whenever they
feel that way .-Chicago Ledger
Suggested by the BragaHEas
The revised service for the use Of
weddings whore the American heiress
| marries the titled foreigner should
contain this amended line for the
/ bridegroom to repeat
With all my worldly creditors |
thee endow. Cleveland Plain Dealer.