The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
ny FHANCIS TNEvTLYAN MILLER.

FRANCIS 1!tEVELSAS MILLER
M , ,hsa, ana o,nor states {.
4sA ORE tnan 1000 regiments, from
are nolding reunions on this SEM
centennial of ,ha Civll War. DURING
these celebrations Il soldier Is dying
every ten minutes. When these ami
versarics are over in 1915 Uhe ami
centennial Of the surrender at APP
pomattox) more than 100000 soldiers
now living viii have fought their
lust battle with denth--and lost.
Ten years from now TN tamilia,
Sigh, o. II soluicr Of the CivI! Wai
VIII be almost unknown--oniy rev
HtragSi-r9 VIII be lett AZ you rct,o
these lines veteran who wore
the blue or the gray Is dy,ng--iaj
every twcnty-four hours; $500 month
or more Than $1,000 year To-Day
their ages range from slightly unuei
seventy 10 nearly ninety ycars-Sray-
haired old Warriors of the nation
proud of their magnificent vulor ana
xlorying In thei, nations destiny.
il IS on this scmi- centennial ;hat ths
American people are Just beginning TO
realize what thut war OF tfty years
ego meant; What these grim patriarchs
in uniforms % blue or gray III .an to
civiii2dtion-that they are TIC last
warriors In the grea,cst fratracidal
struggle in tie anuuls OF mankind
the mIghtiest army OF citlZen-so.hicry
that the world has ever witnessed.
100 Miles Of Fighting Men In Hattie
Array.
II. as in the olden times in the ar
mics OF saul and David OF Hannlbai
apd Caesar. the hghting forces of the
American Givil War mad been assembled
upon one broad plain TO come TO u
decision in one mighty batt., II would
Il N g.
Of about LOO milcs-a soldier tc
every one ana one-naif yards -on IN,
Northern line. and II soldier TO every
four yards on the Southern battle.
linz.
The government records give i lisi
OF 2,26l engagements In which lifo
was lost. which. with the minor actions
and shirmahes, brings the total TO s..
500. II you were to Journey over tn y"
battle grounds II would require tens
OF thousands OF miles back aud forth
through nearly all the grea, states oil
tho South. requiring many months II
you wore 10 attend lecture for an
hour each evening TO hear tho lecturer
speak for one minute on each battle
and skirinlsh IT would require you 70
80 every night for 1l3 consecutive
nights.
The War Between the States was
tho cruc,bc OF great people VINO
tempered their principles with thslr
courage and blood on tho points OF
bayonets and saEres. at the muzzles
Of guns and canncn--on land ana sea-
II Was the npuisition OF republic in
Hututious that lasted about 1900
days. with an average OF nearly two
battles dag and mortality from
al causes OF nearly 400 every twenty
four hours, nearly seventeen every
hour. or one every three and Il half
minutes.
Recent Investigations show the
total enroimcnts OF both tho Federal
and Confederate armies to have been
2.50o.odo including rcenlstmcnts, or
an approximate hght!ns strength of
100000 soldiers
Revelation Of Remarkable Facts on
This Anniversary.
Thirty armies OF the magnitude OF
that with which Alexander tin. Cream
undertook to conquer the whole world
could have been gathered from tho
ranks OF the American Civil War
Four armies equal 10 that which
Napoleon I'D against Moscow In his
conques, of Europc could have been
marshalcd from the soldicry in The
American Civil War.
Three armies greater than that nm
der III, military genius o: Won Noltke
In The War OF the Franco Prussians
could have been mustered from the