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

wounds of the Germans In tho FrancosS4
German War was 81 per cent; that of q
the Austrians in the War of 1885, 2.ti
per cent; that OF tho allies in tho 4
Crimen 80 per cent. But in our war
the Federals lost 81 and the Coo feder-3
ates over per cent, the largest pros y
portion OF any modern army that fell
around Its standards.
Never was such prolonged and des-
petate lighting done by the same men. <
The Light Brigade In this famous
charge OF Baiaklava, which was sound
ed over the world. carried 673 officers
and men and lost 1lS killed and 1345
wounded; total 2iI. or 367 per cent.
This pales before mai.y exploits of both
Union and Confederate troops. of whitG
we have scarcely heard. | have a LIST
of seventy-three Federal regiments
which lost over 90 per cent. In partiuu-
lar battles. Ths heaviest loss during
the whole Franco-German War was
that of the Third Westphalian Regi-
ment at Mars-la-Tour, which lost 80
per cent.
American Civil War Was More Than
NnpOlconic.
Another investigator finds that whiln
at Waterloo. one of the most d aspcrata
and bloody fields recorded in European
history. WellinSton's casualties did not
reach IL per cent, his losses being 4
2,I22 killed and a,32S wounded, in moro
than 100000 men, casualties ut Shiloh,
the first great battle of the West, OIL
one side were $40 out OF $4,000. and on :
Tue other the number killed and wound.
cd reached 3,6l6, amounting to 80 per
cent Napoleon at Wagram lost per
cent, and set the army gave up thu
| neid and retrcated At Racour Marshal
! SAKE lost 2ia per cent; at Zurich
Masscna, only per cent; at Lagrlz
Frederick, ~ per cent; at MarplaQuct,
Marlboro, but 10 per cent. and at
Ramiillers, 6 per cent. Henry Navar-
res troops wero reported cut to-
pieces" at Contras, and yet his loss
was less than 10 per cent At Lodi
Napoleon lost III per cent.
AT Vnlmy. Fred .rick Williams loss
was per cent. Marengo and Austcr-
li,z. with all their carnage. cost Napo-
leon an average loss of less than l4Ia
per cent. The average loss OF both arr
mics at Magenta and Solfcrino was lcsa
than per cent At konigsrath in
| 1866 the loss was 6 per cent At Werth
Spcecheran. Mars le- Tour, Gravelotte,
and Sedan, in 1870. the combined loss
was per cent, While OH the historic
battlefield of Hohen!nden. General
MORGAN lost but per cent, and the
Archdukc John lost but per cent. In
Killed and wounded. At Perryville,
Murfrc esboro, Chickamnuga, Atlanta.
Gettysburg, Missionary Ridge, the Will
derness and Spotsylvana the loss fire.
quently reached, and sometimes exceed
Ell. ~ per cent. and tn. average OF
Killed ana wounded on one side or tho
other was over 80 per cent From
the date OF the discovery OF America
to 1851 in all wars with other nations
the record of deaths in battle show bur
| ten American generals. while from 1861
to 1860. both sides being opposed BY
Americans more than one hundred
general officers fell while leading tn sis
triumphant columns. From 1892 to 1861
the killed and wounded upon American
soil In all battles. combats and skirm-
ishes added together. as shown by re-
ports hardly exceed ed the casualties
OF single battle of the great connicta
Of the Civil War.
! brigade That Holds n World RECORD.
. Hoods brigade is said TO have suf-
fered greater losses in proportion to
It's numbers than any other orsaniZa-
ton In Am erican history. The brigade
went to war with $500 men: II lost in
TILED and wounded during It's four
years OF service more than so per cent
of the total enrolment. Various 9TH
er regiments enter claims for cistinc-
ton.
Tho records OF valor might be con-
! tinued through these pages, but this
is sufficient to give the reader an uus
, dcrsthndinS of what 1t means to-day
when he sees an old warrior III blue
or gray pass along the thorouyhfares.
his should ars bent and his face wealth
"r-hoaten 1t has been truly said thar
their exploits cqualed those of tho
ero!c age In the Grecian legends The
Roman legions never saw harder
lighting or surpassed them in bravery.
ON this semi centennial the American
people are paying tribute to American
knighthood.
FRANCIS TREVELYAN MILLER