Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-05-23
IMPRESSIVE FACTS ABOUT THE GREAT
: WAR
its Supendous Proportions Set Forth by Comparison With Other Wars
The Terrific Slaughter of Its uumerabe Battles The Obstinate
Fighting on Both Sides Resulted Losses Unprecedented in History
Nearly 1000 900 Lives Sacrificed the Four Years Struggle

record. With less than 1000 mel
composing the regiment, more thar
600 became officers in the later years
of the war. The 18th was mustered
to the skirl of the Scottish pipes; ths
lred-legged soldiers of the list march
ed behind their spirited Colonel, Cich
ael Corcoran, the Irishman who a
year before refused to turn out II
honor of the Prince Of Wales.
Pennsylvania holds the distinction
of sending the first troops to reach
Washington, which was then in i'm
mediate danger of capture. There
were five companies, and of the $50
men only 30 had muskets.
It was not only an offering Of flesh
and blood, but millions of dollars
Within a fortnight $SO,OOO,OOO was
voted by States and private individu
ais for the expenses of the war. New
York City alone gave 81 600, 900. New
York State, Pennsylvania and Ohio
each contributed $4,000, 900. Indiana
Maine, Vermont and New Jersey gave
each 100000, and all the Other
States poured forth their wealth into
the Governments Golfers.
President Davis call for troops
came two days after Mncoln's, and
it found the whole South standing by
its guns ready to march to the front
in almost a solid body to defend the
principles in which it believed. The
most reliable records show the 1903
regiments of all arms of the service
were contributed by the Confederacy
to the Moloch of war.
The Scene Around Washington.
The veterans of these hug volun-
teer armies can recall the kaleido-
scopic pageant that drilled in the
suburbs of Washington and the hills
of Virginia, There was an informing
ling of the redtrOusered and velvet
jacketed Zouaves; the brilliant plaids
of the Highlanders, the blue jackets,
some plain and Rhode Islands pleat-
ed; the gray jackets and gray trOus-
ers of the Wisconsin, Blencker' IS Ger
mans, clad from head to foot in gray
the cavalry in gaudy yellow braid and
brass epaulets,a nd the Regulars in
somber blue, but with bright shining
insignias on their pastbOard top caps.
The South was not to be outdOne
in this contest for brilliant uniforms.
Troops came to the battle front clad
in every conceivable war dress. Tex
ans came clad in hOmespun. Charles
ton, S. c., sent a regiment of McClel-
Ian ZouaVes clad in a gray Zouave
uniform, with dark colored leggings
and white spats.
The commingling of all these colors
in the first battle of Bull Run led to
confusion, and after this campaign
the gaudy State uniforms began to be
replaced by the more Serviceable, of
not so SNOWY, uniforms of blue or
gray.
The Confederate army did not pre-
tend to elaborate displays. Lord
Wolseley once remarked to Gen. Lee
after the Maryland campaign of 1862:
"On misses the smartness which we
in Europe are accustomed to associ-
ate with military establishment"
The veteran glories in the masters
reply: mo, my men don't show to
advantage in camp" replied Gen. Lee,
but, sir" he added, his face flush
ing with pride, you should see them