The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-13
REVIEW OF WAR.
summary OF LOSSES Sustained and Es-
Innate OF Resources OF Fighting
Men - Constantinople tho Real
Great Prize Of the War.

news In a month In which the cam
paign progress was slight was the
recrudescence of peace talk, of peace
talk which, however vague In char
acter. clearly defined certain posi-
oilities and unmistakably had it's ORR
Gin In German quarters. Not since Won
kluck approached Paris In the pre-
vious year had there been any such
detailed discussion In the press and
the circumstances were not wholly
dlssimilar.
Before discussing in detail this
peace talk. purpose to set forth
briefly the statistics of the first year
OF the war. believing that they con-
tain alike the explanation OF the rea-
sons why the Austro- German victors
should be willing TO make peace and
the Allies. so far unsuccessful, should
resolutely refuse all opportunity to
end the strife. The statistics which
follow represent compilation of re-
ports and statements from many
sources. All such estimates are
mainly based on guesses rather than
official reports. and mine is simply the
best summary that can make from
the information I'm my hands, I do
not mean to defend or explain the in
dividual figures; space would forbid
this. but do not wish to be under
stood to claim for these estimates any
official sanction. that is. as a whole;
many are official.
In the FIRST months. the Allies and
the Central Powers each put into the
field armies aggregating in number
100000. On the Allied side the
quota. OF the several states was
France. 100000: Russia. 1000, 900;
Serbia. 10000; Great Britain. 15o,-
900; Belgium. 100000. On the field
force OF the Central Powers. Germany
supplied 3.ooo.0o0; Austria 1.500,-
900. Tho entrance of italy toward
the end of the first year raised the to-
tai OF the field forces of the Allies,
but the Teutonic powers have not in
creased the actual total OF their field
armies materially nor have the orig
inal Allies. The first figures repre-
sent approximately tho force that the
contestants can maintain In the field
To make good losses. and In the
case OF the British alone. to increase
the field armies above the first
strength. the Allies have sent into, the
field 5.55o.ooo and Italy has brought
seo.ooo. making n total contribution
of e.sko.ooo Ess ssrsst t~,i
The Allied loss In this tine has
been s.70o.oo0. 5.6oo.o0o OF which
was permanent and the balance tenn
porary. representing the slightly
wounded and the sick who have been
able to rejoin. The Austro-German
loss In the same period has been g.
$4,000. or these. 5000. 900 has been
permanent and the Austro-Germans
have contented themselves with send
ing TO the front just sufficient troops
70 MI the gaps. that Is 5000, 900. The
total field forces OF the Allies now are
about 5.25o.0o0 and OF the Austro-
Germans $500. 900.
On the Allied side the losses up to
the present time. permanent and tenn
porary. have been as follows: Rus
SLAMS. 1000. 900; French. 1000, 900;
British. 100000: Italian 100. 900; Bel
gian 100000; Serbian. 100000. This
ngure can be reduced by from a
quarter to asfifth TO discover the per-
manent losses. The huge number OF
Russian prisoners will increase the
percentage OF permanent losses OF the
Russians. In the same period the
German losses have been $3.50, 900
and the Austrian $3.50. 900. A similar
deduction will fix the permanent as
compared with the temporary losses.
But again regard must be paid the to-
tai OF Austrian prisoners. I fix the
Russian prisoners at considerably
more than 1000. 900. the Austrian at
rather less than 100000.
AT the present moment / estimate
the Allied field armies to be as fol-
lows; Russian. 1900. 900: French, a.
100000; British. 10000: Italians.
100000; Serbian, 10000: Belgian
100000. The Austro- German. as has
been said. remains at 100000 In
the west I estimate that there are
about 100000 Germans facing O.
100000 French. 10000 British and
100000 Belgians. In the east esti-
mate that 1900. 900 Russians are fac
Ing 100000 Germans and 1.OOO.-
900 Auatrlnna In tho snnth nn.I