The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-10-08
Statistics Of tho War.

since Won Kluck approached Paris in
the previous year had there been any
! such detailed discussion in the press
and the circumstances were not wholly
dissimilar.
Before discussing in detail this peace
talk, I purpose to set forth briefly the
statistics of the first year of the war,
believing that they contain alike the
explanation of the reasons why the
Austro. German victors should be viii.
ling to make peace and the Allies, SO
far unsuccessful, should resolutely re-
fuse all opportunity to end the strife.
The statistics which follow represent a
complication of reports 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 I can make from
the information in my hands. lido not
mean to defend or explain the individual
figures; space would forbid this, but /
do not wish to be nderstood to claim
for these estimates any official sanction,
that is, as whole; many are official.
In the first months, the Allies and
the Central Powers each put into the
field armies aggregating in numbers
4 500. 900. On the Allied side the quota
of the several states was France, 1000,
600; Russia, 1000, 900; Serbia, $50, 900
Great Britain, 100000; Belgium. 1OO,.
QUO. OF the field force of the Cent? al
Powers, Germany supplied 100000;
Austria 1900 900. The entrance Of
Italy toward the end of the first year
raised the total of the field forces of the
Allies, but the Teutonic powers have
not increased the actual total of their
field armies materially. nor have the
original Allies The first figures rep
resent approximately the 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 haye sent into the field g..
100000 and Italy has brought $50, 600.
making total contribution of 6, $50, 900
The Allied loss in this time has been
6, zoe, 900. $1,000 of which was per.
msnent and the balance temporary,
representing the slightly wounded and
the sick who have been able to rejoin.
The Austro. German loss in the same
period has been 6, $4,000. Of these,
5000. 900 has been permanent and the
Austro Germans have contented them.
selves with sending to the front just
sufficient troops to fill the gaps. that is,
5000, 600. The total field forces of the
Allies now are about $3.50, 600 and of
the Austro Germans 100000
On the Allied side the losses up 10 the
present time. permanent and temporary
have been as follows: Russians, 4,000,.
600; French, 200, COO; British. 400, 900;
Italian, 100000; Belgian, 100000; Ser.
bisn, 100000. This figure can be re.
duced by from a quarter to fifth to
discover the permanent 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, 600 and the Austrian $3.50, 900.
A similar deduction will fix the per-
manent as compared with the temper.
airy losses. But again regard must be
paid the total of Austrian prisoners. l
fix the Russian prisoners at consider.
ably more than 1000, 900, the Anstli ian
at rather less than 100000
At the present moment estimate the
Allied field armies to be as follows:
Russian. 1900 900; French, 1900, 600;
British, $50, 900; Italians, 100000; Ser.
bian, 100000; Belgian, 100000. The
Austro. German, as has been said, re.
mains at a, 500, 600. In the West I esti.
mate that there are about 1900, 900
Germans facing 1000, 900 French, 75O,.
600 British and 100000 Belgians. In
the East estimate that 1, 500, 900 Rus.
slams are facing 1000, 600 Germans and
1000, 900 Austrians. In the South esti
mate that 500, 900 Austrians are facing
$50. 900 Italians and $50, 900 Serbians.
In these figures have made no esti.
mate of the Turks. The reason is this:
In the British and French figures no
regard has been paid to colonial and
native troops. Some have actually been
sent to Flanders and France, but in the
same way some OF the troops in the
regular establishments have been sent
to the Dsrdanelles. believe some $780,
600 British and French troops are oper.
ating about Gallipoli and that the
Turkish force there does not exceed
100000. The Allied loss exceeds 1OO,.
600. as does the Turkish, but by setting
the colonial and native troops of France
and Britain against the Turkish forces
1t is possible to disregard both for the
purposes of the present calculation
From Crucial War Situations as
Autumn Begins" by Frank H. Smonds
In the American Review of Reviews for