Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-08-02
WAR como ONE YEAR
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Michaelis. writing ieently in Der.
lin magazine. pu, 10 number Of sol
diers at war at 81. 10000; for the al.
lies. is.seo.oeo; fol Germany. Austria.
Hungary and Turk6, s.sso,ooo.
Wholesale psstruetISn Of human Life
No previous wa7 has approached
the present one In Wholesale destruc-
ton Of life. This due not only to
the number OF meg involved. but to
the terrible efficiency OF modern
weapons. Trench warfare on a great
scale. with Its dead,y charges, mining
operations end extensive use OF artil-
iery and hand greiades. has contrib
uted TO this end. Whereas In the
past Il has been calculated that the
proportion OF killed to total casual
ties runs to s or to 10. the proper.
tion In trench warfare. as indicated
by official British statistics. Is about
| to 5.
The battles on the plains OF Flan.
ders, on the Warsaw front. In the
Austro- German advance through Ga.
lIcia and In the Carpathians. were at
tended by frightful slaughter. Rus.
sian losses In the carpathians alone
were estimated unofhcially at $780,.
900. Along the battlenelds from Ar
ras. In Northwestern France. to the
Belgian coast whole fields have been
covered with corpses. and at the tin.>
OF the German attempt to reach the
English Channel the User Canal was
choked with the dead. According "a
official British statistics. the British
army alone has been losing OF late
in killed. wounded and missing. 2,oo'
day. On June Premier Asquiti
announced that British casualties
since the beginning Of the war Tex
GLIDING the naval losses ?f is.5is. III
10 May 81 amounted TO e5s.o69. o
which the total killed was 5o,si2.
Later, however. on July q. Mr.. As
auth issued statement saying tina
the naval casualties up to July 3
were s.iO6. Apparently Mr.. AsQuith'
first statement was based on misin
formation. which he has subsequently
corrected.
Other Nations Greater Losers.
The losses ofEermany. France an
Russia. by reason OF their large
armies. have been far greater. tn
Heer und Politik OF Berlin early !
June estimated that more than .
100000 soldiers OF the countries q
war with Germany and her allie
. have been killed. wounded or captul
ed. Hallalre Belize. the Englis
military writer, said Germany's p'
tentlal manhood for actual fghtin
probably had diminished from a
causes BY nearly one-half In the frs
year OF the war and asserted a col
servatiye estimate was that German
had much nearer 100000 than :
100000 permanently out Of the fell
Estimates OF the total casualties ru
from 100000 to 100000 with n
former figure probably conservative
The cost In money runs to a sim
J. larry huge total. Great Britain Is no
, spending about si5.ooo.ooo a day Q
the war. according to Premier A
: auith. Albert Metin. general budg'
u reporter Of the French Chamber
n Deputies. calculates the war Is cos
ing France $4,000 a minute. or 81
100000 day. william Michaelis r
Gently estimated the daily cost
Germany at ss.25o0Oo. saying for
days Of this war cost as much as u
whole Franco-Prussian war OF 1907
In March DIR. Karl Helfferich. Seer
tary Of the Imperial Treasury OF Go
s many. said the war was costing
bellIgerents ss75.ooo.o0o n week.
IT on the basis OF DR.. Heliferich
70 estimate, the first year OF the W
D cost the stupendous sum OF $3.50
'e 100000. Mr.. Michaelis puts the .
g ures at $1,000 100000. not includil
r Italys expenditures-a sum mo
s. than so per cent greater than Z
ID gold production OF the world duril
n the last 500 years. Other estimat