West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-10-07
Statistics Of the War

news In month in which the cam.
paign progress was slight was the re.
crudescence of peace talk. OF peac,
talk which. however vague In charac.
ter, clearly defined ce. ain possibili.
ties and Enthusiastically had it's origin
In German quarters. Not since yor
kluck approached Paris in the prey.
ious year had there been any such de-
tailed discussion In the press and the
circumstances wore not wholly dis
similar.
Before discr -aing 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 reas-
ons why the Austro- German victors
should be willing TO make peace and
the Allies. so far unsuccessful. should
resolutely refuse all opportunity 10
end the strife. The statistics which
ioilow represent a compilation or re-
ports and statements from many
sources. All such estimates are main
ly based on guesses rather than off,
clal reports, and mine Is simply the
Dest summary that l can make from
the information in my hands. do
not mean to defend or explain the in
dividual figures; space would forbid
this, but l do not wish to be under
stood to claim for these estimates any
ohcial sanction, that is. as n whole:
many are official.
| In the first months. the Allies and
the Central Powers each put into the
neld armies aggregating in numbers
| 4'ooo'OOO. On the Allied side the
| quota OF the several states was France
100000; Russia. 1000 900; Serbia.
| loo'OOO; Great Britain, O,OOO: Bel
GUM. 100000. OF the field force OF
the Central Powers. Germany supplied
100000; Austria 100000. The en-
trance OF Italy toward the end of the
hrst 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
| hgures represent approximately the
force that the contestants can main.
tain 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
held 5,5OO,000 and Italy has brought
$4,000. making total contribution
of s.S5O.OO0.
The Allies loss In this time baa bee,
100000. 5,00.600 of which was perma-
nent and the balance temporary. rep-
resenting the slightly wounded and
the SICK who have been able to rejoin.
The Austro-German loss in the same
period has been 6.350,000. or these.
100000 has been permanent and the
Austro-Germans have contented them
selves with sending to the front just
sufhcient troops to I'LL the gaps, that
is' 100000. The total field forces of
the Allies now are about $3.50, 900 and
OF the Austro- Germans $500. 900.
On the Allied side the losses nm tn
'he present time, permanent and tenn
porary, have been as follows: Rus
slams. 100000; French. 1000 900:
British, 100000; Italian, 100000; Bel
gian, 100000; Serbian, 100. 900 This
hgure can be reduced by from a quar-
ter to a fifth to discover the perma-
nent losses. The huge number OF
Russian prisoners will Increase tho
percentage OF permanent losses OF the
Russians. In the same period the
German losses have been 1850 900 and
the Austrian 3.050,O00. A similar de-
duction will fix the permanent as com
pared with the temporary losses. But
again regard must be paid the total OF
austrian prisoners. fix the Russian
prisoners at considerably more than
100000, the Austrian at rather Iess
than 100000.
Al the present moment estimate
the Allied field armies TO be as fol-
lows; Russian, 100000; French. g.
100000; British. 1000: ItaIians
'5O'OOO; Serbian, 10000: Belgian.
100000. The Austro- Germans. as has
been said. remains at $500, 900. In the
West ! estimate that there are about
100000 Germans facing 1000, 900
FRENCH 100000 Brisish and 10000
Belgians. In the East estimate that
l,5OO'OOO Russians are facing 1 500 600
Germans and 100000 Austrians. In
the South estimate that 100000 Aus
trians are facing 10000 Italians and
100000 Serbians.
In these figures I have made no es-
innate OF the Turks. The reason 20
this: In the British and French figures
no regard has been paid TO colonial
and native troops. Some have actu-
ally been sent to Flanders and Franco
nut in the same way some OF the
troops In the regular establishments
nave been sent to the Dardanelies.
believe some $4,000 British and
French troops are operating about
Gallipoli and that the Turkish force
there does not exceed 10000. The
Allied loss exceeds 100000. as does
the Turkish. but by setting the colon
ial and native troops OF France and
britain against the Turkish forces Il
IA possible to disregard both for the
purposes Of the present calculation
From Crucial War Situations AS Au-
tumn Begins" By Flank n. simonds.