The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-02-03

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the cost of the war vary from $780,
100000 to $J0.000.000 per day, which
will bring the total cost on Jan. /.
1916, to nearly s25.0OO.O0O.O0O. Of
which probably 50 per cent has been
| borrowed"
Changed Methods of Warfare.
In his discussion of other phases Of
the war General Greene laid stress on
the important part played by the aero
| plane. the automobile, the submarine
and wireless telegraphy. which are for
the first time effectively useful
I'VE only dimly perceive as yet
| General Greene said, the relation be-
| tween these agencies and the stupen-
dous scale of actual military opera
TONS In the preceding fifty years the
railroad, the steamboat and the electric
telegraph had first come into military
use and had gradually reached their
complete perfection. 1t has often been
said that had these means been at the
disposal OF Napoleon he would have
conquered the world. This is mere
opinion and speculation. but it is
fact that the means of transportation
and of communicating intelligence
were substantially the same in the
time of Napoleon or Caesar.
But from Napoleon's time until now
|. the art of war has benefited by all
the wonderful improvements In the
mechanical arts and sciences. all OF
which are the servants Of war as well
as of peace. Instantaneous cOmmuni-
cation of intelligence. marvelously rap
i'd transportation of troops. the ability
to feed and supply unheard of num-
bers in the field. flying through the air
TO detect the enemy's movements.
swimming under water to destroy the
enemy's ships. hurting projectiies Of
unprecedented size to destroy his forts,
caring for hundreds upon thousands Of
wounded which but for the automobile
would have persisted upon the field
these are some of the more important
methods of warfare which now for the
first time are being used to full effect
and which diGerentiate the war OF to-
day from all previous wars.
Huge Forces In the Field.
"The tabled stories of the countless
hordes who crossed the Hellespont with
Xerxes and Alexander have been far
surpassed by the actual numbers of the
forces engaged In the present conflict
The figures are certainly startling. In
Europe rs per cent of the population 1t
war. in all the world 90 per cent Of the !
population involved in the conflict; 3D. |
100000 men actually under arms; |
2,OO0.0O0 killed. nearly 4OO0000 wound |
ed. more than 100000 prisoners. We
cannot grasp these figures. but we can 4
get some idea of what they mean by |
comparing them with the results of \
previous wars We were accustomed \
to speak Of our civil war as the great
est conflict of modern times. but APP
parently it was only one-tenth the mag
nitude of the present conflict
"At no time did the number Of men
actually under arms. north and south.
exceed 100000 men. and the total
number OF those killed in battle and
died of wounds on the northern side
was 110.070 and on the southern side
probably not more than $4,000. so that
in four years of war then the destruc-
ton of life was less than one-tenth of
more than one year at the present
time In the Napoleonic wars. from
1876 to 1915, the largest army ever as
sembled was that which Napoleon led
into Russia in 1912. and this numbered
In excess CT 100000. The
German armies lighting today in Rus
STA on the east and in France on the
west are more than six times as large"
Referring TO the war in the western
.heater General Greene said that the
reports indicated that 2.500.0o0 on each
side occupied the trenches from the sea
% the Vosges. which meant 5000 men
% the mile or five To the yard. more
han the equivalent OF double rank
formation in close order, with elbows
from end to end
Compared to these" remarked Gen
,ral Greene. the celebrated lines of
Torres vedras in Portugal and of Pc
ersburg IN Virginia sink almost into
Imagine a continuous Z
inc In double rank across the state OF
Sew York from the Atlantic to Lake
ontario.
Submarines Status Undecided.
Taking up the naval operations in
he war. General Greene in refer
nee To the activities at the German
ubmarineS SAIL rhe result of those ,
peraions wsls absolutely large. yet
elatively sQ,all" explained by the
act that whereas the German under
ca boats DESTROYED a British tonnage
+ cocoon. the merchant marine ton
age of Great Britain now exceeds !
100000
'The damage done to vessels of war
v submarines he added. does not
ppear to have been sufficient to pro :
uce any serious effects on the results
f the war. 1t is therefore question r
-hether the submarine is a really i'm