The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-22


the expenditures of the allied side.
The total battle deaths of all ma
lions in this war were greater than all
deaths in all the wars in the previous
hundred years.
Russian battle deaths were "a times
as heavy as those of the United
States, those of Germany 80 times as
great, France % times and the Brit
ish Is times as large.
Infantry Suffered Most.
In the American army the casualty
rate in the infantry was higher than
In any other service, and that for Off
GERS was higher than for men.
For every man killed in battle seven
were wounded.
! Five out of every six men sent to
hospitals on account of wounds were
cured and returned to duty.
Pneumonia killed more soldiers than
were killed in battle. Meningitis was
the next most serious disease.
The British sent more men to
France in their first year of war than
we did in our first year, but it took
England three years to reach a
strength of 100000 men in France,
and the United States accomplished it
in one-half of that time.
In the physical examinations the
states of the middle West made the
best showing. Country boys did better
than city boys, white better than col
ored and native better than foreign
born.
Most of the troops who sailed for
France left New York. Half of them
landed In England and the other hall
in France.
OF every 100 Americans who went
over, 40 went in British ships, 40 In
American ships, three in italian, two
in French and one in Russian ship
Iping under English control.
American cargo ships averaged one
complete trip every 20 days and trooI
ships one complete trip every 80 days
The cargo fleet was almost entirel!
American. 1t reached the size of 2,
100000 lightweight tons, and carried
to Europe about 100000 tons o
cargo.
Work of Engineers.
. American engineers built in Franc
SO new ship berths, 1000 miles o
standard gauge track and $50 miles 0
narrow gauge track.
The signal corps strung in Franc
100000 miles Of telephone and tele
graph wire.
Prior to the armistice 10000 truck
, were shipped to the forces in France
: Construction projects in the Unite,
States cost twice as much as the Pana
: ma canal, and construction oversee
was on nearly twice as large a scale.
: The entire number of American ma
chine guns produced to the end of 191
: was 27,0O0.
: The Browning machine guns are be
lieved to be more effective than th
corresponding weapons used in an
other army.
American production of rifle ammr
milton amounted to approximately
500,000,000 rounds, of which 100000
600 rounds were shipped overseas.
The number of rounds of complet
artillery ammunition produced
American plants was in excess of 20
100000, compared with 100000
rounds secured from the French an
British.
In the first 20 months after the de
I laration of war by each country tn
I British did better than the Unite
( States in the production of light arti
{ lery, and the United States excelle
them in producing heavy artillery an
both light and heavy ammunition.
: At the end of the war American pr,
! duction of smokeless powder was
J per cent greater than the French an
British production combined. tt
American production of high expl
sives was 40 per cent greater tina
! Great Britain's and nearly double tn,
of France.
|. Out of every hundred days thu