The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-08-16

eau Thierry, st. Mihiel, and Mouse
Argonne. They brought back in corn
bat 755 enemy planes, while then
own losses Of planes numbered only
S57.
Men In Battle.
Two out of every three American
soldiers who reached France tool
part in battle The number who
reached France was 2,O84,0OO, ans
Of these 100000 saw active servic,
at the front
OF the forty-two divisions that
reached France twenty-nine took par
in active combat service. Seven Of
them were regular army divisions
eleven were organized from the nat
ional guard, and eleven were made
up Of national army troops.
American divisions were in battle
for 200 days and engaged in thirteen
major operations.
From the middle of August until
the end of the war the American di.
visions held during the greater part
of the time front longer than that
held by the British,
In October the American divisions
held 1O1 miles of line, or 2S per cent
of the entire western front.
On April 1 the Germans had a
superiority of $4,000 in rife
strength. Due to American arrivals
the allied strength exceeded that of
the Germans in June and was more
than 600, 600 above it in November.
In the battle of st. Mihiel $50, 900
Americans were engaged, as compar-
ed with about 100000 on the North
ern side in the battle at Gettysburg.
The artillery fired more than 1000,
900 shells in four hours, which is the
most intense concentration of artil-
lery fire recorded in history.
The Meuse-Argonne battle lasted
for forty-seven days, during which
100000 American troops were en-
gagged.
The American battle losses in the
war were $4,000 killed and 236, 900
Health and Casualties.
Of every 100 American soldiers
and sailors who served in the war
with Germany two were killed OF
died of disease during the period OF
hostilities.
The total battle deaths of all ma
lions ir this war were greater than
all the deaths in all the wars in the
previous 100 years.
Russian battle deaths were thirty
four times as heavy as those of the
United States, those of Germany
thirty-two times as great and the
British eighteen times as large.
The number of American lives lost
was 122,500, of which $1,000 were
in the navy, and the rest in the army
and the marines attached to it.
In the American army the casual
ty rate in the infantry was higher
than in any other service, and that
for officers was higher than for men
For every man in battle seven were
Five out of every six men sent tc
hospitals on account of wounds were
cured and returned to duty.
In the expeditionary forces battle
losses were twice as large as deaths
from disease.
In this war the death rate from
disease was lower, and the death rate
from battle was higher than in any
previous American war.
Pneumonia killed more soldiers
than were, killed in battle. Meningi-
tbs was the next most serious dis
ease.
The total direct war costs amount
edto $186,OOO,OOO,OOO, and of this
sum Of money the enemy countries
spent about one-third and those on
the allied side about two-thirds. Ger
many spent more than any other ma
ton, and was closely followed by
Great Britain, whose expenditures
include those of here colonies.
Cost To The United States.
The war cost the United States
considerably more than $1,OOO,OOO,.
an hour for over two years.
The direct cost was about S22,-
000,000,OO0, or nearly enough to pay
the entire cost of running the United
States Government from 1871 up
to the outbreak of the European war.
Our expenditures in this war was
sufficient to have carried on the Rev.
dictionary war continuously for
more than 1000 years at the rate of
expenditure which the war actually
involved.