The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-21

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greatest Accomplishment Of any ma,
ton. The greatest number sent
across In one month was $4,000 and
the greateet number to be brought
back in one month waA $4,000.
America shipped to France 100000
tons OF supplies during the war, and
in order to accomplish all OF the above
1%.234.0zi OF her sons registered IN
the draft. Of which number 2.810,2e6
OF them were indicted.
Onsccrs Trained.
Oficers also had to be made for
this stupendous undertaking and 3d.
/ ass young men graduated from the
Line Officers' Training schools and
were commissioned In the army. The
cost OF the war TO Young America to
April 30. 1919. was e3f .S6o.00o,0eo
of which amount s13,s30. 900. 900 was
spen. by the army. The American
troops during the war fought thirteen
battles, participated nineteen months
in the war. were engaged two hun
dred days: lost SO, 900 men by death;
ESQ, 900 wounded: 5s.ss1 died Of dis
ease making the total number Of
dearhs in the army 1l3.433. The num-
Der Of battle deaths In the war was
follows: Russia, 100000; Germany,
100000; France. i.3s5.300: Great
Britain. 200. 900; Austria. 100000;
Italy. 100000; Turkey. 100000; Ser
GUM. 10000: Roumania. 100 900;
Bulgaria. 1000; United States. 3d.
900; Greece, 1000: Portugal, 1000:
making a total number Of battle
deaths during the greatest war ever
known 7,450,200.
It took three years for the Eng
lish armies In France to reach a
strength Of 1000, 900. but your Amer
lea did 1t In onehalf Of that time. Out
Of every 100 men who served in the
war, 1o.were national guardsman, 3
were regulars and ~ were in the ma
tional army. Out OF all men who
served in the army and passed the
physical examinations, the states of
the Middle West made the best show
ing The boys from the country as a.
rule did better than those from the
city, while the white men stood better
than the colored and native-born men
naturally better than foreign born.
In this war your America raised twice
as many men as in the Civil war and
at cre-twentieth the cost OF recruit
ing. To handle this large number OF
men in our army. there were used
zoo 900 army officers OF every six
officers serving in the war. one had
had previous military service with
troops. three were graduates of on
GERS training camps. and two came
directly from civil life. Our particf-
patton in the war lasted ~ months
Half a million men were sent over
seas in the first 13 months, and a mil
Hon and half in the last six months.
Halt OF all the troops we sent over
seas landed in France and half of
them landed In England. The great
est troop carrier among the ships was
the Leviathan, which landed $4,000
men or the equivalent Of German
division in France every month. One
fourth Of all the troops that were sent
| overseas were assigned to the service
of supply.
The American army was said to
have been the best equipped army
on the front. The average American
soldier In France wore out a slicker
! and overccat every f1ve months; q
blanket. flannel shirt, and breeches
every two months; coat every 7s
days: a pair Of shoes and puttees
every 81 days; pair OF drawers and
an undershirt every 81 days; and a
pair OF wooden socks every 20 days.
In 1912 the American army allotted
four machine guns for every infantr,
regiment. In 1919. when we were al
the heighth OF our power, the allot'
ment is 3sS machine guns per regi
ment.
American plants produced a greatel
number Of complete units of artiller.
than all those purchased from tn