The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-30

United States directly about $4,000
100000. or nearly enough to pay the
entire cost Of running the American
government from 1901 up to thu out
break of the European war. For every
hundred American soldiers and sail
ors who served In the war with Ger
many two were killed or died of dis
ease during the period Of hostilities.
The number of men serving In the
armed forces of the nation during the
war was 100000, Of whom 100000
served In the army.
These facts are set forth In a sta
tistical summary of "The War With
Germany" compiled under the direc-
tion of Col. Leonard p. Ayers, chief of
the statistics branch of the general
staff of the army.
This summary, just published by
Colonel Ayers by direction of the Sec
rotary of war, is a complete review of
Americas participation In the war
against Germany condensed into less
than $50 pages. 1t Is a detailed sum
mary of American military operations,
and yet the long statistical tables
usually found In official reports are
entirely lacking.
Col. Leonard p. Ayers is the only Of
fcer from civilian life who has risen
to the position of chief Of a division
Of the general staff. Before the war
he was a director of the Russell Sage
EnfndotfAn Hn ruac nhsnf r@okfc<soaI
officer of the peace committee. After
his return here he received the dis
tinguished service medal.
Some of the Figures.
Some Of the statistical summaries
In the report show:
The var cost the United States CON
siderably more than $1.O00,00O an hour
for over two years.
Americas expenditures In the war
were sufficient to have carried on the
Revolutionary war continuously for
more than a thousand years at the
rate of expenditure which that war
actually involved.
During the first three months ex-
penditures were at the rate of $1,000
600 a day. During the next year they
averaged more than $50, 100000 a day.
For the final ten months the daily
average was over $44,OO0.OO0.
The total war costs of all nations
were about $4,000 200, 900, of which
the allies and the United States spent
two-thirds and the enemy one-third.
The three nations spending the
greatest amounts were Germany,
Great Britain and France. in that or
der. After them come the United
States and Austria Hungary, with sub
stantially equal expenditures.
The United States spent about one
eighth Of the entire cost Of the war
and something less than one-ffth of
the expenditures of the allied side.
The total battle deaths Of all ma
tons 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 u first year, but 1t took
England three years to reach q
strength Of 100000 men in France
and the United States accomplished II
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 fol
France left New York. Half Of then
landed in England and the other hall
in France.
OF every 100 Americans who wen
over, 40 went In British ships, 40 II
American ships, three In Italian, two
In French and one In Russian ship
ping under English control.
American cargo ships averaged ont
complete trip every 70 days and trooI
ships n complete trip every 35 days
The cargo fleet was almost entirel.
American. 1t reached the size Of 2,
100000 deadweight tons, and carries
to Europe about 100000 tons o
cargo.
Work Of Engineers.
American engineers built In Francs
SO new ship berths. 1000 miles o
standard gauge track and 538 miles O.
narrow gauge track.
The signal corps strung In France
100000 miles of telephone and tele
graph wire.
Prior to the armistice 10000 truck