The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
WHAT TT COST AMERICA IN MEN
 AND MONEY TO HELP YIN THE VAR

The secretary of war has just is- sued an official compilation of sta- tistics covering the part the armies of the United States took in the great war, bring all information down to June l as accurately as it is possible to do so. The following summaries are of interest and worthy of preser- vation:
 The number of men serving in the armed forces of the United States during the war was 4,S00, 900 of whom 100000 served in the army.
 In the war with Germany the United States raised twice as many men as did the northern states in the Civil War, but only half as many in proportion to the population.
 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 full strength of 100000 men in France and the United States accomplished it in one-half of that time.
 Of every 100 men who served, 10 were National Guardsmen, 13 were regulars and 77 were in the National Army, or would have been if the serv- 1 ices had not been consolidated.
 Of the 54,000,000 males in the pop ulation, 26,000,000 were registered of military age in the draft or were ! already in service.
 | In the physical examinations the states of the Middle West made the best showing. Country boys did bet ter than city boys; whites better than colored, and native born better than foreign born.
 In this war twice as many men were recruited than in the Civil War and at one-twentieth of the recruiting cost.
 There were 100000 army officers. Of every six officers, one had previous military training with troops, three were graduates of officers training camps and two came directly from civil life.
 Arizona furnished 10,492 men to the army, ranking above Vermont, Delaware, Hawaii, Nevada, Alaska and tle Philippines. The total of all the states was 3,757,624.
 The battle record of American troops is given as follows:
 During our 19 months of war, more than 100000 American soldiers were carried to France. Half million of these went over in the first 13 months and a million and half in the last six months. l Of every 100 Americans who went over 49 went in British ships, 45 in American ships, 3 in Italian, z in French and 1 in Russian shipping un- der English control.
 American engineers built in France 83 new ship berths, 1000 miles of standard gauge track and 538 miles of narrow gauge track.
 The signal corps strung in France 100000 miles of telephone and tele- graph wire.
 Two out of every three American soldiers who reached France took part in battle. The number who reached France was 2,084,0 900 and ot these 1,360,000 saw active service at the front.
 American divisions were in battle | for 200 days and engaged in 13 major operations.
 In October, the American divisions held 101 miles of line, or 23 per cent of the entire western front.
 In the battle of St. Mihiel $50, DOC Americans were engaged, as compar' ed with about 100000 on the northern side in the battle of Gettysburg. The artillery fired more than 100000 shells in four hours, which is the mos' intense concentration of artillery fire recorded in history.
 The Meuse-Argonne battle lasted for AT days, during which 100000 American troops were engaged.
 The American battle losses of tht war were 5O,000 killed and 236,00t wounded. They are heavy wher counted in terms of lives and suffer ing, but light compared with the enor nous price paid by the nations a whose side we fought.
 Of every 100 American soldiers ant i; sailors who took part in the war, tw' ! xyara Lr;11ad or diod nf 1isaaso dI1r