The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-11-12
RESUME Of THE
WORLDS VAR
ARMlSTICE DAY SECOND ANNIvER.
SARY OF THE FORMAL TERAdIN.
ALTON OF WORLD WAR.


Armisticc day. November IL. natur-
ally brought back to the minds Of all
Americans the innumerable vital de-.
tails Of preparation and execution that
made 1t possible for the American Ex.
peditionary Forces to achieve such no.
table Victories.
The high spots of the great conflict
are herewith presented to the readers
of the Powder River County Examiner
IN boil iled-down paragraphs CT gripping
interest
The war cost the people of the United
states considerably more than $1,000
VeO an hour for more than two years.
The direct cost was about $22.OOO.-
100000. 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 were
sufficient to have carried on the Rev
olutlonary war continuously for more
than 1000 years at the rate of expen-
diture which that war actually in
volved.
In addition to this huge expenditure
nearly $lO.000,0O0,ooO were loaned by
the United States to the Allies
The army expenditures were over
s14 14,O00.000,000. or nearly two-thir,ls of
the total war costs.
During the first three months our
war expenditures Were at the rate of
$2,OoO,0O0 day. During the next year
they averaged more than $4,000, 600 a
Gay. For the final ten months of the
period, from April. 1917, TO April. 1919,
the QailV aSprapc was n,ar 4 4 non oGn
Despite the fact that the army ex-
penditures are less than 1wo-tbirds OF
cur total war costs they are nearly
eanal 10 tn. value of all thu. gold pro-
ouced in 'he world, from the discovery
Of America up to the outbreak of the
world war.
The pay of the army during the war
cost mere than the combined salaries
of all the public school principals and
teachers in the United States for the
five years from 1912 to 1916
The total war costs Of all nations
were about s1s6.ooO 900, 900, of which
the Allies and thes sTnitsA States pent
1wo-iN9.ds and the enensMs cne-thlrd.
Tiea three nations spending the great
est amounts were Germany. Great Brit
ain and France. in that order. After
them came the United States and Aus
ia-Hungary, with substantially equal
expenditures.
The United States spent about one
eighth of the entire cost of the war,
and something less than one-fifth of
the expenditures Of the Allied side.
OF every 100 American soldiers and
sailors who served in the war with
Germany. two were killed or died of
ofh
The total battle deaths Of all nations
Were greater than all the deaths in all
the wars in the previous 100 years
Russian battle deaths were 81 times
as heavy as those of the United States.
those of Germany 30 times as great.
the French % times. and rhe British
Is times as large.
The number CT American lives lost
was 122.500, of which about 10000 were
in the navy. and the rest in the army
and the marines attached to it.
In the American army the casualty
rate in the infantry was higher than in
any other service. and that for officers
was higher than for men.
For every man killed in battle seven
We're wounded.
Five out of every six men sent to
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 dis
ease was lower, aui the death rate
from battle was higher than in any
other previous American war.
Inoculation. clean camps. and safe
drinking water, practically eliminated
typhoid fever among the troops.
Pneumonia killed more soldiers than
were killed in battle. Meningitis was
the next most serious disease.
OF each 100 cases Of social diseases
recorded in the United States. SO We're
contracted before entering the army
and only four afterward
During the entire war. available hos
pital facilities in the y. l.. +. We're in
excess of the needs
Two out of every three american SOL
diers who reached France took part in
battle. The number who reached
France was s,0S4,OOO, and of these L.
$4,000 saw active service at the front.
OF the 42 divisions that reached
France 20 took part in the active COM
bat service. Seven Of them were reg
ular army divisions, II were organized
from the National Guard. and II were
made up Of National Army trops
American divisions were in battle for
200 days and engaged in 13 major OPP
erations.
From the middle of August until the
end OF the war the American divisions
held during the greater part of the
time q frcnt longer than that held by
the British.
In October the American divisions
held 101 miles Of line. or 2s per cent
OF the entire western front.
On the hrst Of April the Germans had
a superiority OF $4,000 in rifle strength.
Due to American arrivals the Allied
strength exceeded that Of the Germans
in June and was more than 100000
above tt in November.
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